Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg
| Women's 52 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | 10 August | ||||||||||||
| 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 52 kg (also known as half-lightweight) tournament in the judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 10, 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 52 kilograms. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 CST, while repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals and the final were held at 18:00 CST.
This event was the second-lightest of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 52 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 |  An Kum-Ae (PRK)
| 0001 | ||
| 2 |  Xian Dongmei (CHN)
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
 Flor Velázquez (VEN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| An Kum-Ae (PRK) |
0201 | An Kum-Ae (PRK) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Yagnelis Mestre (CUB) |
0000 | An Kum-Ae (PRK) |
0200 | |||||||||||||||
 Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Shih Pei-Chun (TPE) |
0020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) |
0021 | |||||||||||||||||
| An Kum-Ae (PRK) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Ilse Heylen (BEL) |
0001 |  Misato Nakamura (JPN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Audrey La Rizza (FRA) |
0000 | Ilse Heylen (BEL) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||
 Kristie-Anne Ryder (AUS) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ilse Heylen (BEL) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Zinura Djuraeva (UZB) |
0000 | Misato Nakamura (JPN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Romy Tarangul (GER) |
1101 | Romy Tarangul (GER) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Misato Nakamura (JPN) |
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 | |||||||||||||||
 Anna Kharitonova (RUS) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 Telma Monteiro (POR) |
0211 | |||||||||||||||||
| Telma Monteiro (POR) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||||
 Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
0100 | Xian Dongmei (CHN) |
1011 | |||||||||||||||
 Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa (MGL) |
0000 | Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Xian Dongmei (CHN) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Xian Dongmei (CHN) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||||
 María García (DOM) |
0010 |  Soraya Haddad (ALG) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Andressa Fernandes (BRA) |
0001 | María García (DOM) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Kim Kyung-Ok (KOR) |
1003 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-Ok (KOR) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Soraya Haddad (ALG) |
0210 | |||||||||||||||||
 Hortense Diedhiou (SEN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||||
 Marie Muller (LUX) |
0000 | Soraya Haddad (ALG) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
| Soraya Haddad (ALG) |
0211 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
| Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) |
0010 | Soraya Haddad (ALG) |
0121 | ||||||||||
| Yagnelis Mestre (CUB) |
0000 | Flor Velázquez (VEN) |
0000 | Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) |
0010 | ||||||||
| Flor Velázquez (VEN) |
0001 | Sholpan Kaliyeva (KAZ) |
1000 | ||||||||||
| Ilse Heylen (BEL) |
0000 | ||||||||||||
| Ilse Heylen (BEL) |
0002 | ||||||||||||
| Romy Tarangul (GER) |
Romy Tarangul (GER) |
0000 | |||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Telma Monteiro (POR) |
0001 | Misato Nakamura (JPN) |
0200 | ||||||||||
| Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
0101 | Kim Kyung-Ok (KOR) |
0000 | |||||||||
| bye | Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
0001 | |||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-Ok (KOR) |
1010 | ||||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-Ok (KOR) |
0010 | ||||||||||||
| Marie Muller (LUX) |
1001 | Marie Muller (LUX) |
0001 | ||||||||||
| Hortense Diedhiou (SEN) |
0001 | ||||||||||||