These are the results of the Women's +78 kg (also known as heavyweight) competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. A total of 24 women qualified for this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was more than 78 kilograms. Competition took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on 22 September.[1]
| Women's +78 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 22 September | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Competitors edit
Main bracket edit
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
Repechage edit
The losing semifinalists as well as 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.
| First round | Second round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | |||||||||||
 Rodina (RUS) | W | Rodina (RUS) | W | |||||||||||
| Bye | L |  Rosensteel (USA) | L | Rodina (RUS) | L |  Kim (KOR) | W | |||||||
| Kim (KOR) | W | Kim (KOR) | W | Kim (KOR) | W |  Köppen (GER) | L | |||||||
 Curren (AUS) | L |  Oliver (BEL) | L | |||||||||||
 Prokof'yeva (UKR) | L |  Hefny (EGY) | L | |||||||||||
| Hefny (EGY) | W |  Cicot (FRA) | W | Cicot (FRA) | W | Cicot (FRA) | L | |||||||
 Iredale (NZL) | W | Iredale (NZL) | L |  Marques (BRA) | L |  Yamashita (JPN) | W | |||||||
| Bye | L | Marques (BRA) | W | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Judo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
