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Lightweight (≤56 kilograms), Women

Date	24 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants	22 from 22 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.

Driulys González of Cuba was the 1995 World Champion and favored in this class. The final in Atlanta was a replay of the 1995 World Championship, with González facing Korea’s Jeong Seon-Yong. The match was close with González winning only by yuko. It was one of many international medals for Cuba’s greatest ever female judoka. In a long career that lasted thru the 2008 Olympics, González won four Olympic medals (gold 1996, silver 2000, bronze in 1992 and 2004), seven World Championship medals (including three golds in 1995, 1999, and 2007), and two Pan-American gold medals in 1995 and 2003. Jeong also had a long career though not quite at the level of González. Her two silver medals against González were the top placements of her career at the Worlds or Olympics. She was a three-time Asian Champion and won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Driulis González	CUB	Gold
2	Jeong Seon-Yong	KOR	Silver
=3	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Bronze
=3	Marisabel Lomba	BEL	Bronze
=5	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR
=5	Liu Chuang	CHN
=7	Zulfiya Garipova	RUS
=7	Zülfiyyə Hüseynova	AZE
=9	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN
=9	Mária Pekli	HUN
=9	Magali Baton	FRA
=9	Huang Ai-Chun	TPE
=13	Narelle Hill	AUS
=13	Jessica Gal	NED
=13	Corinna West	USA
=16	Marie-Josée Morneau	CAN
=16	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
=16	Beata Kucharzewska	POL
=16	Filipa Cavalleri	POR
=20	Ursula Myrén	SWE
=20	Jeny Rodríguez	HON
=20	Raoudha Chaari	TUN

Pool A

Date	24 July 1996

Round One

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon	Ursula Myrén	SWE
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Mária Pekli	HUN	Ippon	Jeny Rodríguez	HON
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Waza-ari	Narelle Hill	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon	Marie-Josée Morneau	CAN
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seon-Yong	KOR	Waza-ari	Marisabel Lomba	BEL
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Mária Pekli	HUN	Yusei-gachi	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
Match #4	24 Jul	Hall H	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Chui	Zülfiyyə Hüseynova	AZE

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seon-Yong	KOR	Koka	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Koka	Mária Pekli	HUN

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seon-Yong	KOR	Yuko	Isabel Fernández	ESP

Repêchage

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Marisabel Lomba	BEL	Waza-ari	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Zülfiyyə Hüseynova	AZE	Ippon	Narelle Hill	AUS
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Zülfiyyə Hüseynova	AZE	Koka	Mária Pekli	HUN
Match #4	24 Jul	Hall H	Marisabel Lomba	BEL	Waza-ari	Zülfiyyə Hüseynova	AZE
Match 3/5	24 Jul	Hall H	Marisabel Lomba	BEL	Ippon	Liu Chuang	CHN

Pool B

Date	24 July 1996

Round One

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Driulis González	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Magali Baton	FRA
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR	Ippon	Raoudha Chaari	TUN
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Liu Chuang	CHN	Ippon	Zulfiya Garipova	RUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Driulis González	CUB	Shido	Jessica Gal	NED
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Beata Kucharzewska	POL
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Liu Chuang	CHN	Ippon	Corinna West	USA
Match #4	24 Jul	Hall H	Huang Ai-Chun	TPE

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Driulis González	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Liu Chuang	CHN	Ippon	Huang Ai-Chun	TPE

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Driulis González	CUB	Ippon	Liu Chuang	CHN

Repêchage

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Hall H	Magali Baton	FRA	Ippon	Jessica Gal	NED
Match #2	24 Jul	Hall H	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR	Waza-ari	Magali Baton	FRA
Match #3	24 Jul	Hall H	Zulfiya Garipova	RUS	Ippon	Corinna West	USA
Match #4	24 Jul	Hall H	Zulfiya Garipova	RUS	Ippon	Huang Ai-Chun	TPE
Match #5	24 Jul	Hall H	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Zulfiya Garipova	RUS
Match 3/5	24 Jul	Hall H	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Chui	Nicola Fairbrother	GBR

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	24 Jul	Hall H	Driulis González	CUB	Yuko	Jeong Seon-Yong	KOR