These are the results of the women's 61 kg (also known as ''half middleweight'') competition in
judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
This page shows the final results of the '' Judo Competition'' at the ''1996 Summer Olympics'' in Atlanta.
Medal table
Medal summary Men's events
Women's events
Participating nations
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Atlanta, Georgia
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. A total of 24 women competed in this event, limited to
jūdōka whose
body weight was less than, or equal to, 61 kilograms. Competition took place on July 23 of 1996 in the
Georgia World Congress Center
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Results
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
Repechage
The losing semifinalists as well as those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the
repechage
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...
. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 61 kg
W61
Judo at the Summer Olympics Women's Half Middleweight
Olympics W61
Judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...