Date | 27 August 2004 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Kleisto Gymnastirio Falirou, Olympiako Syngrotima Papaliakis Zonis Falirou, Faliro | |
Participants | 15 from 15 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal. |
The favorites were Jang Ji-Won (KOR), who was World Champion in 2001, and Iridia Salazar of Mexico, who was the featherweight runner-up at the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. The U.S. entrant was Nia Abdallah, who was bronze medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, but was not considered in the class of Jang or Salazar. Her only previous international competition had come at the Pan-Ams. Nobody was dominant during this competition, as Jang, Salazar, and Abdallah all won closely fought quarter-final matches, Salazar prevailing only on superiority over Uzbekistan’s Irina Kaydashova. In the semi-finals, the two favorites, Jang and Salazar, were unfortunate to be drawn against each other. Abdallah also narrowly escaped, winning by superiority over Thailand’s Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen. The final was again quite close, but Jang won the gold medal over Abdallah, 2-1. Salazar prevailed in the bronze medal round.
Pos | Nr | Fighter | NOC | |||
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1 | 39 | Jang Ji-Won | ![]() | Gold | ||
2 | 45 | Nia Abdallah | ![]() | Silver | ||
3 | 40 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Bronze | ||
4 | 35 | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | |||
=5 | 38 | Cristiana Corsi | ![]() | |||
=5 | 43 | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | |||
=7 | 42 | Margarita Mkrtychan | ![]() | |||
=7 | 32 | Mariam Bah | ![]() | |||
=9 | 46 | Irina Kaydashova | ![]() | |||
=9 | 44 | Chi Shu-Ju | ![]() | |||
=11 | 33 | Paola Andrea Delgado | ![]() | |||
=11 | 41 | Aleksandra Uścińska | ![]() | |||
=11 | 37 | Areti Athanasopoulou | ![]() | |||
=11 | 34 | Abeer Essawy | ![]() | |||
=11 | 36 | Gwladys Épangue | ![]() |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Irina Kaydashova | ![]() | Bye | ||
Match #2 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Paola Andrea Delgado | ![]() | Final Score (5 - 2) |
Match #3 | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | Aleksandra Uścińska | ![]() | Final Score (11 - 2) |
Match #4 | Jang Ji-Won | ![]() | Mariam Bah | ![]() | Final Score (9 - 2) |
Match #5 1 | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | Areti Athanasopoulou | ![]() | Superiority (6 - 6) |
Match #6 | Chi Shu-Ju | ![]() | Abeer Essawy | ![]() | Final Score (8 - 0) |
Match #7 | Nia Abdallah | ![]() | Margarita Mkrtychan | ![]() | Final Score (16 - 9) |
Match #8 | Cristiana Corsi | ![]() | Gwladys Épangue | ![]() | Final Score (2 - 0) |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Irina Kaydashova | ![]() | Superiority (7 - 7) |
Match #2 | Jang Ji-Won | ![]() | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | Final Score (3 - 2) |
Match #3 | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | Chi Shu-Ju | ![]() | Final Score (2 - 1) |
Match #4 | Nia Abdallah | ![]() | Cristiana Corsi | ![]() | Final Score (3 - 2) |
Winner of each match advanced to the final round.
Match #1 | Jang Ji-Won | ![]() | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Final Score (2 - 1) |
Match #2 3 | Nia Abdallah | ![]() | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | Final Score (7 - 7) |
Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.
Match #1 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Bye | ||
Match #2 | Cristiana Corsi | ![]() | Margarita Mkrtychan | ![]() | Final Score (5 - 2) |
Match #3 | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | Mariam Bah | ![]() | Final Score (5 - 0) |
Match #4 | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | Bye |
Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
Match #1 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Cristiana Corsi | ![]() | Final Score (3 - 2) |
Match #2 | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen | ![]() | Final Score (6 - 3) |
Match 1/2 | Jang Ji-Won | ![]() | Nia Abdallah | ![]() | Final Score (2 - 1) |
Match 3/4 | Iridia Salazar | ![]() | Sonia Reyes | ![]() | Final Score (2 - 1) |