Judo has been a part of the games since 1972 and women’s judo was added in 1992. Ever since women’s judo was added there has been an equal number of men’s and women’s events. Judo will be contested in the Barra zone in the Carioca Arena 2. Qualifying was based on the IJF rankings at the end of May with athletes qualifying directly instead of earning spots for their country.

The Team:

This year’s team is made up of six athletes, split three apiece between the men and women. Four are Olympic veterans with one making his third appearance. Travis Stevens is the oldest member of the team at 30 while Colton Brown is the youngest at 24.

Links are to twitter accounts for the athletes.

USA Judo
Men:
Nick Delpopolo* – 73kg
Travis Stevens** – 81kg
Colton Brown – 90kg

Women:
Angelica Delgado – 52kg
Marti Malloy* – 57kg
Kayla Harrison* – 78kg
* – Was on team in 2012 – London
** – Was on team in 2012 and 2008 (Beijing)

Format:

Judo is run in a knockout format and does feature a repechage (think loser’s bracket) but only for those who reached the quarterfinals. The winner of the matches between the four losers of the quarterfinals will face off against the losers of the semifinals to determine the two bronze medalists in each event.

Schedule:

All Times ET
Sunday, August 7th
9:21 AM – Women’s 52kg – Round of 32 – Angelica Delgado vs. Tsolomon Adiyasambuu
10:24 AM – Women’s 52kg – Round of 16
11:20 AM – Women’s 52kg – Quarterfinals
2:30 PM – Women’s 52kg – Repechage
2:58 PM – Women’s 52kg – Semifinals
3:26 PM – Women’s 52kg – Bronze Medal Finals
3:40 PM – Women’s 52kg – Gold Medal Final

Monday, August 8th
10:24 AM – Judo – Men’s 73kg – Round of 32 – Nick Delpopolo vs. Ahmed Goumar
10:45 AM – Judo – Women’s 57kg – Round of 16 – Marti Malloy vs. TBD
10:59 AM – Men’s 73kg – Round of 16
11:27 AM – Women’s 57kg – Quarterfinals
11:41 AM – Men’s 73kg – Quarterfinals
2:30 PM – Women’s 57kg – Repechage
2:44 PM – Men’s 73kg – Repechage
2:58 PM – Women’s 57kg – Semifinals
3:12 PM – Men’s 73kg – Semifinals
3:26 PM – Women’s 57kg – Bronze Medal Finals
3:40 PM – Women’s 57kg – Gold Medal Final
3:47 PM – Men’s 73kg – Bronze Medal Finals
4:01 PM – Men’s 73kg – Gold Medal Final

Tuesday, August 9th
10:24 AM – Judo – Men’s 81kg – Round of 32 – Travis Stevens vs. Robin Pacek
10:59 AM – Men’s 81kg – Round of 16
11:41 AM – Men’s 81kg – Quarterfinals
2:44 PM – Men’s 81kg – Repechage
3:12 PM – Men’s 81kg – Semifinals
3:47 PM – Men’s 81kg – Bronze Medal Finals
4:01 PM – Men’s 81kg – Gold Medal Final

Wednesday, August 10th
9:56 AM – Judo – Men’s 90kg – Round of 32 – Colton Brown vs. Iszlam Monier Suliman
10:59 AM – Men’s 90kg – Round of 16
11:41 AM – Men’s 90kg – Quarterfinals
2:44 PM – Men’s 90kg – Repechage
3:12 PM – Men’s 90kg – Semifinals
3:47 PM – Men’s 90kg – Bronze Medal Finals
4:01 PM – Men’s 90kg – Gold Medal Final

Thursday, August 11th
10:10 AM – Judo – Women’s 78kg – Round of 16 – Kayla Harrison vs. Zhehui Zhang
11:06 AM – Women’s 78kg – Quarterfinals
2:30 PM – Women’s 78kg – Repechage
2:58 PM – Women’s 78kg – Semifinals
3:26 PM – Women’s 78kg – Bronze Medal Finals
3:40 PM – Women’s 78kg – Gold Medal Final

Past Results:

The US is not a big judo medal winner with just 12 all time, 13th most, and their first gold coming in 2012. This current crop of judoka though offers some real expectations for success as Kayla Harrison took that first ever US gold in 2012 and Marti Malloy took a bronze in London as well.