Women's 78 kg at the 2010 World Judo Championships
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Date	9 September 2010
Competitors	32 from 22 nations
Medalists
Kayla Harrison (1st title)    United States   Mayra Aguiar    Brazil   Akari Ogata    Japan   Yang Xiuli    China
Competition at external databases
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2010 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
	Open	Open
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The Women's 78 kg competition at the 2010 World Judo Championships was held at 9 September at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Thirty-two competitors contested for the medals, being split in four pools where the winner advanced to the medal round.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Céline Lebrun		003
	Marhinde Verkerk		000			Céline Lebrun		101
	Stephanie Grant		000			Catherine Jacques		001
	Catherine Jacques		110								Céline Lebrun		000
	Kayla Harrison		003								Kayla Harrison		001
	Luise Malzahn		000			Kayla Harrison		100
	Ana Velensek		100			Ana Velensek		000
	Scarlett Woolcock		000

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Akari Ogata		101
	Zhang Zhehui		000			Akari Ogata		100
	Ruth Dugaduga		000			Catherine Roberge		000
	Catherine Roberge		100								Akari Ogata		000
	Maryna Pryshchepa		101								Maryna Pryshchepa		020
	Flora Mkhitaryan		000			Maryna Pryshchepa		100
	Park Jong-Won		101			Park Jong-Won		000
	Nadjeda Gena		000

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Heide Wollert		102
	Audrey Tcheumeo		010			Heide Wollert		001
	Lkhamdegd Purevjargal		000			Abigel Joo		000
	Abigel Joo		100								Heide Wollert		021
	Tomomi Okamura		001								Vera Moskalyuk		010
	Vera Moskalyuk		100			Vera Moskalyuk		110
	Anastasiia Matrosova		101			Anastasiia Matrosova		000
	Gemma Gibbons		000

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Yang Xiuli		101
	Amy Cotton		000			Yang Xiuli		020
	Daria Pogorzelec		001			Yahima Ramirez		000
	Yahima Ramirez		011								Yang Xiuli		000
	Jeong Gyeong-Mi		001								Mayra Aguiar		100
	Mayra Aguiar		002			Mayra Aguiar		100
	Yalennis Castillo		101			Yalennis Castillo		000
	Suzanne Rizek		000

	Repechage					Third place
	Celine Lebrun		001
	Akari Ogata		100			Akari Ogata		110
						Heide Wollert		000

	Repechage					Third place
	Vera Moskalyuk		000
	Yang Xiuli		020			Yang Xiuli		100
						Maryna Pryshchepa		000

	Semi-finals				Final
	Kayla Harrison	102
	Maryna Pryshchepa	000
					Kayla Harrison	001
					Mayra Aguiar	000
	Heide Wollert	000
	Mayra Aguiar	100

• Results

• 2010 World Judo Championships – women's 78 kg at the International Judo Federation
• 2010 World Judo Championships – women's 78 kg at JudoInside.com
• Official Site Archived 10 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine