Featherweight (≤55 kilograms), Women

Eight fighters competed in a single-elimination tournament. The event was won by Denmark’s Anne-Mette Christensen, who had been a bronze medalist at the 1987 World Championships. The 1987 World Champion was Korean Kim So-Young, who had defeated American Kim Dotson in the final, but in Seoul they were unfortunately drawn against each other in the first round, with Korean Kim winning on points. She then lost in the semis to Christensen, who won on superiority. Christensen also won by superiority in the final, defeating Turkey’s Zuleytan Tan.