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Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women

Date	15 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	24 from 24 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.

Cuba’s Amarilys Savón moved up from extra-lightweight in 2003 and won the World Championships. A bronze medalist at that meet was Japan’s Yuki Yokosawa. In Athina they met in the final of pool B, with Yokosawa winning by ippon at the final buzzer. In the final, Yokosawa faced China’s Xian Dongmei, who was little known on the international level, her biggest achievement having been a silver at the 2002 Asian Games. But Xian won the gold medal with a victory by ippon in only 1:06. She would return in 2008 to defend her title in Beijing.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Gold
2	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Silver
=3	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Bronze
=3	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Bronze
=5	Salima Souakri	ALG
=5	Annabelle Euranie	FRA
=7	Ioana Aluaş	ROU
=7	Georgina Singleton	GBR
=9	Telma Monteiro	POR
=9	Raffaella Imbriani	GER
=9	Ri Sang-Sim	PRK
=9	Sanna Askelöf	SWE
=13	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN
=13	Lee Eun-Hui	KOR
=15	Michal Feinblat	ISR
=15	Maria Tselaridou	GRE
=15	Flor Velázquez	VEN
=15	Sholpan Kaliyeva	KAZ
=19	Fabiane Hukuda	BRA
=19	M'Mah Soumah	GUI
=19	Naina Cecilia Ravaoarisoa	MAD
=19	Rochelle Stormont	NZL
=19	Petra Nareks	SLO
=19	Charlee Minkin	USA

Pool A

Date	15 August 2004

Round One

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Telma Monteiro	POR	Ippon	M'Mah Soumah	GUI
Match #2	15 Aug	Ioana Aluaş	ROU	Ippon	Rochelle Stormont	NZL
Match #3	15 Aug	Raffaella Imbriani	GER	Koka	Charlee Minkin	USA
Match #4	15 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Yuko	Petra Nareks	SLO

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Telma Monteiro	POR	Ippon	Michal Feinblat	ISR
Match #2	15 Aug	Annabelle Euranie	FRA	Waza-ari	Ioana Aluaş	ROU
Match #3	15 Aug	Raffaella Imbriani	GER	Ippon	Maria Tselaridou	GRE
Match #4	15 Aug	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Koka	Salima Souakri	ALG

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Annabelle Euranie	FRA	Koka	Telma Monteiro	POR
Match #2	15 Aug	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Raffaella Imbriani	GER

Final Round

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Ippon	Annabelle Euranie	FRA

Repêchage

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Ioana Aluaş	ROU	Ippon	Telma Monteiro	POR
Match #2	15 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Waza-ari	Raffaella Imbriani	GER
Match #3	15 Aug	Salima Souakri	ALG	Waza-ari	Ioana Aluaş	ROU
Match 3/5	15 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Ippon	Salima Souakri	ALG

Pool B

Date	15 August 2004

Round One

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Ippon	Ri Sang-Sim	PRK
Match #2	15 Aug	Georgina Singleton	GBR	Ippon	Fabiane Hukuda	BRA
Match #3	15 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Ippon	Sanna Askelöf	SWE
Match #4	15 Aug	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Naina Cecilia Ravaoarisoa	MAD

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Waza-ari	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN
Match #2	15 Aug	Georgina Singleton	GBR	Yuko	Flor Velázquez	VEN
Match #3	15 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Ippon	Lee Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #4	15 Aug	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Ippon	Sholpan Kaliyeva	KAZ

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Ippon	Georgina Singleton	GBR
Match #2	15 Aug	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Waza-ari	Ilse Heylen	BEL

Final Round

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Ippon	Amarilis Savón	CUB

Repêchage

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Ri Sang-Sim	PRK	Yuko	Hortance Diédhiou	SEN
Match #2	15 Aug	Sanna Askelöf	SWE	Ippon	Lee Eun-Hui	KOR
Match #3	15 Aug	Georgina Singleton	GBR	Yuko	Ri Sang-Sim	PRK
Match #4	15 Aug	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sanna Askelöf	SWE
Match #5	15 Aug	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Yuko	Georgina Singleton	GBR
Match 3/5	15 Aug	Ilse Heylen	BEL	Koka	Annabelle Euranie	FRA

Final Round

Date	15 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	15 Aug	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Ippon	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN