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Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women

Date	21 September 2000 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2)
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.

The favorite was Japan’s Noriko Anno, who had been World Champion in 1997 and 1999. But she lost her first match by decision to Italy’s Emanuela Pierantozzi, who had been silver medalist in 1992 in the middleweight class. The final eventually matched the current European Champion, France’s Céline Lebrun against China’s Tang Lin. The match came down to hantei with Lin winning the gold medal by yusei-gachi. Anno would again win the World Championships in this class in 2001, and would finally win an Olympic gold medal in 2004, while Lebrun would win the 2001 Worlds in the open class.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Tang Lin	CHN	Gold
2	Céline Lebrun	FRA	Silver
=3	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA	Bronze
=3	Simona Richter	ROU	Bronze
=5	Diadenis Luna	CUB
=5	Heidi Rakels	BEL
=7	Edinanci da Silva	BRA
=7	Lee So-Yeon	KOR
=9	Amy Tong	USA
=9	Esther San Miguel	ESP
=9	Karin Kienhuis	NED
=9	Sambuugiin Dashdulam	MGL
=13	Akissa Monney	CIV
=13	Kimberly Ribble	CAN
=13	Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva	TKM
=16	Chloe Cowen	GBR
=16	Natalie Jenkinson	AUS
=16	Noriko Anno	JPN
=16	Uta Kühnen	GER
=20	Hsu Yuan-Lin	TPE
=20	Laisa Laveti	FIJ
=20	Mélanie Engoang	GAB
=20	Sandra Godinho	POR

Pool A

Date	21 September 2000

Round One

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Esther San Miguel	ESP	Ippon	Hsu Yuan-Lin	TPE
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Uta Kühnen	GER	Yusei-gachi	Mélanie Engoang	GAB
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Kiken-gachi	Kimberly Ribble	CAN
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Chloe Cowen	GBR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Laisa Laveti	FIJ

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Céline Lebrun	FRA	Ippon	Esther San Miguel	ESP
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Lee So-Yeon	KOR	Yusei-gachi	Uta Kühnen	GER
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Shido	Amy Tong	USA
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Simona Richter	ROU	Ippon	Chloe Cowen	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Céline Lebrun	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Lee So-Yeon	KOR
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Simona Richter	ROU

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Céline Lebrun	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Diadenis Luna	CUB

Repêchage

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Lee So-Yeon	KOR	Ippon	Esther San Miguel	ESP
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Amy Tong	USA	Fusen-gachi	Kimberly Ribble	CAN	walkover
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Simona Richter	ROU	Ippon	Amy Tong	USA
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Simona Richter	ROU	Yusei-gachi	Lee So-Yeon	KOR
Match 3/5	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Simona Richter	ROU	Yuko	Heidi Rakels	BEL

Pool B

Date	21 September 2000

Round One

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Edinanci da Silva	BRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sandra Godinho	POR
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tang Lin	CHN	Ippon	Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva	TKM
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Heidi Rakels	BEL	Yusei-gachi	Karin Kienhuis	NED

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Edinanci da Silva	BRA	Ippon	Natalie Jenkinson	AUS
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tang Lin	CHN	Koka	Sambuugiin Dashdulam	MGL
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Heidi Rakels	BEL	Ippon	Akissa Monney	CIV
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA	Koka	Noriko Anno	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tang Lin	CHN	Waza-ari	Edinanci da Silva	BRA
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Heidi Rakels	BEL	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tang Lin	CHN	Waza-ari	Heidi Rakels	BEL

Repêchage

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sambuugiin Dashdulam	MGL	Ippon	Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva	TKM
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Edinanci da Silva	BRA	Ippon	Sambuugiin Dashdulam	MGL
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Karin Kienhuis	NED	Yuko	Akissa Monney	CIV
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA	Ippon	Karin Kienhuis	NED
Match #5	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA	Chui	Edinanci da Silva	BRA
Match 3/5	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Emanuela Pierantozzi	ITA	Ippon	Diadenis Luna	CUB

Final Round

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tang Lin	CHN	Yusei-gachi	Céline Lebrun	FRA