Out of 268
participants at the Grand Slam judo in Tokyo Japan dominated the event taking
10 gold medals. Korea did well with three gold medals and The Netherlands
claimed the only gold medal for Europe. Dutch Linda Bolder came to Tokyo on her
own expenses as the only representative of her country and won for the first
time in her career a Grand Slam. Because of her 300 points she jumps at the
World Ranking to the ninth position, coming from 18 last week.
The Korean
men won three weight categories. The victory of Kim Jae-Bum was not a surprise U81kg.
The double World Champion and Olympic Champion won his second Grand Slam in his
career.
His
compatriot Lee Kyu-Won was the winner U90kg. Heavyweight Kim Sung-Min defeated
the higest ranked, Rafael Silva of Brazil, in the final.
Special was
the age of some of the Japanese winners at this events. Naohisa Takato and
Megumi Tsugane won their categories at the age of 17.
Read more about their age records here:
The performances of Europe were very poor. So successful at the Olympic Games, but at this event only nine medals from the most powerful continent in judo. Just one gold medal. Last year at the same event Europe claimed 16 medals, the same amount as in 2010.
Watch the medal table below
Medal table
| Gold medal distribution | Gold medal distribution all editions |
|---|---|
| # | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
| Japan |
10
|
8
|
8
|
26
|
2
| Korea |
3
|
0
|
3
|
6
|
3
| Netherlands |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
| Cuba |
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
5
| Brazil |
0
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
6
| France |
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
7
| Russia |
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
8
| Greece |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
| Kazakhstan |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
10
| Mongolia |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
11
| Belgium |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
12
| Canada |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
13
| Taipei |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
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