Olympic Judo Floor Measurements

Women s judo was added as a demonstration sport in the 1988 games in seoul korea before being added to the official olympic program in 1992.

Olympic judo floor measurements. Judo was first included in the summer olympic games at the 1964 games in tokyo japan. The cost estimate to do a floor this way is over 40 per square foot. Two years later judo made an appearance as an exhibition sport at the olympics in los angeles but it was not until tokyo hosted the games in 1964 when judo became an official olympic sport for men and barcelona in 1992 for women. The first chapter of competitive judo.

They come in all sorts of sizes but the traditional size for a tatami mat is 90cm by 180cm. Winning training and techniques by ron angus is devoted to explaining a number of aspects of the rules. The progressive rate spring floor was wonderful but ridiculously expensive. After not being included in 1968 judo has been an olympic sport in each olympiad since then.

Judo 70 78kg half heavyweight france great britain london 2012 women. That is just under 3 feet by 6 feet. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 summer olympics when women participated as a demonstration sport women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 summer olympics. London 2012 audrey tcheumeo of france and team gb s gemma gibbons crash to the floor during their 78kg judo semifinal.

Official judo tatamis are the preferred mats for police military training only ijf approved mats are accepted at major tournaments such as olympic games world championships european cups panamerican games etc. In this situation during covid 19 i think athletes aiming for the olympic and paralympic games are training hard each day with great anxiety said yamashita a former olympic judo gold. General rules of competition etiquette and the penalty system are covered in chapter 2. The only truly sprung floors i have done judo on are a hardwood floor mounted on progressive rate springs in japan and the sprung floors using tires.

The competition area for a judo match is an 8 to 10 meter square mat. Judo made its very first appearance at the olympic games in 1964 in tokyo. Mastering judo by masao takahashi et al explains a number of aspects of the rules. Our first floor was a tire floor.

This mat was designed to take the throws of judo bjj aikido hapkido jiu jitsu mma etc. As for women s judo it was added to the games in 1992 in barcelona.