Women's 78 kg at the 2018 World Judo Championships
Venue	National Gymnastics Arena
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates	25 September
Competitors	35 from 29 nations
Total prize money	57,000€[1]
Medalists
Shori Hamada (1st title)    Japan   Guusje Steenhuis    Netherlands   Marhinde Verkerk    Netherlands   Aleksandra Babintseva    Russia
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
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2018 World Judo Championships
	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
	Mixed team
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The Women's 78 kg competition at the 2018 World Judo Championships was held on 25 September 2018.^[2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Guusje Steenhuis	10
	Ma Zhenzhao	00
					Guusje Steenhuis	00
					Shori Hamada	10
	Shori Hamada	10
	Marhinde Verkerk	00

	Repechage				Third place
	Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown	10
	Madeleine Malonga	00
					Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown	00
					Marhinde Verkerk	10

	Repechage				Third place
	Klara Apotekar	00
	Aleksandra Babintseva	01
					Aleksandra Babintseva	10
					Ma Zhenzhao	01

	First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals
					Guusje Steenhuis	01
					Lee Jeong-yun	00
									Guusje Steenhuis	11
									Evelin Salánki	00
	Vanessa Chala	10
	Yahima Ramirez	00
					Vanessa Chala	00
					Evelin Salánki	10
													Guusje Steenhuis	10
													Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown	00
					Kaliema Antomarchi	00
					Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown	10
									Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown	11
									Paula Kułaga	00
					Paula Kułaga	01
					Melanie Wallis	00

	First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals
					Madeleine Malonga	10
					Anna-Maria Wagner	00
	Anna-Maria Wagner	10
	Sophie Berger	00
									Madeleine Malonga	10
									Zarina Raifova	00
					Mamadama Sylla	00
					Zarina Raifova	10
													Madeleine Malonga	00
													Ma Zhenzhao	10
					Mayra Aguiar	10
					Unelle Snyman	00
									Mayra Aguiar	00
									Ma Zhenzhao	01
					Ma Zhenzhao	10
					Diana Brenes	00

	First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals
					Natalie Powell	10
					Sarah Myriam Mazouz	00
									Natalie Powell	01
									Klara Apotekar	10
					Loriana Kuka	00
					Klara Apotekar	10
													Klara Apotekar	00
													Shori Hamada	10
					Shori Hamada	10
					Karen León	00
									Shori Hamada	10
									Bernadette Graf	01
					Bernadette Graf	01
					Beata Pacut	00
	Beata Pacut	10
	Nodira Yuldasheva	00

	First round				Second round				Quarterfinals
	Audrey Tcheuméo	10
	Bigue Ndiaye	00
					Audrey Tcheuméo	01
					Aleksandra Babintseva	11
	Alice Matějčková	00
	Aleksandra Babintseva	10
									Aleksandra Babintseva	00
									Marhinde Verkerk	11
	Marhinde Verkerk	01
	Luise Malzahn	00
					Marhinde Verkerk	10
					Patricia Sampaio	00
	Patricia Sampaio	10
	Audrey Njepang	00

The sums listed bring the total prizes awarded to 57,000€ for the individual event.^[1]

Medal	Total	Judoka	Coach
Gold	26,000€	20,800€	5,200€
Silver	15,000€	12,000€	3,000€
Bronze	8,000€	6,400€	1,600€

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