This is the seventh appearance of the women's 57kg event.
Anastasija Zolotic failed to qualify, and Tatiana Minina failed to qualify because the IOC did not claim her neutral. Instead, Dominika Hronová took her spot and lost to the eventual bronze medalist Skylar Park. One of the bronze medalists Lo Chia-ling lost to Laetitia Aoun, and Hatice Kübra İlgün lost to eventual champion Kim Yu-jin. Later, Ilgün advanced to repechages losing to Skylar Park.