Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 72 kg

Judo at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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 72 kg (also known as Half-Heavyweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 20 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 72 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.

Medalists

GoldUlla Werbrouck
 Belgium
SilverYoko Tanabe
 Japan
BronzeYlenia Scapin
 Italy
Diadenis Luna
 Cuba

Main bracket

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal final
      
           Scapin (ITA) W  
  Leng (CHN) W       Leng (CHN) L  
  Chen (TPE) L         Scapin (ITA) L  
  Belyaeva (UKR) W       Belyaeva (UKR) W  
  St Louis (MRI) L       Belyaeva (UKR) W  
           Richter (ROU) L  
             Belyaeva (UKR) L  
           Werbrouck (BEL) W  
           Galyant (RUS) L  
           Werbrouck (BEL) W  
           Werbrouck (BEL) W
           Curto (ESP) L  
           Nazarenko (TKM) L  
  Bogunova (KAZ) L       Curto (ESP) W  
  Curto (ESP) W         Werbrouck (BEL) W
           Tanabe (JPN) L
           Howey (GBR) W
           Kienhuis (NED) L  
           Howey (GBR) L
           Tanabe (JPN) W  
           Ertel (GER) L  
           Tanabe (JPN) W  
           Tanabe (JPN) W  
           Essombe (FRA) L  
           Luna (CUB) L       
  Essombe (FRA) W       Essombe (FRA) W       
  Jenkins (CAN) L       Essombe (FRA) W
           Gomez (VEN) L  
           Galea (MLT) L
           Gomez (VEN) W  
      

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
      Richter (ROU) L         Scapin (ITA) W
  St Louis (MRI) L       Scapin (ITA) W           Essombe (FRA) L
  Richter (ROU) W         Scapin (ITA) W
      Galyant (RUS) L  
      Galyant (RUS) W
 Bye       Curto (ESP) L  
 Bye  
 
      Howey (GBR) L         Luna (CUB) W
 Bye       Ertel (GER) W           Belyaeva (UKR) L
 Bye         Ertel (GER) L
      Luna (CUB) W  
      Luna (CUB) W
  Jenkins (CAN) L       Gómez (VEN) L  
  Luna (CUB) W  

References

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