This article details the qualifying phase for judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The competition at these Games comprised a total of 372 athletes coming from their respective NOCs; each could enter a maximum of fourteen judokas, seven each for both men and women per bodyweight category.
[1] The host country France received a spot in all fourteen individual events, while fifteen places were reserved for the eligible NOCs through universality quotas awarded by the Tripartie Commission.
[2] The remaining judokas were required to undergo a qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective weight category for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).
[3][4] The qualification window had commenced on 24 June 2022, and concluded two years later (23 June 2024), with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.
[2] The top 17 judokas in each bodyweight category from the world ranking list qualified directly for the Games, with each NOC subjected to a limit of one judoka per division.
The International Judo Federation publishes a list of all judokas for each continent across all gender-based bodyweight categories to assign these quota places according to their world ranking points.
Eligible judokas with the highest number of points on the ranking list will secure a continental quota for their respective NOC at the Games regardless of their gender and weight category.
Each NOC may only enter a single judoka through the continental qualification rules.
[1][2] The mixed-team tournament will offer five invitational places (one for each continent) to the highest-ranked NOCs that have qualified judokas in only five of the six mixed-team weight classes.
Among these NOCs, the highest-ranked judoka vying for qualification will fill the remaining quota place to complete the team.