| Date | 10 August 2008 — 12:00 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing | |
| 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. | |
The defending champion was China’s Xian Dongmei. She had retired after 2004 but returned to the tatamis in 2007 after giving birth to a child. The last two World Champions in this class had been Chinese – Li Ying in 2005 and Shi Junjie in 2007, but Xian was selected for the Chinese in their stead. In 2008 she has already won a gold medal at the World Cup in Budepest and the Super World Cup in Paris. Xian advanacd to the final where she faced the formidable An Kum-Ae, who had won bronze at the last two World Championships. The final match was close but Xian won by yuko to claim her second consecutive gold medal. Xian described her reaction, “It is unforgettable and not easy to get it again. It is really very special because I won it in front of my home [crowd]. It is also special because after four years I also became a mother and I got a gold medal again.”
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | An Kum-Ae | PRK | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Yagnelis Mestre | CUB | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Ilse Heylen | BEL | Koka | Audrey La Rizza | FRA | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Romy Tarangul | GER | Ippon | Zinnura Dzhurayeva | UZB |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | An Kum-Ae | PRK | Yuko | Flor Velázquez | VEN | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Sholpan Kaliyeva | KAZ | Yuko | Shih Pei-Chun | TPE | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Ilse Heylen | BEL | Ippon | Kristie-Anne Ryder | AUS | |
| Match #4 | 10 Aug | Misato Nakamura | JPN | Koka | Romy Tarangul | GER |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | An Kum-Ae | PRK | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Sholpan Kaliyeva | KAZ | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Misato Nakamura | JPN | Koka | Ilse Heylen | BEL |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | An Kum-Ae | PRK | Koka | Misato Nakamura | JPN |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Flor Velázquez | VEN | Koka | Yagnelis Mestre | CUB | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Sholpan Kaliyeva | KAZ | Yuko | Flor Velázquez | VEN | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Ilse Heylen | BEL | Koka | Romy Tarangul | GER | |
| Match #4 | 10 Aug | Sholpan Kaliyeva | KAZ | Ippon | Ilse Heylen | BEL | |
| Match 3/5 | 10 Aug | Soraya Haddad | ALG | Waza-ari | Sholpan Kaliyeva | KAZ |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Ana Carrascosa | ESP | Waza-ari | Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa | MGL | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | María García | DOM | Yuko | Andressa Fernandes | BRA | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Soraya Haddad | ALG | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Marie Muller | LUX |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Telma Monteiro | POR | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Anna Kharitonova | RUS | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Xian Dongmei | CHN | Ippon | Ana Carrascosa | ESP | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Kim Gyeong-Ok | KOR | Ippon | María García | DOM | |
| Match #4 | 10 Aug | Soraya Haddad | ALG | Yuko | Hortance Diédhiou | SEN |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Xian Dongmei | CHN | Ippon | Telma Monteiro | POR | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Soraya Haddad | ALG | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Kim Gyeong-Ok | KOR |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Xian Dongmei | CHN | Ippon | Soraya Haddad | ALG |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 10 Aug | Marie Muller | LUX | Ippon | Hortance Diédhiou | SEN | |
| Match #2 | 10 Aug | Ana Carrascosa | ESP | Waza-ari | Telma Monteiro | POR | |
| Match #3 | 10 Aug | Kim Gyeong-Ok | KOR | Yuko | Marie Muller | LUX | |
| Match #4 | 10 Aug | Kim Gyeong-Ok | KOR | Ippon | Ana Carrascosa | ESP | |
| Match 3/5 | 10 Aug | Misato Nakamura | JPN | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Kim Gyeong-Ok | KOR |
| Date | 10 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match 1/2 | 10 Aug | Xian Dongmei | CHN | Yuko | An Kum-Ae | PRK |