Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg

Women's 78 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Carioca Arena 2
Date	11 August 2016
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Kayla Harrison   United States   Audrey Tcheuméo   France   Mayra Aguiar   Brazil   Anamari Velenšek   Slovenia

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of judoka
Qualification
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

The women's 78 kg competition in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 11 August at the Carioca Arena 2.

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. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket).^[1]

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Kayla Harrison (USA)	100
	Anamari Velenšek (SLO)	000
					Kayla Harrison (USA)	100
					Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA)	000
	Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA)	000
	Mayra Aguiar (BRA)	000

Repechages

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Abigél Joó (HUN)		000
	Yalennis Castillo (CUB)		001			Yalennis Castillo (CUB)		000
						Mayra Aguiar (BRA)		001

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Natalie Powell (GBR)		000
	Luise Malzahn (GER)		100			Luise Malzahn (GER)		000
						Anamari Velenšek (SLO)		100

Pool A

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Kayla Harrison (USA)		100
						Zhang Zhehui (CHN)		000
											Kayla Harrison (USA)		100
											Abigél Joó (HUN)		000
						Mami Umeki (JPN)		000
	Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd (MGL)		000			Abigél Joó (HUN)		002
	Abigél Joó (HUN)		111

Pool B

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Marhinde Verkerk (NED)		000
						Yalennis Castillo (CUB)		000
											Yalennis Castillo (CUB)		000
											Anamari Velenšek (SLO)		100
						Anamari Velenšek (SLO)		001
						Viktoriya Turks (UKR)		000

Pool C

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA)		100
						Sol Kyong (PRK)		000
											Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA)		000
											Natalie Powell (GBR)		000
						Natalie Powell (GBR)		100
						Sarah Myriam Mazouz (GAB)		000

Pool D

Mayra Aguiar (BRA) vs Miranda Giambelli (AUS)

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Mayra Aguiar (BRA)		100
						Miranda Giambelli (AUS)		000
											Mayra Aguiar (BRA)		000
											Luise Malzahn (GER)		000
						Luise Malzahn (GER)		000
	Hortence Atangana (CMR)		000			Daria Pogorzelec (POL)		000
	Daria Pogorzelec (POL)		000

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