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{{short description|Judo competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox judo competition event
| competition     = 2003 [[World Judo Championships]]
| image           = 
| imagesize       = 
| caption         =
| dates           = 11–14 September 2003
| location        = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osaka]], Japan
| men             = FRA
| women           = JPN
| prev            = [[2001 World Judo Championships|Munich 2001 (individual)]]<br>← [[2002 World Team Judo Championships|Basel 2002 (Team)]]
| next            = 
}}

The '''2003 [[World Judo Championships]]''' were the 23rd edition of the [[World Judo Championships]], and were held in [[Osaka]], Japan 11–15 September 2003.<ref name="IJF">{{cite web |title=World Championships Osaka 2003 |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2087 |website=[[International Judo Federation]] |access-date=12 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="JI">{{cite web |title=World Championships Osaka |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/2940 |website=JudoInside.com |access-date=12 June 2022}}</ref> On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan won the women's.<ref name="Mteam">{{cite web |title=Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Men's team |url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/judo2003/result/result.html |website=[[Fuji TV]] |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223125702/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/judo2003/result/result.html |archive-date=23 February 2014 |language=ja |date=15 September 2003}}</ref><ref name="Wteam">{{cite web |title=Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Women's team |url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/judo/result/0915_dantai_woman.html |website=[[Fuji TV]] |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317181058/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/judo/result/0915_dantai_woman.html |archive-date=17 March 2005 |language=ja |date=15 September 2003}}</ref>

==Medal overview==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Extra-lightweight (60&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Choi Min-ho (judoka)|Choi Min-Ho]]|KOR}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Craig Fallon]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tadahiro Nomura]]|JPN}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Anis Lounifi]]|TUN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-lightweight (66&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Arash Miresmaeili]]|IRI}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Larbi Benboudaoud]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yordanis Arencibia]]|CUB}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Magomed Dzhafarov]]|RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Lightweight (73&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Lee Won-Hee]]|KOR}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Fernandes (judoka)|Daniel Fernandes]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[João Neto (judoka)|João Neto]]|POR}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Vitaliy Makarov]]|RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-middleweight (81&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Florian Wanner]]|GER}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Aschwanden]]|SUI}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Krawczyk]]|POL}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksei Budõlin]]|EST}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-middleweight (90&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Hwang Hee-Tae]]|KOR}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Zurab Zviadauri]]|GEO|1990}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Siarhei Kukharenka]]|BLR}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Honorato]]|BRA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-heavyweight (100&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Kosei Inoue]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Ghislain Lemaire]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ihar Makarau]]|BLR}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Mário Sabino]]|BRA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Heavyweight (+100&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Yasuyuki Muneta]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Dennis van der Geest]]|NED}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tamerlan Tmenov]]|RUS}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Yevgen Sotnikov]]|UKR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Openweight<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's open category}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Keiji Suzuki]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Indrek Pertelson]]|EST}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdullo Tangriev]]|UZB}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Movlud Miraliyev]]|AZE}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Men's team<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Men's team}}
|rowspan=2|{{Flagteam|FRA}}
|rowspan=2|{{Flagteam|JPN}}
|{{Flagteam|IRI}}
|-
|{{Flagteam|RUS}}
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Extra-lightweight (48&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Ryoko Tani|Ryoko Tamura]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Frédérique Jossinet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Neşe Şensoy]]|TUR}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Danieska Carrión]]|CUB}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-lightweight (52&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Amarilis Savón]]|CUB}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Annabelle Euranie]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raffaella Imbriani]]|GER}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuki Yokosawa]]|JPN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Lightweight (57&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Kye Sun-hui]]|PRK}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Yvonne Bönisch]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yurisleidis Lupetey]]|CUB}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Deborah Gravenstijn]]|NED}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-middleweight (63&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 63 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Daniela Krukower]]|ARG}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Driulis González]]|CUB}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna von Harnier]]|GER}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Ylenia Scapin]]|ITA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Middleweight (70&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Masae Ueno]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Regla Leyén]]|CUB}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Edith Bosch]]|NED}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Annett Böhm]]|GER}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Half-heavyweight (78&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Noriko Anno]]|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Yurisel Laborde]]|CUB}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Edinanci Silva]]|BRA}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Esther San Miguel]]|ESP}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Heavyweight (+78&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Sun Fuming]]|CHN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Maki Tsukada]]|JPN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tea Donguzashvili]]|RUS}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Karina Bryant]]|GBR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Openweight<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's open category}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Tong Wen]]|CHN}}
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Karina Bryant]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mara Kovačević]]|SCG}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Daima Beltrán]]|CUB}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Women's team<br/>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Judo Championships – Women's team}}
|rowspan=2|{{Flagteam|JPN}}
|rowspan=2|{{Flagteam|CHN}}
|{{flagathlete|{{Flagteam|FRA}}}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|{{Flagteam|CUB}}}}
|}

=== Medal table ===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = JPN
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_JPN = 6 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 2 | host_JPN = yes 
 | gold_KOR = 3 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 0
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_CUB = 1 | silver_CUB = 3 | bronze_CUB = 4
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 3
 | gold_ARG = 1 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 0
 | gold_IRN = 1 | silver_IRN = 0 | bronze_IRN = 0
 | gold_PRK = 1 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 2
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 1
 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 0 | name_GEO = {{flagteam|GEO|1990}}
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 4
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 3
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 2
 | gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 1
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
 | gold_SCG = 0 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 0 | bronze_TUN = 1
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 1
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_UZB = 0 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 1
}}

==Results overview==
===Men===
====60 kg====
14 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Choi Min-ho (judoka)|Choi Min-Ho]]|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Craig Fallon]]|GBR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Tadahiro Nomura]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Anis Lounifi]]|TUN}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Oliver Gussenberg]]|GER}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Pak Nam-Choi]]|PRK}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Elchin Ismaylov]]|AZE}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh]]|IRI}}
|}

====66 kg====
13 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Arash Miresmaeili]]|IRI}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Larbi Benboudaoud]]|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yordanis Arencibia]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Magomed Dzhafarov]]|RUS}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[João Pina]]|POR}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Miloš Mijalković]]|SCG}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Hüseyin Özkan]]|TUR}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Tomoo Torii]]|JPN}}
|}

====73 kg====
13 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Lee Won-Hee]]|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daniel Fernandes (judoka)|Daniel Fernandes]]|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[João Neto (judoka)|João Neto]]|POR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Vitaliy Makarov]]|RUS}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Victor Bivol]]|MDA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Egamnazar Akbarov]]|UZB}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yoel Razvozov]]|ISR}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yusuke Kanamaru]]|JPN}}
|}

====81 kg====
12 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Florian Wanner]]|GER}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Sergei Aschwanden]]|SUI}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Robert Krawczyk]]|POL}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Aleksei Budõlin]]|EST}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yoshihiro Akiyama]]|JPN}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ricardo Echarte]]|ESP}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ariel Sganga]]|ARG}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Cédric Claverie]]|FRA}}
|}

====90 kg====
12 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Hwang Hee-Tae]]|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Zurab Zviadauri]]|GEO|1990}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Siarhei Kukharenka]]|BLR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Carlos Honorato]]|BRA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yosvany Despaigne]]|CUB}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Keith Morgan (judoka)|Keith Morgan]]|CAN}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Gabriel Lama]]|CHI}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Francesco Lepre]]|ITA}}
|}

====100 kg====
11 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Kosei Inoue]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ghislain Lemaire]]|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ihar Makarau]]|BLR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Mário Sabino]]|BRA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Michele Monti]]|ITA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Nicolas Gill]]|CAN}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Iveri Jikurauli]]|GEO|1990}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Michael Jurack]]|GER}}
|}

====+100 kg====
11 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yasuyuki Muneta]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Dennis van der Geest]]|NED}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Tamerlan Tmenov]]|RUS}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yevgen Sotnikov]]|UKR}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daniel Hernandes]]|BRA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Frank Möller (judoka)|Frank Möller]]|GER}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Janusz Wojnarowicz]]|POL}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Selim Tataroğlu]]|TUR}}
|}

====Open class====
14 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Keiji Suzuki]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Indrek Pertelson]]|EST}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Abdullo Tangriev]]|UZB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Movlud Miraliyev]]|AZE}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Amel Mekić]]|BIH}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Gabriel Munteanu]]|ROM}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Janusz Wojnarowicz]]|POL}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daniel Hernandes]]|BRA}}
|}

====Men's team====
15 September – Final<ref name="Mteam"/>

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{flagteam|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{flagteam|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor="CC9966"| 3. || {{flagteam|IRI}}
|-
| bgcolor="CC9966"| 3. || {{flagteam|RUS}}
|-
|5. || {{flagteam|CUB}}
|-
|5. || {{flagteam|KOR}}
|-
| 7. || {{flagteam|AUS}}
|-
| 7. || {{flagteam|TUN}}
|}

===Women===
====48 kg====
14 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ryoko Tamura]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Frédérique Jossinet]]|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Neşe Şensoy]]|TUR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Danieska Carrión]]|CUB}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Julia Matijass]]|GER}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Gao Feng (judo)|Gao Feng]]|CHN}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Alina Dumitru]]|ROM}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Anna Żemła]]|POL}}
|}

====52 kg====
13 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Amarilis Savón]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Annabelle Euranie]]|FRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Raffaella Imbriani]]|GER}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yuki Yokosawa]]|JPN}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ri Sang-Rim]]|PRK}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Georgina Singleton]]|GBR}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ana Carrascosa]]|ESP}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Michal Feinblat]]|ISR}}
|}

====57 kg====
13 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Kye Sun-hui]]|PRK}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yvonne Bönisch]]|GER}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yurisleidis Lupetey]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Deborah Gravenstijn]]|NED}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Maria Pekli]]|AUS}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Barbara Harel]]|FRA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Isabel Fernández (judoka)|Isabel Fernández]]|ESP}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Xu Yan (judoka)|Xu Yan]]|CHN}}
|}

====63 kg====
12 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daniela Krukower]]|ARG}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Driulis González]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Anna von Harnier]]|GER}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Ylenia Scapin]]|ITA}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Lee Bok-Hee]]|KOR}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Vânia Yukie Ishii]]|BRA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Lucie Décosse]]|FRA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Gella Vandecaveye]]|BEL}}
|}

====70 kg====
12 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Masae Ueno]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Regla Leyén]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Edith Bosch]]|NED}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Annett Böhm]]|GER}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Qin Dongya]]|CHN}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Kate Howey]]|GBR}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Kim Ryon-Mi]]|PRK}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Cecilia Blanco]]|ESP}}
|}

====78 kg====
11 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Noriko Anno]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Yurisel Laborde]]|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Edinanci Silva]]|BRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Esther San Miguel]]|ESP}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Claudia Zwiers]]|NED}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Céline Lebrun]]|FRA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand]]|MGL}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Uta Kühnen]]|GER}}
|}

====+78 kg====
11 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Sun Fuming]]|CHN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Maki Tsukada]]|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Tea Donguzashvili]]|RUS}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Karina Bryant]]|GBR}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Sandra Köppen]]|GER}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daima Beltrán]]|CUB}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Barbara Andolina]]|ITA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Françoise Harteveld]]|NED}}
|}

====Open class====
14 September – Final

{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=240| Judoka
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || {{Flagathlete|[[Tong Wen]]|CHN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || {{Flagathlete|[[Karina Bryant]]|GBR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Mara Kovačević]]|SCG}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || {{Flagathlete|[[Daima Beltrán]]|CUB}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Magdalena Kozioł]]|POL}}
|-
| 5. || {{Flagathlete|[[Céline Lebrun]]|FRA}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Claudia Zwiers]]|NED}}
|-
| 7. || {{Flagathlete|[[Giovanna Blanco]]|VEN|1930}}
|}

==References==
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