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Little information I found on Olympic webiste on Judo
COMPETITION
Women's judo was added to the Olympic programme in 1992. Men and women now compete in seven weight classes each, and 400 judoka competed at the Sydney 2000 Games. Men's contests last five minutes. Women's contests last four.
Judoka compete in a single-elimination tournament after being divided into two pools by a draw. An unusual twist is that two bronze medals are awarded. To determine them, all judoka who lose to one of the two pools' semi-finalists fall into a further single-elimination bracket within the same groups. The winner in each of those groups faces the runner-up of the opposite group in the matches for bronze.
LIST OF EVENTS
• + 100kg (heavyweight) Men
• - 60 kg Men
• 60 - 66kg (half-lightweight) Men
• 66 - 73kg (lightweight) Men
• 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Men
• 81 - 90kg (middleweight) Men
• 90 - 100kg (half-heavyweight) Men
• + 78kg (heavyweight) Women
• - 48kg (extra-lightweight) Women
• 48 - 52kg (half-lightweight) Women
• 52 - 57kg (lightweight) Women
• 57 - 63kg (half-middleweight) Women
• 63 - 70kg (middleweight) Women
• 70 - 78kg (half-heavyweight) Women
Korea hosting the Olympic in 1988 certainly brought a lot of exposure to the sports of Taekwondo. They had the non-Olympic event for the first time and it took some time before it was sanctioned as an Olympic event in 2000.
Yes, politics definitely play in Olympics..... Just ask the gymnist and the skater who lost out on the gold medals.....
Originally posted by complete@May 24 2006, 12:04 PM Korea hosting the Olympic in 1988 certainly brought a lot of exposure to the sports of Taekwondo. They had the non-Olympic event for the first time and it took some time before it was sanctioned as an Olympic event in 2000.
Yes, politics definitely play in Olympics..... Just ask the gymnist and the skater who lost out on the gold medals.....
In 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic, the judge ruled that the Korean short track skater was disqualified and gave the gold medal to popular Apollo Ono, even though the Korean skaker clearly crossed the line first.
Then in 2004 Athens Olympic, the judge added the scores wrong and Paul Hahm ended up winning the gold. If added properly, the guy who got the bronze had the highest score.
Unfortunately, both events involved the Koreans and Americans, and both resulted in Americans getting the gold over the Koreans who performed better. Politically, the US has much stronger influence than the Korea, as they are the superpower and also generate more revenues from TV coverage during the olympics. 10 out of 10 times, the favorable ruling will go to the Americans......
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" ... Those who win every battle are not really skillful - those who render others' helpless without fighting are the best of all." - Sun Tzu
Let's just get over it. It's not helping either athletes (both Koreans and Americans) by bringing this up. The judges are human and they also make mistakes.
But judo doesn't involve any punches to the face, and taekwondo does, that is the only reason I can think of. However I think taekwondo would make a nice addition to the olympics.
lol ye - only on like specific sports channels mb. Its not very major compared to say the classic athletics. Apparently its on in korea quite a lot but the koreans themselves find the wtf sparring style boring and just turn it off, according to a taekwondo master from korea lol.
Then in 2004 Athens Olympic, the judge added the scores wrong and Paul Hahm ended up winning the gold. If added properly, the guy who got the bronze had the highest score.
Didn't they award the Gold metal to the correct person later? I remember hearing a sound bite from an athlete, "Now, I just need the silver."
Judo in Olympics
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