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Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women

Date21 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants21 from 21 countries
FormatTwo 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.

Ulla Werbrouck had followed Ingrid Berghmans as Belgium’s best female judoka. Her record at the European Championships was particularly distinguished. She competed in that event from 1989-2001 and won six gold medals and 12 medals in all, failing only in 1996. Coming into Atlanta she had been the silver medalist at the 1995 World Championships, losing the final to Cuba’s Diadenys Luña. In the Atlanta final, Werbrouck faced Yoko Tanabe of Japan, who had won a bronze medal at the 1995 Worlds, with Werbrouck winning by ippon. This was the first Olympic gold medal won by a Belgian woman.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Ulla WerbrouckBELGold
2Yoko TanabeJPNSilver
=3Ylenia ScapinITABronze
=3Diadenis LunaCUBBronze
=5Tetiana BeliaievaUKR
=5Estha EssombeFRA
=7Hannah ErtelGER
=7Svetlana GalyantRUS
=9Simona RichterROU
=9Cristina CurtoESP
=9Kate HoweyGBR
=9Francis GómezVEN
=13Michele St. LouisMRI
=13Niki JenkinsCAN
=15Leng ChunhuiCHN
=15Olesya NazarenkoTKM
=15Karin KienhuisNED
=15Natalie GaleaAUS
=19Chen Chiu-PingTPE
=19Sandy BacherUSA
=19Yevgeniya BogunovaKAZ

Pool A (21 July 1996)

Round One (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Leng ChunhuiCHN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (4:00)
Chen Chiu-PingTPE
Match #2 Tetiana BeliaievaUKR
Ippon/Soto-makikomi (0:29)
Michele St. LouisMRI
Match #3 Cristina CurtoESP
Yuko/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (4:00)
Yevgeniya BogunovaKAZ

Quarter-Finals (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Ylenia ScapinITA
Yuko/O-uchi-gaeshi (4:00)
Leng ChunhuiCHN
Match #2 Tetiana BeliaievaUKR
Shido/Defensive-Posture (4:00)
Simona RichterROU
Match #3 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Shido/Defensive-Posture (4:00)
Svetlana GalyantRUS
Match #4 Cristina CurtoESP
Yuko/Ashi-garami (4:00)
Olesya NazarenkoTKM

Semi-Finals (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Tetiana BeliaievaUKR
Chui/Go-Outside-Contest-Area (4:00)
Ylenia ScapinITA
Match #2 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Ippon/Kusure-yoko-shiho-gatame (3:07)
Cristina CurtoESP

Final Round (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:26)
Tetiana BeliaievaUKR

Repêchage (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Simona RichterROU
Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (2:23)
Michele St. LouisMRI
Match #2 Ylenia ScapinITA
Ippon/Harai-goshi (1:35)
Simona RichterROU
Match #3 Svetlana GalyantRUS
Ippon/Seoi-nage (3:18)
Cristina CurtoESP
Match #4 Ylenia ScapinITA
Yusei-gachi (4:00)
Svetlana GalyantRUS
Match 3/4 Ylenia ScapinITA
Ippon/O-soto-gari (2:01)
Estha EssombeFRA

Pool B (21 July 1996)

Round One (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Hannah ErtelGER
Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:39)
Sandy BacherUSA
Match #2 Estha EssombeFRA
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/O-uchi-gari (3:16)
Niki JenkinsCAN

Quarter-Finals (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Kate HoweyGBR
Yuko/Kata-garami (4:00)
Karin KienhuisNED
Match #2 Yoko TanabeJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:28)
Hannah ErtelGER
Match #3 Estha EssombeFRA
Shido/False-Attack (4:00)
Diadenis LunaCUB
Match #4 Francis GómezVEN
Yusei-gachi (4:00)
Natalie GaleaAUS

Semi-Finals (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Yoko TanabeJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:27)
Kate HoweyGBR
Match #2 Estha EssombeFRA
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Harai-goshi (0:55)
Francis GómezVEN

Final Round (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Yoko TanabeJPN
Chui/Non-Combativity (4:00)
Estha EssombeFRA

Repêchage (21 July 1996)

Match #1 Hannah ErtelGER
Shido/Non-Combativity (4:00)
Kate HoweyGBR
Match #2 Diadenis LunaCUB
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:14)
Niki JenkinsCAN
Match #3 Diadenis LunaCUB
Keikoku/Non-Combativity (4:00)
Francis GómezVEN
Match #4 Diadenis LunaCUB
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (2:32)
Hannah ErtelGER
Match 3/4 Diadenis LunaCUB
Yusei-gachi (4:00)
Tetiana BeliaievaUKR

Final Round (21 July 1996)

Match 1/2 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Ippon/Uchi-mata-sukashi (3:58)
Yoko TanabeJPN