Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 52 kg

|games = 1996 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Georgia World Congress Center

|date = 25 July 1996

|competitors = 21

|nations = 21

|gold = Marie-Claire Restoux

|goldNOC = FRA

|silver = Hyun Sook-hee

|silverNOC = KOR

|bronze = Noriko Sugawara

|bronzeNOC = JPN

|bronze2 = Legna Verdecia

|bronzeNOC2 = CUB

|prev = 1992

|next = 2000

}}

These are the results of the women's 52 kg (also known as half lightweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 21 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 61 kilograms. Competition took place on July 23 of 1996 in the Georgia World Congress Center.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/JUD/womens-half-lightweight.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/JUD/womens-half-lightweight.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Judo at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Half-Lightweight |accessdate=5 June 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

Results

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.

{{32TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

| RD1=Round of 32

| RD2=Round of 16

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD5=Gold medal final

| team-width=

| score-width=

| RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Sharon Rendle|GBR|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score03=L

| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Lynda Mekzine|ALG|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score04=W

| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Isabelle Schmutz|SUI|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score07=L

| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Marina Kovrigina|RUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score08=W

| RD1-team11={{flagIOCathlete|Heidi Goossens|BEL|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score11=L

| RD1-team12={{flagIOCathlete|Marisa Pedulla|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score12=W

| RD1-team23={{flagIOCathlete|Hyun Sook-hee|KOR|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score23=W

| RD1-team24={{flagIOCathlete|Alessandra Giungi|ITA|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score24=L

| RD1-team29={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score29=W

| RD1-team30={{flagIOCathlete|Wang Jin|CHN|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score30=L

| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ewa Larysa Krause|POL|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score01=W

| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Lynda Mekzine|ALG|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score02=L

| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Almudena Muñoz|ESP|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score03=W

| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Marina Kovrigina|RUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score04=L

| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Katty Santaella|VEN|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score05=L

| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Marisa Pedulla|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score06=W

| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Cathy Brain-Grainger|AUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score07=L

| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Marie-Claire Restoux|FRA|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score08=W

| RD2-team09={{flagIOCathlete|Carolina Mariani|ARG|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score09=W

| RD2-team10={{flagIOCathlete|Nathalie Gosselin|CAN|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score10=L

| RD2-team11={{flagIOCathlete|Tseng Hsiao-fen|TPE|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score11=L

| RD2-team12={{flagIOCathlete|Hyun Sook-hee|KOR|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score12=W

| RD2-team13={{flagIOCathlete|Alexa von Schwichow|GER|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score13=L

| RD2-team14={{flagIOCathlete|Legna Verdecia|CUB|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score14=W

| RD2-team15={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score15=W

| RD2-team16={{flagIOCathlete|Sunith Thakur|IND|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score16=L

| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ewa-Larysa Krause|POL|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score01=W

| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Almudena Muñoz|ESP|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score02=L

| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Marisa Pedulla|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score03=L

| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Marie-Claire Restoux|FRA|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score04=W

| RD3-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Carolina Mariani|ARG|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score05=L

| RD3-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Hyun Sook-hee|KOR|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score06=W

| RD3-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Legna Verdecia|CUB|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score07=W

| RD3-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score08=L

| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ewa-Larysa Krause|POL|1996 Summer}}

| RD4-score01=L

| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Marie-Claire Restoux|FRA|1996 Summer}}

| RD4-score02=W

| RD4-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Hyun Sook-hee|KOR|1996 Summer}}

| RD4-score03=W

| RD4-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Legna Verdecia|CUB|1996 Summer}}

| RD4-score04=L

| RD5-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Marie-Claire Restoux|FRA|1996 Summer}}

| RD5-score01=W

| RD5-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Hyun Sook-hee|KOR|1996 Summer}}

| RD5-score02=L

}}

=Repechage=

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.

{{2NTeam-NTeamBracket|brackets=2|RD1-teams=4|RD2-teams=4

|seeds=no

|RD4=Bronze medal finals

|RD1-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Tseng Hsiao-fen|TPE|1996 Summer}}|RD1-score05=L

|RD1-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Alessandra Giungi|ITA|1996 Summer}} |RD1-score06=W

|RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Lynda Mekzine|ALG|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score01=L

|RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Almudena Muñoz|ESP|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score02=W

|RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Marisa Pedulla|USA|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score03=W

|RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Cathy Brain-Grainger|AUS|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score04=L

|RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Carolina Mariani|ARG|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score05=W

|RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Alessandra Giungi|ITA|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score06=L

|RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Alexa von Schwichow|GER|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score07=L

|RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}} |RD2-score08=W

|RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Almudena Muñoz|ESP|1996 Summer}} |RD3-score01=W

|RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Marisa Pedulla|USA|1996 Summer}} |RD3-score02=L

|RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Carolina Mariani|ARG|1996 Summer}} |RD3-score03=L

|RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}} |RD3-score04=W

|RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Legna Verdecia|CUB|1996 Summer}} |RD4-score01=W

|RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Almudena Muñoz|ESP|1996 Summer}} |RD4-score02=L

|RD4-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Ewa-Larysa Krause|POL|1996 Summer}} |RD4-score03=L

|RD4-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Noriko Sugawara|JPN|1996 Summer}} |RD4-score04=W

}}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}

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