| Date | 18 August 2004 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia | |
| 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 heavy favorite in this class was Japan’s Masae Ueno, who had won the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. Though she struggled a bit in first few matches, going to the time limit, she won her pool semi and final by ippon. In the class final she faced Edith Bosch (NED), who had recently won the European Championships and was a bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds. Bosch actually fought strongly and the match was close for the first few minutes. But in the last minute of the match, Ueno, who was much shorter than Bosch, got underneath her and used a hip throw to win by ippon. In 2005 Bosch would win both the European and World Championships. Ueno would win the 2006 Asian Games and return in 2008 to defend her gold medal.
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Cecilia Blanco | ESP | Ippon | Friba Razayee | AFG | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Kate Howey | GBR | Ippon | Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva | TKM | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Qin Dongya | CHN | Waza-ari | Rachida Ouerdane | ALG |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Elizabeth Copes | ARG | Ippon | Alexia Kourtelesi | GRE | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Edith Bosch | NED | Waza-ari | Cecilia Blanco | ESP | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Catherine Roberge | CAN | Yuko | Kate Howey | GBR | |
| Match #4 | 18 Aug | Annett Böhm | GER | Ippon | Qin Dongya | CHN |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Edith Bosch | NED | Ippon | Elizabeth Copes | ARG | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Annett Böhm | GER | Yuko | Catherine Roberge | CAN |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Edith Bosch | NED | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Annett Böhm | GER |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Cecilia Blanco | ESP | Ippon | Elizabeth Copes | ARG | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Qin Dongya | CHN | Ippon | Catherine Roberge | CAN | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Qin Dongya | CHN | Ippon | Cecilia Blanco | ESP | |
| Match 3/5 | 18 Aug | Qin Dongya | CHN | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Cath Arlove | AUS |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Masae Ueno | JPN | Ippon | Celita Schutz | USA | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Catherine Jacques | BEL | Yuko | Kim Mi-Jeong | KOR | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Antónia Moreira | ANG | Ippon | Anaisis Hernández | CUB | |
| Match #4 | 18 Aug | Andrea Pažoutová | CZE | Ippon | Adriana Dadci | POL |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Masae Ueno | JPN | Yuko | Raša Sraka | SLO | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Catherine Jacques | BEL | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Liu Shu-Yun | TPE | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Kim Ryon-Mi | PRK | Ippon | Antónia Moreira | ANG | |
| Match #4 | 18 Aug | Cath Arlove | AUS | Ippon | Andrea Pažoutová | CZE |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Masae Ueno | JPN | Ippon | Catherine Jacques | BEL | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Cath Arlove | AUS | Ippon | Kim Ryon-Mi | PRK |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Masae Ueno | JPN | Ippon | Cath Arlove | AUS |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 18 Aug | Raša Sraka | SLO | Yuko | Celita Schutz | USA | |
| Match #2 | 18 Aug | Catherine Jacques | BEL | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Raša Sraka | SLO | |
| Match #3 | 18 Aug | Kim Ryon-Mi | PRK | Waza-ari | Andrea Pažoutová | CZE | |
| Match #4 | 18 Aug | Catherine Jacques | BEL | Waza-ari | Kim Ryon-Mi | PRK | |
| Match 3/5 | 18 Aug | Annett Böhm | GER | Ippon | Catherine Jacques | BEL |
| Date | 18 August 2004 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match 1/2 | 18 Aug | Masae Ueno | JPN | Ippon | Edith Bosch | NED |