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Half-Middleweight (≤61 kilograms), Women

Date	23 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants	24 from 24 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.

The last two World Champions had been Gella Vandecaveye (BEL-1993) and Jeong Seong-Suk (KOR-1995). Joining them in Atlanta was the defending champion, France’s Catherine Fleury, defending silver medalist Yael Arad of Israel, and the 1996 European Champion, Jenny Gal of the Netherlands. Japan’s Yuko Emoto was not considered a contender. But in Pool B she consecutively defeated Fleury, Arad, and Gal to advance to the final. Jeong had lost the Pool A final to Vandecaveye, and met Emoto in the final. The final was an easy victory for Emoto who used uchi-mata for ippon to win in 0:55. Emoto never made the podium at the World Championships with her best other international placing being a silver at the 1994 Asian Games.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Gold
2	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL	Silver
=3	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED	Bronze
=3	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR	Bronze
=5	Yael Arad	ISR
=5	İlknur Kobaş	TUR
=7	Sara Álvarez	ESP
=7	Xiomara Griffith	VEN
=9	Hajer Tbessi	TUN
=9	Susann Singer	GER
=9	Tatyana Bogomyagkova	RUS
=9	Ileana Beltrán	CUB
=13	Laurie Pace	MLT
=13	Cathy Fleury-Vachon	FRA
=13	Michelle Buckingham	CAN
=16	Michaela Vernerová	CZE
=16	Liu Lizhe	CHN
=16	Valentina Kamsulyeva	KAZ
=16	Diane Bell	GBR
=20	Celita Schutz	USA
=20	Wu Ching Hui	HKG
=20	Cristiane Parmigiano	BRA
=20	Birgit Blum	LIE
=20	Lara Sullivan	AUS

Pool A

Date	23 July 1996

Round One

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Xiomara Griffith	VEN	Ippon	Celita Schutz	USA
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Hajer Tbessi	TUN	Ippon	Wu Ching Hui	HKG
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR	Yuko	Susann Singer	GER
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	İlknur Kobaş	TUR	Ippon	Cristiane Parmigiano	BRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Xiomara Griffith	VEN	Ippon	Michaela Vernerová	CZE
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL	Ippon	Hajer Tbessi	TUN
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR	Ippon	Laurie Pace	MLT
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	İlknur Kobaş	TUR	Waza-ari	Liu Lizhe	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL	Ippon	Xiomara Griffith	VEN
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR	Ippon	İlknur Kobaş	TUR

Final Round

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL	Yuko	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR

Repêchage

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Xiomara Griffith	VEN	Ippon	Hajer Tbessi	TUN
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Susann Singer	GER	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Laurie Pace	MLT
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	İlknur Kobaş	TUR	Ippon	Susann Singer	GER
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	İlknur Kobaş	TUR	Ippon	Xiomara Griffith	VEN
Match 3/5	23 Jul	Hall H	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED	Ippon	İlknur Kobaş	TUR

Pool B

Date	23 July 1996

Round One

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Tatyana Bogomyagkova	RUS
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Yael Arad	ISR	Yuko	Birgit Blum	LIE
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	Diane Bell	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Lara Sullivan	AUS
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Michelle Buckingham	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Cathy Fleury-Vachon	FRA
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Yael Arad	ISR	Ippon	Valentina Kamsulyeva	KAZ
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	Sara Álvarez	ESP	Waza-ari	Diane Bell	GBR
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED	Koka	Ileana Beltrán	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Yael Arad	ISR
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sara Álvarez	ESP

Final Round

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Koka	Jenny Gal-Vismara	NED

Repêchage

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hall H	Tatyana Bogomyagkova	RUS	Yuko	Cathy Fleury-Vachon	FRA
Match #2	23 Jul	Hall H	Yael Arad	ISR	Koka	Tatyana Bogomyagkova	RUS
Match #3	23 Jul	Hall H	Ileana Beltrán	CUB	Yuko	Michelle Buckingham	CAN
Match #4	23 Jul	Hall H	Sara Álvarez	ESP	Waza-ari	Ileana Beltrán	CUB
Match #5	23 Jul	Hall H	Yael Arad	ISR	Ippon	Sara Álvarez	ESP
Match 3/5	23 Jul	Hall H	Jeong Seong-Suk	KOR	Yuko	Yael Arad	ISR

Final Round

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Jul	Hall H	Yuko Emoto	JPN	Ippon	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL