Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women's judo was organized as a demonstration sport.

[3] Note: Women's judo made its first appearance at the 1988 Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport.

Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; quarter-finalists losers fight against each other in the same half of bracket.

Losers finish in seventh place, winners advance to the bronze medal contest against losing semifinalist of the opposite half of the bracket.

The winner of each bout will be awarded one point and the minimum score a team will need to progress to the next round will be 4:2.