1981 Asian Judo Championships
# 1981 Asian Judo Championships

The 1981 Asian Judo Championships were held at Jakarta, Indonesia in July.

## Medal overview

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Hatsuyuki Hamada (JPN) | Lai Su-Shan (TPE) | Lee Kyung-Keun (KOR) |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Hatsuyuki Hamada (JPN) | Lai Su-Shan (TPE) | Mohammad Ibrahim (KUW) |
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) details | Kyosuke Sahara (JPN) | Tsai De-Wen (TPE) | Hwang Jung-Oh (KOR) |
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) details | Kyosuke Sahara (JPN) | Tsai De-Wen (TPE) | Mohammad Abdul (KUW) |
| Lightweight (71 kg) details | Takahiro Nishida (JPN) | Park Chong-Hak (KOR) | Ta (HKG) |
| Lightweight (71 kg) details | Takahiro Nishida (JPN) | Park Chong-Hak (KOR) | Chen Tian-Zhang (TPE) |
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) details | Nobutoshi Hikage (JPN) | Ye Hai-Rui (TPE) | Rudi Rapar (INA) |
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) details | Nobutoshi Hikage (JPN) | Ye Hai-Rui (TPE) | Ku (KOR) |
| Middleweight (86 kg) details | Masao Etani (JPN) | Hong (KOR) | Ya Sheng-De (TPE) |
| Middleweight (86 kg) details | Masao Etani (JPN) | Hong (KOR) | Ibrahim Ashour (KUW) |
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) details | Tsukio Kawahara (JPN) | Ha Hyung-Joo (KOR) | Sun Lang-Xiong (TPE) |
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) details | Tsukio Kawahara (JPN) | Ha Hyung-Joo (KOR) | Shemmari (KUW) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) details | Hitoshi Saito (JPN) | Lu Wen-Jin (TPE) | Kim Ik-Soo (KOR) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) details | Hitoshi Saito (JPN) | Lu Wen-Jin (TPE) | Perry Pantauw (INA) |
| Openweight details | Ha Hyoung-Zoo (KOR) | Chang (TPE) | Perry Pantauw (INA) |
| Openweight details | Ha Hyoung-Zoo (KOR) | Chang (TPE) | Isao Matsui (JPN) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Namiko Hayashi (JPN) | Sheh (TPE) | Muiana Tanto (INA) |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Namiko Hayashi (JPN) | Sheh (TPE) | Kong (HKG) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Kaori Yamaguchi (JPN) | Shu (TPE) | Rahayu (INA) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Kaori Yamaguchi (JPN) | Shu (TPE) | Panganipan (PHI) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Hoi Yiu Leung (HKG) | Michiko Saijo (JPN) | Lilih (TPE) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Hoi Yiu Leung (HKG) | Michiko Saijo (JPN) | Triaututi (INA) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Michiko Sasahara (JPN) | Cho (TPE) | Fung (HKG) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Michiko Sasahara (JPN) | Cho (TPE) | Padre (INA) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Hiromi Tateishi (JPN) | Elly Amalia (INA) | Lim (TPE) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Hiromi Tateishi (JPN) | Elly Amalia (INA) | none |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Jeng (TPE) | Umar Usman (INA) | Hiroyo Sato (JPN) |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Jeng (TPE) | Umar Usman (INA) | none |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Yoriko Kawamura (JPN) | Budiliantono (INA) | Yang (TPE) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Yoriko Kawamura (JPN) | Budiliantono (INA) | none |
| Openweight details | Yoriko Kawamura (JPN) | Hoi Yiu Leung (HKG) | Elly Amalia (INA) |
| Openweight details | Yoriko Kawamura (JPN) | Hoi Yiu Leung (HKG) | Nahar (BAN) |

### Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 29 | 61 |
