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

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
Noriko Anno  Japan Liu Xia  China Yurisel Laborde  Cuba Lucia Morico  Italy

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Men	Women
	60 kg	48 kg
	66 kg	52 kg
	73 kg	57 kg
	81 kg	63 kg
	90 kg	70 kg
	100 kg	78 kg
	+100 kg	+78 kg

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)

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.

	Repechage 1				Repechage 2					Repechage 3				Bronze medal finals
					Nicole Kubes (USA)		0001
					Edinanci Silva (BRA)		0200			Edinanci Silva (BRA)		0011		Lucia Morico (ITA)		1000
					Keivi Pinto (VEN)		0000			Lucia Morico (ITA)		0120		Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR)		0000
					Lucia Morico (ITA)		1001
	Claudia Zwiers (NED)		0000		Vera Moskalyuk (RUS)		0000
	Vera Moskalyuk (RUS)		0102		Yurisel Laborde (CUB)		1001			Yurisel Laborde (CUB)		0030		Yurisel Laborde (CUB)		1001
	Lee So-yeon (KOR)		1000		Lee So-yeon (KOR)		0001			Lee So-yeon (KOR)		0022		Céline Lebrun (FRA)		0001
	Varvara Akritidou (GRE)		0000		Rachel Wilding (GBR)		0000

References

• Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Judo Results