Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg
| Women's 78 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Ano Liossia Olympic Hall | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | 19 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 1010 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| Men | Women | ||||
| 60 kg | 48 kg | ||||
| 66 kg | 52 kg | ||||
| 73 kg | 57 kg | ||||
| 81 kg | 63 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | 70 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | 78 kg | ||||
| +100 kg | +78 kg | ||||
Women's 78 kg competition in judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 19 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.
This event was the second-heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 78 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 19 August 2004 | 10:30 13:00 17:00 | Preliminaries Repechage Final |
Tournament results
Final
| Final | ||||
| 1 |  Noriko Anno (JPN)
| 1010 | ||
| 2 |  Liu Xia (CHN)
| 0001 | ||
Mat 1
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
 Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
1011 | |||||||||||||||||
 Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) |
0000 |  Nicole Kubes (USA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Nicole Kubes (USA) |
1000 | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Houda Ben Daya (TUN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
1020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sisilia Nasiga (FIJ) |
0000 | Noriko Anno (JPN) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Keivi Pinto (VEN) |
0021 | Keivi Pinto (VEN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Noriko Anno (JPN) |
1011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noriko Anno (JPN) |
0101 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Lucia Morico (ITA) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lucia Morico (ITA) |
1010 | |||||||||||||||||
 Mélanie Engoang (GAB) |
0000 |  Amy Cotton (CAN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Amy Cotton (CAN) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Mat 2
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
 Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
0011 | |||||||||||||||||
 Uta Kühnen (GER) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liu Xia (CHN) |
1000 | Liu Xia (CHN) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||
 Claudia Zwiers (NED) |
0111 | Liu Xia (CHN) |
0120 | |||||||||||||||
 Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liu Xia (CHN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
 Lee So-yeon (KOR) |
0000 |  Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) |
1000 | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) |
1100 | |||||||||||||||
 Varvara Akritidou (GRE) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Rachel Wilding (GBR) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Esther San Miguel (ESP) |
0011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rachel Wilding (GBR) |
1011 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
Those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.
| Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Bronze medal finals | |||||||||||||
| Nicole Kubes (USA) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
| Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
0200 | Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
0011 | Lucia Morico (ITA) |
1000 | |||||||||||
| Keivi Pinto (VEN) |
0000 | Lucia Morico (ITA) |
0120 | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) |
0000 | |||||||||||
| Lucia Morico (ITA) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||
| Claudia Zwiers (NED) |
0000 | Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) |
0000 | |||||||||||||
| Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) |
0102 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
1001 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
0030 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
1001 | |||||||||
| Lee So-yeon (KOR) |
1000 | Lee So-yeon (KOR) |
0001 | Lee So-yeon (KOR) |
0022 | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
0001 | |||||||||
| Varvara Akritidou (GRE) |
0000 | Rachel Wilding (GBR) |
0000 | |||||||||||||