Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

Women's 63 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Women's 63 kg; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing Science and Technology; University Gymnasium
Date	August 12
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Winning score	1000
Medalists
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The women's 63 kg (also known as light-middleweight) tournament in the judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 11 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. A total of 25 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka with a body weight of less than 63 kilograms. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals and the final were held at 18:00pm CST.

This event was the median of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

Qualifying athletes

Mat	Athlete	Country
1	Silulu A'etonu	American Samoa
1	Anna von Harnier	Germany
1	Battugs Tumen-Od	Mongolia
1	Lucie Décosse	France
1	Urška Žolnir	Slovenia
1	Alice Schlesinger	Israel
1	Marcon Bezzina	Malta
1	Kahina Saidi	Algeria
1	Elisabeth Willeboordse	Netherlands
1	Vera Koval	Russia
1	Won Ok-Im	North Korea
1	Daniela Krukower	Argentina
1	Catherine Arlove	Australia
2	Sarah Clark	Great Britain
2	Claudia Heill	Austria
2	Driulis González	Cuba
2	Johanna Ylinen	Finland
2	Wang Chin-Fang	Chinese Taipei
2	Devu Thapa	Nepal
2	Ysis Barreto	Venezuela
2	Cécile Hane	Senegal
2	Ayumi Tanimoto	Japan
2	Danielli Yuri	Brazil
2	Kong Ja-Young	South Korea
2	Xu Yuhua	China