Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
List of judoka Qualification
	Men	Women
	60 kg	48 kg
	66 kg	52 kg
	73 kg	57 kg
	81 kg	63 kg
	90 kg	70 kg
	100 kg	78 kg
	+100 kg	+78 kg

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.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

	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

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Iryna Kindzerska (UKR)		0010
	Elena Ivashchenko (RUS)		0002			Iryna Kindzerska (UKR)		011
						Karina Bryant (GBR)		020

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA)		0111
	Gulzhan Issanova (KAZ)		0002			Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA)		001
						Tong Wen (CHN)		100

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
	W Tong (CHN)		100
	V Zambotti (MEX)		000			W Tong (CHN)		101
						U Sadkowska (POL)		000
											W Tong (CHN)		100
											I Kindzerska (UKR)		000
						G Kocatürk (TUR)		0002
						I Kindzerska (UKR)		103

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
						E Ivashchenko (RUS)		101
	W Shaherkani (KSA)		000			M Mojica (PUR)		000
	M Mojica (PUR)		100								E Ivashchenko (RUS)		0002
											I Ortiz (CUB)		0011
						I Ortiz (CUB)		103
						A Moniz (CPV)		0002

	First round					Second round					Quarter-finals
						M Sugimoto (JPN)		100
						G Blanco (VEN)		000
											M Sugimoto (JPN)		100
	MS Altheman (BRA)		0101								MS Altheman (BRA)		000
	A-S Mondière (FRA)		000			MS Altheman (BRA)		1001
						N Cheikh Rouhou (TUN)		0001

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

L Polavder (SLO)

000

S Asselah (ALG)

0001

K Bryant (GBR)

0011

K Bryant (GBR)

100

K Bryant (GBR)

0102

G Issanova (KAZ)

0011

N-y Kim (KOR)

0012

G Issanova (KAZ)

0012+

• judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's +78 kg at Olympedia