This competition was held at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, from 24 to 27 May, 2001.
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 60 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Minoru Konegawa|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Jung Bu-Kyung|KOR}} | Bazarbek Donbay|KAZ}} |
| Ko Chen-Yu|TPE}} |
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 66 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Tomoo Torii|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Ivan Baglayev|KAZ}} | Zhang Guangjun|CHN}} |
| Kim Hyung-Ju|KOR}} |
Lightweight (73 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 73 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Min Sung-Ho|KOR}} | {{flagathlete|Yusuke Kanamaru|JPN}} | Sagdat Sadykov|KAZ}} |
| Suldbayar Damdin|MGL}} |
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 81 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Cho In-Chul|KOR}} | {{flagathlete|Chen Chang-Ning|TPE}} | Ryuichi Murata|JPN}} |
| Xiao Deqiang|CHN}} |
Middleweight (90 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 90 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Yoon Dong-sik|KOR}} | {{flagathlete|Yuta Yazaki|JPN}} | Sergey Shakimov|KAZ}} |
| Xu Zhiming|CHN}} |
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's 100 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Jang Sung-Ho|KOR}} | {{flagathlete|Ao Tegen|CHN}} | Tomokazu Inoue|JPN}} |
| Martin Kelly|AUS}} |
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's +100 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Tatsuhiro Muramoto|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Kang Byung-Jin|KOR}} | Vyacheslav Berduta|KAZ}} |
| Batjargal Ganbat|MGL}} |
Openweight
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Men's open category}} | {{flagathlete|Hiroaki Takahashi|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Martin Kelly|AUS}} | Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev|KAZ}} |
| Pan Song|CHN}} |
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 48 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Zhao Shunxin|CHN}} | {{flagathlete|Kim Young-Ran|KOR}} | Oleya Meiramgaliyeva|KAZ}} |
| Chiho Hamano|JPN}} |
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 52 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Yuki Yokosawa|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Li Ying|CHN}} | Lee Eun-Hee|KOR}} |
| Pei Chun-Shih|TPE}} |
Lightweight (57 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 57 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Noriko Mogi|JPN}} | {{flagathlete|Kang Sin-Young|KOR}} | Jun Shen|CHN}} |
| K. Erdenet-Od|MGL}} |
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 63 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Li Shufang|CHN}} | {{flagathlete|Lee Bok-Hee|KOR}} | Carly Dixon|AUS}} |
| Wang Chin-Fang|TPE}} |
Middleweight (70 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 70 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Feng Song-Jian|CHN}} | {{flagathlete|Sagat Abikeyeva|KAZ}} | Catherine Arlove|AUS}} |
| Kim Mi-jung|KOR}} |
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's 78 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Lee So-Yeon|KOR}} | {{flagathlete|Mizuho Matsuzaki|JPN}} | Yin Yufeng|CHN}} |
| none |
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's +78 kg}} | {{flagathlete|Yuan Hua|CHN}} | {{flagathlete|Lee Hsiao-Hung|KOR}} | Midori Shintani|JPN}} |
| E. Dolgormaa|MGL}} |
Openweight
{{DetailsLink|Judo at the 2001 East Asian Games - Women's open category}} | {{flagathlete|Sun Fuming|CHN}} | {{flagathlete|Mayumi Yamashita|JPN}} | Lee Hsiao-Hung|TPE}} |
| Choi Sook-Ie|KOR}} |