2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

2008 World Wrestling Championships
	Women
	48 kg
	51 kg
	55 kg
	59 kg
	63 kg
	67 kg
	72 kg
v

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 13 October.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Stanka Zlateva  Bulgaria
Silver	China
Bronze	Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan
	Ohenewa Akuffo  Canada

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired

Main bracket[]

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)		0	2	0
	Marina Gastl (AUT)		0					(CHN)		6	0	1
	(CHN)		6F												(CHN)		4	1
	Maria Vryoni (GRE)		0	1											Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		1	1
	(BLR)		1	1				(BLR)		0	1
	Stephany Lee (USA)		1	0				Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		1	2
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		0	3F																		(CHN)		1	0
	(RUS)		1	2																		Stanka Zlateva (BUL)		2	4
	Annabelle Ali (CMR)		0	0				(RUS)		6
	(IND)		0					Jaramit Weffer (VEN)		0R
	Jaramit Weffer (VEN)		4F												(RUS)		0	0
	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)		3	1											Stanka Zlateva (BUL)		1	2
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)		0	0				Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)		0	0
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)		4	5F				Stanka Zlateva (BUL)		1	1
	(ROU)		2	0

Repechage[]

	Repechage round 1						Bronze medals
	Marina Gastl (AUT)		0	0			Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)		1	0	0
	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)		2	3			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		0	1	1
	(ROU)		0	0			Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)		1	1
	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)		7	1			(RUS)		0	0

References[]