| | Event type
Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Women
| Date | 28 September 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Participants | 12 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal. | |
Jung Jae-Eun (KOR) had won the 1997 and 1999 world titles. She was the heavy favorite and did not disappoint. She won her opening match 8-1, and survived a tight match, 2-1, in the semi-finals against Turkey’s Hamide Bikçin. In the final, Jung faced the Vietnamese fighter, Trần Hiếu Ngân, and won 2-0. Trần’s silver medal was the first ever won in the Olympics by any Vietnamese athlete. Bikçin won the bronze medal.
| Pos | Nr | Fighter | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 032 | Jeong Jae-Eun |  KOR | Gold | ||
| 2 | 038 | Trần Hiếu Ngân |  VIE | Silver | ||
| 3 | 037 | Hamide Bıkçın |  TUR | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 033 | Virginia Lourens |  NED | |||
| =5 | 031 | Cristiana Corsi |  ITA | |||
| =5 | 034 | Jasmin Strachan |  PHI | |||
| 7 | 036 | Cheryl-Ann Sankar |  TTO | |||
| =8 | 030 | Areti Athanasopoulou |  GRE | |||
| =8 | 035 | Hsu Chih-Ling |  TPE | |||
| =10 | 028 | Carmen Silva |  BRA | |||
| =10 | 027 | Cynthia Cameron |  AUS | |||
| =10 | 029 | Shimaa Afifi |  EGY |
Round One (28 September 2000 — 9:00)
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Match #1 | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Bye | ||
| Match #2 | Hsu Chih-Ling | TPE | Cynthia Cameron | AUS | Final Score (6 - 0) |
| Match #3 | Cristiana Corsi | ITA | Carmen Silva | BRA | Final Score (5 - 2) |
| Match #4 | Jeong Jae-Eun | KOR | Bye | ||
| Match #5 | Virginia Lourens | NED | Bye | ||
| Match #6 | Areti Athanasopoulou | GRE | Shimaa Afifi | EGY | Superiority (7 - 7) |
| Match #7 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | VIE | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | TTO | Final Score (2 - 0) |
| Match #8 | Jasmin Strachan | PHI | Bye |
Quarter-Finals (28 September 2000 — 11:30)
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
| Match #1 | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Hsu Chih-Ling | TPE | Final Score (6 - 3) |
| Match #2 | Jeong Jae-Eun | KOR | Cristiana Corsi | ITA | Final Score (8 - 1) |
| Match #3 | Virginia Lourens | NED | Areti Athanasopoulou | GRE | Final Score (8 - 6) |
| Match #4 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | VIE | Jasmin Strachan | PHI | Final Score (8 - 3) |
Semi-Finals (28 September 2000 — 15:30)
Winner of each match advanced to the final round.
| Match #1 | Jeong Jae-Eun | KOR | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Final Score (3 - 2) |
| Match #2 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | VIE | Virginia Lourens | NED | Final Score (9 - 6) |
Repêchage Round One (28 September 2000 — 17:00)
Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.
| Match #1 | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Bye | ||
| Match #2 | Jasmin Strachan | PHI | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | TTO | Superiority (5 - 5) |
| Match #3 | Cristiana Corsi | ITA | Bye | ||
| Match #4 | Virginia Lourens | NED | Bye |
Repêchage Round Two (28 September 2000 — 19:30)
Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
| Match #1 | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Jasmin Strachan | PHI | Final Score (9 - 3) |
| Match #2 | Virginia Lourens | NED | Cristiana Corsi | ITA | Final Score (6 - 5) |
Final Round (28 September 2000 — 20:30)
| Match 1/2 | Jeong Jae-Eun | KOR | Trần Hiếu Ngân | VIE | Final Score (2 - 0) |
| Match 3/4 | Hamide Bıkçın | TUR | Virginia Lourens | NED | Final Score (7 - 5) |