Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg
Appearance
Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Men | Women | |
60 kg | 48 kg | |
65 kg | 52 kg | |
71 kg | 56 kg | |
78 kg | 61 kg | |
86 kg | 66 kg | |
95 kg | 72 kg | |
+95 kg | +72 kg | |
These are the results of the women's 52 kg (also known as half lightweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 21 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 61 kilograms. Competition took place on July 23 of 1996 in the Georgia World Congress Center.
Medalists
Gold | Marie-Claire Restoux France |
Silver | Hyun Sook-hee South Korea |
Bronze | Noriko Sugawara Japan |
Legna Verdecia Cuba |
Results
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
Repechage
The losing semifinalists as well as those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Lynda Mekzine (ALG) | L | |||||||||||||||||
Almudena Muñoz (ESP) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||||||
Almudena Muñoz (ESP) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
Marisa Pedulla (USA) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Marisa Pedulla (USA) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
Cathy Brain-Grainger (AUS) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tseng Hsiao-fen (TPE) | L | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Alessandra Giungi (ITA) | W | |||||||||||||||||
Legna Verdecia (CUB) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
Almudena Muñoz (ESP) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Carolina Mariani (ARG) | W | |||||||||||||||||
Alessandra Giungi (ITA) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Carolina Mariani (ARG) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
Noriko Sugawara (JPN) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Alexa von Schwichow (GER) | L | Ewa-Larysa Krause (POL) | L | ||||||||||||||||
Noriko Sugawara (JPN) | W | Noriko Sugawara (JPN) | W | ||||||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 |