When did judo become an official Olympic sport? Judo was first contested at the Olympics in 1964 when the Games took place in Tokyo. It became a permanent fixture on the Olympic program starting in ...

a shock second-round loser at last summer's Olympics, who will fight for her fifth world title at 52 kilograms. The two medals in Paris were the fewest by Japanese women since judo was officially ...

Heading into the Paris Olympics this summer, the French are holding ... I am forever grateful to him.” At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the first time judo was included in the competition, Japan ...

Japan has won nine gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in the judo in Tokyo - a record haul since it became an Olympic event for men in 1964 and for women in 1992. The new teams event meant a ...