# 2023 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg

The Women's 78 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar on 12 May 2023.

## Results
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Alice Bellandi | 01 |
| Inbar Lanir | 10 | | |
| Inbar Lanir | 10 | Inbar Lanir | 10 |
| | | Audrey Tcheuméo | 00 |
| Audrey Tcheuméo | 01 | Audrey Tcheuméo | 00 |
| Guusje Steenhuis | 00 | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Lee Jeong-yun | 00 | | |
| Ma Zhenzhao | 10 | | |
| Ma Zhenzhao | 10 | Ma Zhenzhao | 00 |
| | | Guusje Steenhuis | 10 |
| Shori Hamada | 10 | | |
| Alina Böhm | 00 | | |
| Alina Böhm | 00 | Shori Hamada | 00 |
| | | Alice Bellandi | 10 |

### Pool A

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Alice Bellandi | 02 | | |
| | | Camila Figueroa | 00 | | |
| | | | | Alice Bellandi | 10 |
| | | | | Natascha Ausma | 00 |
| | | Georgika Wesly Djengue Moune | 00 | | |
| | | Natascha Ausma | 01 | | |
| | | | | | | Alice Bellandi | 10 |
| | | | | | | Lee Jeong-yun | 00 |
| | | Patrícia Sampaio | 10 | | | | |
| | | Emma Reid | 00 | | | | |
| | | | | Patrícia Sampaio | 00 | | |
| | | | | Lee Jeong-yun | 10 |
| Hafsa Yatim | 00 | | | Lee Jeong-yun | 10 |
| Lee Jeong-yun | 11 | | | | |
| Lee Jeong-yun | 11 | Lee Jeong-yun | 10 | | |
| | | Nicole Stout | 00 | | |

### Pool B

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Inbar Lanir | 02 | | |
| | | Beata Pacut-Kloczko | 00 | | |
| Iriskhon Kurbanbaeva | 00 | Beata Pacut-Kloczko | 00 | | |
| Beata Pacut-Kloczko | 10 | | | | |
| Beata Pacut-Kloczko | 10 | | | Inbar Lanir | 02 |
| | | | | Patricija Brolih | 00 |
| | | Hsu Wang Shu-huei | 00 | | |
| | | Patricija Brolih | 02 | | |
| | | | | | | Inbar Lanir | 02 |
| | | | | | | Ma Zhenzhao | 00 |
| | | Ma Zhenzhao | 10 | | | | |
| | | Miglė Dudėnaitė | 00 | | | | |
| | | | | Ma Zhenzhao | 02 | | |
| | | | | Anna Monta Olek | 00 |
| | | Aleksandra Babintseva | 00 | | |
| | | Anna Monta Olek | 10 | | |

### Pool C

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Audrey Tcheuméo | 10 | | |
| | | Brenda Olaya | 00 | | |
| | | | | Audrey Tcheuméo | 10 |
| | | | | Darya Kantsavaya | 00 |
| Darya Kantsavaya | 11 | | | Darya Kantsavaya | 00 |
| Loriana Kuka | 00 | | | | |
| Loriana Kuka | 00 | Darya Kantsavaya | 01 | | |
| | | Jovana Peković | 00 | | |
| | | | | | | Audrey Tcheuméo | 02 |
| | | | | | | Shori Hamada | 00 |
| | | Shori Hamada | 10 | | | | |
| | | Una Dolgiļeviča | 00 | | | | |
| | | | | Shori Hamada | 10 | | |
| | | | | Giorgia Stangherlin | 00 |
| Natalie Powell | 00 | | | Giorgia Stangherlin | 00 |
| Giorgia Stangherlin | 10 | | | | |
| Giorgia Stangherlin | 10 | Giorgia Stangherlin | 10 | | |
| | | Vanessa Chalá | 00 | | |

### Pool D

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Guusje Steenhuis | 11 | | |
| | | Otgonbayaryn Khüslen | 00 | | |
| | | | | Guusje Steenhuis | 10 |
| | | | | Moira de Villiers | 00 |
| Marie Branser | 02 | | | Moira de Villiers | 00 |
| Zanet Michaelidou | 00 | | | | |
| Zanet Michaelidou | 00 | Marie Branser | 00 | | |
| | | Moira de Villiers | 01 | | |
| | | | | | | Guusje Steenhuis | 02 |
| | | | | | | Alina Böhm | 00 |
| | | Alina Böhm | 10 | | | | |
| | | Yoon Hyun-ji | 01 | | | | |
| | | | | Alina Böhm | 01 | | |
| | | | | Metka Lobnik | 00 |
| | | Aruna Jangeldina | 00 | | |
| | | Metka Lobnik | 02 | | |

## Prize money

The sums listed bring the total prizes awarded to €57,000 for the individual event.
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach |
| Gold | €26,000 | €20,800 | €5,200 |
| Silver | €15,000 | €12,000 | €3,000 |
| Bronze | €8,000 | €6,400 | €1,600 |