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Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

Date	13 August 2008 — 12:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	22 from 22 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.

Masae Ueno (JPN) had won the 2004 gold medal in this class, and was a multiple gold medalist at internationals – 2001 and 2003 World Championships, 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Asian Championships. She had not competed at the 2005 or 2007 Worlds, but was expected to be formidable. Masae again dominated the class, defeating Cuba’s completely unknown Anaisis Hernández in the final by ippon. The bronze medals went to Edith Bosch of the Netherlands, the 2005 World Champion, and Ronda Rousey of the United States, runner-up at the 2007 Worlds. The 2007 World Champion, Gevrise Emane of France, lost her second match against Spain’s Leire Iglesias. Iglesias lost her next match but advanced to a bronze medal final against Bosch.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Masae Ueno	JPN	Gold
2	Anaisis Hernández	CUB	Silver
=3	Edith Bosch	NED	Bronze
=3	Ronda Rousey	USA	Bronze
=5	Annett Böhm	GER
=5	Leire Iglesias	ESP
=7	Yuri Alvear	COL
=7	Anett Mészáros	HUN
=9	Rachida Ouerdane	ALG
=9	Nataliya Smal	UKR
=9	Ylenia Scapin	ITA
=9	Wang Juan	CHN
=13	Gisèle Mendy	SEN
=13	Sisilia Naisiga	FIJ
15	Park Ga-Yeon	KOR
=16	Gévrise Émane	FRA
=16	Catherine Jacques	BEL
=16	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS
=16	Katarzyna Piłocik	POL
=20	Mayra Aguiar	BRA
=20	Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva	TKM
=20	Zhanar Zhanzunova	KAZ

Pool A

Date	13 August 2008

Round One

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Masae Ueno	JPN	Ippon	Park Ga-Yeon	KOR
Match #2	13 Aug	Edith Bosch	NED	Ippon	Sisilia Naisiga	FIJ
Match #3	13 Aug	Ronda Rousey	USA	Ippon	Nasiba Salayeva-Surkieva	TKM

Quarter-Finals

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Anett Mészáros	HUN	Yuko	Yuliya Kuzina	RUS
Match #2	13 Aug	Masae Ueno	JPN	Ippon	Wang Juan	CHN
Match #3	13 Aug	Edith Bosch	NED	Waza-ari	Rachida Ouerdane	ALG
Match #4	13 Aug	Ronda Rousey	USA	Ippon	Katarzyna Piłocik	POL

Semi-Finals

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Masae Ueno	JPN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Anett Mészáros	HUN
Match #2	13 Aug	Edith Bosch	NED	Ippon	Ronda Rousey	USA

Final Round

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Masae Ueno	JPN	Waza-ari	Edith Bosch	NED

Repêchage

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Wang Juan	CHN	Yuko	Park Ga-Yeon	KOR
Match #2	13 Aug	Rachida Ouerdane	ALG	Ippon	Sisilia Naisiga	FIJ
Match #3	13 Aug	Anett Mészáros	HUN	Ippon	Wang Juan	CHN
Match #4	13 Aug	Ronda Rousey	USA	Ippon	Rachida Ouerdane	ALG
Match #5	13 Aug	Ronda Rousey	USA	Ippon	Anett Mészáros	HUN
Match 3/5	13 Aug	Ronda Rousey	USA	Yuko	Annett Böhm	GER

Pool B

Date	13 August 2008

Round One

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Yuri Alvear	COL	Ippon	Zhanar Zhanzunova	KAZ
Match #2	13 Aug	Leire Iglesias	ESP	Yuko	Mayra Aguiar	BRA
Match #3	13 Aug	Annett Böhm	GER	Ippon	Gisèle Mendy	SEN

Quarter-Finals

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Anaisis Hernández	CUB	Ippon	Yuri Alvear	COL
Match #2	13 Aug	Ylenia Scapin	ITA	Yuko	Catherine Jacques	BEL
Match #3	13 Aug	Leire Iglesias	ESP	Koka	Gévrise Émane	FRA
Match #4	13 Aug	Annett Böhm	GER	Ippon	Nataliya Smal	UKR

Semi-Finals

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Anaisis Hernández	CUB	Ippon	Ylenia Scapin	ITA
Match #2	13 Aug	Annett Böhm	GER	Ippon	Leire Iglesias	ESP

Final Round

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Anaisis Hernández	CUB	Ippon	Annett Böhm	GER

Repêchage

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Aug	Nataliya Smal	UKR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Gisèle Mendy	SEN
Match #2	13 Aug	Yuri Alvear	COL	Ippon	Ylenia Scapin	ITA
Match #3	13 Aug	Leire Iglesias	ESP	Yuko	Nataliya Smal	UKR
Match #4	13 Aug	Leire Iglesias	ESP	Koka	Yuri Alvear	COL
Match 3/5	13 Aug	Edith Bosch	NED	Ippon	Leire Iglesias	ESP

Final Round

Date	13 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	13 Aug	Masae Ueno	JPN	Ippon	Anaisis Hernández	CUB