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Half-Middleweight (≤61 kilograms), Women

Date28 September 1988
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationJang-chung Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul
Participants8 from 8 countries

This event went strictly according to form. Great Britain’s Diane Bell had won the 1986 and 1987 World Championships, and was favored. She advanced to the final by winning two matches by ippon, where she met American Lynn Roethke, who Bell had defeated in the final of the 1987 Worlds. The final was close, but Bell again prevailed, this time by shido, after Roethke had once been warned for passivity. Bell would compete again at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics Games, and Roethke would also compete at the 1992 Olympics, but neither would come close to making the podium.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Diane BellGBR
2Lynn RoethkeUSA
=3Noriko MochidaJPN
=3Bogusława OlechnowiczPOL
=5Donna GuyNZL
=5Teresa GasparPOR
=7Kim Seong-HyeKOR
=7Debbie Warren-JeansZIM

Round One

Date28 September 1988
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepDiane BellGBRIpponDonna GuyNZL
Match #228 SepNoriko MochidaJPNIpponKim Seong-HyeKOR
Match #328 SepLynn RoethkeUSAYukoTeresa GasparPOR
Match #428 SepBogusława OlechnowiczPOLIpponDebbie Warren-JeansZIM

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 1988
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepDiane BellGBRIpponNoriko MochidaJPN
Match #228 SepLynn RoethkeUSAYusei-gachiBogusława OlechnowiczPOL

Repêchage

Date28 September 1988
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepNoriko MochidaJPNWaza-ariDonna GuyNZL
Match #228 SepBogusława OlechnowiczPOLIpponTeresa GasparPOR

Final Round

Date28 September 1988
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/228 SepDiane BellGBRShidoLynn RoethkeUSA