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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(s)	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 (1 August 1992)

Round One (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA
Match #2	Dominique Berna	FRA	Koka/Tani-otoshi (4:00)	Katalin Parragh	HUN
Match #3	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Chui/Penalty (4:00)	Legna Verdecia	CUB
Match #4	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Jo Anne Quiring	USA
Match #5	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon/Harai-goshi (0:40)	Maria Karagiannopoulou	GRE

Quarter-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yuko/Morote-gari (4:00)	Cathy Grainger	AUS
Match #2	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Koka/Morote-gari (4:00)	Dominique Berna	FRA
Match #3	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:20)	Derya Çalışkan	TUR
Match #4	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (1:20)	Eva Wikström	SWE

Semi-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yuko/Ko-uchi-makikomi (4:00)	Carolina Mariani	ARG
Match #2	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Sharon Rendle	GBR

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Li Zhongyun	CHN

Repêchage (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA	Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (4:00)	Cathy Grainger	AUS
Match #2	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Yuko/Sukui-nage (4:00)	Patrícia Bevilacqua	BRA
Match #3	Jo Anne Quiring	USA	Yuko/Harai-goshi (4:00)	Derya Çalışkan	TUR
Match #4	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (1:00)	Jo Anne Quiring	USA
Match #5	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon/Hiki-komi-gaeshi (2:47)	Carolina Mariani	ARG
Match 3/4	Sharon Rendle	GBR	Ippon/Uchi-mata-sukashi (2:24)	Jessica Gal	NED

Pool B (1 August 1992)

Round One (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (2:01)	Lisa Boscarino	PUR
Match #2	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yuko/Ko-soto-gake (4:00)	Heidi Goossens	BEL
Match #3	Dina Maksutova	EUN	Ippon/Kesa-gatame (2:39)	Emiliya Vacheva	BUL
Match #4	Paula Saldanha	POR	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:14)	Ravdangiin Dechinmaa	MGL

Quarter-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:45)	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #2	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yuko/Sukui-nage (4:00)	Yu Wai Seung	HKG
Match #3	Jessica Gal	NED	Yuko/Soto-makikomi (4:00)	Dina Maksutova	EUN
Match #4	Paula Saldanha	POR	Koka/Tani-otoshi (4:00)	Lyne Poirier	CAN

Semi-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Alessandra Giungi	ITA
Match #2	Jessica Gal	NED	Ippon/Kesa-gatame (3:15)	Paula Saldanha	POR

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (4:00)	Jessica Gal	NED

Repêchage (1 August 1992)

Match #1	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR	Yuko/Sumi-otoshi (4:00)	Lisa Boscarino	PUR
Match #2	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Kim Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #3	Paula Saldanha	POR	Yuko/Uchi-mata (4:00)	Dina Maksutova	EUN
Match #4	Alessandra Giungi	ITA	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Paula Saldanha	POR
Match 3/4	Li Zhongyun	CHN	Yusei-gachi (4:00)	Alessandra Giungi	ITA

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match 1/2	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Koka/Tani-otoshi (4:00)	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN