The women's +78 kg competition in

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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was held on 12 August at the

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. 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. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket). The medals for the competition were presented by Patrick Joseph Hickey, Ireland, member of the

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and the gifts were presented by Zhou Jinqiang,

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executive committee member.

Results

Finals

Repechages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

References

External links

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