Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's +70 kg

Judo at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Men Women
  60 kg     48 kg  
66 kg 52 kg
73 kg 57 kg
81 kg 63 kg
90 kg 70 kg
100 kg +70 kg
+100 kg

The women's +70 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on September 9 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 5:30 pm CST.

This event was the heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, allowing competitors with over 70 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.

A total of seven judokas competed in the event. An eighth competitor, Anayasi Hernandez of Cuba, was disqualified for failing a pre-match medical exam.[1] Her first round bout against Zoubida Bouazoug of Algeria was canceled, and Bouazoug received a bye into the next round.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Yuan Yanping
China (CHN)
Silver  Deanne Silva
Brazil (BRA)
Bronze  Irina Kalyanova
Russia (RUS)
 Zoubida Bouazoug
Algeria (ALG)

Tournament results

  First Round Semifinals Final
                           
    Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG)    
 Bye    
    Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG) 0000  
    Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1010  
  Irina Kalyanova (RUS) 00004
    Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1000  
      Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1010
    Deanne Silva (BRA) 0000
    Sara de Pinies (ESP) 0010  
  Deanne Silva (BRA) 1000  
    Deanne Silva (BRA) 1011
    Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 00001  
  Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 1011
    Celine Manzuoli (FRA) 0010  

Repechage

Semifinals   Bronze medal finals
 
  Irina Kalyanova (RUS)      
 Bye         Irina Kalyanova (RUS) 0201
      Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 00001
 
      Sara de Pinies (ESP) 0001
  Sara de Pinies (ESP) 1030       Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG) 02011
  Celine Manzuoli (FRA) 0000    

References