Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg
| Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
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| Date | August 11 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 0011 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
The women's 57 kg (also known as lightweight) tournament in the judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 11 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. A total of 22 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka with a body weight of less than 57 kilograms. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals and the final were held at 18:00pm CST.
This event was the third-lightest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 57 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.
Tournament results
Final
| Final | ||||
| 1 |  Deborah Gravenstijn (NED)
| 0001 | ||
| 2 |  Giulia Quintavalle (ITA)
| 0011 | ||
Mat 1
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
| 1st round | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | |||||||||||||||
 Valerie Gotay (USA) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||||
 Gulzat Uralbayeva (KAZ) |
0010 | Valerie Gotay (USA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kang Sin-Young (KOR) |
0002 | Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
0011 | Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |
0100 | |||||||||||||||||
 Xu Yan (CHN) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kifayat Gasimova (AZE) |
0100 | |||||||||||||||||
 Aiko Sato (JPN) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Aiko Sato (JPN) |
0002 | |||||||||||||||||
| Xu Yan (CHN) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||||
 Nina Koivumaki (FIN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Xu Yan (CHN) |
1001 | Xu Yan (CHN) |
0020 | |||||||||||||||
 Lila Latrous (ALG) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
Mat 2
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
| 1st round | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) |
0101 | |||||||||||||||||
 Yvonne Bönisch (GER) |
0001 | Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) |
1010 | |||||||||||||||
 Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od (MGL) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||||
 Barbara Harel (FRA) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barbara Harel (FRA) |
0101 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kye Sun Hui (PRK) |
1001 | Kye Sun Hui (PRK) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Sabrina Filzmoser (AUT) |
0001 | Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Maria Pekli (AUS) |
0002 | |||||||||||||||||
 Nesria Jelassi (TUN) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Ange Jean Baptiste (HAI) |
0000 |  Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) |
0111 | Nesria Jelassi (TUN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Maria Pekli (AUS) |
1011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maria Pekli (AUS) |
0101 | |||||||||||||||||
 Bernadett Baczko (HUN) |
0100 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
Those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal finals | ||||||||||
| Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
0001 | Maria Pekli (AUS) |
0000 | ||||||||||
| Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
0000 | Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
1000 | |||||||||
| BYE | Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) |
1000 | |||||||||||
| Aiko Sato (JPN) |
0000 | ||||||||||||
| Aiko Sato (JPN) |
1011 | ||||||||||||
| Nina Koivumaki (FIN) |
0001 | Nina Koivumaki (FIN) |
0000 | ||||||||||
| Lila Latrous (ALG) |
0000 | ||||||||||||
| Barbara Harel (FRA) |
0001 | Xu Yan (CHN) |
1000 | ||||||||||
| Yvonne Bönisch (GER) |
0110 | Yvonne Bönisch (GER) |
0000 | Barbara Harel (FRA) |
0101 | ||||||||
| Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od (MGL) |
0001 | Barbara Harel (FRA) |
0110 | ||||||||||
| Bernadett Baczko (HUN) |
0010 | ||||||||||||
| Nesria Jelassi (TUN) |
0000 | ||||||||||||
| Bernadett Baczko (HUN) |
Bernadett Baczko (HUN) |
1011 | |||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||