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Lightweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date	16 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
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.

In 1996, North Korea’s Kye Sun-Hui had posted the biggest upset of the Atlanta judo tournament, defeating Japan’s Ryoko Tamura to win the gold medal in extra-lightweight class. Since that time she had moved up in weight, and won World Championships in 2001 at half-lightweight and in 2003 at lightweight. She worked her way to the final in Athina, where she met Germany’s Yvonne Bönisch, who she had defeated in the 2003 Worlds. The final was very close. Both scored a yuko but Bönisch won the gold medal with a koka, winning 0011 to 0010. Kye would come back to win the Worlds in this class in both 2005 and 2007, defeating Bönisch again in the 2005 final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Gold
2	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Silver
=3	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Bronze
=3	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Bronze
=5	Barbara Harel	FRA
=5	Isabel Fernández	ESP
=7	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS
=7	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
=9	Lena Göldi	SUI
=9	Sophie Cox	GBR
=9	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
=9	Kie Kusakabe	JPN
=13	Marcon Bezzina	MLT
=13	Ellen Wilson	USA
=13	Jessica García	PUR
=16	Catherine Ewa Ekuta	NGR
=16	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
=16	Liu Yuxiang	CHN
=16	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
=20	Lila Latrous	ALG
=20	Mária Pekli	AUS
=20	Elina Nasaudrodro	FIJ
=20	Rudymar Fleming	VEN

Pool A

Date	16 August 2004

Round One

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Lena Göldi	SUI	Ippon	Mária Pekli	AUS
Match #2	16 Aug	Sophie Cox	GBR	Ippon	Elina Nasaudrodro	FIJ
Match #3	16 Aug	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon	Marcon Bezzina	MLT

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Lena Göldi	SUI	Ippon	Catherine Ewa Ekuta	NGR
Match #2	16 Aug	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Ippon	Barbara Harel	FRA
Match #3	16 Aug	Sophie Cox	GBR	Koka	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
Match #4	16 Aug	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Yuko	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Kiken-gachi	Lena Göldi	SUI
Match #2	16 Aug	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon	Sophie Cox	GBR

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK	Ippon	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB

Repêchage

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS	Ippon	Marcon Bezzina	MLT
Match #2	16 Aug	Barbara Harel	FRA	Fusen-gachi	Lena Göldi	SUI	walkover
Match #3	16 Aug	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS	Ippon	Sophie Cox	GBR
Match #4	16 Aug	Barbara Harel	FRA	Yuko	Nataliya Yukhareva	RUS
Match 3/5	16 Aug	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon	Barbara Harel	FRA

Pool B

Date	16 August 2004

Round One

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
Match #2	16 Aug	Liu Yuxiang	CHN	Ippon	Lila Latrous	ALG
Match #3	16 Aug	Kie Kusakabe	JPN	Ippon	Rudymar Fleming	VEN
Match #4	16 Aug	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Waza-ari	Isabel Fernández	ESP

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon	Ellen Wilson	USA
Match #2	16 Aug	Danielle Zangrando	BRA	Ippon	Liu Yuxiang	CHN
Match #3	16 Aug	Kie Kusakabe	JPN	Yuko	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
Match #4	16 Aug	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Ippon	Jessica García	PUR

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED	Ippon	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
Match #2	16 Aug	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Kie Kusakabe	JPN

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Ippon	Deborah Gravenstijn	NED

Repêchage

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA	Yuko	Ellen Wilson	USA
Match #2	16 Aug	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Ippon	Jessica García	PUR
Match #3	16 Aug	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA	Yuko	Danielle Zangrando	BRA
Match #4	16 Aug	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Yuko	Kie Kusakabe	JPN
Match #5	16 Aug	Isabel Fernández	ESP	Yuko	Cinzia Cavazzuti	ITA
Match 3/5	16 Aug	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Yuko	Isabel Fernández	ESP

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	16 Aug	Yvonne Bönisch	GER	Yuko	Kye Sun-Hui	PRK