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Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women

Date	21 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants	21 from 21 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.

Ulla Werbrouck had followed Ingrid Berghmans as Belgium’s best female judoka. Her record at the European Championships was particularly distinguished. She competed in that event from 1989-2001 and won six gold medals and 12 medals in all, failing only in 1996. Coming into Atlanta she had been the silver medalist at the 1995 World Championships, losing the final to Cuba’s Diadenys Luña. In the Atlanta final, Werbrouck faced Yoko Tanabe of Japan, who had won a bronze medal at the 1995 Worlds, with Werbrouck winning by ippon. This was the first Olympic gold medal won by a Belgian woman.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Gold
2	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Silver
=3	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Bronze
=3	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Bronze
=5	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR
=5	Estha Essombe	FRA
=7	Hannah Ertel	GER
=7	Svetlana Galyant	RUS
=9	Simona Richter	ROU
=9	Cristina Curto	ESP
=9	Kate Howey	GBR
=9	Francis Gómez	VEN
=13	Michèle St. Louis	MRI
=13	Niki Jenkins	CAN
=15	Leng Chunhui	CHN
=15	Olesya Nazarenko	TKM
=15	Karin Kienhuis	NED
=15	Natalie Galea	AUS
=19	Chen Chiu-Ping	TPE
=19	Sandy Bacher	USA
=19	Yevgeniya Bogunova	KAZ

Pool A

Date	21 July 1996

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Leng Chunhui	CHN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Chen Chiu-Ping	TPE
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR	Ippon	Michèle St. Louis	MRI
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Cristina Curto	ESP	Yuko	Yevgeniya Bogunova	KAZ

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Yuko	Leng Chunhui	CHN
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR	Shido	Simona Richter	ROU
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Shido	Svetlana Galyant	RUS
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Cristina Curto	ESP	Yuko	Olesya Nazarenko	TKM

Semi-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR	Chui	Ylenia Scapin	ITA
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Ippon	Cristina Curto	ESP

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Ippon	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR

Repêchage

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Simona Richter	ROU	Ippon	Michèle St. Louis	MRI
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Ippon	Simona Richter	ROU
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Svetlana Galyant	RUS	Ippon	Cristina Curto	ESP
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Yusei-gachi	Svetlana Galyant	RUS
Match 3/5	21 Jul	Hall H	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Ippon	Estha Essombe	FRA

Pool B

Date	21 July 1996

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Hannah Ertel	GER	Ippon	Sandy Bacher	USA
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Estha Essombe	FRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Niki Jenkins	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Kate Howey	GBR	Yuko	Karin Kienhuis	NED
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Ippon	Hannah Ertel	GER
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Estha Essombe	FRA	Shido	Diadenis Luna	CUB
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Francis Gómez	VEN	Yusei-gachi	Natalie Galea	AUS

Semi-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Ippon	Kate Howey	GBR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Estha Essombe	FRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Francis Gómez	VEN

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Chui	Estha Essombe	FRA

Repêchage

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Hannah Ertel	GER	Shido	Kate Howey	GBR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Ippon	Niki Jenkins	CAN
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Keikoku	Francis Gómez	VEN
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Hannah Ertel	GER
Match 3/5	21 Jul	Hall H	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Jul	Hall H	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Ippon	Yoko Tanabe	JPN