Olympic Judo Odds
LONDON, England (TheSpread) – There aren’t many sports in the 2012 Olympics more physical than Judo. Here is a look at the odds to win gold in each judo weight class.
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The Olympics feature 14 Judo events but only 10 currently have odds listed, five men’s weight classes and five women’s weight classes. A number of countries are in the mix to win gold medals in London. France has the best odds as they are favored in three of the listed weight classes. China is favored in two events, while the United States is not favored in any of the weight classes.
In the history of Olympic Judo, Japan has been by far the most successful, winning a total of 35 gold medals and 65 overall medals. The next country with the most gold medals is France, which has won 10 over the course of the Olympics.
Of the competing Americans, Kayla Harrison has the best odds to win gold, as she has a money line of +500 in the Women’s Half-Heavyweight Division. Harrison actually won gold in the 2010 World Judo Championships for her weight class, but placed third in 2011. She was the 2011 Pan American Games Judo Champion in this weight class.
The 2012 Summer Olympics will take place from London, England from July 27 through August 12 of this summer. For the complete odds to win each Judo Event, see below.
2012 Summer Olympics – Judo Event Odds
Men Extra Lightweight (60kg)
Rishod Sobirov (UZB) -250
Hiroaki Hiraoka (JPN) +650
Arsen Galstyan (RUS) +800
Georgii Zantaraia (UKR) +1100
Sergio Pessoa (CAN) +2500
Men Half-Middleweight (81kg)
Jae-Bum Kim (KOR) 2/1
Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) 7/2
Elnur Mammadli (AZE) 11/2
Ole Bischof (GER) 6/1
Takahiro Nakai (JPN) 10/1
Travis Stevens (USA) 20/1
Men Middleweight (90kg)
Ilias Iliadis (GRE) +110
Daiki Nishiyama (JPN) +300
Dilshod Choriev (UZB) +700
Varlam Liparteliani (GEO) +700
Alexandre Emond (CAN) +2500
Women Extra Lightweight (48kg)
Tomoko Fukumi (JPN) -250
Alina Dumitru (ROU) +800
Sarah Menezes (BRA) +900
Men Half-Heavyweight (100kg)
Maxim Rakov (KAZ) +250
Tagir Khaibulaev (RUS) +350
Henk Grol (NED) +450
Takamasa Anai (JPN) +450
Men Half-Lightweight (66kg)
Masashi Ebumina (JPN) +350
Musa Mogushkov (RUS) +350
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar (MGL) +400
Leandro Cunha (BRA) +550
Rok Draksic (SLO) +1000
Men Heavyweight (100+kg)
Terry Riner (FRA) -200
Andreas Toelzer (GER) +600
Rafael Silva (BRA) +650
Men Lightweight (73kg)
Ki-Chun Wang (KOR) 5/4
Riki Nakaya (JPN) 3/1
Dex Elmont (NED) 5/1
Ugo Legrand (FRA) 10/1
Mansur Isaev (RUS) 12/1
Nicholas Delpopolo (USA) 25/1
Women Lightweight (57kg)
Kaori Matsumoto (JPN) +110
Telma Monteiro (POR) +300
Rafaela Silva (BRA) +450
Marti Malloy (USA) +3000
Women Half-Middlewieght (63kg)
Gevrise Emaine (FRA) 7/4
Yoshie Ueno (JPN) 2/1
Urska Zolnir (SLO) 11/2
Elisabeth Willeboordse (NED) 9/1
Lili Xu (CHN) 9/1
Alice Schlesinger (ISR) 14/1
Women Middleweight (70kg)
Lucie Decosse (FRA) EVEN
Edith Bosch (NED) +350
Haruka Tachimoto (JPN) +550
Anett Meszaros (HUN) +800
Women Half-Heavyweight (78kg)
Xiuli Yang (CHN) +275
Akari Ogata (JPN) +300
Mayra Aguiar (BRA) +400
Audrey Tcheumeo (FRA) +500
Kayla Harrison (USA) +500
Women Half-Lightweight (52kg)
Misato Nakamura (JPN) -250
Bundmaa Munkhbaatar (MGL) +800
Rika Miranda (BRA) +1000
Women Heavyweight (78+kg)
Wen Tong (CHN) -150
Mike Sugimoto (JPN) +400
Lucia Polauder (SLO) +700
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