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Heavyweight (>67 kilograms), Women

Date	30 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.

Chen Zhong was World Champion in 1999 in the middleweight class. Because of the change in weight classes at the Olympics, she moved up to the heavyweight division in Sydney. In the quarter-finals, her biggest rivals were drawn against each other. Nataliya Ivanova (RUS) had been silver medalist at the 1997 World Championships in the heavyweight division, while in 1999, Dominique Bosshart of Canada placed second at the heavyweight worlds. In Sydney, Ivanova defeated Bosshart, 8-6. After comfortable semi-final wins, Chen defeated Ivanova for the gold medal. Bosshart won the repêchage round to earn the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	081	Chen Zhong	CHN	Gold
2	089	Nataliya Ivanova	RUS	Silver
3	080	Dominique Bosshart	CAN	Bronze
4	082	Nataša Vezmar	CRO
=5	090	Adriana Carmona	VEN
=5	087	Mounia Bourguigue	MAR
7	079	Tanya White	AUS
=8	084	Ireane Ruíz	ESP
=8	086	Myriam Baverel	FRA
=10	088	Lee Wan Yuen	MAS
=10	083	Sonallis Mayán	CUB
=10	085	Veera Liukkonen	FIN

Round One

Date	30 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Adriana Carmona	VEN				bye
Match #2	30 Sep 9:00	Myriam Baverel	FRA	Final score	Lee Wan Yuen	MAS
Match #3	30 Sep 9:30	Chen Zhong	CHN	Final score	Tanya White	AUS
Match #4	30 Sep	Mounia Bourguigue	MAR				bye
Match #5	30 Sep	Nataliya Ivanova	RUS				bye
Match #6	30 Sep 10:00	Dominique Bosshart	CAN	Final score	Veera Liukkonen	FIN
Match #7	30 Sep 10:30	Ireane Ruíz	ESP	Final score	Sonallis Mayán	CUB
Match #8	30 Sep	Nataša Vezmar	CRO				bye

Quarter-Finals

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

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 11:15	Adriana Carmona	VEN	Final score	Myriam Baverel	FRA
Match #2	30 Sep 11:45	Chen Zhong	CHN	Final score	Mounia Bourguigue	MAR
Match #3	30 Sep 14:30	Nataliya Ivanova	RUS	Final score	Dominique Bosshart	CAN
Match #4	30 Sep 15:00	Nataša Vezmar	CRO	Final score	Ireane Ruíz	ESP

Semi-Finals

Date	30 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 15:30	Chen Zhong	CHN	Final score	Adriana Carmona	VEN
Match #2	30 Sep 16:00	Nataliya Ivanova	RUS	Final score	Nataša Vezmar	CRO

Repêchage Round One

Date	30 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Adriana Carmona	VEN				bye
Match #2	30 Sep	Dominique Bosshart	CAN				bye
Match #3	30 Sep 16:30	Mounia Bourguigue	MAR	Final score	Tanya White	AUS
Match #4	30 Sep	Nataša Vezmar	CRO				bye

Repêchage Round Two

Date	30 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 20:00	Dominique Bosshart	CAN	Final score	Adriana Carmona	VEN
Match #2	30 Sep 19:30	Nataša Vezmar	CRO	Final score	Mounia Bourguigue	MAR

Final Round

Date	30 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep 21:00	Chen Zhong	CHN	Final score	Nataliya Ivanova	RUS
Match 3/4	30 Sep 20:30	Dominique Bosshart	CAN	Final score	Nataša Vezmar	CRO