| 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 | Number | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 032 | Jeong Jae-Eun | Gold | |||
| 2 | 038 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | Silver | |||
| 3 | 037 | Hamide Bıkçın | Bronze | |||
| 4 | 033 | Virginia Lourens | ||||
| =5 | 031 | Cristiana Corsi | ||||
| =5 | 034 | Jasmin Strachan | ||||
| 7 | 036 | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | ||||
| =8 | 030 | Areti Athanasopoulou | ||||
| =8 | 035 | Hsu Chih-Ling | ||||
| =10 | 028 | Carmen Silva | ||||
| =10 | 027 | Cynthia Cameron | ||||
| =10 | 029 | Shimaa Afifi |
| 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 | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 28 Sep 9:00 | Hsu Chih-Ling | Final score | Cynthia Cameron | |||
| Match #3 | 28 Sep 9:30 | Cristiana Corsi | Final score | Carmen Silva | |||
| Match #4 | 28 Sep | Jeong Jae-Eun | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 28 Sep | Virginia Lourens | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 28 Sep 10:00 | Areti Athanasopoulou | Superiority | Shimaa Afifi | |||
| Match #7 | 28 Sep 10:30 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | Final score | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | |||
| Match #8 | 28 Sep | Jasmin Strachan | bye |
| 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 | Final score | Hsu Chih-Ling | |||
| Match #2 | 28 Sep 12:00 | Jeong Jae-Eun | Final score | Cristiana Corsi | |||
| Match #3 | 28 Sep 14:30 | Virginia Lourens | Final score | Areti Athanasopoulou | |||
| Match #4 | 28 Sep 15:00 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | Final score | Jasmin Strachan |
| 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 | Final score | Hamide Bıkçın | |||
| Match #2 | 28 Sep 16:00 | Trần Hiếu Ngân | Final score | Virginia Lourens |
| 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 | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 28 Sep 17:00 | Jasmin Strachan | Superiority | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | |||
| Match #3 | 28 Sep | Cristiana Corsi | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 28 Sep | Virginia Lourens | bye |
| 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 | Final score | Jasmin Strachan | |||
| Match #2 | 28 Sep 19:30 | Virginia Lourens | Final score | Cristiana Corsi |
| Date | 28 September 2000 — 20:30 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 28 Sep 21:00 | Jeong Jae-Eun | Final score | Trần Hiếu Ngân | |||
| Match 3/4 | 28 Sep 20:30 | Hamide Bıkçın | Final score | Virginia Lourens |