Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

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.