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Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

Date20 September 2000 — 15:00-18:30-20:30-22:00
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2)
Participants23 from 23 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.

The three leading contenders were Sibelis Veranes (CUB), the 1999 World and Pan-American Champion; Kate Howey (GBR), the 1997 World Champion and four-time medalist at the Worlds; and Ulla Werbrouck (BEL), 1996 Olympic Champion at half-heavyweight and runner-up to Veranes at the 1999 Worlds. In Werbrouck’s first match, she lost a controversial decision to Spain’s Úrsula Martín. Martín went to the pool final against Howey, who used juji-gatame to defeat her by ippon and advance to the final. There Howey met the other remaining favorite, Veranes. Veranes scored an early waza-ari with a leg throw and held on to win the gold medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Sibelis VeranesCUBGold
2Kate HoweyGBRSilver
=3Jo Min-SeonKORBronze
=3Ylenia ScapinITABronze
=5Ulla WerbrouckBEL
=5Úrsula MartínESP
=7Edith BoschNED
=7Yvonne WansartGER
=9Daniela KrukowerARG
=9Masae UenoJPN
=9Sandy BacherUSA
=9Yuliya KuzinaRUS
=13Andrea PažoutováCZE
ACAprilia MarzukiINA
ACCath ArloveAUS
ACDorjgotovyn TserenkhandMGL
ACKarine RambaultFRA
ACLea Zahoui BlavoCIV
ACMariama Sonah BahGUI
ACNesria TrakiTUN
ACQin DongyaCHN
ACTetiana BeliaievaUKR
ACXiomara GriffithVEN

Pool A (20 September 2000)

Round One (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Daniela KrukowerARG
Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (3:31)
Mariama Sonah BahGUI
Match #2 Nesria TrakiTUN
Yuko/Tani-otoshi
Qin DongyaCHN
Match #3 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon (1:19)
Tetiana BeliaievaUKR
Match #4 Úrsula MartínESP
Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (4:00)
Andrea PažoutováCZE

Quarter-Finals (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Kate HoweyGBR
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:01)
Daniela KrukowerARG
Match #2 Edith BoschNED
Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (4:00)
Nesria TrakiTUN
Match #3 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (3:50)
Dorjgotovyn TserenkhandMGL
Match #4 Úrsula MartínESP
Koka/Soto-makikomi (4:00)
Ulla WerbrouckBEL

Semi-Finals (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Kate HoweyGBR
Hantei/Yusei-gachi (4:00)
Edith BoschNED
Match #2 Úrsula MartínESP
Ippon/Ashi-garami (2:05)
Masae UenoJPN

Final Round (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Kate HoweyGBR
Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:27)
Úrsula MartínESP

Repêchage (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Edith BoschNED
Koka/Shido/Yusei-gachi (4:00)
Daniela KrukowerARG
Match #2 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Waza-ari/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:00)
Andrea PažoutováCZE
Match #3 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (2:21)
Masae UenoJPN
Match #4 Ulla WerbrouckBEL
Yuko/False-Attack (4:00)
Edith BoschNED
Match 3/4 Jo Min-SeonKOR
Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (4:00)
Ulla WerbrouckBEL

Pool B (20 September 2000)

Round One (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Yvonne WansartGER
Ippon/Kesa-gatame (2:00)
Karine RambaultFRA
Match #2 Lea Zahoui BlavoCIV
Ippon/Hansoku-make/False-Attack (4:00)
Aprilia MarzukiINA
Match #3 Ylenia ScapinITA
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:23)
Xiomara GriffithVEN

Quarter-Finals (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Sandy BacherUSA
Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:19)
Cath ArloveAUS
Match #2 Sibelis VeranesCUB
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:12)
Yvonne WansartGER
Match #3 Yuliya KuzinaRUS
Yuko/Ko-soto-gari (4:00)
Lea Zahoui BlavoCIV
Match #4 Jo Min-SeonKOR
Yuko/Okuri-ashi-barai (4:00)
Ylenia ScapinITA

Semi-Finals (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Sibelis VeranesCUB
Yuko/Seoi-nage (4:00)
Sandy BacherUSA
Match #2 Jo Min-SeonKOR
Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:08)
Yuliya KuzinaRUS

Final Round (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Sibelis VeranesCUB
Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (4:00)
Jo Min-SeonKOR

Repêchage (20 September 2000)

Match #1 Yvonne WansartGER
Waza-ari/Ko-uchi-gaeshi (4:00)
Sandy BacherUSA
Match #2 Ylenia ScapinITA
Yuko (3)/Harai-makikomi (4:00)
Yuliya KuzinaRUS
Match #3 Ylenia ScapinITA
Yuko (2)/Seoi-nage (4:00)
Yvonne WansartGER
Match 3/4 Ylenia ScapinITA
Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:38)
Úrsula MartínESP

Final Round (20 September 2000)

Match 1/2 Sibelis VeranesCUB
Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (4:00)
Kate HoweyGBR