Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg

Women's judo +78 kg category
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's judo +78 kg category; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	3 August 2012
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
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Women's +78 kg category in judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre between 28 July and 3 August.^[1]

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. Quarter-final losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semi-final loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarter-finals 'A' and 'B' competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semi-final loser from the other half of the bracket).^[2]

Idalys Ortiz from Cuba won the gold medal, defeating Mika Sugimoto from Japan in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to both Karina Bryant from Great Britain and Tong Wen from China.

The other Saudi woman selected was Pepperdine University-based runner Sarah Attar, who competed in the women's 800 metres.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
28 July to 3 August 2012	09:30 14:00 16:10	Qualifications Semi-finals Final

Results

Wojdan Shaherkani, first female competitor from Saudi Arabia to compete at any Olympics in any event, contested in the +78 kg category

Finals

Semi-finals		Final



Tong Wen (CHN)	0001

Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	0010
		Idalys Ortiz (CUB)	000

		Mika Sugimoto (JPN)	0001
Mika Sugimoto (JPN)	0011

Karina Bryant (GBR)	0002