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Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

Date18 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
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 heavy favorite in this class was Japan’s Masae Ueno, who had won the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. Though she struggled a bit in first few matches, going to the time limit, she won her pool semi and final by ippon. In the class final she faced Edith Bosch (NED), who had recently won the European Championships and was a bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds. Bosch actually fought strongly and the match was close for the first few minutes. But in the last minute of the match, Ueno, who was much shorter than Bosch, got underneath her and used a hip throw to win by ippon. In 2005 Bosch would win both the European and World Championships. Ueno would win the 2006 Asian Games and return in 2008 to defend her gold medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Masae UenoJPNGold
2Edith BoschNEDSilver
=3Qin DongyaCHNBronze
=3Annett BöhmGERBronze
=5Cath ArloveAUS
=5Catherine JacquesBEL
=7Cecilia BlancoESP
=7Kim Ryon-MiPRK
ACElizabeth CopesARG
ACAdriana DadciPOL
ACAnaisis HernándezCUB
ACKate HoweyGBR
ACKim Mi-JeongKOR
ACAlexia KourtelesiGRE
ACLiu Shu-YunTPE
ACAntónia MoreiraANG
ACRachida OuerdaneALG
ACAndrea PažoutováCZE
ACFriba RazayeeAFG
ACCatherine RobergeCAN
ACNasiba Salayeva-SurkievaTKM
ACCelita SchutzUSA
ACRaša SrakaSLO

Pool A (18 August 2004)

Round One (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Cecilia BlancoESP
Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (0:45)
Friba RazayeeAFG
Match #2 Kate HoweyGBR
Ippon/Moro-te-gari (3:23)
Nasiba Salayeva-SurkievaTKM
Match #3 Qin DongyaCHN
Waza-ari/Ko-soto-gake (5:00)
Rachida OuerdaneALG

Quarter-Finals (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Elizabeth CopesARG
Ippon/Ippon/Seoi-nage (2:56)
Alexia KourtelesiGRE
Match #2 Edith BoschNED
Waza-ari/Hansoku-gachi/Golden Score (4:00)
Cecilia BlancoESP
Match #3 Catherine RobergeCAN
Yuko/False-Attack/Golden Score (4:00)
Kate HoweyGBR
Match #4 Annett BöhmGER
Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:51)
Qin DongyaCHN

Semi-Finals (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Edith BoschNED
Ippon/Uchi-mata-maki-komi (1:09)
Elizabeth CopesARG
Match #2 Annett BöhmGER
Yuko/Non-Combativity/Golden Score (4:00)
Catherine RobergeCAN

Final Round (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Edith BoschNED
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Soto-makikomi (5:00)
Annett BöhmGER

Repêchage (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Cecilia BlancoESP
Ippon/Ippon/Seoi-nage (3:30)
Elizabeth CopesARG
Match #2 Qin DongyaCHN
Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (3:36)
Catherine RobergeCAN
Match #3 Qin DongyaCHN
Ippon/Uki-otoshi (3:03)
Cecilia BlancoESP
Match 3/4 Qin DongyaCHN
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (2:08)
Cath ArloveAUS

Pool B (18 August 2004)

Round One (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:34)
Celita SchutzUSA
Match #2 Catherine JacquesBEL
Yuko/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Kim Mi-JeongKOR
Match #3 Antónia MoreiraANG
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (1:48)
Anaisis HernándezCUB
Match #4 Andrea PažoutováCZE
Ippon/Seoi-otoshi (4:44)
Adriana DadciPOL

Quarter-Finals (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN
Yuko/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Raša SrakaSLO
Match #2 Catherine JacquesBEL
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (4:17)
Liu Shu-YunTPE
Match #3 Kim Ryon-MiPRK
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (1:08)
Antónia MoreiraANG
Match #4 Cath ArloveAUS
Ippon/O-soto-gari (0:20)
Andrea PažoutováCZE

Semi-Finals (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (1:01)
Catherine JacquesBEL
Match #2 Cath ArloveAUS
Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (2:11)
Kim Ryon-MiPRK

Final Round (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon/O-soto-gari (1:24)
Cath ArloveAUS

Repêchage (18 August 2004)

Match #1 Raša SrakaSLO
Yuko/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Celita SchutzUSA
Match #2 Catherine JacquesBEL
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Uki-waza (2:54)
Raša SrakaSLO
Match #3 Kim Ryon-MiPRK
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Andrea PažoutováCZE
Match #4 Catherine JacquesBEL
Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (5:00)
Kim Ryon-MiPRK
Match 3/4 Annett BöhmGER
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:38)
Catherine JacquesBEL

Final Round (18 August 2004)

Match 1/2 Masae UenoJPN
Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (3:10)
Edith BoschNED