The women's 63 kg (also known as light-middleweight) tournament in the judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 11 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

A total of 25 women competed in this event, limited to jūdōka with a body weight of less than 63 kilograms.

This event was the median of the women's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass.

The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match.

The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.