A total of 450 athletes from 84 countries competed at the tournament. Japan topped the medal table, thanks to two gold medals on the final day from the Tokyo 2020 champion Aaron Wolf’s (100 kg) and 2022 World runner-up Tatsuru Saito’s (+100 kg) gold medals.

Kazakhstan's Galiya Tynbaeva pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournament when she defeated France's Shirine Boukli in the semi-finals of the women's -48kg category to claim her first Grand Slam title.

Canada's Christa Deguchi, the world leader in the women’s 57 kg category, responded to her team-mate Jessika Klimkait's victory a week ago in Dushanbe by taking gold in Astana. The two will continue their race for Paris 2024 and much can be decided in Abu Dhabi.

Other top seeds to win gold medal in Kazakhstan were Gefen Primo (Israel), Manuel Lombardo (italy) and Zhenzhao Ma (China)

The 2024 World Championships among individuals and mixed Teams will begin on 19th May. 

All the medallists of the Judo Astana Grand Slam

Women’s-48 kg
1. Galiya Tynybaeva (Kazakhstan)
2. Sabina Giliazova (Individual Neutral Athlete)
3. Tugce Beder (Turkiye)
3. Shirine Boukli (France)

Women’s -52 kg
1. Gefen Primo (Israel)
2. Larissa Pimenta (Brazil)
3. Ayumi Leiva Sanchez (Spain)
3. Yeqing Zhu (China)

Women’s -57 kg
1. Christa Deguchi (Canada)
2. Rafaela Silva (Brazil)
3. Sarah Leonie Cysique (France)
3. Haruka Funakobo (Japan)

Women’s -63 kg
1. Katarina Kristo (Croatia)
2. Andreja Leski (Slovenia)
3. Dena Pohl (Germany)
3. Minami Aono (Japan)

Women’s -70 kg
1. Tais Pina (Portugal)
2. Lara Cvjetko (Croatia)
3. Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (Great Britain)
3. Kim Polling (Italy)

Women’s -78 kg
1. Zhenzhao Ma (China)
2. Anna Monta Olek (Germany)
3. Emma Reid (Great Britain)
3. Nadezhda Tatrchenko (Individual Neutral Athlete)

Women’s +78 kg
1. Romane Dicko (France)
2. Xin Su (China)
3. Elis Startseva (Individual Neutral Athlete)
3. Akira Sone (Japan)

Men’s -60 kg
1. Ramazan Abdulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
2. Yung Wei Yang (Taipei)
3. Andrea Carlino (Italy)
3. Yeldos Smetov (Kazakhstan)

Men’s -66 kg
1. Murad Chopanov (Individual Neutral Athlete)
2. Matteo Pitas (Italy)
3. Luukas Saha (Finland)
3. Kamran Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)

Men’s -73 kg
1. Manuel Lombardo (italy)
2. Danil Lavrentev (Individual Neutral Athlete)
3. Bakhitzhan Abdurakhmanov (Kazakhstan)
3. Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov (Individual Neutral Athlete)

Men’s -81 kg
1. Sharofiddin Boltaboev (Uzbekistan)
2. Timo Cavelius (Germany)
3. Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (Kazakhstan)
3. Sotaro Fujiwara (Japan)

Men’s -90 kg
1. Yahor Varapayeu (Individual Neutral Athlete)
2. Eduard Trippel (Germany)
3. Eljan Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)
3. Vugar Talibov (Azerbaijan)

Men’s -100 kg
1. Aaron Wolf (Japan)
2. Daniel Eich (Switzerland)
3. Jorge Fonseca (Portugal)
3. Peter Paltchik (Israel)

Men’s +100 kg
1. Tatsuru Saito (Japan)
2. Temur Rakhimov (Tajikistan)
3. Jur Spijkers (Netherlands)
3. Ibrahim Tataroglu (Turkiye)