2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

2002 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg
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The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan
Silver	Wang Xu  China
Bronze	Edyta Witkowska  Poland

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CZE	ITA	SEN
1	(CZE)	2	2	0	6	9		—	6–3	3–2
2	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	1	1	5	16		1–3 PP	—	13–2
3	(SEN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–4 SP	—

Pool 2[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	CAN	MGL
1	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0	10–0
2	(CAN)	2	1	1	4	11		0–3 PO	—	11–0
3	(MGL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Pool 3[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	VEN	AUS
1	(BUL)	2	2	0	8	7		—	4–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
2	(VEN)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	9–0 Fall
3	(AUS)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 4[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	RUS	ESP
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	14		—	9–0 Fall	5–1
2	(RUS)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 TO	—	3–2
3	Maider Unda (ESP)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 5[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	KAZ
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	8	12		—	8–3 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	6–0 Fall
3	(KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 6[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GER	KOR
1	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–1	6–3
2	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	(KOR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Pool 7[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	GRE	NOR
1	(TUR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	4–0	6–0
2	(GRE)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0
3	Nina Nilsen (NOR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Knockout round[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	(CZE)		1
	Edyta Witkowska (POL)		7			Edyta Witkowska (POL)		0
	(BUL)		0			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		4
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		10								Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		5
	Wang Xu (CHN)		7								Wang Xu (CHN)		1
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)		0			Wang Xu (CHN)		5F
						(TUR)		0
											Bronze medal match
											Edyta Witkowska (POL)		2
											(TUR)		0

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