# Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg

Women's 78 kg competition in judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 19 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.
This event was the second-heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 78 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.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 19 August 2004 | 10:30 13:00 17:00 | Preliminaries Repechage Final |

## Qualifying athletes

| Mat | AthleteESP | Country |
| 1 | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 1 | Varvara Massyagina | Kazakhstan |
| 1 | Nicole Kubes | United States |
| 1 | Houda Ben Daya | Tunisia |
| 1 | Edinanci Silva | Brazil |
| 1 | Sisilia Nasiga | Fiji |
| 1 | Keivi Pinto | Venezuela |
| 1 | Noriko Anno | Japan |
| 1 | Lucia Morico | Italy |
| 1 | Mélanie Engoang | Gabon |
| 1 | Amy Cotton | Canada |
| 2 | Yurisel Laborde | Cuba |
| 2 | Uta Kühnen | Germany |
| 2 | Liu Xia | China |
| 2 | Claudia Zwiers | Netherlands |
| 2 | Vera Moskalyuk | Russia |
| 2 | Lee So-yeon | South Korea |
| 2 | Anastasiia Matrosova | Ukraine |
| 2 | Varvara Akritidou | Greece |
| 2 | Esther San Miguel | Spain |
| 2 | Rachel Wilding | Great Britain |

## Tournament results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Noriko Anno (JPN) | 1010 |
| 2 | Liu Xia (CHN) | 0001 |

### 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 |
| | | | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | 1011 | | | | | | |
| Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) | Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) | 0000 | Nicole Kubes (USA) | Nicole Kubes (USA) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Nicole Kubes (USA) | Nicole Kubes (USA) | 1000 | | | | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | 0001 | | | |
| | | | | | | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | Houda Ben Daya (TUN) | Houda Ben Daya (TUN) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| | | | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | 1020 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | 0000 |
| Sisilia Nasiga (FIJ) | Sisilia Nasiga (FIJ) | 0000 | | | | | | | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Noriko Anno (JPN) | 0010 |
| Keivi Pinto (VEN) | Keivi Pinto (VEN) | 0021 | Keivi Pinto (VEN) | Keivi Pinto (VEN) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Noriko Anno (JPN) | 1011 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Noriko Anno (JPN) | 0101 | | | |
| | | | | | | Lucia Morico (ITA) | Lucia Morico (ITA) | 0001 | | | |
| | | | Lucia Morico (ITA) | Lucia Morico (ITA) | 1010 | | | | | | |
| Mélanie Engoang (GAB) | Mélanie Engoang (GAB) | 0000 | Amy Cotton (CAN) | Amy Cotton (CAN) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Amy Cotton (CAN) | Amy Cotton (CAN) | 1000 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | 0011 | | | | | | |
| | | | Uta Kühnen (GER) | Uta Kühnen (GER) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | 0000 | | | |
| Liu Xia (CHN) | Liu Xia (CHN) | 1000 | | | | Liu Xia (CHN) | Liu Xia (CHN) | 1001 | | | |
| Claudia Zwiers (NED) | Claudia Zwiers (NED) | 0111 | Liu Xia (CHN) | Liu Xia (CHN) | 0120 | | | | | | |
| | | | Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) | Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Liu Xia (CHN) | Liu Xia (CHN) | 0001 |
| Lee So-yeon (KOR) | Lee So-yeon (KOR) | 0000 | | | | | | | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | 0000 |
| Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | 1000 | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | 1100 | | | | | | |
| | | | Varvara Akritidou (GRE) | Varvara Akritidou (GRE) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | 1000 | | | |
| | | | | | | Rachel Wilding (GBR) | Rachel Wilding (GBR) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | Esther San Miguel (ESP) | Esther San Miguel (ESP) | 0011 | | | | | | |
| | | | Rachel Wilding (GBR) | Rachel Wilding (GBR) | 1011 | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | Nicole Kubes (USA) | 0001 | | | | |
| | | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | 0200 | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | 0011 | Lucia Morico (ITA) | 1000 |
| | | Keivi Pinto (VEN) | 0000 | Lucia Morico (ITA) | 0120 | Anastasiia Matrosova (UKR) | 0000 |
| | | Lucia Morico (ITA) | 1001 | | | | |
| Claudia Zwiers (NED) | 0000 | Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) | 0000 | | | | |
| Vera Moskalyuk (RUS) | 0102 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | 1001 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | 0030 | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | 1001 |
| Lee So-yeon (KOR) | 1000 | Lee So-yeon (KOR) | 0001 | Lee So-yeon (KOR) | 0022 | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | 0001 |
| Varvara Akritidou (GRE) | 0000 | Rachel Wilding (GBR) | 0000 | | | | |