Judo has been a Universiade compulsory event since 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. Before this, judo was an optional sport in the 1967, 1985, 1995, 2001 and 2003 editions.

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
V	1967	Tokyo	Japan	Japan	South Korea	France
XIII	1985	Kobe	Japan	South Korea	Japan	North Korea
XVIII	1995	Fukuoka	Japan	Japan	South Korea	Cuba
XX	1999	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	Japan	Cuba	Netherlands
XXI	2001	Beijing	China	China	Japan	Cuba
XXII	2003	Daegu	South Korea	Japan	France	South Korea
XXIV	2007	Bangkok	Thailand	Japan	South Korea	China
XXV	2009	Beograd	Serbia	Japan	South Korea	France
XXVI	2011	Shenzhen	China	Japan	South Korea	Russia
XXVII	2013	Kazan	Russia	South Korea	Japan	Russia
XXVIII	2015	Gwangju	South Korea	South Korea	Japan	Russia
XXVIX	2017	Taipei	Taiwan	Japan	South Korea	Brazil
XXX	2019	Naples	Italy	Japan	Russia	South Korea
XXXI	2021	Chengdu	China	Japan	South Korea	Germany

Last updated after the 2021 Summer Universiade

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	83	29	48	160
2	South Korea (KOR)	42	49	47	138
3	China (CHN)	16	6	16	38
4	France (FRA)	11	23	32	66
5	Russia (RUS)	11	21	48	80
6	Cuba (CUB)	9	8	14	31
7	Netherlands (NED)	7	4	8	19
8	Uzbekistan (UZB)	4	7	9	20
9	Brazil (BRA)	3	8	29	40
10	Mongolia (MGL)	3	5	8	16
11	Azerbaijan (AZE)	3	4	7	14
12	North Korea (PRK)	3	3	7	13
13	Hungary (HUN)	3	2	11	16
14	Poland (POL)	2	6	7	15
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	1	6	9
16	Ukraine (UKR)	1	4	15	20
17	Germany (GER)	1	3	18	22
18	Georgia (GEO)	1	3	6	10
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	6	10
	Romania (ROU)	1	3	6	10
21	Spain (ESP)	1	3	5	9
22	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	2	3	6
23	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
24	Italy (ITA)	1	1	11	13
25	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	10	12
26	Moldova (MDA)	1	1	3	5
27	Portugal (POR)	1	0	4	5
28	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	3	4
29	Austria (AUT)	1	0	2	3
30	Estonia (EST)	0	2	0	2
31	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	5	6
32	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	4	5
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	4	5
	United States (USA)	0	1	4	5
35	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	2	3
	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	2	3
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	2	3
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	2	3
39	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
40	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
43	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	5	5
44	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (50 entries)		216	216	432	864

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