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Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women

Date	9 August 2008 — 12:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
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.

Japan’s Ryoko Tani, possibly the greatest ever female judoka, had won the last two gold medals and seven World Championships. But Romania’s Alina Alexandra Dumitru was world ranked #1, having won five straight European titles, and the two met in the A Pool final, with Dumitru winning. In the final, Dumitru faced Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy, runner-up to Tani at the 2007 Worlds, with Dumitru winning by ippon in 1:20. Tani returned to win her repêchage match for a bronze medal, her fifth consecutive medal in the class, after having won silver medals in 1992 and 1996. In the other bronze medal match, Paula Belen Pareto of Argentina beat Pak Ok-Song of DPR Korea with a waza-ari. Pareto was charged with a shido penalty earlier in the match but she scored a waza-ari in the final minute for the victory. The referee first gave the waza-ari to Pak but changed the ruling after consultation and awarded it to Belen Pareto.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Alina Dumitru	ROU	Gold
2	Yanet Bermoy	CUB	Silver
=3	Paula Pareto	ARG	Bronze
=3	Ryoko Tani	JPN	Bronze
=5	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS
=5	Pak Ok-Song	PRK
=7	Éva Csernoviczki	HUN
=7	Ana Hormigo	POR
=9	Michaela Baschin	GER
=9	Kim Yeong-Ran	KOR
=9	Kelbet Nurgazina	KAZ
=9	Wu Shugen	CHN
=13	Sayaka Matsumoto	USA
=13	Glenda Miranda	ECU
=15	Tiffany Day	AUS
=15	Liudmyla Lusnikova	UKR
=15	Meriem Moussa	ALG
=15	Konkiswinde Hanatou Ouelogo	BUR
=19	Khumujam Devi	IND
=19	Sandrine Ilendou	GAB
=19	Frédérique Jossinet	FRA
=19	Chahnez M'Barki	TUN
=19	Sarah Menezes	BRA

Pool A (9 August 2008)

Round One (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Ryoko Tani	JPN	Sayaka Matsumoto	USA
Match #2	Liudmyla Lusnikova	UKR	Chahnez M'Barki	TUN
Match #3	Éva Csernoviczki	HUN	Sarah Menezes	BRA

Round One (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Ana Hormigo	POR	Khumujam Devi	IND
Match #2	Kelbet Nurgazina	KAZ	Frédérique Jossinet	FRA
Match #3	Meriem Moussa	ALG	Sandrine Ilendou	GAB
Match #4	Yanet Bermoy	CUB	Glenda Miranda	ECU

Quarter-Finals (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Ryoko Tani	JPN	Wu Shugen	CHN
Match #2	Paula Pareto	ARG	Tiffany Day	AUS
Match #3	Kim Yeong-Ran	KOR	Liudmyla Lusnikova	UKR
Match #4	Alina Dumitru	ROU	Éva Csernoviczki	HUN

Pool B (9 August 2008)

Quarter-Finals (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Pak Ok-Song	PRK	Ana Hormigo	POR
Match #2	Kelbet Nurgazina	KAZ	Konkiswinde Hanatou Ouelogo	BUR
Match #3	Michaela Baschin	GER	Meriem Moussa	ALG
Match #4	Yanet Bermoy	CUB	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS

Final Round (9 August 2008)

Match 1/2	Alina Dumitru	ROU		Yanet Bermoy	CUB

Semi-Finals (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Ryoko Tani	JPN		Paula Pareto	ARG
Match #2	Alina Dumitru	ROU		Kim Yeong-Ran	KOR

Semi-Finals (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Pak Ok-Song	PRK		Kelbet Nurgazina	KAZ
Match #2	Yanet Bermoy	CUB		Michaela Baschin	GER

Final Round (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Alina Dumitru	ROU		Ryoko Tani	JPN

Final Round (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Yanet Bermoy	CUB		Pak Ok-Song	PRK

Repêchage (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Wu Shugen	CHN	Sayaka Matsumoto	USA
Match #2	Paula Pareto	ARG	Wu Shugen	CHN
Match #3	Éva Csernoviczki	HUN	Kim Yeong-Ran	KOR
Match #4	Paula Pareto	ARG	Éva Csernoviczki	HUN
Match 3/4	Paula Pareto	ARG	Pak Ok-Song	PRK

Repêchage (9 August 2008)

Match #1	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS	Glenda Miranda	ECU
Match #2	Ana Hormigo	POR	Kelbet Nurgazina	KAZ
Match #3	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS	Michaela Baschin	GER
Match #4	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS	Ana Hormigo	POR
Match 3/4	Ryoko Tani	JPN	Lyudmila Bogdanova	RUS