In the light of the comparison made between the male and female judoists and their participation in the Atlanta Olympic Judo Tournament (1996) one can formulate the following remarks and draw some conclusions: 1) The ages of male and female judoists were similar, and on average they were about twenty-five years old, which can be regarded as most favorable to attain a high level of form in judo. 2) The manner of winning was indicative of the women's inferiority in maximal anaerobic power in comparison with the men, which was borne out by fewer victories before time by Ippon achieved by the female judoists. In the case of the two groups the throwing techniques and the tactical skill of coercing the opponents into penalty points contributed to their victories. 3) There was a dependency between the contestants' selection of means of fight and their sex. The essential difference was in the women women's frequent use of the holding techniques (in groundwork). On the other hand, the male contestants made a successful use of risky throwing techniques involving falls of the attacking contestants. 4) There was some dependency between successful attack and their value in points. The more frequently a given type of attack was employed the fewer points were awarded by the referees, which indicated that adequate defensive techniques had been acquired to oppose the attacks. 5) The value of standard parameters defining the temporal structure of fight revealed the greatest differences in the frequency of penalty points which showed that the women belonged to the more rule-abiding group. The frequency of actions rewarded with points was higher in the case of the male contestants and, consequently, the fighting time utilization index was lower than in the case of the female contestants, whose participation in the tournament was characterized in general, by slightly less intensive fight. Although the essential difference in the rules of sports judo of women and men lies in the maximum time of their fights, it is difficult to explain the facts documented in this paper only by the above - mentioned difference. In the light of the presented general characteristics of the men's and women's participation in tournaments, one can distinguish between weight categories and individual characteristics of tournament contestants. The subjects calls for further research. It will be useful, therefore, to observe these very important factors: optimum age for maximum achievements in this sport, body build indices, physical and psychic preparation, which modify the behavior of the male and female contestants in particular weight categories.