Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg

Women's 78 kg
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Women's 78 kg; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Dates	19 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Winning score	1010
Medalists
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Women's 78 kg competition in judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 19 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.

This event was the second-heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 78 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 19 August 2004	10:30 13:00 17:00	Preliminaries Repechage Final

Qualifying athletes

Mat	AthleteESP	Country
1	Céline Lebrun	France
1	Varvara Massyagina	Kazakhstan
1	Nicole Kubes	United States
1	Houda Ben Daya	Tunisia
1	Edinanci Silva	Brazil
1	Sisilia Nasiga	Fiji
1	Keivi Pinto	Venezuela
1	Noriko Anno	Japan
1	Lucia Morico	Italy
1	Mélanie Engoang	Gabon
1	Amy Cotton	Canada
2	Yurisel Laborde	Cuba
2	Uta Kühnen	Germany
2	Liu Xia	China
2	Claudia Zwiers	Netherlands
2	Vera Moskalyuk	Russia
2	Lee So-yeon	South Korea
2	Anastasiia Matrosova	Ukraine
2	Varvara Akritidou	Greece
2	Esther San Miguel	Spain
2	Rachel Wilding	Great Britain

Tournament results

Final

Final

1	Noriko Anno (JPN)	1010

2	Liu Xia (CHN)	0001

Mat 1

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Céline Lebrun (FRA)

1011

Varvara Massyagina (KAZ)

0000

Nicole Kubes (USA)

0000

Nicole Kubes (USA)

1000

Céline Lebrun (FRA)

0001

Edinanci Silva (BRA)

0000

Houda Ben Daya (TUN)

0001

Edinanci Silva (BRA)

1020

Céline Lebrun (FRA)

0000

Sisilia Nasiga (FIJ)

0000

Noriko Anno (JPN)

0010

Keivi Pinto (VEN)

0021

Keivi Pinto (VEN)

0000

Noriko Anno (JPN)

1011

Noriko Anno (JPN)

0101

Lucia Morico (ITA)

0001

Lucia Morico (ITA)

1010

Mélanie Engoang (GAB)

0000

Amy Cotton (CAN)

0000

Amy Cotton (CAN)

1000

Mat 2

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Yurisel Laborde (CUB)

0011

Uta Kühnen (GER)

0001

Yurisel Laborde (CUB)

0000

Liu Xia (CHN)

1000

Liu Xia (CHN)

1001

Claudia Zwiers (NED)

0111

Liu Xia (CHN)

0120

Vera Moskalyuk (RUS)

0000

Liu Xia (CHN)

0001

Lee So-yeon (KOR)

0000

Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR)

0000

Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR)

1000

Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR)

1100

Varvara Akritidou (GRE)

0000

Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR)

1000

Rachel Wilding (GBR)

0000

Esther San Miguel (ESP)

0011

Rachel Wilding (GBR)

1011

Repechage

Those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.

First round

Second round

Third round

Bronze medal finals

Nicole Kubes (USA)

0001

Edinanci Silva (BRA)

0200

Edinanci Silva (BRA)

0011

Lucia Morico (ITA)

1000