List of world champions in judo

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This is an incomplete list of World Champions in Judo.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Jeon Ki-young

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

Udo Quellmalz

R

S

T

U

V

Marhinde Verkerk

W

Y

World Judo Championships

Individual

Men only	Tokyo 1956 Tokyo 1958 Paris 1961 Rio de Janeiro 1965 Salt Lake City 1967 Mexico City 1969 Ludwigshafen 1971 Lausanne 1973 Vienna 1975 Paris 1979 Maastricht 1981 Moscow 1983 Seoul 1985
Women only	New York 1980 Paris 1982 Vienna 1984 Maastricht 1986
Men and women	Essen 1987 Belgrade 1989 Barcelona 1991 Hamilton 1993 Chiba 1995 Paris 1997 Birmingham 1999 Munich 2001 Osaka 2003 Cairo 2005 Rio de Janeiro 2007 Rotterdam 2009 Tokyo 2010 Paris 2011 Rio de Janeiro 2013 Chelyabinsk 2014 Astana 2015 Budapest 2017 Baku 2018 Tokyo 2019 Budapest 2021 Tashkent 2022 Doha 2023 Abu Dhabi 2024 Budapest 2025
Open weight	Levallois-Perret 2008 Tyumen 2011 Marrakech 2017

Team

Gendered teams	Paris 1994 Osaka 1997 Minsk 1998 Basel 2002 Osaka 2003 Cairo 2005 Paris 2006 Beijing 2007 Tokyo 2008 Antalya 2010 Paris 2011 Salvador 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2013 Chelyabinsk 2014 Astana 2015
Mixed teams	Budapest 2017 Baku 2018 Tokyo 2019 Budapest 2021 Tashkent 2022 Doha 2023 Abu Dhabi 2024 Budapest 2025

Juniors

Cadets

List of world champions
List of medalists