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Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women

Date13 August 2008 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants22 from 22 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.

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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Masae UenoJPNGold
2Anaisis HernándezCUBSilver
=3Edith BoschNEDBronze
=3Ronda RouseyUSABronze
=5Annett BöhmGER
=5Leire IglesiasESP
=7Yuri AlvearCOL
=7Anett MészárosHUN
=9Rachida OuerdaneALG
=9Nataliya SmalUKR
=9Ylenia ScapinITA
=9Wang JuanCHN
=13Gisèle MendySEN
=13Sisilia NaisigaFIJ
15Park Ga-YeonKOR
=16Gévrise ÉmaneFRA
=16Catherine JacquesBEL
=16Yuliya KuzinaRUS
=16Katarzyna PiłocikPOL
=20Mayra AguiarBRA
=20Nasiba Salayeva-SurkievaTKM
=20Zhanar ZhanzunovaKAZ

Pool A (13 August 2008)

Round One (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN Park Ga-YeonKOR
Match #2 Edith BoschNED Sisilia NaisigaFIJ
Match #3 Ronda RouseyUSA Nasiba Salayeva-SurkievaTKM

Round One (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Yuri AlvearCOL Zhanar ZhanzunovaKAZ
Match #2 Leire IglesiasESP Mayra AguiarBRA
Match #3 Annett BöhmGER Gisèle MendySEN

Quarter-Finals (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Anett MészárosHUN Yuliya KuzinaRUS
Match #2 Masae UenoJPN Wang JuanCHN
Match #3 Edith BoschNED Rachida OuerdaneALG
Match #4 Ronda RouseyUSA Katarzyna PiłocikPOL

Pool B (13 August 2008)

Quarter-Finals (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Anaisis HernándezCUB Yuri AlvearCOL
Match #2 Ylenia ScapinITA Catherine JacquesBEL
Match #3 Leire IglesiasESP Gévrise ÉmaneFRA
Match #4 Annett BöhmGER Nataliya SmalUKR

Final Round (13 August 2008)

Match 1/2 Masae UenoJPN Anaisis HernándezCUB

Semi-Finals (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN Anett MészárosHUN
Match #2 Edith BoschNED Ronda RouseyUSA

Semi-Finals (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Anaisis HernándezCUB Ylenia ScapinITA
Match #2 Annett BöhmGER Leire IglesiasESP

Final Round (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Masae UenoJPN Edith BoschNED

Final Round (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Anaisis HernándezCUB Annett BöhmGER

Repêchage (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Wang JuanCHN Park Ga-YeonKOR
Match #2 Rachida OuerdaneALG Sisilia NaisigaFIJ
Match #3 Anett MészárosHUN Wang JuanCHN
Match #4 Ronda RouseyUSA Rachida OuerdaneALG
Match #5 Ronda RouseyUSA Anett MészárosHUN
Match 3/4 Ronda RouseyUSA Annett BöhmGER

Repêchage (13 August 2008)

Match #1 Nataliya SmalUKR Gisèle MendySEN
Match #2 Yuri AlvearCOL Ylenia ScapinITA
Match #3 Leire IglesiasESP Nataliya SmalUKR
Match #4 Leire IglesiasESP Yuri AlvearCOL
Match 3/4 Edith BoschNED Leire IglesiasESP