113 nations qualified through the Judo Olympic Rankings. Athletes earned points through various world and continental events over a two year period. There were two methods of qualifying. First the top 22 men and top 14 women qualify with a maximum of one NOC per weight class. Second are the continental qualifiers. The highest ranked, not yet qualified athletes across all events can qualify. Each continent has a set amount of quotas; Africa 24 (14 men, 10 women), Europe 25 (14 men, 11 women), Asia 20 (12 men, 8 women), Oceania 10 (7 men, 3 women), and Pan America 21 (13 men, 8 women). A nation can only earn one spot across all events through this and a single continent can qualify a maximum of two athletes in a single event. The qualification period lasted from May 30th 2014 to May 29th 2016.
In total 113 nations have qualified with France and Japan joining hosts Brazil as being the only nation to have qualified a full team of men and women. Also qualifying a full men’s team are Georgia, Germany, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea and Uzbekistan. Overall 53 nations only qualified through the continental rankings while 14 nations did not receive a continental quota. Oceania did not allocate all 10 of its continental quotas thus the unused quota was reallocated to the athlete with the most points and is not yet qualified among all events, specifically Uzbekistan’s Soyib Kurbonov in the men’s -100kg.
The quotas are tied to the athletes by name with the exception of where multiple athletes from the same nation finished in the top 22 for men and top 14 for women where the nation can choose from among them. All that is left to determine in judo is the tripartite quotas.
Quotas by Nations
- France – 14
- Japan – 14
- Germany – 13
- Mongolia – 13
- South Korea – 12
- Netherlands – 11
- Russia – 11
- Cuba – 9
- Canada – 8
- China – 8
- Georgia – 8
- Hungary – 8
- Uzbekistan – 8
- Australia – 7
- Great Britain – 7
- Israel – 7
- Ukraine – 7
- Azerbaijan – 6
- Portugal – 6
- United States – 6
- Algeria – 5
- Austria – 5
- Belgium – 5
- Egypt – 5
- Italy – 5
- Kazakhstan – 5
- Slovenia – 5
- Spain – 5
- Poland – 4
- Romania – 4
- Sweden – 4
- Tunisia – 4
- Turkey – 4
- Czech Republic – 3
- Ecuador – 3
- Iran – 3
- Morocco – 3
- North Korea – 3
- Switzerland – 3
- United Arab Emirates – 3
- Argentina – 2
- Belarus – 2
- Bulgaria – 2
- Chinese Taipei – 2
- Colombia – 2
- Gabon – 2
- Greece – 2
- Kosovo – 2
- Kyrgyzstan – 2
- Latvia – 2
- Mexico – 2
- Puerto Rico – 2
- South Africa – 2
- Tajikistan – 2
- Turkmenistan – 2
- American Samoa – 1
- Angola – 1
- Armenia – 1
- Aruba – 1
- Benin – 1
- Bolivia – 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1
- Burkina Faso – 1
- Cameroon – 1
- Chile – 1
- Congo – 1
- Costa Rica – 1
- Côte d’Ivoire – 1
- Croatia – 1
- Dominican Republic – 1
- El Salvador – 1
- Estonia – 1
- Fiji – 1
- Finland – 1
- Gambia – 1
- Ghana – 1
- Guatemala – 1
- Guinea-Bissau – 1
- Haiti – 1
- Honduras – 1
- Iceland – 1
- India – 1
- Iraq – 1
- Jordan – 1
- Kenya – 1
- Lebanon – 1
- Libya – 1
- Lithuania – 1
- Madagascar – 1
- Mali – 1
- Mauritius – 1
- Moldova – 1
- Mozambique – 1
- Nauru – 1
- New Zealand – 1
- Niger – 1
- Pakistan – 1
- Palau – 1
- Papua New Guinea – 1
- Peru – 1
- Qatar – 1
- Samoa – 1
- Saudi Arabia – 1
- Senegal – 1
- Serbia – 1
- Seychelles – 1
- Thailand – 1
- Trinidad and Tobago – 1
- Uruguay – 1
- Vanuatu – 1
- Venezuela – 1
- Vietnam – 1
- Zambia – 1
References
- IJF. Judo Base Olympic Quotas by Nations. Access on June 4 2016.
- IJF. Judo Base Men’s Olympic Rankings. Access on June 4 2016.
- IJF. Judo Base Women’s Olympic Rankings. Access on June 4 2016.
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