| Date | 30 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France |
| Participants | 29 from 29 countries |
France was rooting for Clarisse Agbegnenou, the defending gold medalist, who was hoping to become only the second woman to defend an Olympic judo gold medal in this class, after Japan’s Ayumi Tanimoto in 2004-08. Agbegnenou was a six-time World Champion in the class, winning in 2014, 2017-2019, 2021, and 2023. Another favorite was Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, a bronze medalist in the class at Tokyo 2020, who was world ranked #1 coming into Paris.
Beauchemin-Pinard started strongly but she lost her quarter-final to Slovenia’s Andreja Leški, and then lost in the repêchage to Kosovo’s Laura Fazliu to eliminate any chance of a medal.
Agbegnenou looked good in the early rounds, but Leški took her down in the semi-finals by waza ari at 3:45, by ko-uchi-gari after video review by referees. Leški would go on to win the gold medal, winning the final match over Mexico’s Prisca Awiti. Awiti was the first to lead the match, with one waza ari at 0:27. Then Leški quickly scored two waza ari to win by ippon at 1:44. Both Leški and Awiti had won international medals, but the finalists were relatively unheralded.
The bronze medals went to Agbegnenou and Fazliu. It was the fourth Olympic medal for Agbegnenou, who had also taken silver in the class at Rio 2016. She would later add a gold medal in the mixed team event in Paris. Fazliu’s bronze medal matched the one she had won at the 2024 World Championships.
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
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| Format | Winners advance to round two. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul | |||||||
| Match #2 | 30 Jul 10:02 | Mat 2 | Kim Ji-Su | KOR | Ippon | Bárbara Timo | POR | |
| Match #3 | 30 Jul 10:09 | Mat 2 | Miku Takaichi | JPN | Ippon | Maylín del Toro | CUB | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul 10:16 | Mat 2 | Katarina Krišto | CRO | Ippon | Nadia Guimendego | CAF | |
| Match #5 | 30 Jul 10:23 | Mat 2 | Angelika Szymańska | POL | Waza-ari | Savita Russo | ITA | |
| Match #6 | 30 Jul 10:30 | Mat 2 | Prisca Awiti | MEX | Ippon | Nigara Shaheen | EOR | |
| Match #7 | 30 Jul 10:33 | Mat 2 | Lucy Renshall | GBR | Ippon | Katharina Haecker | AUS | |
| Match #8 | 30 Jul 10:46 | Mat 2 | Lubjana Piovesana | AUT | Waza-ari | Esmigul Kuyulova | KAZ | |
| Match #9 | 30 Jul | |||||||
| Match #10 | 30 Jul 10:54 | Mat 2 | Szofi Özbas | HUN | Waza-ari | Renata Zachová | CZE | |
| Match #11 | 30 Jul 11:02 | Mat 2 | Andreja Leški | SLO | Ippon | Eter Askilashvili | GEO | |
| Match #12 | 30 Jul 11:06 | Mat 2 | Amina Belkadi | ALG | Waza-ari | Anriquelis Barrios | VEN | |
| Match #13 | 30 Jul | |||||||
| Match #14 | 30 Jul 11:16 | Mat 2 | Tang Jing | CHN | Ippon | Kiyomi Watanabe | PHI | |
| Match #15 | 30 Jul 11:20 | Mat 2 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | FRA | Waza-ari | Gili Sharir | ISR | |
| Match #16 | 30 Jul 11:33 | Mat 2 | Ketleyn Quadros | BRA | Ippon | Cristina Cabaña | ESP |
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
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| Format | Winners advance to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul 11:37 | Mat 2 | Kim Ji-Su | KOR | Waza-ari | Joanne van Lieshout | NED | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul 11:45 | Mat 2 | Katarina Krišto | CRO | Waza-ari | Miku Takaichi | JPN | |
| Match #3 | 30 Jul 11:59 | Mat 2 | Prisca Awiti | MEX | Waza-ari | Angelika Szymańska | POL | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul 12:09 | Mat 2 | Lubjana Piovesana | AUT | Waza-ari | Lucy Renshall | GBR | |
| Match #5 | 30 Jul 12:18 | Mat 2 | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard | CAN | Ippon | Szofi Özbas | HUN | |
| Match #6 | 30 Jul 12:25 | Mat 2 | Andreja Leški | SLO | Ippon | Amina Belkadi | ALG | |
| Match #7 | 30 Jul 12:33 | Mat 2 | Laura Fazliu | KOS | Ippon | Tang Jing | CHN | |
| Match #8 | 30 Jul 12:40 | Mat 2 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | FRA | Waza-ari | Ketleyn Quadros | BRA |
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
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| Format | Winners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul 12:58 | Mat 2 | Katarina Krišto | CRO | Ippon | Kim Ji-Su | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul 13:07 | Mat 2 | Prisca Awiti | MEX | Waza-ari | Lubjana Piovesana | AUT | |
| Match #3 | 30 Jul 13:17 | Mat 2 | Andreja Leški | SLO | Waza-ari | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard | CAN | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul 13:27 | Mat 2 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | FRA | Ippon | Laura Fazliu | KOS |
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
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| Format | Winners advance to bronze medal matches. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul 16:43 | Mat 1 | Lubjana Piovesana | AUT | Ippon | Kim Ji-Su | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul 16:49 | Mat 1 | Laura Fazliu | KOS | Waza-ari | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard | CAN |
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul 16:59 | Mat 1 | Andreja Leški | SLO | Waza-ari | Clarisse Agbegnenou | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul 17:08 | Mat 1 | Prisca Awiti | MEX | Ippon | Katarina Krišto | CRO |
| Date | 30 July 2024 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 3/5 | 30 Jul 17:52 | Mat 1 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | FRA | Ippon | Lubjana Piovesana | AUT | |
| Match 3/5 | 30 Jul 18:03 | Mat 1 | Laura Fazliu | KOS | Ippon | Katarina Krišto | CRO | |
| Match 1/2 | 30 Jul 18:16 | Mat 1 | Andreja Leški | SLO | Ippon | Prisca Awiti | MEX |