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Heavyweight (>72 kilograms), Women

Date	27 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants	21 from 21 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

At the last two World Championships, China’s Gao Fenglian had won gold in 1989, and Zhang Yin won silver in 1991, but neither was selected as the Chinese representative in this class, as they chose instead Zhuang Xiaoyan. Zhuang had been World Champion in 1991 in the open class, and the competition in Barcelona was expected to be between her and Cuba’s Estela Rodríguez. Rodríguez was World Champion in the open division in 1989, and lost in the final to Zhuang at the 1991 Worlds. The heavyweight class went according to form, as both Zhuang and Rodríguez made it to the final to contest the gold and silver medals. Zhuang won easily, using her favorite move, kami-shiho-gatame, to win by ippon in 2:42. Rodríguez would again win a silver medal in this class at the 1996 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Gold
2	Estela Rodríguez	CUB	Silver
=3	Nathalie Lupino	FRA	Bronze
=3	Yoko Sakaue	JPN	Bronze
=5	Beáta Maksymow	POL
=5	Claudia Weber	GER
=7	Éva Gránitz	HUN
=7	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN
=9	Nilmarí Santini	PUR
=9	Supatra Yompakdee	THA
=9	Sharon Lee	GBR
=9	Edilene Andrade	BRA
=13	Jane Patterson	CAN
=13	Inmaculada Vicent	ESP
=13	Colleen Rosensteel	USA
=16	Monique van der Lee	NED
=16	Sangita Mehta	IND
=16	Maria Teresa Motta	ITA
=16	Mun Ji-Yun	KOR
=20	Anne Åkerblom	FIN
=20	Heba Hefny	EGY

Pool A

Date	27 July 1992

Round One

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN	Ippon	Heba Hefny	EGY
Match #2	27 Jul	Nathalie Lupino	FRA	Ippon	Nilmarí Santini	PUR
Match #3	27 Jul	Beáta Maksymow	POL	Yuko	Anne Åkerblom	FIN

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN	Waza-ari	Monique van der Lee	NED
Match #2	27 Jul	Nathalie Lupino	FRA	Ippon	Jane Patterson	CAN
Match #3	27 Jul	Estela Rodríguez	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Beáta Maksymow	POL
Match #4	27 Jul	Supatra Yompakdee	THA	Ippon	Sangita Mehta	IND

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Nathalie Lupino	FRA	Ippon	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN
Match #2	27 Jul	Estela Rodríguez	CUB	Ippon	Supatra Yompakdee	THA

Final Round

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Estela Rodríguez	CUB	Yuko	Nathalie Lupino	FRA

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Nilmarí Santini	PUR	Yusei-gachi	Jane Patterson	CAN
Match #2	27 Jul	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Nilmarí Santini	PUR
Match #3	27 Jul	Beáta Maksymow	POL	Ippon	Supatra Yompakdee	THA
Match #4	27 Jul	Beáta Maksymow	POL	Koka	Svetlana Gundarenko	EUN
Match 3/5	27 Jul	Yoko Sakaue	JPN	Ippon	Beáta Maksymow	POL

Pool B

Date	27 July 1992

Round One

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Koka	Sharon Lee	GBR
Match #2	27 Jul	Yoko Sakaue	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Edilene Andrade	BRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Inmaculada Vicent	ESP
Match #2	27 Jul	Éva Gránitz	HUN	Yusei-gachi	Maria Teresa Motta	ITA
Match #3	27 Jul	Yoko Sakaue	JPN	Ippon	Colleen Rosensteel	USA
Match #4	27 Jul	Claudia Weber	GER	Chui	Mun Ji-Yun	KOR

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Éva Gránitz	HUN
Match #2	27 Jul	Yoko Sakaue	JPN	Ippon	Claudia Weber	GER

Final Round

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Ippon	Yoko Sakaue	JPN

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Sharon Lee	GBR	Waza-ari	Inmaculada Vicent	ESP
Match #2	27 Jul	Edilene Andrade	BRA	Ippon	Colleen Rosensteel	USA
Match #3	27 Jul	Éva Gránitz	HUN	Ippon	Sharon Lee	GBR
Match #4	27 Jul	Claudia Weber	GER	Kiken-gachi	Edilene Andrade	BRA
Match #5	27 Jul	Claudia Weber	GER	Ippon	Éva Gránitz	HUN
Match 3/5	27 Jul	Nathalie Lupino	FRA	Ippon	Claudia Weber	GER

Final Round

Date	27 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Zhuang Xiaoyan	CHN	Ippon	Estela Rodríguez	CUB