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Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women

Date19 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants21 from 21 countries
FormatTwo 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 last three World Championships in this class had been won by Noriko Anno and in 1997 she was World Champion in the middleweight class. Her Olympic record was quite spotty, however, as she had lost in the first round of both the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and had not come close to winning a medal. But Athina was different. She won her first match by ippon but was then pushed in the pool semi and final. In the class final she faced China’s Liu Xia. Liu was not well known internationally but had finished second in the 2004 Asian Games. The final was tight throughout, but Anno won the gold medal by ippon with only 22 seconds remaining in the match.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Noriko AnnoJPNGold
2Liu XiaCHNSilver
=3Lucia MoricoITABronze
=3Yurisel LabordeCUBBronze
=5Anastasiya MatrosovaUKR
=5Céline LebrunFRA
=7Edinanci da SilvaBRA
=7Lee So-YeonKOR
=9Nikki KubesUSA
=9Keivi PintoVEN
=9Vera MoskalyukRUS
=9Rachel WildingGBR
=13Claudia ZwiersNED
=13Varvara AkritidouGRE
=15Houda Ben DayaTUN
=15Amy CottonCAN
=15Uta KühnenGER
=15Esther San MiguelESP
=19Sisilia NaisigaFIJ
=19Mélanie EngoangGAB
=19Varvara MasyaginaKAZ

Pool A

Date19 August 2004

Round One

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugNikki KubesUSAIpponVarvara MasyaginaKAZ
Match #219 AugKeivi PintoVENYukoSisilia NaisigaFIJ
Match #319 AugAmy CottonCANIpponMélanie EngoangGAB

Quarter-Finals

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugCéline LebrunFRAIpponNikki KubesUSA
Match #219 AugEdinanci da SilvaBRAIpponHouda Ben DayaTUN
Match #319 AugNoriko AnnoJPNIpponKeivi PintoVEN
Match #419 AugLucia MoricoITAIpponAmy CottonCAN

Semi-Finals

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugCéline LebrunFRAKokaEdinanci da SilvaBRA
Match #219 AugNoriko AnnoJPNWaza-ariLucia MoricoITA

Final Round

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugNoriko AnnoJPNYukoCéline LebrunFRA

Repêchage

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugEdinanci da SilvaBRAWaza-ari-wasete ipponNikki KubesUSA
Match #219 AugLucia MoricoITAIpponKeivi PintoVEN
Match #319 AugLucia MoricoITAWaza-ariEdinanci da SilvaBRA
Match 3/519 AugLucia MoricoITAIpponAnastasiya MatrosovaUKR

Pool B

Date19 August 2004

Round One

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugLiu XiaCHNIpponClaudia ZwiersNED
Match #219 AugAnastasiya MatrosovaUKRIpponLee So-YeonKOR

Quarter-Finals

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugYurisel LabordeCUBYukoUta KühnenGER
Match #219 AugLiu XiaCHNWaza-ariVera MoskalyukRUS
Match #319 AugAnastasiya MatrosovaUKRIpponVarvara AkritidouGRE
Match #419 AugRachel WildingGBRIpponEsther San MiguelESP

Semi-Finals

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugLiu XiaCHNIpponYurisel LabordeCUB
Match #219 AugAnastasiya MatrosovaUKRIpponRachel WildingGBR

Final Round

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugLiu XiaCHNKokaAnastasiya MatrosovaUKR

Repêchage

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 AugVera MoskalyukRUSWaza-ariClaudia ZwiersNED
Match #219 AugLee So-YeonKORIpponVarvara AkritidouGRE
Match #319 AugYurisel LabordeCUBIpponVera MoskalyukRUS
Match #419 AugLee So-YeonKORKokaRachel WildingGBR
Match #519 AugYurisel LabordeCUBYukoLee So-YeonKOR
Match 3/519 AugYurisel LabordeCUBIpponCéline LebrunFRA

Final Round

Date19 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/219 AugNoriko AnnoJPNIpponLiu XiaCHN