World Judo Championships

The first World Judo Champion, Shokichi Natsui in 1956

The first edition of the world championships took place in Tokyo, Japan in 1956. There were no weight classes at the time and Japanese judoka Shokichi Natsui became the first world champion in history, defeating fellow countryman Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu in the final. The second world championship was also held in Tokyo two years later, with the Japanese winning the top two spots in the competition for the second time. In 1961, the championship was held outside Japan for the first time, and Dutch judoka Anton Geesink defeated the prior world champion, Koji Sone, in Paris, France, to become the first non-Japanese world champion.

The 1965 World Judo Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and weight classes were implemented for the first time with the addition of the −68 kg, −80 kg, and +80 kg categories. Judo had become an Olympic sport at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, and a permanent sport after a brief absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Despite this progressive enlargement, it took until 1980 for women to participate in the world championships. The first women's world championships were held in New York City in 1980, and were held in alternating years as the men's championships until the 1987 World Judo Championships in Essen, where the two competitions were merged into one world championship. The mixed championships have been held biannually since 1987. In 2005, the world championships made its debut on the African continent in Cairo, Egypt. In the International Judo Federation meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007 (during the 2007 World Judo Championships), it was decided that France would host the world championships for the fifth time in 2011.

There are currently 16 tournaments in the world championships, with 8 weight classes for each gender.

The world championships have been held in every continent except Oceania and Antarctica.

Men's competitions

Number	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	1956	3 May	Tokyo, Japan	Kuramae Kokugikan	21	31	[1][2]
2	1958	30 November	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	18	39	[3][4]
3	1961	2 December	Paris, France	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	25	57	[5][6]
4	1965	14–17 October	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Maracanãzinho	42	150	[7][8]
5	1967	9–11 August	Salt Lake City, United States	University of Utah	25	115	[9][10]
6	1969	23–25 October	Mexico City, Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	39	187	[11][12]
7	1971	2–4 September	Ludwigshafen, West Germany	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle	52	310	[13][14]
8	1973	22–24 June	Lausanne, Switzerland	Palais de Beaulieu	50	288	[15][16]
9	1975	23–25 October	Vienna, Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	46	274	[17][18]
	1977	19–24 September	Barcelona, Spain	Palau dels Esports	Cancelled		[lower-alpha 1]
10	1979	6–9 December	Paris, France	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	54	273	[19][20]
11	1981	3–6 September	Maastricht, Netherlands	Euro Hall	51	255	[21][22]
12	1983	13–16 October	Moscow, Soviet Union	Lenin Palace of Sports	44	226	[23][24]
13	1985	26–29 September	Seoul, South Korea	Jamsil Arena	39	189	[25][26]

Women's competitions

Number	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	1980	29–30 November	New York, United States	Madison Square Garden	27	149	[27][28]
2	1982	4–5 December	Paris, France	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	35	174	[29][30]
3	1984	10–11 November	Vienna, Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	32	183	[31][32]
4	1986	24–26 October	Maastricht, Netherlands	Geusselt Sports Hall	35	162	[33][34]

Mixed competitions

Number M/W	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
14/5	1987	19–22 November	Essen, West Germany	Grugahalle	63	456	[35][36]
15/6	1989	10–15 October	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Pionir Hall	63	355	[37][38]
16/7	1991	25–28 July	Barcelona, Spain	Palau Blaugrana	64	465	[39][40]
17/8	1993	30 September – 3 October	Hamilton, Canada	Copps Coliseum	79	508	[41][42]
18/9	1995	28 September – 1 October	Chiba, Japan	Makuhari Messe	100	627	[43][44]
19/10	1997	9–12 October	Paris, France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	91	585	[45][46]
20/11	1999	7–10 October	Birmingham, United Kingdom	National Indoor Arena	91	619	[47][48]
21/12	2001	26–29 July	Munich, Germany	Olympiahalle	89	586	[49][50]
22/13	2003	11–14 September	Osaka, Japan	Osaka-jō Hall	100	631	[51][52]
23/14	2005	8–11 September	Cairo, Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex	93	579	[53][54]
24/15	2007	13–16 September	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	HSBC Arena	139	743	[55][56]
25/16	2009	27–30 August	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy	197	538	[57][58]
26/17	2010	9–13 September	Tokyo, Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	112	847	[59][60]
27/18	2011	23–28 August	Paris, France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	131	864	[61][62]
28/19	2013	26 August – 1 September	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Maracanãzinho	123	673	[63][64]
29/20	2014	25–31 August	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Traktor Arena	110	637	[65][66]
30/21	2015	24–30 August	Astana, Kazakhstan	Alau Ice Palace	120	723	[67][68]
31/22	2017	28 August – 3 September	Budapest, Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	126	728	[69][70]
32/23	2018	20–27 September	Baku, Azerbaijan	National Gymnastics Arena	124	755	[71][72]
33/24	2019	25 August – 1 September	Tokyo, Japan	Nippon Budokan	143	828	[73][74]
34/25	2021	6–13 June	Budapest, Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	118	661	[75][76][77]
35/26	2022	6–13 October	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Humo Ice Dome	82	571	[78][79]
36/27	2023	7–14 May	Doha, Qatar	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena	99	657	[80][81]
37/28	2024		TBD[lower-alpha 2]

1. The 1977 Championships were canceled due to the refusal of the host country officials to allow the Taiwanese national team to compete under the national flag of the Republic of China, thereby denying them visas. Taiwan appealed the decision of the Spanish officials to the International Judo Federation, who considered the position of the Taiwanese side to be fair and decided to cancel the 1977 Championships due to an unresolved political conflict.
2. The Israel Judo Association was given a choice whether to host the 2024 World Judo Championships or 2025 World Judo Championships in Tel Aviv.[82][83]

Openweight competitions

Number	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	2008	20–21 December	Levallois-Perret, France	Marcel Cerdan Palace of Sports	18	51	[84][85]
—	2009	Cancelled
2	2011	29–30 October	Tyumen, Russia	Judo Centre	22	49	[86][87]
3	2017	11–12 November	Marrakech, Morocco	Palais des Congrès	28	58	[88][89]

Men's medal count – individual events (1956–2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	103	56	63	222
2	France	24	17	28	69
3	South Korea	24	8	43	75
4	Soviet Union	11	12	33	56
5	Georgia	8	12	23	43
6	Netherlands	8	11	19	38
7	Russia	7	14	27	48
8	Germany	5	6	12	23
9	Uzbekistan	5	4	9	18
10	Brazil	4	7	16	27
11	Poland	4	2	14	20
12	Cuba	3	6	9	18
13	Great Britain	3	4	13	20
14	East Germany	3	3	14	20
15	Mongolia	3	3	10	16
16	Spain	3	2	3	8
17	Greece	3	2	1	6
18	Iran	3	0	5	8
19	Hungary	2	5	11	18
20	Kazakhstan	2	5	4	11
21	United States	2	3	7	12
22	Czech Republic	2	1	2	5
23	Portugal	2	0	3	5
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 1]	2	0	0	2
24	Belgium	1	8	11	20
25	Azerbaijan	1	6	14	21
26	Ukraine	1	3	9	13
27	Israel	1	2	3	6
28	Switzerland	1	2	1	4
29	Austria	1	1	4	6
30	Russian Judo Federation [lower-alpha 2]	1	1	1	3
	Serbia	1	1	1	3
32	Tunisia	1	0	2	3
	Yugoslavia	1	0	2	3
34	Italy	0	7	9	16
35	West Germany	0	5	13	18
36	Canada	0	3	7	10
37	Turkey	0	3	5	8
38	North Korea	0	3	4	7
39	Estonia	0	3	1	4
40	Belarus	0	2	6	8
41	Egypt	0	2	3	5
42	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	4
43	Moldova	0	1	4	5
	Romania	0	1	4	5
45	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
	Sweden	0	1	2	3
47	Algeria	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
50	China	0	0	3	3
51	United Arab Emirates	0	0	2	2
52	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Total		246	244	490	980

Women's medal count – individual events (1980–2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	56	50	52	158
2	France	34	20	52	106
3	China	20	13	14	47
4	Cuba	16	16	29	61
5	Great Britain	13	15	19	47
6	Belgium	8	9	9	26
7	Netherlands	7	11	36	54
8	Brazil	5	6	17	28
9	Italy	5	3	12	20
10	North Korea	5	2	4	11
11	South Korea	5	1	18	24
12	Germany	3	7	15	25
13	Austria	3	1	7	11
14	Canada	3	1	3	7
15	Colombia	3	0	3	6
16	Spain	2	8	9	19
17	West Germany	2	5	12	19
18	United States	2	5	10	17
19	Israel	2	2	4	8
20	Argentina	2	2	1	5
21	Poland	2	1	11	14
22	Mongolia	2	1	10	13
23	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
24	Croatia	2	1	1	4
25	Slovenia	1	5	8	14
26	Kosovo	1	0	5	6
27	International Judo Federation [lower-alpha 3]	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
29	Portugal	0	5	4	9
30	Russia	0	3	10	13
31	Romania	0	3	5	8
32	Australia	0	3	3	6
33	Hungary	0	2	6	8
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
37	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
40	Azerbaijan	0	0	3	3
	Kazakhstan	0	0	3	3
	Turkey	0	0	3	3
43	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
45	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
Total		208	208	416	832

Total medal count – individual events (1956–2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	159	106	115	380
2	France	58	37	80	175
3	South Korea	29	9	61	99
4	China	20	13	17	50
5	Cuba	19	22	38	79
6	Great Britain	16	19	32	67
7	Netherlands	15	22	55	92
8	Soviet Union	11	13	33	57
9	Belgium	9	17	20	46
10	Brazil	9	13	33	55
11	Germany	8	13	27	48
12	Georgia	8	12	23	43
13	Russia	7	17	37	61
14	Poland	6	3	25	34
15	Italy	5	10	21	36
16	Spain	5	10	12	27
17	Uzbekistan	5	5	9	19
18	North Korea	5	5	8	18
19	Mongolia	5	4	20	29
20	United States	4	8	17	29
21	Austria	4	2	11	17
22	Ukraine	3	4	11	18
23	Canada	3	4	10	17
24	Israel	3	4	7	14
25	East Germany	3	3	14	20
26	Greece	3	2	2	7
27	Iran	3	0	5	8
28	Colombia	3	0	3	6
29	West Germany	2	10	25	37
30	Hungary	2	7	17	26
31	Kazakhstan	2	5	7	14
	Portugal	2	5	7	14
33	Argentina	2	2	1	5
34	Czech Republic	2	1	3	6
35	Croatia	2	1	1	4
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 1]	2	0	0	2
36	Azerbaijan	1	6	17	24
37	Slovenia	1	6	8	15
38	Switzerland	1	2	3	6
39	Serbia	1	1	2	4
40	Russian Judo Federation [lower-alpha 2]	1	1	1	3
41	Kosovo	1	0	5	6
42	Tunisia	1	0	4	5
43	Yugoslavia	1	0	2	3
44	International Judo Federation [lower-alpha 3]	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
46	Romania	0	4	9	13
47	Turkey	0	3	8	11
48	Australia	0	3	3	6
49	Estonia	0	3	1	4
50	Belarus	0	2	7	9
51	Egypt	0	2	3	5
52	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	4
	Sweden	0	2	2	4
54	Moldova	0	1	4	5
55	Bulgaria	0	1	3	4
56	Algeria	0	1	1	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
60	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
61	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	2	2
63	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Total		454	452	906	1812

The first World Team Judo Championships was held in 1994 as separate event and only for men's national teams. The first World Team Judo Championships for women's national team was held as separate event in 1997.[90] Since 1998, World Team Judo Championships for men's and women's national teams have been held at the same time and venue. It were held every four years until 2006 (although promotional team events were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships) and every year from 2007 to 2015 (except 2009). Since 2011 men's and women's team competitions became the part of World Judo Championships. Starting from 2017, it were merged into mixed team competition. Judokas who participates in the individual events at the World Championships often do not participate in the team competition.

Year	Competitions		Location		Men				Women
					Gold	Silver	Bronze		Gold	Silver	Bronze
1994	M	–	Paris, France		France	Germany	Japan  Russia		no women's competition
1997	–	W	Osaka, Japan		no men's competition				Cuba	South Korea	France  Japan
1998	M	W	Minsk, Belarus		Japan	Brazil	France  Russia		Cuba	France	Belgium  China
2002	M	W	Basel, Switzerland		Japan	Georgia	France  Italy		Japan	Cuba	China  Italy
2003	M	W	Osaka, Japan		France	Japan	Iran  Russia		Japan	China	Cuba  France
2005	M	W	Cairo, Egypt		South Korea	Japan	Brazil  Georgia		France	South Korea	Algeria  Japan
2006	M	W	Paris, France		Georgia	Russia	France  South Korea		France	Cuba	China  Japan
2007	M	W	Beijing, China		Japan	Brazil	China  South Korea		China	Cuba	Japan  Mongolia
2008	M	W	Tokyo, Japan		Georgia	Uzbekistan	Brazil  Russia		Japan	France	China  Germany
2010	M	W	Antalya, Turkey		Japan	Brazil	Russia  South Korea		Netherlands	Germany	Japan  Turkey
2011	M	W	Paris, France		France	Brazil	Japan  South Korea		France	Japan	Cuba  Germany
2012	M	W	Salvador, Brazil		Russia	Japan	Brazil  Georgia		Japan	China	Brazil  Cuba
2013	M	W	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		Georgia	Russia	Germany  Japan		Japan	Brazil	Cuba  France
2014	M	W	Chelyabinsk, Russia		Japan	Russia	Georgia  Germany		France	Mongolia	Germany  Japan
2015	M	W	Astana, Kazakhstan		Japan	South Korea	Georgia  Mongolia		Japan	Poland	Germany  Russia

World Team Judo Championships — Mixed team

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Japan	Brazil	France  South Korea
2018	Baku, Azerbaijan	Japan	France	Korea  Russia
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	France	Brazil  Russia
2021	Budapest, Hungary	Japan	France	Brazil  Uzbekistan
2022	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Japan	France	Germany  Israel
2023	Doha, Qatar	Japan	France	Georgia  Netherlands

Medal tables

The results of promotional team events which were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships are not included into overall statistics.

Men's medal count – team events (1994–2015) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Japan 6 1 3 10 2  Georgia 3 1 3 7 3  France 2 0 3 5 4  Russia 1 3 4 8 5 Brazil 0 4 2 6 6  South Korea 0 1 4 5 7  Germany 0 1 2 3 8  Uzbekistan 0 1 0 1 9  China 0 0 1 1  Italy 0 0 1 1  Mongolia 0 0 1 1 Totals (11 entries) 12 12 24 48 Total medal count – team events (1994–2023) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Japan 17 2 8 27 2  France 5 7 6 18 3  Georgia 3 1 4 8 4  Cuba 2 3 3 8 5  Russia 1 3 7 11 6  China 1 1 5 7 7  Netherlands 1 0 1 2 8 Brazil 0 6 5 11 9  Germany 0 2 7 9 10  South Korea 0 2 5 7 11  Mongolia 0 1 2 3 12  Uzbekistan 0 1 1 2 13  Poland 0 1 0 1 14  Italy 0 0 2 2 15  Belgium 0 0 1 1  Israel 0 0 1 1  Korea [lower-alpha 4] 0 0 1 1  Turkey 0 0 1 1 Totals (18 entries) 30 30 60 120

Women's medal count – team events (1997–2015) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Japan 5 1 5 11 2  France 3 2 2 7 3  Cuba 2 3 3 8 4  China 1 1 4 6 5  Netherlands 1 0 0 1 6  Germany 0 1 4 5 7 Brazil 0 1 1 2  Mongolia 0 1 1 2 9  Poland 0 1 0 1  South Korea 0 1 0 1 11  Belgium 0 0 1 1  Italy 0 0 1 1  Russia 0 0 1 1  Turkey 0 0 1 1 Totals (14 entries) 12 12 24 48 Mixed medal count – team events (2017–2023) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Japan 6 0 0 6 2  France 0 5 1 6 3 Brazil 0 1 2 3 4  Russia 0 0 2 2 5  Georgia 0 0 1 1  Germany 0 0 1 1  Israel 0 0 1 1  Korea [lower-alpha 4] 0 0 1 1  Netherlands 0 0 1 1  South Korea 0 0 1 1  Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 Totals (11 entries) 6 6 12 24

List of World Judo Championships medalists

Updated after the 2023 World Judo Championships.

This table include all medals in the individual and team competitions won at the World Judo Championships as well as at the separate World Team Judo Championships and separate World Judo Open Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	176	108	123	407
2	France	63	44	86	193
3	South Korea	29	11	66	106
4	Cuba	21	25	41	87
5	China	21	14	22	57
6	Netherlands	16	22	56	94
7	Great Britain	16	19	32	67
8	Soviet Union	11	13	33	57
9	Georgia	11	13	27	51
10	Brazil	9	19	38	66
11	Belgium	9	17	21	47
12	Russia	8	20	44	72
13	Germany	8	15	34	57
14	Poland	6	4	25	35
15	Italy	5	10	23	38
16	Spain	5	10	12	27
17	Uzbekistan	5	6	10	21
18	Mongolia	5	5	22	32
19	North Korea	5	5	8	18
20	United States	4	8	17	29
21	Austria	4	2	11	17
22	Ukraine	3	4	11	18
23	Canada	3	4	10	17
24	Israel	3	4	8	15
25	East Germany	3	3	14	20
26	Greece	3	2	2	7
27	Iran	3	0	5	8
28	Colombia	3	0	3	6
29	West Germany	2	10	25	37
30	Hungary	2	7	17	26
31	Kazakhstan	2	5	7	14
	Portugal	2	5	7	14
33	Argentina	2	2	1	5
34	Czech Republic	2	1	3	6
35	Croatia	2	1	1	4
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 1]	2	0	0	2
36	Azerbaijan	1	6	17	24
37	Slovenia	1	6	8	15
38	Switzerland	1	2	3	6
39	Serbia	1	1	2	4
40	Russian Judo Federation [lower-alpha 2]	1	1	1	3
41	Kosovo	1	0	5	6
42	Tunisia	1	0	4	5
43	Yugoslavia	1	0	2	3
44	International Judo Federation [lower-alpha 3]	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
46	Romania	0	4	9	13
47	Turkey	0	3	9	12
48	Australia	0	3	3	6
49	Estonia	0	3	1	4
50	Belarus	0	2	7	9
51	Egypt	0	2	3	5
52	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	4
	Sweden	0	2	2	4
54	Moldova	0	1	4	5
55	Bulgaria	0	1	3	4
56	Algeria	0	1	1	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
60	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
61	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	2	2
63	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Korea [lower-alpha 4]	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (70 entries)		484	482	966	1932

Boldface denotes active judokas and highest medal count among all judokas (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Individual events

Rank	Judoka	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Teddy Riner	France	+100 kg / Open	2007	2023	11	1	–	12
2	Naoya Ogawa	Japan	+95 kg / Open	1987	1995	4	–	3	7
3	Hifumi Abe	Japan	−66 kg	2017	2023	4	–	1	5
	Naohisa Takatō	Japan	−60 kg	2013	2022	4	–	1	5
5	David Douillet	France	+95 kg / Open	1993	1997	4	–	–	4
	Shōzō Fujii	Japan	−80 kg / −78 kg	1971	1979	4	–	–	4
	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Japan	+95 kg / Open	1979	1983	4	–	–	4
8	Ilias Iliadis	Greece	−90 kg	2005	2014	3	2	1	6
9	Alexander Mikhaylin	Russia	−100 kg / +100 kg / Open	1999	2011	3	1	3	7
10	Toshihiko Koga	Japan	−71 kg / −78 kg	1987	1995	3	–	1	4

All events

Rank	Judoka	Country	Events	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Teddy Riner	France	+100 kg / Open / Team	2007	2023	12	1	# 1 #	# 14 #
2	Soichi Hashimoto	Japan	−73 kg / Team	2017	2023	*## 7 *##	2	2	*## 11 *##
3	Shōhei Ōno	Japan	−73 kg / Team	2013	2019	* 6 *	–	1	* 7 *
4	Masashi Ebinuma	Japan	−66 kg / Team	2011	2015	5	1	1	7
	Riki Nakaya	Japan	−73 kg / Team	2011	2017	** 5 **	1	* 1 *	*** 7 ***
6	David Douillet	France	+95 kg / Open / Team	1993	1997	* 5 *	–	–	* 5 *
7	Alexander Mikhaylin	Russia	−100 kg / +100 kg / Open / Team	1998	2013	4	* 3 *	5	* 12 *
8	Naoya Ogawa	Japan	+95 kg / Open	1987	1995	4	–	3	7
9	Takanori Nagase	Japan	−81 kg / Team	2014	2023	# 4 #	–	2	# 6 #
10	Hifumi Abe	Japan	−66 kg	2017	2023	4	–	1	5
	Naohisa Takatō	Japan	−60 kg	2013	2022	4	–	1	5

# including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve
* including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
** including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
*## including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve
*** including three medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only

Individual events

Rank	Judoka	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ryōko Tani (Tamura)	Japan	−48 kg	1991	2007	7	–	1	8
	Tong Wen	China	+78 kg / Open	2001	2011	7	–	1	8
3	Ingrid Berghmans	Belgium	+72 kg / −72 kg / Open	1980	1989	6	4	1	11
4	Clarisse Agbegnenou	France	−63 kg	2013	2023	6	2	–	8
5	Gao Fenglian	China	+72 kg / Open	1984	1989	4	1	1	6
	Kye Sun-hui	North Korea	−52 kg / −57 kg	1997	2007	4	1	1	6
7	Noriko Anno	Japan	+72 kg / −72 kg / −78 kg	1993	2003	4	1	–	5
	Karen Briggs	Great Britain	−48 kg	1982	1991	4	1	–	5
9	Uta Abe	Japan	−52 kg	2018	2023	4	–	–	4
10	Driulis González	Cuba	−56 kg / −57 kg / −63 kg	1993	2007	3	2	2	7

All events

Rank	Judoka	Country	Events	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Clarisse Agbegnenou	France	−63 kg / Team	2011	2023	# 8 #	* 3 *	* 2 *	**# 13 **#
2	Tong Wen	China	+78 kg / Open / Team	2001	2011	8	–	2	10
3	Ryōko Tani (Tamura)	Japan	−48 kg	1991	2007	7	–	1	8
4	Ingrid Berghmans	Belgium	+72 kg / −72 kg / Open	1980	1989	6	4	1	11
5	Chizuru Arai	Japan	−70 kg / Team	2015	2019	# 6 #	–	–	# 6 #
	Akira Sone	Japan	+78 kg / Team	2017	2023	**## 6 **##	–	–	**## 6 **##
7	Driulis González	Cuba	−56 kg / −57 kg / −63 kg / Team	1993	2007	5	4	2	11
8	Misato Nakamura	Japan	−52 kg / Team	2006	2015	5	2	1	8
9	Gévrise Émane	France	−70 kg / −63 kg / Team	2005	2015	* 5 *	1	2	* 8 *
10	Noriko Anno	Japan	+72 kg / −72 kg / −78 kg / Team	1993	2003	5	1	1	7
	Sarah Asahina	Japan	+78 kg / Open / Team	2017	2021	5	1	1	7

# including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve
* including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
**# including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and one won as reserve
**## including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve

• World Championship 2013 in Rio de Janeiro
• World Championships 2012 in Salvador
• World Championships 2011 in Paris
• World Championships 2010 in Tokyo
• World Championships 2009 in Rotterdam
• World Championships 2007 in Rio de Janeiro
• World Championships 2005 in Cairo
• World Championships 2003 in Osaka
• World Championships 2001 in Munich
• World Championships 1999 in Birmingham
• World Championships 1997 in Paris
• World Championships 1995 in Chiba
• World Championships 1993 in Hamilton
• World Championships 1991 in Barcelona
• World Championships 1989 in Belgrade
• World Championships 1987 in Essen
• World Championships 1985 in Seoul
• World Championships 1983 in Moscow
• World Championships 1981 in Maastricht
• World Championships 1980 in New York
• World Championships 1979 in Paris
• World Championships 1961 in Paris
• World Championships 1956 in Tokyo