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

Women's +78 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Medalists
Venue	Carioca Arena 2
Date	12 August 2016
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Émilie Andéol  France Idalys Ortiz  Cuba Kanae Yamabe  Japan Yu Song  China
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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
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The women's +78 kg competition in judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 12 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]

The medals for the competition were presented by Patrick Joseph Hickey, Ireland, member of the International Olympic Committee and the gifts were presented by Zhou Jinqiang, International Judo Federation executive committee member.

	Semi-finals				Final
	Yu Song (CHN)	000
	Émilie Andéol (FRA)	100
					Émilie Andéol (FRA)	100
					Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	000
	Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	001
	Kanae Yamabe (JPN)	000

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Kayra Sayit (TUR)		100
	Nihal Chikhrouhou (TUN)		000			Kayra Sayit (TUR)		000
						Kanae Yamabe (JPN)		010

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Kim Min-jung (KOR)		102
	Tessie Savelkouls (NED)		000			Kim Min-jung (KOR)		000
						Yu Song (CHN)		100

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Yu Song (CHN)		100
						Sonia Asselah (ALG)		000
											Yu Song (CHN)		111
											Kayra Sayit (TUR)		000
						Kayra Sayit (TUR)		102
						Melissa Mojica (PUR)		000

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Émilie Andéol (FRA)		000
						Vanessa Zambotti (MEX)		000
											Émilie Andéol (FRA)		000
											Nihal Chikhrouhou (TUN)		000
						Nihal Chikhrouhou (TUN)		000
						Larisa Cerić (BIH)		000

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Idalys Ortiz (CUB)		100
	Ksenia Chibisova (RUS)		101			Ksenia Chibisova (RUS)		000
	Jasmin Külbs (GER)		000								Idalys Ortiz (CUB)		101
											Kim Min-jung (KOR)		000
						Kim Min-jung (KOR)		001
						Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA)		000

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals
						Kanae Yamabe (JPN)		100
						Santa Pakenytė (LTU)		000
											Kanae Yamabe (JPN)		101
											Tessie Savelkouls (NED)		000
						Svitlana Iaromka (UKR)		000
						Tessie Savelkouls (NED)		101

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