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Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women

Date	2 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants	22 from 22 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

This class had been dominated for the past several years by France’s Cécile Nowak and Britain’s Karen Briggs. Briggs was World Champion in 1989, with Nowak winning in 1991. Nowak had been European Champion from 1990-92 and defeated Briggs in the final of the 1991 Worlds and all three European tournaments. In the A Pool final, Briggs fought Japan’s Ryoko Tamura. But Briggs separated her shoulder and eventually lost by hansoku-make. Tamura met Nowak in the final, with Nowak winning the gold medal in a close match, her victory only by koka. For Tamura, this was her first of five consecutive medals in this class, including gold in 2000-2004. She would also win seven World Championships in this class. Extremely popular in Japan, and known as “Yawara-chan,” she later married Japanese baseball player Yoshitomo Tani.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Gold
2	Ryoko Tamura	JPN	Silver
=3	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR	Bronze
=3	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Bronze
=5	Karen Briggs	GBR
=5	Salima Souakri	ALG
=7	Yolanda Soler	ESP
=7	María Villapol	VEN
=9	Brigitte Lastrade	CAN
=9	Li Aiyue	CHN
=9	Michaela Bornemann	AUT
=9	Giovanna Tortora	ITA
=13	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
=13	Andréa Berti	BRA
=13	Donna Hilton	NZL
=16	Małgorzata Roszkowska	POL
=16	Kang Yong-Ok	PRK
=16	Annikka Mutanen	FIN
=16	Kerstin Emich	GER
=20	Yu Hui-Jun	KOR
=20	Leposava Marković	IOA
=20	Huang Yu-Shin	TPE
DNS	Carolina Mariani	ARG
DNS	Valerie Gotay	USA

Pool A

Date	2 August 1992

Round One

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Yolanda Soler	ESP	Waza-ari	Yu Hui-Jun	KOR
Match #2	02 Aug	Karen Briggs	GBR	Yuko	Brigitte Lastrade	CAN
Match #3	02 Aug	Ryoko Tamura	JPN	Yuko	Amarilis Savón	CUB
Match #4	02 Aug	Li Aiyue	CHN	Yuko	Leposava Marković	IOA

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Yolanda Soler	ESP	Yuko	Małgorzata Roszkowska	POL
Match #2	02 Aug	Karen Briggs	GBR	Waza-ari	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
Match #3	02 Aug	Ryoko Tamura	JPN	Ippon	Andréa Berti	BRA
Match #4	02 Aug	Li Aiyue	CHN	Waza-ari	Kang Yong-Ok	PRK

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Karen Briggs	GBR	Ippon	Yolanda Soler	ESP
Match #2	02 Aug	Ryoko Tamura	JPN	Ippon	Li Aiyue	CHN

Final Round

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Ryoko Tamura	JPN	Hansoku-make	Karen Briggs	GBR

Repêchage

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Brigitte Lastrade	CAN	Ippon	Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od	MGL
Match #2	02 Aug	Yolanda Soler	ESP	Yusei-gachi	Brigitte Lastrade	CAN
Match #3	02 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Shido	Andréa Berti	BRA
Match #4	02 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Ippon	Li Aiyue	CHN
Match #5	02 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Ippon	Yolanda Soler	ESP
Match 3/5	02 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Salima Souakri	ALG

Pool B

Date	2 August 1992

Round One

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Kerstin Emich	GER	Yuko	Huang Yu-Shin	TPE
Match #2	02 Aug	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Fusen-gachi	Carolina Mariani	ARG	walkover
Match #3	02 Aug	Michaela Bornemann	AUT	Fusen-gachi	Valerie Gotay	USA	walkover
Match #4	02 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Yusei-gachi	Donna Hilton	NZL

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Giovanna Tortora	ITA	Yuko	Kerstin Emich	GER
Match #2	02 Aug	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Ippon	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR
Match #3	02 Aug	Michaela Bornemann	AUT	Ippon	Annikka Mutanen	FIN
Match #4	02 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Yusei-gachi	María Villapol	VEN

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Kiken-gachi	Giovanna Tortora	ITA
Match #2	02 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Koka	Michaela Bornemann	AUT

Final Round

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Ippon	Salima Souakri	ALG

Repêchage

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR	Fusen-gachi	Carolina Mariani	ARG	walkover
Match #2	02 Aug	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR	Fusen-gachi	Giovanna Tortora	ITA	walkover
Match #3	02 Aug	María Villapol	VEN	Ippon	Donna Hilton	NZL
Match #4	02 Aug	María Villapol	VEN	Waza-ari	Michaela Bornemann	AUT
Match #5	02 Aug	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR	Yuko	María Villapol	VEN
Match 3/5	02 Aug	Hülya Şenyurt	TUR	Waza-ari	Karen Briggs	GBR

Final Round

Date	2 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug	Cécile Nowak	FRA	Koka	Ryoko Tamura	JPN