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Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date28 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationState Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants12 from 12 countries
FormatSingle-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.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Jeong Jae-EunKORGold
2Trần Hiếu NgânVIESilver
3Hamide BıkçınTURBronze
4Virginia LourensNED
=5Cristiana CorsiITA
=5Jasmin StrachanPHI
7Cheryl-Ann SankarTTO
=8Areti AthanasopoulouGRE
=8Hsu Chih-LingTPE
=10Carmen SilvaBRA
=10Cynthia CameronAUS
=10Shimaa AfifiEGY

Round One

Date28 September 2000 — 9:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepHamide BıkçınTUR
Match #228 Sep 9:00Hsu Chih-LingTPEFinal scoreCynthia CameronAUS
Match #328 Sep 9:30Cristiana CorsiITAFinal scoreCarmen SilvaBRA
Match #428 SepJeong Jae-EunKOR
Match #528 SepVirginia LourensNED
Match #628 Sep 10:00Areti AthanasopoulouGRESuperiorityShimaa AfifiEGY
Match #728 Sep 10:30Trần Hiếu NgânVIEFinal scoreCheryl-Ann SankarTTO
Match #828 SepJasmin StrachanPHI

Quarter-Finals

Date28 September 2000 — 11:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 Sep 11:30Hamide BıkçınTURFinal scoreHsu Chih-LingTPE
Match #228 Sep 12:00Jeong Jae-EunKORFinal scoreCristiana CorsiITA
Match #328 Sep 14:30Virginia LourensNEDFinal scoreAreti AthanasopoulouGRE
Match #428 Sep 15:00Trần Hiếu NgânVIEFinal scoreJasmin StrachanPHI

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 2000 — 15:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 Sep 15:30Jeong Jae-EunKORFinal scoreHamide BıkçınTUR
Match #228 Sep 16:00Trần Hiếu NgânVIEFinal scoreVirginia LourensNED

Repêchage Round One

Date28 September 2000 — 17:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepHamide BıkçınTUR
Match #228 Sep 17:00Jasmin StrachanPHISuperiorityCheryl-Ann SankarTTO
Match #328 SepCristiana CorsiITA
Match #428 SepVirginia LourensNED

Repêchage Round Two

Date28 September 2000 — 19:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 Sep 20:00Hamide BıkçınTURFinal scoreJasmin StrachanPHI
Match #228 Sep 19:30Virginia LourensNEDFinal scoreCristiana CorsiITA

Final Round

Date28 September 2000 — 20:30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/228 Sep 21:00Jeong Jae-EunKORFinal scoreTrần Hiếu NgânVIE
Match 3/428 Sep 20:30Hamide BıkçınTURFinal scoreVirginia LourensNED