Riner is also tied with Japan's Tadahiro Nomura for most judo gold medals with three. When did judo become an official Olympic sport? Judo was first contested at the Olympics in 1964 when the Games ...

A memorable Olympics as they are held in Asia for the ... Japan's greatest sporting passion of judo was included in the Games for the first time, netting the home country three gold medals.

The sport made its Olympic debut on the men’s program in 1964 and has been included in every Games since 1972. Women first competed in Judo in 1988 when it was introduced as a demonstration ...

PARIS--Right after Hifumi Abe violently threw his final opponent to the tatami and secured his second Olympic judo gold medal, he stood up and looked directly at his sister crying in the stands at ...