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Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women

Date	15 August 2008 — 12:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	21 from 21 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.

The favorite was China’s Tong Wen, who was World Champion in 2003, 2005, and 2007, but she faced strong opposition in Japan’s Maki Tsukada, who was the 2004 Olympic gold medalist. Tsukada had been bronze medalist at the 2005 Worlds, silver medalist at the 2007 Worlds in the heavyweight class, and won the 2007 open class. The class went entirely per form and these two met in the final. With only a few seconds remaining in that match, Tong threw Tsukada for ippon to win the gold medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Tong Wen	CHN	Gold
2	Maki Tsukada	JPN	Silver
=3	Idalys Ortiz	CUB	Bronze
=3	Lucija Polavder	SLO	Bronze
=5	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL
=5	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR
=7	Anne-Sophie Mondière	FRA
=7	Samah Ramadan	EGY
=9	Tea Donguzashvili	RUS
=9	Gulzhan Isanova	KAZ
=9	Janelle Shepherd	AUS
=9	Vanessa Zambotti	MEX
13	Maryna Prokof'ieva	UKR
=14	Karina Bryant	GBR
=14	Sandra Köppen	GER
=14	Nihel Cheikh Rouhou	TUN
=14	Carola Uilenhoed	NED
=18	Carmen Chalá	ECU
=18	Urszula Sadkowska	POL
=18	Mariya Shekirova	UZB
=18	Michela Torrenti	ITA

Pool A

Date	15 August 2008

Round One

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Janelle Shepherd	AUS	Koka	Michela Torrenti	ITA
Match #2	15 Aug	Tong Wen	CHN	Ippon	Tea Donguzashvili	RUS
Match #3	15 Aug	Nihel Cheikh Rouhou	TUN	Ippon	Carmen Chalá	ECU

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Janelle Shepherd	AUS	Waza-ari	Sandra Köppen	GER
Match #2	15 Aug	Idalys Ortiz	CUB	Ippon	Samah Ramadan	EGY
Match #3	15 Aug	Tong Wen	CHN	Ippon	Maryna Prokof'ieva	UKR
Match #4	15 Aug	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR	Yuko	Nihel Cheikh Rouhou	TUN

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Idalys Ortiz	CUB	Ippon	Janelle Shepherd	AUS
Match #2	15 Aug	Tong Wen	CHN	Ippon	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR

Final Round

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Tong Wen	CHN	Yuko	Idalys Ortiz	CUB

Repêchage

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Tea Donguzashvili	RUS	Yuko	Maryna Prokof'ieva	UKR
Match #2	15 Aug	Samah Ramadan	EGY	Ippon	Janelle Shepherd	AUS
Match #3	15 Aug	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR	Ippon	Tea Donguzashvili	RUS
Match #4	15 Aug	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Samah Ramadan	EGY
Match 3/5	15 Aug	Lucija Polavder	SLO	Koka	Kim Na-Yeong	KOR

Pool B

Date	15 August 2008

Round One

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Anne-Sophie Mondière	FRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Mariya Shekirova	UZB
Match #2	15 Aug	Gulzhan Isanova	KAZ	Waza-ari	Urszula Sadkowska	POL

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Maki Tsukada	JPN	Ippon	Anne-Sophie Mondière	FRA
Match #2	15 Aug	Vanessa Zambotti	MEX	Yuko	Karina Bryant	GBR
Match #3	15 Aug	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL	Yuko	Carola Uilenhoed	NED
Match #4	15 Aug	Lucija Polavder	SLO	Ippon	Gulzhan Isanova	KAZ

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Maki Tsukada	JPN	Ippon	Vanessa Zambotti	MEX
Match #2	15 Aug	Lucija Polavder	SLO	Ippon	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL

Final Round

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Maki Tsukada	JPN	Ippon	Lucija Polavder	SLO

Repêchage

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug	Anne-Sophie Mondière	FRA	Ippon	Vanessa Zambotti	MEX
Match #2	15 Aug	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL	Ippon	Gulzhan Isanova	KAZ
Match #3	15 Aug	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL	Ippon	Anne-Sophie Mondière	FRA
Match 3/5	15 Aug	Idalys Ortiz	CUB	Ippon	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand	MGL

Final Round

Date	15 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	15 Aug	Tong Wen	CHN	Ippon	Maki Tsukada	JPN