# Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg

Women's +78 kg category in judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre between 28 July and 3 August.
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. Quarter-final losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semi-final loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarter-finals 'A' and 'B' competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semi-final loser from the other half of the bracket).
Idalys Ortiz from Cuba won the gold medal, defeating Mika Sugimoto from Japan in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to both Karina Bryant from Great Britain and Tong Wen from China.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 July to 3 August 2012 | 09:30 14:00 16:10 | Qualifications Semi-finals Final |

## Results
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tong Wen (CHN) | 0001 |
| Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | 0010 | | |
| Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | 0010 | Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | 000 |
| | | Mika Sugimoto (JPN) | 0001 |
| Mika Sugimoto (JPN) | 0011 | Mika Sugimoto (JPN) | 0001 |
| Karina Bryant (GBR) | 0002 | | |

### Repechages

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Iryna Kindzerska (UKR) | Iryna Kindzerska (UKR) | 0010 | | | |
| Elena Ivashchenko (RUS) | Elena Ivashchenko (RUS) | 0002 | Iryna Kindzerska (UKR) | Iryna Kindzerska (UKR) | 011 |
| | | | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | 020 |
| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA) | Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA) | 0111 | | | |
| Gulzhan Issanova (KAZ) | Gulzhan Issanova (KAZ) | 0002 | Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA) | Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA) | 001 |
| | | | Tong Wen (CHN) | Tong Wen (CHN) | 100 |

### Pool A

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| W Tong (CHN) | W Tong (CHN) | 100 | | | | | | |
| V Zambotti (MEX) | V Zambotti (MEX) | 000 | W Tong (CHN) | W Tong (CHN) | 101 | | | |
| | | | U Sadkowska (POL) | U Sadkowska (POL) | 000 | | | |
| | | | | | | W Tong (CHN) | W Tong (CHN) | 100 |
| | | | | | | I Kindzerska (UKR) | I Kindzerska (UKR) | 000 |
| | | | G Kocatürk (TUR) | G Kocatürk (TUR) | 0002 | | | |
| | | | I Kindzerska (UKR) | I Kindzerska (UKR) | 103 | | | |

### Pool B

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | E Ivashchenko (RUS) | E Ivashchenko (RUS) | 101 | | | |
| W Shaherkani (KSA) | W Shaherkani (KSA) | 000 | M Mojica (PUR) | M Mojica (PUR) | 000 | | | |
| M Mojica (PUR) | M Mojica (PUR) | 100 | | | | E Ivashchenko (RUS) | E Ivashchenko (RUS) | 0002 |
| | | | | | | I Ortiz (CUB) | I Ortiz (CUB) | 0011 |
| | | | I Ortiz (CUB) | I Ortiz (CUB) | 103 | | | |
| | | | A Moniz (CPV) | A Moniz (CPV) | 0002 | | | |

### Pool C

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | M Sugimoto (JPN) | M Sugimoto (JPN) | 100 | | | |
| | | | G Blanco (VEN) | G Blanco (VEN) | 000 | | | |
| | | | | | | M Sugimoto (JPN) | M Sugimoto (JPN) | 100 |
| MS Altheman (BRA) | MS Altheman (BRA) | 0101 | | | | MS Altheman (BRA) | MS Altheman (BRA) | 000 |
| A-S Mondière (FRA) | A-S Mondière (FRA) | 000 | MS Altheman (BRA) | MS Altheman (BRA) | 1001 | | | |
| | | | N Cheikh Rouhou (TUN) | N Cheikh Rouhou (TUN) | 0001 | | | |

### Pool D

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | L Polavder (SLO) | L Polavder (SLO) | 000 | | | |
| S Asselah (ALG) | S Asselah (ALG) | 0001 | K Bryant (GBR) | K Bryant (GBR) | 0011 | | | |
| K Bryant (GBR) | K Bryant (GBR) | 100 | | | | K Bryant (GBR) | K Bryant (GBR) | 0102 |
| | | | | | | G Issanova (KAZ) | G Issanova (KAZ) | 0011 |
| | | | N-y Kim (KOR) | N-y Kim (KOR) | 0012 | | | |
| | | | G Issanova (KAZ) | G Issanova (KAZ) | 0012+ | | | |