| Women's 61 kg at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palau Blaugrana | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 60 kg | 48 kg | |
| 65 kg | 52 kg | |
| 71 kg | 56 kg | |
| 78 kg | 61 kg | |
| 86 kg | 66 kg | |
| 95 kg | 72 kg | |
| +95 kg | +72 kg | |
The women's 61 kg competition in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was held on 30 July at the Palau Blaugrana. The gold medal was won by Cathérine Fleury of France. [1]
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | ||||||||||||||||
 Susanne Profanter (AUT) | YUS | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eleucadia Vargas (DOM) | E | Susanne Profanter (AUT) | E | ||||||||||||||||
 Bogusława Olechnowicz (POL) | E |  Diane Bell (GBR) | YUK | ||||||||||||||||
| Diane Bell (GBR) | YUK | Diane Bell (GBR) | RA | ||||||||||||||||
 Tânia Ishii (BRA) | E |  Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | YUS | ||||||||||||||||
 Zhang Di (CHN) | IPO | Zhang Di (CHN) | RA | ||||||||||||||||
 Nicola Morris (NZL) | RA | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | YUK | ||||||||||||||||
| Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | IPO | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | RB | ||||||||||||||||
 Michelle Buckingham (CAN) | E |  Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||
 Ileana Beltran (CUB) | IPO | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | RA | ||||||||||||||||
| Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | SHI | ||||||||||||||||
 Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | RA | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||
 Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | IPO |  Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | RA | ||||||||||||||||
 Lkhamaasürengiin Badamsüren (MGL) | E | Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | E | ||||||||||||||||
| Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | ||||||||||||||||
 Jenny Gal (NED) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
 Laurie Pace (MLT) | E | Jenny Gal (NED) | RB | ||||||||||||||||
 Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | IPO | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||
 Yelena Petrova (EUN) | RB | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||
 Thant Phyu Phyu (MYA) | E |  Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | RB | ||||||||||||||||
| Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | IPO | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||
 Gisela Hämmerling (SUI) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | RA | ||||||||||||||||||
 Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | IPO |  Yael Arad (ISR) | WIP | ||||||||||||||||
 Felicité Makounawode (CAF) | E | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | KOK | ||||||||||||||||
 Lynn Roethke (USA) | E |  Birgit Blum (LIE) | |||||||||||||||||
| Birgit Blum (LIE) | KOK | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | RB | ||||||||||||||||
 Begoña Gómez (ESP) | YUK | Yael Arad (ISR) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||
 Takako Kobayashi (JPN) | E | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | RB | ||||||||||||||||
| Yael Arad (ISR) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicola Morris (NZL) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Di (CHN) | WIP | Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK | ||||||||||||||||
| Diane Bell (GBR) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK | ||||||||||||||||||
| Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | E | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | E | ||||||||||||||||
| Ileana Beltran (CUB) | WAZ | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | E | ||||||||||||||||
| Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | YUS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||||||
| Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jenny Gal (NED) | E | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||
| Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Begoña Gómez (ESP) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Begoña Gómez (ESP) | YUK | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final | ||
| Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | YUS  | |
| Yael Arad (ISR) |  | |
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