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Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women

Date27 July 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationGrand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Participants31 from 31 countries

Kosovan Distria Krasniqi was the defending gold medalist in this class but she had moved up to 52 kg (half-lightweight) for Paris 2024. The heavy favorite was Japan’s Natsumi Tsunoda, who was the World Champion at 48 kg in 2021, 2022, and 2023. She also won the 2023 Asian Games title. In 2020, Tsunoda moved to the 48 kg class due to Uta Abe’s dominant presence in the 52 kg class. Also highly considered was Italy’s Assunta Scutto, who was world ranked #1 before Paris but had yet to win a World title. She did win three IJF Grand Slam events in 2023. At home, France’s Shirine Boukli was also a big contender. She was European champion in 2020, 2022, and 2023, runner-up at the 2023 World Championships, and won the Paris Grand Slam in February 2024.

Scutto won her first match by ippon, but had the misfortune to lose in the quarter-finals to Sweden’s Tara Babulfath. Boukli lost to Tsunoda in quarter-finals. Scutto was out of the medal chase after losing to Boukli in the repêchage round. Tsunoda dominated the early rounds, winning all her matches by ippon, until the final, when she met Mongolia’s Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü. The match was close early, with three shido penalties, one by Tsunoda and two by Bavuudorjiin, but Tsunoda prevailed by waza-ari at 2:54, using tomoe-nage to take the gold medal.

Babulfath won one bronze medal by defeating Kazakh Abiba Abuzhakynova by ippon, using kuzure-kesa-gatame. The other bronze medal match paired Boukli and Spain’s Laura Martínez, with Boukli winning by waza-ari near the end of regulation time, a victory that delighted the home country fans as it gave France its first medal in the judo competition.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Natsumi TsunodaJPNGold
2Bavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGLSilver
=3Shirine BoukliFRABronze
=3Tara BabulfathSWEBronze
=5Laura MartínezESP
=5Abiba AbuzhakynovaKAZ
=7Assunta ScuttoITA
=7Gabriela NarváezPAR
=9Katharina TanzerAUT
=9Catarina CostaPOR
=9Michaela WhitebooiRSA
=9Milića NikolićSRB
=9Lin Chen-HaoTPE
=9Oumaima BediouiTUN
=9Maria LabordeUSA
=9Khalimajon KurbonovaUZB
=17Leyla ƏliyevaAZE
=17Natasha FerreiraBRA
=17Mary Dee VargasCHI
=17Guo ZongyingCHN
=17Erika LassoCOL
=17Virginia AymardGAB
=17Katharina MenzGER
=17Jacqueline SolísGUA
=17Wong Ka LeeHKG
=17Shira RishonyISR
=17Lee Hye-GyeongKOR
=17Katryna EspositoMLT
=17Maruša ŠtangarSLO
=17Tuğçe BederTUR
=17Hoàng Thị TìnhVIE

Round One

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Jul
Match #227 Jul 10:02Mat 1Maria LabordeUSAIpponGuo ZongyingCHN
Match #327 Jul 10:08Mat 1Tara BabulfathSWEIpponLee Hye-GyeongKOR
Match #427 Jul 10:14Mat 1Khalimajon KurbonovaUZBWaza-ariLeyla ƏliyevaAZE
Match #527 Jul 10:22Mat 1Natsumi TsunodaJPNIpponNatasha FerreiraBRA
Match #627 Jul 10:26Mat 1Michaela WhitebooiRSAIpponJacqueline SolísGUA
Match #727 Jul 10:33Mat 1Shirine BoukliFRAIpponTuğçe BederTUR
Match #827 Jul 10:40Mat 1Oumaima BediouiTUNWaza-ariHoàng Thị TìnhVIE
Match #927 Jul 10:48Mat 1Bavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGLIpponKatryna EspositoMLT
Match #1027 Jul 10:55Mat 1Katharina TanzerAUTIpponWong Ka LeeHKG
Match #1127 Jul 11:00Mat 1Catarina CostaPORWaza-ariKatharina MenzGER
Match #1227 Jul 11:08Mat 1Gabriela NarváezPARIpponVirginia AymardGAB
Match #1327 Jul 11:14Mat 1Abiba AbuzhakynovaKAZWaza-ariShira RishonyISR
Match #1427 Jul 11:22Mat 1Lin Chen-HaoTPEIpponErika LassoCOL
Match #1527 Jul 11:29Mat 1Milića NikolićSRBWaza-ariMaruša ŠtangarSLO
Match #1627 Jul 11:36Mat 1Laura MartínezESPWaza-ariMary Dee VargasCHI

Round Two

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Jul 11:44Mat 1Assunta ScuttoITAIpponMaria LabordeUSA
Match #227 Jul 11:50Mat 1Tara BabulfathSWEIpponKhalimajon KurbonovaUZB
Match #327 Jul 11:56Mat 1Natsumi TsunodaJPNIpponMichaela WhitebooiRSA
Match #427 Jul 12:00Mat 1Shirine BoukliFRAIpponOumaima BediouiTUN
Match #527 Jul 12:09Mat 1Bavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGLIpponKatharina TanzerAUT
Match #627 Jul 12:12Mat 1Gabriela NarváezPARIpponCatarina CostaPOR
Match #727 Jul 12:23Mat 1Abiba AbuzhakynovaKAZIpponLin Chen-HaoTPE
Match #827 Jul 12:25Mat 1Laura MartínezESPIpponMilića NikolićSRB

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Jul 12:49Mat 1Tara BabulfathSWEIpponAssunta ScuttoITA
Match #227 Jul 12:57Mat 1Natsumi TsunodaJPNIpponShirine BoukliFRA
Match #327 Jul 13:00Mat 1Bavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGLIpponGabriela NarváezPAR
Match #427 Jul 13:06Mat 1Laura MartínezESPIpponAbiba AbuzhakynovaKAZ

Repêchage

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Jul 16:01Mat 1Shirine BoukliFRAWaza-ariAssunta ScuttoITA
Match #227 Jul 16:09Mat 1Abiba AbuzhakynovaKAZIpponGabriela NarváezPAR

Semi-Finals

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Jul 16:16Mat 1Bavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGLIpponLaura MartínezESP
Match #227 Jul 16:27Mat 1Natsumi TsunodaJPNIpponTara BabulfathSWE

Final Round

Date27 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 3/527 Jul 17:29Mat 1Shirine BoukliFRAWaza-ariLaura MartínezESP
Match 3/527 Jul 17:43Mat 1Tara BabulfathSWEIpponAbiba AbuzhakynovaKAZ
Match 1/227 Jul 17:56Mat 1Natsumi TsunodaJPNWaza-ariBavuudorjiin BaasankhüüMGL