The Girls' 52 kg tournament in Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on August 18 at the Longjiang Gymnasium.
This event was the second-lightest of the girls' judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 52 kilograms of body mass.
The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold-medal match.
There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals.
Each judoka who had lost before the finals competed in the repechage with the two finalists getting bronze medals.