Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg

Women's +78 kg category in judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre between 28 July and 3 August.[1]

Women's judo +78 kg category at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	3 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Idalys Ortiz  Cuba Mika Sugimoto  Japan Karina Bryant  Great Britain Tong Wen  China

The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarter-final losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semi-final loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarter-finals 'A' and 'B' competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semi-final loser from the other half of the bracket).[2]

Idalys Ortiz from Cuba won the gold medal, defeating Mika Sugimoto from Japan in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to both Karina Bryant from Great Britain and Tong Wen from China.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
28 July to 3 August 2012	09:30 14:00 16:10	Qualifications Semi-finals Final

Results

Wojdan Shaherkani, first female competitor from Saudi Arabia to compete at any Olympics in any event

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Tong Wen (CHN)	0001
	Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	0010
					Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	000
					Mika Sugimoto (JPN)	0001
	Mika Sugimoto (JPN)	0011
	Karina Bryant (GBR)	0002

Repechages

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Iryna Kindzerska (UKR)		0010
	Elena Ivashchenko (RUS)		0002			Iryna Kindzerska (UKR)		011
						Karina Bryant (GBR)		020

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Maria Suellen Altheman (BRA)		0111
	Gulzhan Issanova (KAZ)		0002			Maria Suellen Altheman (BRA)		001
						Tong Wen (CHN)		100

Pool A

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
	W Tong (CHN)		100
	V Zambotti (MEX)		000			W Tong (CHN)		101
						U Sadkowska (POL)		000
											W Tong (CHN)		100
											I Kindzerska (UKR)		000
						G Kocatürk (TUR)		0002
						I Kindzerska (UKR)		103

Pool B

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
						E Ivashchenko (RUS)		101
	W Shaherkani (KSA)		000			M Mojica (PUR)		000
	M Mojica (PUR)		100								E Ivashchenko (RUS)		0002
											I Ortiz (CUB)		0011
						I Ortiz (CUB)		103
						A Moniz (CPV)		0002

Pool C

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
						M Sugimoto (JPN)		100
						G Blanco (VEN)		000
											M Sugimoto (JPN)		100
	MS Altheman (BRA)		0101								MS Altheman (BRA)		000
	A-S Mondière (FRA)		000			MS Altheman (BRA)		1001
						N Cheikh Rouhou (TUN)		0001

Pool D

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

L Polavder (SLO)

000

S Asselah (ALG)

0001

K Bryant (GBR)

0011

K Bryant (GBR)

100

K Bryant (GBR)

0102

G Issanova (KAZ)

0011

N-y Kim (KOR)

0012

G Issanova (KAZ)

0012+

References

1. Judo at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Heavyweight. sports-reference.com
2. Men's −60kg. London2012.com.