- Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg
The Women's 78 kg
Judo competition at the2008 Summer Olympics was held held onAugust 14 at theBeijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium .Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST.Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals and the final were held at 18:00pm CST.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.
Medalists
Tournament results
Final
2TeamBracket
RD1= Final
RD1-team1=flagIOCathlete|Yang Xiuli |CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score1=0000
RD1-team2=flagIOCathlete|Yalennis Castillo |CUB|2008 Summer
RD1-score2=0000Mat 1
16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
RD1=Round of 32
RD2=Round of 16
RD3=Quarterfinals
RD4=Semifinalsteam-width=175
score-width=20RD1-team07=flagIOCathlete|
Yang Xiuli |CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score07=1000
RD1-team08=flagIOCathlete|Elena Proskurakova |KGZ|2008 Summer
RD1-score08=0000RD1-team15=flagIOCathlete|
Vera Moskalyuk |RUS|2008 Summer
RD1-score15=0000
RD1-team16=flagIOCathlete|Esther San Miguel |ESP|2008 Summer
RD1-score16=0002RD2-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Stephanie Grant |AUS|2008 Summer
RD2-score01=0000
RD2-team02=flagIOCathlete|Marylise Levesque |CAN|2008 Summer
RD2-score02=1000RD2-team03=flagIOCathlete|
Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd |MGL|2008 Summer
RD2-score03=0000
RD2-team04=flagIOCathlete|Yang Xiuli |CHN|2008 Summer
RD2-score04=1021RD2-team05=flagIOCathlete|
Lucia Morico |ITA|2008 Summer
RD2-score05=0010
RD2-team06=flagIOCathlete|Sae Nakazawa |JPN|2008 Summer
RD2-score06=0001RD2-team07=flagIOCathlete|
Edinanci Silva |BRA|2008 Summer
RD2-score07=0010
RD2-team08=flagIOCathlete|Esther San Miguel |ESP|2008 Summer
RD2-score08=0011RD3-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Marylise Levesque |CAN|2008 Summer
RD3-score01=0000
RD3-team02=flagIOCathlete|Yang Xiuli |CHN|2008 Summer
RD3-score02=1000RD3-team03=flagIOCathlete|
Lucia Morico |ITA|2008 Summer
RD3-score03=0011
RD3-team04=flagIOCathlete|Esther San Miguel |ESP|2008 Summer
RD3-score04=0220RD4-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Yang Xiuli |CHN|2008 Summer
RD4-score01=1031
RD4-team02=flagIOCathlete|Esther San Miguel |ESP|2008 Summer
RD4-score02=0000Mat 2
16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
RD1=First Round
RD2=Round of 16
RD3=Quarterfinals
RD4=Semifinalsteam-width=175
score-width=20RD1-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Heide Wollert |GER|2008 Summer
RD1-score01=0011
RD1-team02=flagIOCathlete|Maryna Pryshchepa |UKR|2008 Summer
RD1-score02=0010RD1-team09=flagIOCathlete|
Sagat Abikeyeva |KAZ|2008 Summer
RD1-score09=0000
RD1-team10=flagIOCathlete|Yalennis Castillo |CUB|2008 Summer
RD1-score10=1021RD1-team15=flagIOCathlete|
Stéphanie Possamaï |FRA|2008 Summer
RD1-score15=0001
RD1-team16=flagIOCathlete|Lorena Briceño |ARG|2008 Summer
RD1-score16=0000RD2-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Heide Wollert |GER|2008 Summer
RD2-score01=1000
RD2-team02=flagIOCathlete|Vivian Yusuf |NGR|2008 Summer
RD2-score02=0000RD2-team03=flagIOCathlete|
Michelle Rogers |GBR|2008 Summer
RD2-score03=0000
RD2-team04=flagIOCathlete|Jeong Gyeong-Mi |KOR|2008 Summer
RD2-score04=0001RD2-team05=flagIOCathlete|
Yalennis Castillo |CUB|2008 Summer
RD2-score05=1000
RD2-team06=flagIOCathlete|Diviya |IND|2008 Summer
RD2-score06=0000RD2-team07=flagIOCathlete|
Houda Miled |TUN|2008 Summer
RD2-score07=0012
RD2-team08=flagIOCathlete|Stéphanie Possamaï |FRA|2008 Summer
RD2-score08=1010RD3-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Heide Wollert |GER|2008 Summer
RD3-score01=0000
RD3-team02=flagIOCathlete|Jeong Gyeong-Mi |KOR|2008 Summer
RD3-score02=1002RD3-team03=flagIOCathlete|
Yalennis Castillo |CUB|2008 Summer
RD3-score03=0030
RD3-team04= flagIOCathlete|Stéphanie Possamaï |FRA|2008 Summer
RD3-score04=0000RD4-team01=flagIOCathlete|
Jeong Gyeong-Mi |KOR|2008 Summer
RD4-score01=0000
RD4-team02= flagIOCathlete|Yalennis Castillo |CUB|2008 Summer
RD4-score02=0001Repechage
JudoRepechage
RD4=Bronze medal finalsRD1-team01=flagIOCathlete|Proskurakova|KGZ|2008 Summer
RD1-score01=0000
RD1-team02= flagIOCathlete|Lkhamdegd|MGL|2008 Summer
RD1-score02=0230
RD1-team03=flagIOCathlete|Moskalyuk|RUS|2008 Summer
RD1-score03=0000
RD1-team04=flagIOCathlete|Silva|BRA|2008 Summer
RD1-score04=0021
RD1-team05=flagIOCathlete|Rogers|GBR|2008 Summer
RD1-score05=
RD1-team06=BYE
RD1-score06=
RD1-team07=flagIOCathlete|Abikeyeva|KAZ|2008 Summer
RD1-score07=1010
RD1-team08=flagIOCathlete|Diviya |IND|2008 Summer
RD1-score08=0000RD2-team01=flagIOCathlete|Levesque|CAN|2008 Summer
RD2-score01=0110
RD2-team02=flagIOCathlete|Lkhamdegd|MGL|2008 Summer
RD2-score02=0110
RD2-team03=flagIOCathlete|Morico|ITA|2008 Summer
RD2-score03=
RD2-team04=flagIOCathlete|Silva|BRA|2008 Summer
RD2-score04=
RD2-team05=flagIOCathlete|Wollert|GER|2008 Summer
RD2-score05=0010
RD2-team06=flagIOCathlete|Rogers|GBR|2008 Summer
RD2-score06=0001
RD2-team07=flagIOCathlete|Possamaï|FRA|2008 Summer
RD2-score07=1010
RD2-team08=flagIOCathlete|Abikeyeva|KAZ|2008 Summer
RD2-score08=0001RD3-team01=flagIOCathlete|Lkhamdegd|MGL|2008 Summer
RD3-score01=0010
RD3-team02=flagIOCathlete|Silva|BRA|2008 Summer
RD3-score02=1131
RD3-team03=flagIOCathlete|Wollert|GER|2008 Summer
RD3-score03=0000
RD3-team04=flagIOCathlete|Possamaï|FRA|2008 Summer
RD3-score04=0200RD4-team01=flagIOCathlete|Jeong|KOR|2008 Summer
RD4-score01=1010
RD4-team02=flagIOCathlete|Silva|BRA|2008 Summer
RD4-score02=0000
RD4-team03=flagIOCathlete|San Miguel|ESP|2008 Summer
RD4-score03=0010
RD4-team04= flagIOCathlete|Possamaï|FRA|2008 Summer
RD4-score04=0100References
* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/judo/n214431603.shtml Competition format]
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