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Lightweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date	30 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	ExCeL, Newham, London (Hall 2)
Participants	24 from 24 countries
Format	Losing quarter-finalists compete against losing semi-finalist for bronze.

Aiko Sato had won the 2011 World Championships, but was not chosen for the Japanese Olympic team, that going instead to Kaori Matsumoto, who was a bronze medalist behind Sato in 2011. Matsumoto had a difficult draw, but kept winning, defeating 2008 gold medalist Giulia Quintavalle in the quarter-finals, and then winning over France’s Automne Pavia by a golden score in the semi-finals, to make it to the final, where she met Romanian Corine Căprioriu, with whom she had shared bronze medals at the 2011 Worlds. The final was a dull affair, which was scoreless through regulation. Only 17 seconds into extra-time Căprioriu was disqualified for a banned move, using a reap supporting leg move, and the gold medal was Matsumoto’s.

One bronze medal went to American giant killer Marti Malloy who had first defeated #3 seed Telma Monteiro (POR) in the first round, and then beating Quintavalle for the bronze. Pavia won the other bronze medal by defeating Hungarian Hedvig Karakas.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Gold
2	Corina Căprioriu	ROU	Silver
=3	Marti Malloy	USA	Bronze
=3	Automne Pavia	FRA	Bronze
=5	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA
=5	Hedvig Karakas	HUN
=7	Sabrina Filzmoser	AUT
=7	Irina Zabludina	RUS
=9	Kifayət Qasımova	AZE
=9	Kim Jan-Di	KOR
=9	Carli Renzi	AUS
=9	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN
=9	Yadinis Amarís	COL
=9	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB
=9	Rafaela Silva	BRA
=16	Vesna Đukić	SLO
=16	Dorjsürengiin Sumyaa	MGL
=16	Sarah Clark	GBR
=16	Joliane Melançon	CAN
=16	Telma Monteiro	POR
=16	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
=16	Miryam Roper	GER
=16	Concepción Bellorin	ESP
=16	Wang Hui	CHN
DNS	Sally Raguib	DJI		1

Round One

Date	30 July 2012 — 9:37

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 9:37	Hall 2	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Vesna Đukić	SLO
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall 2	Kifayət Qasımova	AZE				bye
Match #3	30 Jul 9:44	Hall 2	Kim Jan-Di	KOR	Yusei-gachi	Dorjsürengiin Sumyaa	MGL
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall 2	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA				bye
Match #5	30 Jul 9:51	Hall 2	Automne Pavia	FRA	Waza-ari	Sarah Clark	GBR
Match #6	30 Jul	Hall 2	Carli Renzi	AUS				bye
Match #7	30 Jul 9:58	Hall 2	Sabrina Filzmoser	AUT	Ippon	Joliane Melançon	CAN
Match #8	30 Jul	Hall 2	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN				bye
Match #9	30 Jul 9:37	Hall 2	Marti Malloy	USA	Yuko	Telma Monteiro	POR
Match #10	30 Jul	Hall 2	Yadinis Amarís	COL				bye
Match #11	30 Jul 9:44	Hall 2	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB	Yuko	Ioulieta Boukouvala	GRE
Match #12	30 Jul	Hall 2	Irina Zabludina	RUS				bye
Match #13	30 Jul 9:51	Hall 2	Rafaela Silva	BRA	Yuko	Miryam Roper	GER
Match #14	30 Jul 9:58	Hall 2	Hedvig Karakas	HUN	Ippon	Concepción Bellorin	ESP
Match #15	30 Jul 10:05	Hall 2	Corina Căprioriu	ROU	Ippon	Wang Hui	CHN
Match #16	30 Jul	Hall 2	Sally Raguib	DJI				bye

Round Two

Date	30 July 2012 — 11:01

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 11:01	Hall 2	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Kifayət Qasımova	AZE
Match #2	30 Jul 11:08	Hall 2	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA	Ippon	Kim Jan-Di	KOR
Match #3	30 Jul 11:15	Hall 2	Automne Pavia	FRA	Waza-ari	Carli Renzi	AUS
Match #4	30 Jul 11:22	Hall 2	Sabrina Filzmoser	AUT	Ippon	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN
Match #5	30 Jul 11:08	Hall 2	Marti Malloy	USA	Ippon	Yadinis Amarís	COL
Match #6	30 Jul 11:15	Hall 2	Irina Zabludina	RUS	Ippon	Yurisleidys Lupetey	CUB
Match #7	30 Jul 11:22	Hall 2	Hedvig Karakas	HUN	Ippon	Rafaela Silva	BRA
Match #8	30 Jul 11:29	Hall 2	Corina Căprioriu	ROU	Fusen-gachi	Sally Raguib	DJI

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 2012 — 11:57

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 11:57	Hall 2	Marti Malloy	USA	Yuko	Irina Zabludina	RUS
Match #2	30 Jul 12:04	Hall 2	Corina Căprioriu	ROU	Yusei-gachi	Hedvig Karakas	HUN
Match #3	30 Jul 12:04	Hall 2	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA	Ippon	Sabrina Filzmoser	AUT
Match #4	30 Jul 12:11	Hall 2	Hedvig Karakas	HUN	Yuko	Irina Zabludina	RUS

Repêchage

Date	30 July 2012 — 14:00

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 14:00	Hall 2	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA
Match #2	30 Jul 14:07	Hall 2	Automne Pavia	FRA	Yuko	Sabrina Filzmoser	AUT

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 2012 — 14:14

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 14:14	Hall 2	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Yuko	Automne Pavia	FRA
Match #2	30 Jul 14:21	Hall 2	Corina Căprioriu	ROU	Ippon	Marti Malloy	USA

Final Round

Date	30 July 2012 — 14:56

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 3/5	30 Jul 14:56	Hall 2	Marti Malloy	USA	Ippon	Giulia Quintavalle	ITA
Match 3/5	30 Jul 15:03	Hall 2	Automne Pavia	FRA	Yuko	Hedvig Karakas	HUN
Match 1/2	30 Jul 16:00	Hall 2	Kaori Matsumoto	JPN	Ippon	Corina Căprioriu	ROU