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Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women

Date	1 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants	25 from 25 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.

At the last two World Championships, the final match had come down to Alessandra Giungi (ITA) and Sharon Rendle (GBR), with Rendle winning in 1989 and Giungi in 1991. In her third-round match Rendle faced hometown favorite Almudena Muñoz. In a close match that went to hantei, the referee raised Rendle’s hand, but the judges overruled, giving the decision to Muñoz by yusei-gachi. Giungi also lost an upset by yusei-gachi, in the B Pool semi to Japan’s Noriko Mizoguchi. Muñoz won the final, but only by koka. Muñoz would win a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships, her only other podium finish at a major international.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Gold
2	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Silver
=3	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Bronze
=3	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Bronze
=5	Alessandra Giungi	ITA
=5	Jessica Gal	NED
=7	Carolina Mariani	ARG
=7	Paula Saldanha	POR
=9	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA
=9	Jo Anne Quiring	USA
=9	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR
=9	Dina Maksutova	EUN
=13	Cathy Grainger	AUS
=13	Derya Çalışkan	TUR
=13	Lisa Boscarino	PUR
=16	Eva Wikström	SWE
=16	Dominique Berna	FRA
=16	Yu Wai Seung	HKG
=16	Lyne Poirier	CAN
=20	Katalin Parragh	HUN
=20	Legna Verdecia	CUB
=20	Maria Karagiannopoulou	GRE
=20	Heidi Goossens	BEL
=20	Emiliya Vacheva	BUL
=20	Ravdangiin Dechinmaa	MGL

Pool A

Date	1 August 1992

Round One

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yusei-gachi	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA
Match #2	01 Aug	Dominique Berna	FRA	Koka	Katalin Parragh	HUN
Match #3	01 Aug	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Chui	Legna Verdecia	CUB
Match #4	01 Aug	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi	Jo Anne Quiring	USA
Match #5	01 Aug	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon	Maria Karagiannopoulou	GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yuko	Cathy Grainger	AUS
Match #2	01 Aug	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Koka	Dominique Berna	FRA
Match #3	01 Aug	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Ippon	Derya Çalışkan	TUR
Match #4	01 Aug	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon	Eva Wikström	SWE

Semi-Finals

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yuko	Carolina Mariani	ARG
Match #2	01 Aug	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi	Sharon Rendle	GBR

Final Round

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi	Li Zhongyun	CHN

Repêchage

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA	Yuko	Cathy Grainger	AUS
Match #2	01 Aug	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Yuko	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA
Match #3	01 Aug	Jo Anne Quiring	USA	Yuko	Derya Çalışkan	TUR
Match #4	01 Aug	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon	Jo Anne Quiring	USA
Match #5	01 Aug	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon	Carolina Mariani	ARG
Match 3/5	01 Aug	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon	Jessica Gal	NED

Pool B

Date	1 August 1992

Round One

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon	Lisa Boscarino	PUR
Match #2	01 Aug	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yuko	Heidi Goossens	BEL
Match #3	01 Aug	Dina Maksutova	EUN	Ippon	Emiliya Vacheva	BUL
Match #4	01 Aug	Paula Saldanha	POR	Ippon	Ravdangiin Dechinmaa	MGL

Quarter-Finals

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #2	01 Aug	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yuko	Yu Wai Seung	HKG
Match #3	01 Aug	Jessica Gal	NED	Yuko	Dina Maksutova	EUN
Match #4	01 Aug	Paula Saldanha	POR	Koka	Lyne Poirier	CAN

Semi-Finals

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Alessandra Giungi	ITA
Match #2	01 Aug	Jessica Gal	NED	Ippon	Paula Saldanha	POR

Final Round

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon	Jessica Gal	NED

Repêchage

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR	Yuko	Lisa Boscarino	PUR
Match #2	01 Aug	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yusei-gachi	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #3	01 Aug	Paula Saldanha	POR	Yuko	Dina Maksutova	EUN
Match #4	01 Aug	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yusei-gachi	Paula Saldanha	POR
Match 3/5	01 Aug	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yusei-gachi	Alessandra Giungi	ITA

Final Round

Date	1 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Aug	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Koka	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN