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Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Women

Date	28 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	12 from 12 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Jung Jae-Eun (KOR) had won the 1997 and 1999 world titles. She was the heavy favorite and did not disappoint. She won her opening match 8-1, and survived a tight match, 2-1, in the semi-finals against Turkey’s Hamide Bikçin. In the final, Jung faced the Vietnamese fighter, Trần Hiếu Ngân, and won 2-0. Trần’s silver medal was the first ever won in the Olympics by any Vietnamese athlete. Bikçin won the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Jeong Jae-Eun	KOR	Gold
2	Trần Hiếu Ngân	VIE	Silver
3	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR	Bronze
4	Virginia Lourens	NED
=5	Cristiana Corsi	ITA
=5	Jasmin Strachan	PHI
7	Cheryl-Ann Sankar	TTO
=8	Areti Athanasopoulou	GRE
=8	Hsu Chih-Ling	TPE
=10	Carmen Silva	BRA
=10	Cynthia Cameron	AUS
=10	Shimaa Afifi	EGY

Round One

Date	28 September 2000 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR
Match #2	28 Sep 9:00	Hsu Chih-Ling	TPE	Final score	Cynthia Cameron	AUS
Match #3	28 Sep 9:30	Cristiana Corsi	ITA	Final score	Carmen Silva	BRA
Match #4	28 Sep	Jeong Jae-Eun	KOR
Match #5	28 Sep	Virginia Lourens	NED
Match #6	28 Sep 10:00	Areti Athanasopoulou	GRE	Superiority	Shimaa Afifi	EGY
Match #7	28 Sep 10:30	Trần Hiếu Ngân	VIE	Final score	Cheryl-Ann Sankar	TTO
Match #8	28 Sep	Jasmin Strachan	PHI

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 September 2000 — 11:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep 11:30	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR	Final score	Hsu Chih-Ling	TPE
Match #2	28 Sep 12:00	Jeong Jae-Eun	KOR	Final score	Cristiana Corsi	ITA
Match #3	28 Sep 14:30	Virginia Lourens	NED	Final score	Areti Athanasopoulou	GRE
Match #4	28 Sep 15:00	Trần Hiếu Ngân	VIE	Final score	Jasmin Strachan	PHI

Semi-Finals

Date	28 September 2000 — 15:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep 15:30	Jeong Jae-Eun	KOR	Final score	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR
Match #2	28 Sep 16:00	Trần Hiếu Ngân	VIE	Final score	Virginia Lourens	NED

Repêchage Round One

Date	28 September 2000 — 17:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR
Match #2	28 Sep 17:00	Jasmin Strachan	PHI	Superiority	Cheryl-Ann Sankar	TTO
Match #3	28 Sep	Cristiana Corsi	ITA
Match #4	28 Sep	Virginia Lourens	NED

Repêchage Round Two

Date	28 September 2000 — 19:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep 20:00	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR	Final score	Jasmin Strachan	PHI
Match #2	28 Sep 19:30	Virginia Lourens	NED	Final score	Cristiana Corsi	ITA

Final Round

Date	28 September 2000 — 20:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Sep 21:00	Jeong Jae-Eun	KOR	Final score	Trần Hiếu Ngân	VIE
Match 3/4	28 Sep 20:30	Hamide Bıkçın	TUR	Final score	Virginia Lourens	NED