# 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 20 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall.
This event was the heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, allowing competitors with over 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 |
| Friday, 20 August 2004 | 10:30 13:00 17:00 | Preliminaries Repechage Final |

## Qualifying athletes

| Mat | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 1 | Daima Beltrán | Cuba |
| 1 | Tatiana Bvegadzi | Republic of the Congo |
| 1 | Éva Bisséni | France |
| 1 | Eleni Patsiou | Greece |
| 1 | Giovanna Blanco | Venezuela |
| 1 | Carmen Chalá | Ecuador |
| 1 | Lucija Polavder | Slovenia |
| 1 | Sandra Köppen | Germany |
| 1 | Insaf Yahyaoui | Tunisia |
| 1 | Sun Fuming | China |
| 2 | Barbara Andolina | Italy |
| 2 | Tsvetana Bozhilova | Bulgaria |
| 2 | Vanessa Zambotti | Mexico |
| 2 | Choi Sook-ie | South Korea |
| 2 | Tea Donguzashvili | Russia |
| 2 | Samah Ramadan | Egypt |
| 2 | Jessica Malone | Australia |
| 2 | Maki Tsukada | Japan |
| 2 | Maryna Prokofyeva | Ukraine |
| 2 | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa | Mongolia |
| 2 | Lee Hsiao-hung | Chinese Taipei |

## Tournament results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | 0100 |
| 2 | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | 1000 |

### 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 |
| Karina Bryant (GBR) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | 0010 | | | | | | | | | |
| Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | 0030 | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tatiana Bvegadzi (CGO) | Tatiana Bvegadzi (CGO) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | 1001 | | | |
| Éva Bisséni (FRA) | Éva Bisséni (FRA) | 1000 | | | | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | 0000 | | | |
| Eleni Patsiou (GRE) | Eleni Patsiou (GRE) | 0000 | Éva Bisséni (FRA) | Éva Bisséni (FRA) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | 0002 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | 1000 |
| | | | | | | | | | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Sun Fuming (CHN) | 0000 |
| | | | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| Lucija Polavder (SLO) | Lucija Polavder (SLO) | 0000 | Sandra Köppen (GER) | Sandra Köppen (GER) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| Sandra Köppen (GER) | Sandra Köppen (GER) | 1010 | | | | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | | | | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Sun Fuming (CHN) | 1000 | | | |
| | | | Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN) | Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Sun Fuming (CHN) | 1010 | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | Barbara Andolina (ITA) | Barbara Andolina (ITA) | 1021 | | | | | | |
| Tsvetana Bozhilova (BUL) | Tsvetana Bozhilova (BUL) | 0000 | Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | 1010 | | | | Barbara Andolina (ITA) | Barbara Andolina (ITA) | 0001 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | 1010 | | | |
| | | | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | 1001 | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | 1100 | | | | | | |
| Samah Ramadan (EGY) | Samah Ramadan (EGY) | 0001 | | | | | | | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | 0000 |
| | | | | | | | | | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | 0210 |
| | | | Jessica Malone (AUS) | Jessica Malone (AUS) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| | | | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | 1012 | | | |
| | | | | | | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | 0200 | | | | | | |
| Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (MGL) | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (MGL) | 0021 | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (MGL) | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa (MGL) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| Lee Hsiao-hung (TPE) | Lee Hsiao-hung (TPE) | 0001 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Karina Bryant (GBR) | 1003 | Karina Bryant (GBR) | 0020 | | | | |
| Tatiana Bvegadzi (CGO) | 0000 | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | 0111 | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) | 0000 | Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN) | 0000 |
| | | Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN) | 0120 | Insaf Yahyaoui (TUN) | 1012 | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) | 0210 |
| | | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | 0000 | | | | |
| Samah Ramadan (EGY) | 0000 | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | 0020 | | | | |
| Choi Sook-Ie (KOR) | 1000 | Barbara Andolina (ITA) | 0001 | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | 0000 | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | 0000 |
| | | Jessica Malone (AUS) | 0000 | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | 1000 | Sun Fuming (CHN) | 1000 |
| | | Maryna Prokofyeva (UKR) | 1000 | | | | |