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Lightweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date	16 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	23 from 23 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.

In 1996, North Korea’s Kye Sun-Hui had posted the biggest upset of the Atlanta judo tournament, defeating Japan’s Ryoko Tamura to win the gold medal in extra-lightweight class. Since that time she had moved up in weight, and won World Championships in 2001 at half-lightweight and in 2003 at lightweight. She worked her way to the final in Athina, where she met Germany’s Yvonne Bönisch, who she had defeated in the 2003 Worlds. The final was very close. Both scored a yuko but Bönisch won the gold medal with a koka, winning 0011 to 0010. Kye would come back to win the Worlds in this class in both 2005 and 2007, defeating Bönisch again in the 2005 final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Gold
2	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Silver
=3	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Bronze
=3	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Bronze
=5	Barbara Harel	FRA
=5	Isabel Fernández	ESP
=7	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS
=7	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
AC	Marcon Bezzina	MLT
AC	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
AC	Sophie Cox	GBR
AC	Catherine Ewa Ekuta	NGR
AC	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
AC	Rudymar Fleming	VEN
AC	Jessica García	PUR
AC	Lena Göldi	SUI
AC	Kie Kusakabe	JPN
AC	Lila Latrous	ALG
AC	Liu Yuxiang	CHN
AC	Elina Nasaudrodro	FIJ
AC	Mária Pekli	AUS
AC	Ellen Wilson	USA
AC	Danielle Zangrando	BRA

Pool A (16 August 2004)

Round One (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Lena Göldi	SUI	Ippon/Ura-nage (4:19)	Mária Pekli	AUS
Match #2	Sophie Cox	GBR	Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (0:58)	Elina Nasaudrodro	FIJ
Match #3	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon/Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:44)	Marcon Bezzina	MLT

Quarter-Finals (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Lena Göldi	SUI	Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (4:06)	Catherine Ewa Ekuta	NGR
Match #2	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Ippon/Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:11)	Barbara Harel	FRA
Match #3	Sophie Cox	GBR	Koka/False-Attack (4:00/1:15) Golden Score	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
Match #4	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Yuko (3)/Non-Combativity/Golden Score (4:00)	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS

Semi-Finals (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Kiken-gachi/Kusure-kesa-gatame/Golden Score	Lena Göldi	SUI
Match #2	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (4:27)	Sophie Cox	GBR

Final Round (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon/O-soto-gaeshi (2:19)	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB

Repêchage (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:26)	Marcon Bezzina	MLT
Match #2	Barbara Harel	FRA	bye
Match #3	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS	Ippon/Ura-nage (0:47)	Sophie Cox	GBR
Match #4	Barbara Harel	FRA	Yuko (2)/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS
Match 3/4	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (3:38)	Barbara Harel	FRA

Pool B (16 August 2004)

Round One (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon/Uki-goshi (1:31)	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
Match #2	Liu Yuxiang	CHN	Ippon/Okuri-eri-jime (4:43)	Lila Latrous	ALG
Match #3	Kie Kusakabe	JPN	Ippon/Ippon/Seoi-nage (2:26)	Rudymar Fleming	VEN
Match #4	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (5:00)	Isabel Fernández	ESP

Quarter-Finals (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon/Sukui-nage (4:01)	Ellen Wilson	USA
Match #2	Danielle Zangrando	BRA	Ippon/Okuri-eri-jime (3:54)	Liu Yuxiang	CHN
Match #3	Kie Kusakabe	JPN	Yuko (2)/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
Match #4	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:17)	Jessica García	PUR

Semi-Finals (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:47)	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
Match #2	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (0:38)	Kie Kusakabe	JPN

Final Round (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:21)	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED

Repêchage (16 August 2004)

Match #1	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA	Yuko/O-uchi-gaeshi (5:00)	Ellen Wilson	USA
Match #2	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Ippon/Kesa-gatame (2:32)	Jessica García	PUR
Match #3	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA	Yuko/Kata-guruma (4:00/0:13) Golden Score	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
Match #4	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Yuko/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Kie Kusakabe	JPN
Match #5	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Yuko/Kata-guruma (5:00)	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
Match 3/4	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Yuko/Danger-Area (5:00)	Isabel Fernández	ESP

Final Round (16 August 2004)

Match 1/2	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK