title: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 61 kg
text: # Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 61 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.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Main brackets
  
  **Pool A**
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Susanne Profanter (AUT) | Susanne Profanter (AUT) | YUS | | | | | | | | | |
  | Eleucadia Vargas (DOM) | Eleucadia Vargas (DOM) | E | Susanne Profanter (AUT) | Susanne Profanter (AUT) | E | | | | | | |
  | Bogusława Olechnowicz (POL) | Bogusława Olechnowicz (POL) | E | Diane Bell (GBR) | Diane Bell (GBR) | YUK | | | | | | |
  | Diane Bell (GBR) | Diane Bell (GBR) | YUK | | | | Diane Bell (GBR) | Diane Bell (GBR) | RA | | | |
  | Tânia Ishii (BRA) | Tânia Ishii (BRA) | E | | | | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | YUS | | | |
  | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | IPO | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | RA | | | | | | |
  | Nicola Morris (NZL) | Nicola Morris (NZL) | RA | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | YUK | | | | | | |
  | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | IPO | | | | | | | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | RB |
  | Michelle Buckingham (CAN) | Michelle Buckingham (CAN) | E | | | | | | | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO |
  | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | IPO | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | RA | | | | | | |
  | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | SHI | | | | | | |
  | Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | RA | | | | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | IPO | | | |
  | Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | IPO | | | | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | RA | | | |
  | Lkhamaasürengiin Badamsüren (MGL) | Lkhamaasürengiin Badamsüren (MGL) | E | Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | IPO | | | | | | |
  
  **Pool B**
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jenny Gal (NED) | Jenny Gal (NED) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
  | Laurie Pace (MLT) | Laurie Pace (MLT) | E | Jenny Gal (NED) | Jenny Gal (NED) | RB | | | | | | |
  | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | IPO | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | WAZ | | | | | | |
  | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | RB | | | | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | WAZ | | | |
  | Thant Phyu Phyu (MYA) | Thant Phyu Phyu (MYA) | E | | | | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | RB | | | |
  | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | IPO | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | IPO | | | | | | |
  | | | | Gisela Hämmerling (SUI) | Gisela Hämmerling (SUI) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | RA |
  | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | IPO | | | | | | | Yael Arad (ISR) | Yael Arad (ISR) | WIP |
  | Felicité Makounawode (CAF) | Felicité Makounawode (CAF) | E | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | KOK | | | | | | |
  | Lynn Roethke (USA) | Lynn Roethke (USA) | E | Birgit Blum (LIE) | Birgit Blum (LIE) | | | | | | | |
  | Birgit Blum (LIE) | Birgit Blum (LIE) | KOK | | | | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | RB | | | |
  | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | YUK | | | | Yael Arad (ISR) | Yael Arad (ISR) | WAZ | | | |
  | Takako Kobayashi (JPN) | Takako Kobayashi (JPN) | E | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | RB | | | | | | |
  | | | | Yael Arad (ISR) | Yael Arad (ISR) | WAZ | | | | | | |
  
  ### Repechages
  
  **Repechage A**
  
  | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nicola Morris (NZL) | Nicola Morris (NZL) | E | | | | | | | | | |
  | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | WIP | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK | | | | | | |
  | | | | Diane Bell (GBR) | Diane Bell (GBR) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK | | | |
  | Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | Debbie Warren-Jeans (ZIM) | E | | | | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | E | | | |
  | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | WAZ | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | Ileana Beltran (CUB) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | Xiomara Griffith (VEN) | YUS | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Zhang Di (CHN) | Zhang Di (CHN) | YUK |
  | | | | | | | | | | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | Frauke Eickhoff (GER) | E |
  
  **Repechage B**
  
  | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
  | Jenny Gal (NED) | Jenny Gal (NED) | E | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | WAZ | | | | | | |
  | | | | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO | | | |
  | | | | | | | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | E | | | |
  | | | | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | Begoña Gómez (ESP) | YUK | | | | | | |
  | | | | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | Miroslava Jánošíková (TCH) | E | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | Yelena Petrova (EUN) | IPO |
  | | | | | | | | | | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | Gu Hyeon-suk (KOR) | E |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final |
  | - | - |
  | Cathérine Fleury (FRA) | YUS |
  | Yael Arad (ISR) | |
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Rank | Judoka | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Cathérine Fleury | France |
  | | Yael Arad | Israel |
  | | Yelena Petrova | Unified Team |
  | | Zhang Di | China |
  | 5T | Frauke Eickhoff | Germany |
  | 5T | Gu Hyeon-suk | South Korea |
  | 7T | Xiomara Griffith | Venezuela |
  | 7T | Begoña Gómez | Spain |
  | 9T | Diane Bell | Great Britain |
  | 9T | Ileana Beltran | Cuba |
  | 9T | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
  | 9T | Miroslava Jánošíková | Czechoslovakia |
  | 13T | Nicola Morris | New Zealand |
  | 13T | Debbie Warren-Jeans | Zimbabwe |
  | 13T | Jenny Gal | Netherlands |
  | 16T | Susanne Profanter | Austria |
  | 16T | Zsuzsa Nagy | Hungary |
  | 16T | Gisela Hämmerling | Switzerland |
  | 16T | Birgit Blum | Liechtenstein |
  | 20T | Eleucadia Vargas | Dominican Republic |
  | 20T | Bogusława Olechnowicz | Poland |
  | 20T | Tânia Ishii | Brazil |
  | 20T | Lkhamaasürengiin Badamsüren | Mongolia |
  | 20T | Michelle Buckingham | Canada |
  | 20T | Laurie Pace | Malta |
  | 20T | Thant Phyu Phyu | Myanmar |
  | 20T | Felicité Makounawode | Central African Republic |
  | 20T | Lynn Roethke | United States |
  | 20T | Takako Kobayashi | Japan |
  