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Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women

Date15 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants24 from 24 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.

Cuba’s Amarilys Savón moved up from extra-lightweight in 2003 and won the World Championships. A bronze medalist at that meet was Japan’s Yuki Yokosawa. In Athina they met in the final of pool B, with Yokosawa winning by ippon at the final buzzer. In the final, Yokosawa faced China’s Xian Dongmei, who was little known on the international level, her biggest achievement having been a silver at the 2002 Asian Games. But Xian won the gold medal with a victory by ippon in only 1:06. She would return in 2008 to defend her title in Beijing.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Xian DongmeiCHNGold
2Yuki YokosawaJPNSilver
=3Amarilis SavónCUBBronze
=3Ilse HeylenBELBronze
=5Salima SouakriALG
=5Annabelle EuranieFRA
=7Ioana Maria AluaşROU
=7Georgina SingletonGBR
ACSanna AskelöfSWE
ACHortance DiédhiouSEN
ACMichal FeinblatISR
ACFabiane HukudaBRA
ACRaffaella ImbrianiGER
ACSholpan KaliyevaKAZ
ACLee Eun-HuiKOR
ACCharlee MinkinUSA
ACTelma MonteiroPOR
ACPetra NareksSLO
ACNaina Cecilia RavaoarisoaMAD
ACRi Sang-SimPRK
ACM'Mah SoumahGUI
ACRochelle StormontNZL
ACMaria TselaridouGRE
ACFlor VelázquezVEN

Pool A (15 August 2004)

Round One (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Telma MonteiroPOR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:18)
M'Mah SoumahGUI
Match #2 Ioana Maria AluaşROU
Ippon/Ura-nage (0:34)
Rochelle StormontNZL
Match #3 Raffaella ImbrianiGER
Koka/False-Attack (5:00)
Charlee MinkinUSA
Match #4 Salima SouakriALG
Yuko/False-Attack (5:00)
Petra NareksSLO

Quarter-Finals (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Telma MonteiroPOR
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (3:43)
Michal FeinblatISR
Match #2 Annabelle EuranieFRA
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Ioana Maria AluaşROU
Match #3 Raffaella ImbrianiGER
Ippon/Non-Combativity (4:16)
Maria TselaridouGRE
Match #4 Xian DongmeiCHN
Koka/Non-Combativity (4:00/1:34) Golden Score
Salima SouakriALG

Semi-Finals (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Annabelle EuranieFRA
Koka/Non-Combativity (4:00/1:20) Golden Score
Telma MonteiroPOR
Match #2 Xian DongmeiCHN
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (4:14)
Raffaella ImbrianiGER

Final Round (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Xian DongmeiCHN
Ippon/Ura-nage (1:38)
Annabelle EuranieFRA

Repêchage (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Ioana Maria AluaşROU
Ippon/Ura-nage (4:00/1:28) Golden Score
Telma MonteiroPOR
Match #2 Salima SouakriALG
Waza-ari/Ippon/Seoi-nage (5:00)
Raffaella ImbrianiGER
Match #3 Salima SouakriALG
Waza-ari/Ippon/Seoi-nage (5:00)
Ioana Maria AluaşROU
Match 3/4 Amarilis SavónCUB
Ippon/Tomoe-nage (2:33)
Salima SouakriALG

Pool B (15 August 2004)

Round One (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Yuki YokosawaJPN
Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (2:25)
Ri Sang-SimPRK
Match #2 Georgina SingletonGBR
Ippon/Kata-gatame (4:10)
Fabiane HukudaBRA
Match #3 Amarilis SavónCUB
Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (1:28)
Sanna AskelöfSWE
Match #4 Ilse HeylenBEL
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/De-ashi-barai (0:32)
Naina Cecilia RavaoarisoaMAD

Quarter-Finals (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Yuki YokosawaJPN
Waza-ari/Yoko-shiho-gatame (5:00)
Hortance DiédhiouSEN
Match #2 Georgina SingletonGBR
Yuko/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Flor VelázquezVEN
Match #3 Amarilis SavónCUB
Ippon/O-goshi (1:24)
Lee Eun-HuiKOR
Match #4 Ilse HeylenBEL
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (1:38)
Sholpan KaliyevaKAZ

Semi-Finals (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Yuki YokosawaJPN
Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:16)
Georgina SingletonGBR
Match #2 Amarilis SavónCUB
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gaeshi (5:00)
Ilse HeylenBEL

Final Round (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Yuki YokosawaJPN
Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (5:00)
Amarilis SavónCUB

Repêchage (15 August 2004)

Match #1 Ri Sang-SimPRK
Yuko (2)/Sumi-otoshi (5:00)
Hortance DiédhiouSEN
Match #2 Sanna AskelöfSWE
Ippon/Ko-soto-gari (0:36)
Lee Eun-HuiKOR
Match #3 Georgina SingletonGBR
Yuko/Uchi-mata-maki-komi (5:00)
Ri Sang-SimPRK
Match #4 Ilse HeylenBEL
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kesa-gatame (5:00)
Sanna AskelöfSWE
Match #5 Ilse HeylenBEL
Yuko/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (5:00)
Georgina SingletonGBR
Match 3/4 Ilse HeylenBEL
Koka/Tani-otoshi (4:00/1:22) Golden Score
Annabelle EuranieFRA

Final Round (15 August 2004)

Match 1/2 Xian DongmeiCHN
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (1:06)
Yuki YokosawaJPN