# Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg

Women's 52 kg competition in judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 15 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.
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 was 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.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 15 August 2004 | 10:30 13:00 17:00 | Preliminaries Repechage Final |

## Qualifying athletes

| Mat | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | Michal Feinblat | Israel |
| 1 | M'mah Soumah | Guinea |
| 1 | Telma Monteiro | Portugal |
| 1 | Annabelle Euranie | France |
| 1 | Rochelle Stormont | New Zealand |
| 1 | Ioana Maria Aluaş | Romania |
| 1 | Raffaella Imbriani | Germany |
| 1 | Charlee Minkin | United States |
| 1 | Maria Tselaridou | Greece |
| 1 | Salima Souakri | Algeria |
| 1 | Petra Nareks | Slovenia |
| 1 | Xian Dongmei | China |
| 2 | Yuki Yokosawa | Japan |
| 2 | Ri Sang-sim | North Korea |
| 2 | Hortense Diédhiou | Senegal |
| 2 | Fabiane Hukuda | Brazil |
| 2 | Georgina Singleton | Great Britain |
| 2 | Flor Velázquez | Venezuela |
| 2 | Amarilis Savón | Cuba |
| 2 | Sanna Askelöf | Sweden |
| 2 | Lee Eun-hee | South Korea |
| 2 | Sholpan Kaliyeva | Kazakhstan |
| 2 | Ilse Heylen | Belgium |
| 2 | Naina Ravaoarisoa | Madagascar |

## Tournament results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | 1000 |
| 2 | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | 0000 |

### Mat 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Michal Feinblat (ISR) | Michal Feinblat (ISR) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| M'mah Soumah (GUI) | M'mah Soumah (GUI) | 0000 | Telma Monteiro (POR) | Telma Monteiro (POR) | 1010 | | | | | | |
| Telma Monteiro (POR) | Telma Monteiro (POR) | 1000 | | | | Telma Monteiro (POR) | Telma Monteiro (POR) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | | | | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | 0001 | | | |
| | | | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | 0111 | | | | | | |
| Rochelle Stormont (NZL) | Rochelle Stormont (NZL) | 0000 | Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | 0030 | | | | | | |
| Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | 1010 | | | | | | | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | 0010 |
| Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | 0001 | | | | | | | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | 1001 |
| Charlee Minkin (USA) | Charlee Minkin (USA) | 0000 | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | 1002 | | | | | | |
| | | | Maria Tselaridou (GRE) | Maria Tselaridou (GRE) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | 0010 | | | |
| Salima Souakri (ALG) | Salima Souakri (ALG) | 0010 | | | | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | 0221 | | | |
| Petra Nareks (SLO) | Petra Nareks (SLO) | 0001 | Salima Souakri (ALG) | Salima Souakri (ALG) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | Xian Dongmei (CHN) | 0001 | | | | | | |

### Mat 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | 1000 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ri Sang-sim (PRK) | Ri Sang-sim (PRK) | 0000 | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | 0101 | | | | | | |
| | | | Hortense Diédhiou (SEN) | Hortense Diédhiou (SEN) | 0100 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | 1001 | | | |
| Fabiane Hukuda (BRA) | Fabiane Hukuda (BRA) | 0000 | | | | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | 0000 | | | |
| Georgina Singleton (GBR) | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | 1001 | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| | | | Flor Velázquez (VEN) | Flor Velázquez (VEN) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) | 1000 |
| Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | 1000 | | | | | | | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | 0010 |
| Sanna Askelöf (SWE) | Sanna Askelöf (SWE) | 0000 | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | 1010 | | | | | | |
| | | | Lee Eun-hee (KOR) | Lee Eun-hee (KOR) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | 0101 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) | Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Ilse Heylen (BEL) | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 0200 | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| Naina Ravaoarisoa (MAD) | Naina Ravaoarisoa (MAD) | 0000 | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

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 | First round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | Bronze medal finals |
| | | Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | 1000 | | | | |
| | | Telma Monteiro (POR) | 0000 | Ioana Maria Aluaş (ROU) | 0100 | Salima Souakri (ALG) | 0000 |
| | | Salima Souakri (ALG) | 0110 | Salima Souakri (ALG) | 0121 | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | 0100 |
| | | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) | 0001 | | | | |
| Ri Sang-sim (PRK) | 0020 | Ri Sang-sim (PRK) | 0010 | | | | |
| Hortense Diédhiou (SEN) | 0000 | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | 0011 | Georgina Singleton (GBR) | 0000 | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 0001 |
| Sanna Askelöf (SWE) | 1001 | Sanna Askelöf (SWE) | 0000 | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 0011 | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | 0000 |
| Lee Eun-Hee (KOR) | 0000 | Ilse Heylen (BEL) | 0201 | | | | |