Judo at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 78 kg
# Judo at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 78 kg

The women's 78 kilograms (Half heavyweight) competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 10 December 1998 at the Thammasat Gymnasium 1.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 10 December 1998 | 14:00 | Round 1 |
| Thursday, 10 December 1998 | 14:00 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday, 10 December 1998 | 14:00 | Repechage |
| Thursday, 10 December 1998 | 14:00 | Semifinals |
| Thursday, 10 December 1998 | 14:00 | Finals |

## Results

### Legend

* DEC — Won by decision
* IPP — Won by ippon
* KOK — Won by koka
* WAZ — Won by waza-ari
* WO — Won by walkover
* YUK — Won by yuko

### Main bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tang Lin (CHN) | IPP | | | | | | |
| Kanjana Mekhanon (THA) | | Tang Lin (CHN) | DEC | | | | |
| | | Noriko Anno (JPN) | | | | | |
| | | | | Tang Lin (CHN) | KOK | | |
| | | | | Sambuugiin Dashdulam (MGL) | | | |
| | | Sambuugiin Dashdulam (MGL) | DEC | | | | |
| | | Kang Min-jeong (KOR) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tang Lin (CHN) | IPP |
| | | | | | | Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) | |
| | | Louize Bourached (LIB) | | | | | |
| | | Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) | WO | | | | |
| | | | | Varvara Massyagina (KAZ) | KOK | | |
| | | | | Yeh Wen-hua (TPE) | | | |
| | | Olga Znamenskaýa (TKM) | | | | | |
| | | Yeh Wen-hua (TPE) | WAZ | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage 1 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjana Mekhanon (THA) | | | | | |
| Noriko Anno (JPN) | IPP | Noriko Anno (JPN) | | Kang Min-jeong (KOR) | IPP |
| | | Kang Min-jeong (KOR) | WAZ | Yeh Wen-hua (TPE) | |
| | | Louize Bourached (LIB) | | Olga Znamenskaýa (TKM) | |
| | | Olga Znamenskaýa (TKM) | WO | Sambuugiin Dashdulam (MGL) | YUK |
