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Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

Date	20 September 2000 — 15:00
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.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Gold
2	Kate Howey	GBR	Silver
=3	Jo Min-Seon	KOR	Bronze
=3	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Bronze
=5	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL
=5	Úrsula Martín	ESP
=7	Edith Bosch	NED
=7	Yvonne Wansart	GER
=9	Daniela Krukower	ARG
=9	Masae Ueno	JPN
=9	Sandy Bacher	USA
=9	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS
13	Andrea Pažoutová	CZE
=14	Cath Arlove	AUS
=14	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL
=14	Lea Zahoui Blavo	CIV
=14	Nesria Traki	TUN
=18	Aprilia Marzuki	INA
=18	Karine Rambault	FRA
=18	Mariama Sonah Bah	GUI
=18	Qin Dongya	CHN
=18	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR
=18	Xiomara Griffith	VEN

Pool A

Date	20 September 2000

Round One

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Daniela Krukower	ARG	Ippon	Mariama Sonah Bah	GUI
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nesria Traki	TUN	Yuko	Qin Dongya	CHN
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Masae Ueno	JPN	Kiken-gachi	Tetiana Beliaieva	UKR
Match #4	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Úrsula Martín	ESP	Waza-ari	Andrea Pažoutová	CZE

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kate Howey	GBR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Daniela Krukower	ARG
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Edith Bosch	NED	Keikoku	Nesria Traki	TUN
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Masae Ueno	JPN	Ippon	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL
Match #4	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Úrsula Martín	ESP	Koka	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL

Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kate Howey	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Edith Bosch	NED
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Úrsula Martín	ESP	Ippon	Masae Ueno	JPN

Final Round

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kate Howey	GBR	Ippon	Úrsula Martín	ESP

Repêchage

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Edith Bosch	NED	Yusei-gachi	Daniela Krukower	ARG
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Waza-ari	Andrea Pažoutová	CZE
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Masae Ueno	JPN
Match #4	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Chui	Edith Bosch	NED
Match 3/5	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo Min-Seon	KOR	Waza-ari	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL

Pool B

Date	20 September 2000

Round One

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yvonne Wansart	GER	Ippon	Karine Rambault	FRA
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Lea Zahoui Blavo	CIV	Hansoku-make	Aprilia Marzuki	INA
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Ippon	Xiomara Griffith	VEN

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sandy Bacher	USA	Ippon	Cath Arlove	AUS
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Ippon	Yvonne Wansart	GER
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS	Yuko	Lea Zahoui Blavo	CIV
Match #4	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo Min-Seon	KOR	Yuko	Ylenia Scapin	ITA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Yuko	Sandy Bacher	USA
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo Min-Seon	KOR	Ippon	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS

Final Round

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Yuko	Jo Min-Seon	KOR

Repêchage

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yvonne Wansart	GER	Waza-ari	Sandy Bacher	USA
Match #2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Yuko	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS
Match #3	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Yuko	Yvonne Wansart	GER
Match 3/5	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Ippon	Úrsula Martín	ESP

Final Round

Date	20 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Waza-ari	Kate Howey	GBR