Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg

The women's 78 kg category in judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 2 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.[1]

Women's judo 78 kg category at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	2 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Kayla Harrison  United States Gemma Gibbons  Great Britain Audrey Tcheuméo  France Mayra Aguiar  Brazil

Judo at the 2012 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

The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarter-final losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semi-final loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarter-finals 'A' and 'B' competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semi-final loser from the other half of the bracket).[1]

Kayla Harrison, representing the United States, won the gold medal, defeating Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons in the final; Gibbons was awarded the silver medal.[2]