Event: | Women's judo 78 kg category |
Games: | 2012 Summer |
Venue: | ExCeL Exhibition Centre |
Date: | 2 August |
Competitors: | 21 |
Nations: | 21 |
Gold: | Kayla Harrison |
Goldnoc: | USA |
Silver: | Gemma Gibbons |
Silvernoc: | GBR |
Bronze: | Audrey Tcheuméo |
Bronzenoc: | FRA |
Bronze2: | Mayra Aguiar |
Bronzenoc2: | BRA |
Prev: | 2008 |
Next: | 2016 |
The women's 78 kg category in judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 2 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.[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).[1]
Kayla Harrison, representing the United States, won the gold medal, defeating Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons in the final; Gibbons was awarded the silver medal.[2]
The event took place on 2 August 2012, with the following results:[2]