Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 52 kg

The women's 52 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on September 7 at the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 pm CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals, and the final were held at 5:00 pm CST.

This event was the second-lightest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 52 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.

Medalists

Gold	Cui Na  China
Silver	Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet  France
Bronze	Alesya Stepanyuk  Russia
	Michele Ferreira  Brazil

Tournament results

	First Round					Semifinals					Final
	Michele Ferreira (BRA)		1010
	Minako Tsuchiya (JPN)		0000
						Michele Ferreira (BRA)		0001
						Cui Na (CHN)		0010
	Cui Na (CHN)
	Bye
											Cui Na (CHN)		0103
											Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet (FRA)		00111
	Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet (FRA)		1000
	Thi Nhoi Trieu (VIE)		0000
						Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet (FRA)		1000
						Alesya Stepanyuk (RUS)		0000
	Sheila Hernández (ESP)		0000
	Alesya Stepanyuk (RUS)		1000

Repechage

	Semifinals				Bronze medal finals
	Minako Tsuchiya (JPN)				Minako Tsuchiya (JPN)	0000
	Bye				Alesya Stepanyuk (RUS)	0200
	Thi Nhoi Trieu (VIE)	0000			Sheila Hernández (ESP)	0000
	Sheila Hernández (ESP)	0200			Michele Ferreira (BRA)	1000

References

• "Schedules and Results - Judo". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-12.