Half-Middleweight (≤61 kilograms), Women
| Date | 30 July 1992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona | |
| Participants | 29 from 29 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. | |
Catherine Fleury (FRA) had won the World and European Championships in 1989, but had struggled since then, and not made an international final in 1990-92. But she made the final in Barcelona with three victories by ippon, and one decision. There she faced Yael Arad. Arad had been bronze medalist at the 1989 Europeans and 1991 Worlds, but of more significance was that she was an Israeli. When Arad won the B Pool final over 1991 World Champion Frauke Eickhoff (GER), making the final, she became the first Israeli athlete to win an Olympic medal – the color to be determined. In the final, neither judoka could score a point, with the hantei being given to Fleury, winning by yusei-gachi for a gold medal. Arad dedicated her silver medal to “The Eleven” – the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who had been assassinated by Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Pool A (30 July 1992)
Round One (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Susanne Profanter |  AUT | Yusei-gachi (4:00) | Eleucadia Vargas |  DOM |
| Match #2 | Diane Bell |  GBR | Yuko/Hiki-komi-gaeshi (4:00) | Bogusława Olechnowicz |  POL |
| Match #3 | Zhang Di |  CHN | Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (3:57) | Tânia Ishii |  BRA |
| Match #4 | Gu Hyeon-Suk |  KOR | Ippon/Sukui-nage (3:00) | Nicola Morris |  NZL |
| Match #5 | Ileana Beltrán |  CUB | Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:09) | Michelle Buckingham |  CAN |
| Match #6 | Catherine Fleury |  FRA | Ippon/Morote-gari (0:32) | Debbie Warren-Jeans |  ZIM |
| Match #7 | Zsuzsa Nagy |  HUN | Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:44) | Lkhamaasürengiin Badamsüren |  MGL |
Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Diane Bell | GBR | Yuko/Kuchiki-taoshi (4:00) | Susanne Profanter | AUT |
| Match #2 | Gu Hyeon-Suk | KOR | Yuko/Morote-gari (4:00) | Zhang Di | CHN |
| Match #3 | Catherine Fleury | FRA | Shido/Penalty (4:00) | Ileana Beltrán | CUB |
| Match #4 | Xiomara Griffith |  VEN | Ippon/Tani-otoshi (0:19) | Zsuzsa Nagy | HUN |
Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Gu Hyeon-Suk | KOR | Yusei-gachi/Penalty (4:00) | Diane Bell | GBR |
| Match #2 | Catherine Fleury | FRA | Ippon/Kami-shiho-ashi (1:30) | Xiomara Griffith | VEN |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Catherine Fleury | FRA | Ippon/Juji-gatame (2:12) | Gu Hyeon-Suk | KOR |
Repêchage (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Zhang Di | CHN | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:24) | Nicola Morris | NZL |
| Match #2 | Zhang Di | CHN | Yuko/O-uchi-gari (4:00) | Diane Bell | GBR |
| Match #3 | Ileana Beltrán | CUB | Waza-ari/Sukui-nage (4:00) | Debbie Warren-Jeans | ZIM |
| Match #4 | Xiomara Griffith | VEN | Yusei-gachi (4:00) | Ileana Beltrán | CUB |
| Match #5 | Zhang Di | CHN | Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (4:00) | Xiomara Griffith | VEN |
| Match 3/4 | Zhang Di | CHN | Yuko/Sumi-otoshi (4:00) | Frauke Eickhoff |  GER |
Pool B (30 July 1992)
Round One (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Jenny Gal-Vismara |  NED | Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (1:59) | Laurie Pace |  MLT |
| Match #2 | Frauke Eickhoff | GER | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (0:47) | Yelena Petrova |  EUN |
| Match #3 | Gella Vandecaveye |  BEL | Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:50) | Thant Phyu Phyu |  MYA |
| Match #4 | Miroslava Jánošíková |  TCH | Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (1:56) | Felicité Makounawode |  CAF |
| Match #5 | Birgit Blum |  LIE | Koka/Ko-uchi-gari (4:00) | Lynn Roethke |  USA |
| Match #6 | Begoña Gómez |  ESP | Yuko/Tani-otoshi (4:00) | Takako Kobayashi |  JPN |
Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Frauke Eickhoff | GER | Waza-ari/Yoko-guruma (4:00) | Jenny Gal-Vismara | NED |
| Match #2 | Gella Vandecaveye | BEL | Ippon/Tai-otoshi (0:10) | Gisela Hämmerling |  SUI |
| Match #3 | Miroslava Jánošíková | TCH | Koka/Sukui-nage (4:00) | Birgit Blum | LIE |
| Match #4 | Yael Arad |  ISR | Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (4:00) | Begoña Gómez | ESP |
Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Frauke Eickhoff | GER | Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (4:00) | Gella Vandecaveye | BEL |
| Match #2 | Yael Arad | ISR | Waza-ari/Tomoe-nage (4:00) | Miroslava Jánošíková | TCH |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Yael Arad | ISR | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (2:21) | Frauke Eickhoff | GER |
Repêchage (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Yelena Petrova | EUN | Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (2:15) | Jenny Gal-Vismara | NED |
| Match #2 | Yelena Petrova | EUN | Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (4:00) | Gella Vandecaveye | BEL |
| Match #3 | Begoña Gómez | ESP | Yuko/Sukui-nage (4:00) | Miroslava Jánošíková | TCH |
| Match #4 | Yelena Petrova | EUN | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (1:07) | Begoña Gómez | ESP |
| Match 3/4 | Yelena Petrova | EUN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:38) | Gu Hyeon-Suk | KOR |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match 1/2 | Catherine Fleury | FRA | Yusei-gachi (4:00) | Yael Arad | ISR |