Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 132 athletes coming from their respective NPCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of 13 (seven for men, six for women, and in either case, one per division). Host nation Brazil has reserved a spot in each of all 13 events, while 13 are made available to NPCs through a Bipartite Commission Invitation.

The remaining judoka must undergo a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by IBSA that begins on December 31, 2014, and then concludes one year later on the same date.

The gold medal winner in each division of the 2014 IBSA World Championships earns a quota place for his or her NPC.

The top 9 men and top 5 women from the world rankings, not including the world champion, in each division must directly qualify, ensuring that the NPC is subjected to a limit of 1 judoka per division.[1] If an NOC contains more than a single male athlete ranked in the top 9, or a single female in the top 6 of the world ranking list, the NPC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places.[2]

Men's events edit

Extra-lightweight (60 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Algeria
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Argentina
  Azerbaijan
  Japan
  Kazakhstan
  Mongolia
  Russia
  South Korea
  Uruguay
  Uzbekistan
  Chinese Taipei Chang You
Invitational 1   Romania
Total 12

Half-lightweight (66 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Azerbaijan
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Japan
  Mongolia
  Puerto Rico
  Russia
  South Korea
  Spain
  Ukraine
  Uzbekistan
  Venezuela
Invitational 1   Portugal
Total 12

Lightweight (73 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Azerbaijan
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Algeria
  Cuba
  Germany
  Japan
  Russia
  Spain
  Ukraine
  Uzbekistan
  Venezuela
Invitational 1   Argentina
Total 12

Half-middleweight (81 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Mexico
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Argentina
  Azerbaijan
  France
  Germany
  Great Britain
  Iran
  South Korea
  Ukraine
  Uzbekistan
Invitational 1   Belarus
Total 12

Middleweight (90 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   United States
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Argentina
  Cuba
  Georgia
  Great Britain
  Japan
  Russia
  Spain
  Ukraine
  Uzbekistan
Invitational 1   Canada
Total 12

Half-heavyweight (100 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil Antônio Tenório Silva
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
10   Azerbaijan Abdullakhanli Kanan
  Cuba Fernandez Sastre Yordani
  Great Britain Chris Skelley
  Iran Hamed Alizadeh
  South Korea Choi Gwang Geun
  Turkey Ibrahim Bolukbasi
  Ukraine Oleksandr Pominov
  United States Porter Myles
  Uzbekistan Shirin Sharipov
  Germany Oliver Upmann
Invitational 1   Greece Theoklitos Papachristos
Total 12

Heavyweight (+100 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Uzbekistan
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
9   Azerbaijan
  Cuba
  Great Britain
  Iran
  Japan
  Russia
  Turkey
  United States
  Venezuela
Invitational 1   Iraq
Total 12

Women's events edit

Extra-lightweight (48 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   China
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5   Argentina
  Chinese Taipei Lee Kai-lin
  Germany
  Russia
  Ukraine
Invitational 1   Turkey
Total 8

Half-lightweight (52 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Ukraine
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5   Canada
  France
  Germany
  Russia
  Uzbekistan
Invitational 1   Algeria
Total 8

Lightweight (57 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Ukraine
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5   Azerbaijan
  China
  Japan
  South Korea
  Spain
Invitational 1   Hungary
Total 8

Half-middleweight (63 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Ukraine
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5
Invitational 1   Sweden
Total 8

Middleweight (70 kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   Hungary
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5   China
  Hungary
  Russia
  Uzbekistan
  Venezuela
Invitational 1   Croatia
Total 8

Half-heavyweight (70+ kg) edit

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka
Host nation 1   Brazil
2014 IBSA World Championships 1   China
IBSA World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
5   Belarus
  Russia
  Turkey
  United States
  Uzbekistan
Invitational 1   Thailand
Total 8

References edit

  1. ^ "Judokas get a taste of Rio as start of qualification for 2016 Games nears". Rio 2016. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ Osbourne, Paul (18 February 2014). "International Judo Federation reveals Rio 2016 qualification process". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 March 2015.