| | Event type
Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women
| Date | 20 September 2000 — 15:00-18:30-20:30-22:00 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2) | |
| Participants | 23 from 23 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. | |
The three leading contenders were Sibelis Veranes (CUB), the 1999 World and Pan-American Champion; Kate Howey (GBR), the 1997 World Champion and four-time medalist at the Worlds; and Ulla Werbrouck (BEL), 1996 Olympic Champion at half-heavyweight and runner-up to Veranes at the 1999 Worlds. In Werbrouck’s first match, she lost a controversial decision to Spain’s Úrsula Martín. Martín went to the pool final against Howey, who used juji-gatame to defeat her by ippon and advance to the final. There Howey met the other remaining favorite, Veranes. Veranes scored an early waza-ari with a leg throw and held on to win the gold medal.
Pool A (20 September 2000)
Round One (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Daniela Krukower |  ARG | Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (3:31) | Mariama Sonah Bah |  GUI |
| Match #2 | Nesria Traki |  TUN | Yuko/Tani-otoshi | Qin Dongya |  CHN |
| Match #3 | Masae Ueno |  JPN | Ippon (1:19) | Tetiana Beliaieva |  UKR |
| Match #4 | Úrsula Martín |  ESP | Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (4:00) | Andrea Pažoutová |  CZE |
Quarter-Finals (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Kate Howey |  GBR | Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:01) | Daniela Krukower | ARG |
| Match #2 | Edith Bosch |  NED | Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (4:00) | Nesria Traki | TUN |
| Match #3 | Masae Ueno | JPN | Ippon/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (3:50) | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand |  MGL |
| Match #4 | Úrsula Martín | ESP | Koka/Soto-makikomi (4:00) | Ulla Werbrouck |  BEL |
Semi-Finals (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Kate Howey | GBR | Hantei/Yusei-gachi (4:00) | Edith Bosch | NED |
| Match #2 | Úrsula Martín | ESP | Ippon/Ashi-garami (2:05) | Masae Ueno | JPN |
Final Round (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Kate Howey | GBR | Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:27) | Úrsula Martín | ESP |
Repêchage (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Edith Bosch | NED | Koka/Shido/Yusei-gachi (4:00) | Daniela Krukower | ARG |
| Match #2 | Ulla Werbrouck | BEL | Waza-ari/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:00) | Andrea Pažoutová | CZE |
| Match #3 | Ulla Werbrouck | BEL | Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (2:21) | Masae Ueno | JPN |
| Match #4 | Ulla Werbrouck | BEL | Yuko/False-Attack (4:00) | Edith Bosch | NED |
| Match 3/4 | Jo Min-Seon |  KOR | Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (4:00) | Ulla Werbrouck | BEL |
Pool B (20 September 2000)
Round One (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Yvonne Wansart |  GER | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (2:00) | Karine Rambault |  FRA |
| Match #2 | Lea Zahoui Blavo |  CIV | Ippon/Hansoku-make/False-Attack (4:00) | Aprilia Marzuki |  INA |
| Match #3 | Ylenia Scapin |  ITA | Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:23) | Xiomara Griffith |  VEN |
Quarter-Finals (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Sandy Bacher |  USA | Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:19) | Cath Arlove |  AUS |
| Match #2 | Sibelis Veranes |  CUB | Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:12) | Yvonne Wansart | GER |
| Match #3 | Yuliya Kuzina |  RUS | Yuko/Ko-soto-gari (4:00) | Lea Zahoui Blavo | CIV |
| Match #4 | Jo Min-Seon | KOR | Yuko/Okuri-ashi-barai (4:00) | Ylenia Scapin | ITA |
Semi-Finals (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Sibelis Veranes | CUB | Yuko/Seoi-nage (4:00) | Sandy Bacher | USA |
| Match #2 | Jo Min-Seon | KOR | Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:08) | Yuliya Kuzina | RUS |
Final Round (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Sibelis Veranes | CUB | Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (4:00) | Jo Min-Seon | KOR |
Repêchage (20 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Yvonne Wansart | GER | Waza-ari/Ko-uchi-gaeshi (4:00) | Sandy Bacher | USA |
| Match #2 | Ylenia Scapin | ITA | Yuko (3)/Harai-makikomi (4:00) | Yuliya Kuzina | RUS |
| Match #3 | Ylenia Scapin | ITA | Yuko (2)/Seoi-nage (4:00) | Yvonne Wansart | GER |
| Match 3/4 | Ylenia Scapin | ITA | Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:38) | Úrsula Martín | ESP |
Final Round (20 September 2000)
| Match 1/2 | Sibelis Veranes | CUB | Waza-ari/Tani-otoshi (4:00) | Kate Howey | GBR |