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I am specifically speaking about the London 2012 games. I am not asking if any athletes are doing this, just whether it is technically permitted.

Wikipedia says nothing, but this was allowed in boxing for a while, before being stopped years ago.

Answers pertaining to more than just the Olympics are definitely appreciated.

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Wikipedia does say something! See my answer below. You just didn't look hard enough. :P – Matt Chan♦ Jul 18 '12 at 19:59
This might be more appropriate for sports.SE. – Dave Liepmann Jul 19 '12 at 16:21
@DaveLiepmann It might be, but I'm okay with it here since it relates to martial arts competition. I don't think a special case needs to be made just for the Olympics. – Matt Chan♦ Jul 24 '12 at 17:10

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The Wikipedia page on Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification states (emphasis and italics mine):

The top 22 men or 14 women from the world rankings in each division qualify, subject to a limit of 1 judoka per NOC (National Olympic Committee) per division. Further continental quotas (Europe 25, Africa 24, Pan-America 21, Asia 20 and Oceania 10 across both sexes and all divisions) also qualify subject to an overall limit of 1 judoka per NOC and 2 judokas per division from each continent.

So for the 2012 London Summer Olympics, the short answer to your question is no.

It was somewhat ambiguous when I had looked up judo weight divisions and also judo Summer Olympics weight classes since the "dividing" number between weight classes was included as the upper or lower limit for adjacent weight classes. My initial thought would be no, competitors wouldn't be able to compete in multiple weight divisions out of fairness issues.

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I don't think this fully answers the question, but perhaps I am misreading it. This seems to say each country can enter only one judoka per weight class, but says nothing about it having to be different people for different classes. – Steve D Jul 18 '12 at 20:11
x2 on that. I also read the qualifications, and it merely states that they are limited to one per division. No bar that I could find against one person being eligible in two weight classes. I would tend to doubt that it is allowed, but it's not specifically addressed. – JohnP Jul 18 '12 at 21:01
@Steve D - I think it would be tough to qualify in 2 weight classes. It takes a lot to get enough points in 1 division let alone 2. – ProfessionalAmateur Jul 25 '12 at 21:05
@ProfessionalAmateur: oh, I agree; I can't imagine it has ever happened. I was just curious if it is even allowed. – Steve D Jul 26 '12 at 0:58

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