Why does Judo give out two bronze medals?

To win the gold medal, you must win every match. To get a silver you must win every match, except the final match. It is like a single elimination tournament. However, imagine how unfair it would be if you were the second best fighter and your first match was against the best fighter.





That is why Judo (and many other individual combat tournaments) uses the repechage system. The losers get a second chance at a medal. If you lose a match you continue to fight other losers so until become one of the two the %26quot;best loser%26quot;. The two %26quot;best losers%26quot; have each only lost one match. If you lose two matches you are out of the tournament.





The winners of the 2 semi-final matches fight each other for gold and silver. The losers of the 2 semi-final matches fight the two %26quot;best losers%26quot;. The winner of theses matches each get a bronze medal. This effectively means that the bronze medal chase is a double elimination tournament.





Personally I think all competitors should get bronze medals. Because everybody knows that bronze medals don%26#039;t really mean anything.|||This is kind of a guess.





I would say if it%26#039;s a tournament, before the final there is a fighter who lost to the winner, and a fighter who lost to the runner-up. So instead of the two facing off, they give them both a bronze.





Maybe.