1999 World Judo Championships

Judo competition

Judo 1999 World Judo Championships

Venue| Arena Birmingham
Location|  Birmingham, Great Britain
Dates| 7–10 October 1999
Competitors| 619 from 91 nations
Competition at external databases
Links| IJF • JudoInside

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The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Birmingham, Great Britain in 1999.

## Medal overview

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details |  Manolo Poulot (CUB) |  Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) |  Natig Bahirov (BLR)
Nestor Khergiani (GEO)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
details |  Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) |  Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) |  Patrick van Kalken (NED)
Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)
Lightweight (73 kg)
details |  Jimmy Pedro (USA) |  Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) |  Sebastian Pereira (BRA)
Georgi Revazichvili (GEO)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
details |  Graeme Randall (GBR) |  Farkhod Turaev (UZB) |  Kwak Ok-chol (PRK)
Cho In-chul (KOR)
Middleweight (90 kg)
details |  Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) |  Victor Florescu (MDA) |  Yoo Sung-yeon (KOR)
Adrian Croitoru (ROM)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
details |  Kosei Inoue (JPN) |  Jang Sung-ho (KOR) |  Alexandre Mikhaylin (RUS)
Nicolas Gill (CAN)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
details |  Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) |  Indrek Pertelson (EST) |  Pan Song (CHN)
Selim Tataroğlu (TUR)
Openweight
details |  Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) |  Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) |  Dennis van der Geest (NED)
Harry Van Barneveld (BEL)

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details |  Ryoko Tamura (JPN) |  Amarilis Savón (CUB) |  Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (FRA)
Anna Maria Gradante (GER)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details |  Noriko Narazaki (JPN) |  Legna Verdecia (CUB) |  Kye Sun-hui (PRK)
Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA)
Lightweight (57 kg)
details |  Driulis González (CUB) |  Isabel Fernández (ESP) |  Jessica Gal (NED)
Michaela Vernerová (CZE)
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
details |  Keiko Maeda (JPN) |  Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) |  Sara Álvarez (ESP)
Karen Roberts (GBR)
Middleweight (70 kg)
details |  Sibelis Veranes (CUB) |  Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) |  Kate Howey (GBR)
Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
details |  Noriko Anno (JPN) |  Yin Yufeng (CHN) |  Céline Lebrun (FRA)
Diadenis Luna (CUB)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
details |  Beata Maksymow (POL) |  Yuan Hua (CHN) |  Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
Karina Bryant (GBR)
Openweight
details |  Daima Beltrán (CUB) |  Miho Ninomiya (JPN) |  Tsvetana Bozhilova (BUL)
Choi Sook-ie (KOR)

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan (JPN)| 8| 2| 1| 11
2|  Cuba (CUB)| 4| 2| 2| 8
3|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 3| 4
Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 0| 3| 4
5|  Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 2| 1| 3
China (CHN)| 0| 2| 1| 3
Turkey (TUR)| 0| 2| 1| 3
10|  South Korea (KOR)| 0| 1| 3| 4
11|  Russia (RUS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
13|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Moldova (MDA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Uzbekistan (UZB)| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 3| 3
17|  Georgia (GEO)| 0| 0| 2| 2
North Korea (PRK)| 0| 0| 2| 2
19|  Belarus (BLR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Brazil (BRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Germany (GER)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy (ITA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Romania (ROU)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (26 entries)| 16| 16| 32| 64

## Results overview

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### Men

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#### 60 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Manuelo Poulot |  Cuba
2. | Kazuhiko Tokuno |  Japan
3. | Natig Bahirov |  Belarus
3. | Nestor Khergiani |  Georgia
5. | John Buchanan |  Great Britain
5. | Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh |  Mongolia
7. | Vardan Voskanyan |  Armenia
7. | Evguani Stanev |  Russia

#### 66 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Larbi Benboudaoud |  France
2. | Hüseyin Özkan |  Turkey
3. | Patrick van Kalken |  Netherlands
3. | Yordanis Arencibia |  Cuba
5. | Ludwing Ortiz |  Venezuela
5. | Han Ji-hwan |  South Korea
7. | Kiyoshi Uematsu |  Spain
7. | Purevdor Nyamlkhagva |  Mongolia

#### 73 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Jimmy Pedro |  United States
2. | Vitaliy Makarov |  Russia
3. | Sebastian Pereira |  Brazil
3. | Georgi Revazichvili |  Georgia
5. | Rafał Kozielewski |  Poland
5. | Miklós Illyés |  Hungary
7. | inCarlos Méndez |  Puerto Rico
7. | Anatoly Laryukov |  Belarus

#### 81 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Graeme Randall |  Great Britain
2. | Farkhod Turaev |  Uzbekistan
3. | Kwak Ok-chol |  North Korea
3. | Cho In-chul |  South Korea
5. | Nuno Delgado |  Portugal
5. | Djamel Bouras |  France
7. | Maarten Arens |  Netherlands
7. | Patick Reiter |  Austria

#### 90 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Hidehiko Yoshida |  Japan
2. | Victor Florescu |  Moldova
3. | Yoo Sung-yeon |  South Korea
3. | Adrian Croitoru |  Romania
5. | Carlos Honorato |  Brazil
5. | Sergey Shakimov |  Kazakhstan
7. | Keith Morgan |  Canada
7. | Yosvany Despaigne |  Cuba

#### 100 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Kosei Inoue |  Japan
2. | Jang Sung-ho |  South Korea
3. | Alexandre Mikhaylin |  Russia
3. | Nicolas Gill |  Canada
5. | Stéphane Traineau |  France
5. | Ariel Ze'evi |  Israel
7. | Martin van den Berg |  Netherlands
7. | Leonid Svirid |  Belarus

#### +100 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Shinichi Shinohara |  Japan
2. | Indrek Pertelson |  Estonia
3. | Pan Song |  China
3. | Selim Tataroğlu |  Turkey
5. | Jérôme Dreyfus |  France
5. | Frank Möller |  Germany
7. | Tamerlan Tmenov |  Russia
7. | Rafał Kubacki |  Poland

#### Open class

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Shinichi Shinohara |  Japan
2. | Selim Tataroğlu |  Turkey
3. | Dennis van der Geest |  Netherlands
3. | Harry Van Barneveld |  Belgium
5. | Aleksi Davidashvili |  Georgia
5. | Daniel Hernandes |  Brazil
7. | Koba Nadiradze |  Ukraine
7. | Patrice Rognon |  France

### Women

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#### 48 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Ryoko Tamura |  Japan
2. | Amarilis Savón |  Cuba
3. | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso |  France
3. | Anna Maria Gradante |  Germany
5. | Vanesa Arenas |  Spain
5. | Park Sung-ja |  South Korea
7. | Huang Lihong |  China
7. | Victoria Dunn |  Great Britain

#### 52 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Noriko Narasaki |  Japan
2. | Legna Verdecia |  Cuba
3. | Kye Sun-hui |  North Korea
3. | Marie-Claire Restoux |  France
5. | Liu Yuxiang |  China
5. | Salima Souakri |  Algeria
7. | Luce Baillargeon |  Canada
7. | Deborah Allan |  Great Britain

#### 57 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Driulis González |  Cuba
2. | Isabel Fernández |  Spain
3. | Jessica Gal |  Netherlands
3. | Michaela Vernerová |  Czech Republic
5. | Pernilla Andersson |  Sweden
5. | Zulfiyya Huseynova |  Azerbaijan
7. | Magali Baton |  France
7. | Orit Bar-On |  Israel

#### 63 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Keiko Maeda |  Japan
2. | Gella Vandecaveye |  Belgium
3. | Sara Álvarez |  Spain
3. | Karen Roberts |  Great Britain
5. | Eszter Csizmadia |  Hungary
5. | Celita Schutz |  United States
7. | Sun Xiaofang |  China
7. | Kenia Rodríguez |  Cuba

#### 70 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Sibelis Veranes |  Cuba
2. | Ulla Werbrouck |  Belgium
3. | Kate Howey |  Great Britain
3. | Ylenia Scapin |  Italy
5. | Masae Ueno |  Japan
5. | Yvonne Wansart |  Germany
7. | Úrsula Martín |  Spain
7. | Qin Dongya |  China

#### 78 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Noriko Anno |  Japan
2. | Yin Yufeng |  China
3. | Céline Lebrun |  France
3. | Diadenis Luna |  Cuba
5. | Karin Kienhuis |  Netherlands
5. | Kang Min-jung |  South Korea
7. | Esther San Miguel |  Spain
7. | Sandra Godinho |  Portugal

#### +78 kg

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Beata Maksymow |  Poland
2. | Yuan Hua |  China
3. | Miho Ninomiya |  Japan
3. | Karina Bryant |  Great Britain
5. | Christine Cicot |  France
5. | ? | ?
7. | Colleen Rosensteel |  United States
7. | Tsvetana Bozilova |  Bulgaria

#### Open class

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Position  | Judoka  | Country

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1. | Daima Beltrán |  Cuba
2. | Miho Ninomiya |  Japan
3. | Tsvetana Bozilova |  Bulgaria
3. | Choi Sook-ie |  South Korea
5. | Svetlana Goundarenko |  Russia
5. | Priscila Marques |  Brazil
7. | Zhang Qingli |  China
7. | Françoise Harteveld |  Netherlands

## External links

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* 1999 World Judo Championships at the International Judo Federation
* 1999 World Judo Championships at JudoInside.com
* Competition Results - 1999 World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation)

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*[UZB]: Uzbekistan
*[PRK]: North Korea
*[KOR]: South Korea
*[MDA]: Moldova
*[ROM]: Romania
*[CAN]: Canada
*[EST]: Estonia
*[CHN]: China
*[BEL]: Belgium
*[GER]: Germany
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