Teleshikova grows desperate and shows frightful power as well trying for a comeback against Fujiko, earning a waza ari. Jigoro reveals that he is never taught Fujiko evasive maneuvers, saying that is not his judo, so Fujiko is on her own as in the previous contest. Although she tries her best with her Swan Lake move, she is unable to overcome Teleshikova's uranage backflip and loses, and the whole stadium cheers her. She still has a chance in the third-place medal contest, against South Korea's beefy Kim Gyeong Suk, but she loses quickly, dashing her hopes of providing a lift to Yawara before her finals match against Khrushchev.
準決勝でテレシコワと対戦することになった富士子は、柔と戦えずに気落ちしているテレシコワに得意の内股を駆使してポイントをリードする。だが、相手の裏投げと自分の大内刈りが同時にかかってしまい…。