| Date | 29 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. | |
This was another class with no clear favorite. Lee Sun-Hee was the top Korean fighter, but she had no significant international record previously. However, she won all her matches fairly easily, with the closest margin being 3 points. The final was stopped briefly when Norway’s Trude Gundersen kicked Lee in the throat.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 059 | Lee Seon-Hui |  KOR | Gold | ||
| 2 | 063 | Trude Gundersen |  NOR | Silver | ||
| 3 | 058 | Yoriko Okamoto |  JPN | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 057 | Sarah Stevenson |  GBR | |||
| =5 | 056 | Kirsimarja Koskinen |  FIN | |||
| =5 | 062 | Mirjam Müskens |  NED | |||
| =7 | 064 | Barbara Kunkel |  USA | |||
| =7 | 054 | He Luming |  CHN | |||
| =9 | 055 | Elena Benítez |  ESP | |||
| =9 | 053 | Lisa O'Keefe |  AUS | |||
| =9 | 060 | Meriem Bidani |  MAR | |||
| =9 | 061 | Mónica del Real |  MEX |
| Date | 29 September 2000 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 29 Sep | Lee Seon-Hui | KOR | bye | |||
| Match #2 | 29 Sep 9:00 | Kirsimarja Koskinen | FIN | Final score | Elena Benítez | ESP | |
| Match #3 | 29 Sep 9:30 | Mirjam Müskens | NED | Final score | Lisa O'Keefe | AUS | |
| Match #4 | 29 Sep | Barbara Kunkel | USA | bye | |||
| Match #5 | 29 Sep | Trude Gundersen | NOR | bye | |||
| Match #6 | 29 Sep 10:00 | Yoriko Okamoto | JPN | Final score | Meriem Bidani | MAR | |
| Match #7 | 29 Sep 10:30 | Sarah Stevenson | GBR | Final score | Mónica del Real | MEX | |
| Match #8 | 29 Sep | He Luming | CHN | bye |
| Date | 29 September 2000 — 11:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 29 Sep 11:30 | Lee Seon-Hui | KOR | Final score | Kirsimarja Koskinen | FIN | |
| Match #2 | 29 Sep 12:00 | Mirjam Müskens | NED | Final score | Barbara Kunkel | USA | |
| Match #3 | 29 Sep 14:30 | Trude Gundersen | NOR | Final score | Yoriko Okamoto | JPN | |
| Match #4 | 29 Sep 15:00 | Sarah Stevenson | GBR | Final score | He Luming | CHN |
| Date | 29 September 2000 — 15:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 29 Sep 15:30 | Lee Seon-Hui | KOR | Final score | Mirjam Müskens | NED | |
| Match #2 | 29 Sep 16:00 | Trude Gundersen | NOR | Superiority | Sarah Stevenson | GBR |
| Date | 29 September 2000 — 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 29 Sep 20:00 | Yoriko Okamoto | JPN | Final score | Mirjam Müskens | NED | |
| Match #2 | 29 Sep 19:30 | Sarah Stevenson | GBR | Final score | Kirsimarja Koskinen | FIN |
| Date | 29 September 2000 — 20:30 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 29 Sep 21:00 | Lee Seon-Hui | KOR | Final score | Trude Gundersen | NOR | |
| Match 3/4 | 29 Sep 20:30 | Yoriko Okamoto | JPN | Final score | Sarah Stevenson | GBR |
