Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

Women's 48 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	9 August
Winning score	1100
Medalists
Alina Dumitru  Romania Yanet Bermoy  Cuba Paula Pareto  Argentina Ryoko Tani  Japan

The women's 48 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 9 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 pm CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals, and the final were held at 6:00 pm CST.

This event was the lightest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 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.

Tournament results

Final

	Final
	1	Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROU)	1100
	2	Yanet Bermoy (CUB)	0000

Mat 1

	First Round					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
						Wu Shugen (CHN)		0000
	Ryoko Tani (JPN)		0020			Ryoko Tani (JPN)		0100
	Sayaka Matsumoto (USA)		0000								Ryoko Tani (JPN)		0001
											Paula Pareto (ARG)		0000
						Paula Pareto (ARG)		1000
						Tiffany Day (AUS)		0000
																Ryoko Tani (JPN)		0010
	Lyudmyla Lusnikova (UKR)		0221													Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROU)		0100
	Chahnez M'barki (TUN)		0000			Lyudmyla Lusnikova (UKR)		0000
						Kim Young-Ran (KOR)		0100
											Kim Young-Ran (KOR)		0000
	Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)		1000								Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROU)		1000
	Sarah Menezes (BRA)		0000			Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)		0010
						Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROU)		0101

Mat 2

	First Round					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Devi Khumujam Tomb (IND)		0000
	Ana Hormigo (POR)		1011			Ana Hormigo (POR)		0000
						Pak Ok-Song (PRK)		0100
											Pak Ok-Song (PRK)		0011
											Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ)		0001
						Hanatou Ouelgo (BUR)		0000
	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)		0000			Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ)		1001
	Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ)		1000													Pak Ok-Song (PRK)		0000
																Yanet Bermoy (CUB)		1021
						Michaela Baschin (GER)		0101
	Meriem Moussa (ALG)		0011			Meriem Moussa (ALG)		0000
	Sandrine Ilendou (GAB)		0000								Michaela Baschin (GER)		0000
											Yanet Bermoy (CUB)		0001
						Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS)		0001
	Yanet Bermoy (CUB)		1010			Yanet Bermoy (CUB)		0010
	Glenda Miranda (ECU)		0000

Repechage

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	Wu Shugen (CHN)	0001
							Paula Pareto (ARG)	0100
	8	Sayaka Matsumoto (USA)	0000
	9	Wu Shugen (CHN)	1000
											Paula Pareto (ARG)		0110
											Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)		0001
	4	Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)
	13	bye
						Kim Young-Ran (KOR)		0000
						Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)		0001
	5	Ana Hormigo (POR)
	12	bye
																Pak Ok-Song (PRK)		0001
																Paula Pareto (ARG)		0100
						2	Ana Hormigo (POR)	0002
							Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ)	0001
	7	Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS)	1000
	10	Glenda Miranda (ECU)	0000
											Ana Hormigo (POR)		0001
											Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS)		0100
	3															Third place
	14
						Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS)		0001								Ryoko Tani (JPN)		1000
						Michaela Baschin (GER)		0000								Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS)		0000
	6
	11

References

• Competition format