2003 World Judo Championships

The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–15 September 2003.^[1][2] On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan won the women's.^[3][4]

Judo 2003 World Judo Championships
Venue	Osaka-jō Hall
Location	Osaka, Japan
Dates	11–14 September 2003
Competitors	631 from 100 nations
Champions
Men's team	France
Women's team	Japan
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
← Munich 2001 (individual) ← Basel 2002 (Team) Cairo 2005 →

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details	Choi Min-Ho (KOR)	Craig Fallon (GBR)	Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
			Anis Lounifi (TUN)
Half-lightweight (66 kg) details	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)
			Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS)
Lightweight (73 kg) details	Lee Won-Hee (KOR)	Daniel Fernandes (FRA)	João Neto (POR)
			Vitaliy Makarov (RUS)
Half-middleweight (81 kg) details	Florian Wanner (GER)	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI)	Robert Krawczyk (POL)
			Aleksei Budõlin (EST)
Half-middleweight (90 kg) details	Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR)	Zurab Zviadauri (GEO)	Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR)
			Carlos Honorato (BRA)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Kosei Inoue (JPN)	Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)	Ihar Makarau (BLR)
			Mário Sabino (BRA)
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)	Dennis van der Geest (NED)	Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
			Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR)
Openweight details	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)	Indrek Pertelson (EST)	Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)
			Movlud Miraliyev (AZE)
Men's team details	France (FRA)	Japan (JPN)	Iran (IRI)
			Russia (RUS)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Ryoko Tamura (JPN)	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)	Neşe Şensoy (TUR)
			Danieska Carrión (CUB)
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Amarilis Savón (CUB)	Annabelle Euranie (FRA)	Raffaella Imbriani (GER)
			Yuki Yokosawa (JPN)
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Kye Sun-hui (PRK)	Yvonne Bönisch (GER)	Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB)
			Deborah Gravenstijn (NED)
Half-middleweight (63 kg) details	Daniela Krukower (ARG)	Driulis González (CUB)	Anna von Harnier (GER)
			Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
Middleweight (70 kg) details	Masae Ueno (JPN)	Regla Leyén (CUB)	Edith Bosch (NED)
			Annett Böhm (GER)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details	Noriko Anno (JPN)	Yurisel Laborde (CUB)	Edinanci Silva (BRA)
			Esther San Miguel (ESP)
Heavyweight (+78 kg) details	Sun Fuming (CHN)	Maki Tsukada (JPN)	Tea Donguzashvili (RUS)
			Karina Bryant (GBR)
Openweight details	Tong Wen (CHN)	Karina Bryant (GBR)	Mara Kovačević (SCG)
			Daima Beltrán (CUB)
Women's team details	Japan (JPN)	China (CHN)	France (FRA) ()
			Cuba (CUB) ()

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)*	6	1	2	9
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	0	3
3	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
4	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	4	8
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	3	5
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRN)	1	0	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	5	0	5
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	1	3
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
12	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
13	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
15	Russia (RUS)	0	0	4	4
16	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	3	3
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
18	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		16	16	32	64

Results overview

Men

60 kg

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Choi Min-Ho (KOR)
2.	Craig Fallon (GBR)
3.	Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
3.	Anis Lounifi (TUN)
5.	Oliver Gussenberg (GER)
5.	Pak Nam-Choi (PRK)
7.	Elchin Ismaylov (AZE)
7.	Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh (IRI)

66 kg

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)
2.	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)
3.	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)
3.	Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS)
5.	João Pina (POR)
5.	Miloš Mijalković (SCG)
7.	Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)
7.	Tomoo Torii (JPN)

73 kg

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Lee Won-Hee (KOR)
2.	Daniel Fernandes (FRA)
3.	João Neto (POR)
3.	Vitaliy Makarov (RUS)
5.	Victor Bivol (MDA)
5.	Egamnazar Akbarov (UZB)
7.	Yoel Razvozov (ISR)
7.	Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN)

81 kg

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Florian Wanner (GER)
2.	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI)
3.	Robert Krawczyk (POL)
3.	Aleksei Budõlin (EST)
5.	Yoshihiro Akiyama (JPN)
5.	Ricardo Echarte (ESP)
7.	Ariel Sganga (ARG)
7.	Cédric Claverie (FRA)

90 kg

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR)
2.	Zurab Zviadauri (GEO)
3.	Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR)
3.	Carlos Honorato (BRA)
5.	Yosvany Despaigne (CUB)
5.	Keith Morgan (CAN)
7.	Gabriel Lama (CHI)
7.	Francesco Lepre (ITA)

100 kg

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Kosei Inoue (JPN)
2.	Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)
3.	Ihar Makarau (BLR)
3.	Mário Sabino (BRA)
5.	Michele Monti (ITA)
5.	Nicolas Gill (CAN)
7.	Iveri Jikurauli (GEO)
7.	Michael Jurack (GER)

+100 kg

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)
2.	Dennis van der Geest (NED)
3.	Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
3.	Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR)
5.	Daniel Hernandes (BRA)
5.	Frank Möller (GER)
7.	Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL)
7.	Selim Tataroğlu (TUR)

Open class

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)
2.	Indrek Pertelson (EST)
3.	Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)
3.	Movlud Miraliyev (AZE)
5.	Amel Mekić (BIH)
5.	Gabriel Munteanu (ROM)
7.	Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL)
7.	Daniel Hernandes (BRA)

Men's team

15 September – Final^[3]

Position	Country
1.	France (FRA)
2.	Japan (JPN)
3.	Iran (IRI)
3.	Russia (RUS)
5.	Cuba (CUB)
5.	South Korea (KOR)
7.	Australia (AUS)
7.	Tunisia (TUN)

Women

48 kg

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Ryoko Tamura (JPN)
2.	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)
3.	Neşe Şensoy (TUR)
3.	Danieska Carrión (CUB)
5.	Julia Matijass (GER)
5.	Gao Feng (CHN)
7.	Alina Dumitru (ROM)
7.	Anna Żemła (POL)

52 kg

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Amarilis Savón (CUB)
2.	Annabelle Euranie (FRA)
3.	Raffaella Imbriani (GER)
3.	Yuki Yokosawa (JPN)
5.	Ri Sang-Rim (PRK)
5.	Georgina Singleton (GBR)
7.	Ana Carrascosa (ESP)
7.	Michal Feinblat (ISR)

57 kg

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Kye Sun-hui (PRK)
2.	Yvonne Bönisch (GER)
3.	Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB)
3.	Deborah Gravenstijn (NED)
5.	Maria Pekli (AUS)
5.	Barbara Harel (FRA)
7.	Isabel Fernández (ESP)
7.	Xu Yan (CHN)

63 kg

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Daniela Krukower (ARG)
2.	Driulis González (CUB)
3.	Anna von Harnier (GER)
3.	Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
5.	Lee Bok-Hee (KOR)
5.	Vânia Yukie Ishii (BRA)
7.	Lucie Décosse (FRA)
7.	Gella Vandecaveye (BEL)

70 kg

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Masae Ueno (JPN)
2.	Regla Leyén (CUB)
3.	Edith Bosch (NED)
3.	Annett Böhm (GER)
5.	Qin Dongya (CHN)
5.	Kate Howey (GBR)
7.	Kim Ryon-Mi (PRK)
7.	Cecilia Blanco (ESP)

78 kg

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Noriko Anno (JPN)
2.	Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
3.	Edinanci Silva (BRA)
3.	Esther San Miguel (ESP)
5.	Claudia Zwiers (NED)
5.	Céline Lebrun (FRA)
7.	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand (MGL)
7.	Uta Kühnen (GER)

+78 kg

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Sun Fuming (CHN)
2.	Maki Tsukada (JPN)
3.	Tea Donguzashvili (RUS)
3.	Karina Bryant (GBR)
5.	Sandra Köppen (GER)
5.	Daima Beltrán (CUB)
7.	Barbara Andolina (ITA)
7.	Françoise Harteveld (NED)

Open class

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Tong Wen (CHN)
2.	Karina Bryant (GBR)
3.	Mara Kovačević (SCG)
3.	Daima Beltrán (CUB)
5.	Magdalena Kozioł (POL)
5.	Céline Lebrun (FRA)
7.	Claudia Zwiers (NED)
7.	Giovanna Blanco (VEN)

References

1. "World Championships Osaka 2003". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
2. "World Championships Osaka". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
3. . Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
4. . Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

• 2003 World Judo Championships at the International Judo Federation 
• 2003 World Judo Championships at JudoInside.com 
• (International Judo Federation)