2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg

The women's freestyle 55 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]

Women's freestyle 55 kg
at the 2008 World Championships
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates13 October 2008
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Canada
bronze medal    United States
← 2007
2009 →

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Results edit

Legend
  • F — Won by fall
  • R — Retired

Final edit

Final
  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 1 5  
  Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 0 0R  

Top half edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL) 4F    
  Nicky Mobunga (COD) 0    
  Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL) 1 1 0
  Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) 0 1 1
  Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) 1 1  
  Sun Dongmei (CHN) 0 0  
  Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) 0    
  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 4F    
  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 6F    
  Kamlesh Devi (IND) 0    
  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 2F    
  Anna Zwirydowska (POL) 0    
  Anna Zwirydowska (POL) 2 2  
  Valentina Minguzzi (ITA) 0 0  

Bottom half edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Tatsiana Hryhoryeva (BLR) 3F    
  Lee Chiu-ping (TPE) 0 2     Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) 0    
  Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) 1 2     Tatsiana Hryhoryeva (BLR) 2    
  Nadya Gradyuk (AZE) 4       Tatiana Suarez (USA) 5F    
  Enid Rivera (PUR) 3F       Enid Rivera (PUR) 0 0  
  Tatiana Suarez (USA) 4 1     Tatiana Suarez (USA) 1 7F  
  Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE) 1 0     Tatiana Suarez (USA) 1 1  
  Trần Thị Hạnh (VIE) 0 0     Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 2 3  
  Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) 6 7     Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) 8F    
  Ainur Artikbaeva (UZB) 3 3F     Ainur Artikbaeva (UZB) 2    
  Jacira Mendonca (GBS) 6 1     Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) 2 0 0
  Miruyert Dynbayeva (KAZ) 1 0     Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 0 1 1
  Natalia Smirnova (RUS) 8 7     Natalia Smirnova (RUS) 1 0  
  Nurzat Shailobaeva (KGZ) 0       Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 7 3  
  Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) 6F    

Repechage edit

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
  Kamlesh Devi (IND)22   Anna Zwirydowska (POL)13 
  Anna Zwirydowska (POL)43   Brittanee Laverdure (CAN)00 
  Nurzat Shailobaeva (KGZ)4    Natalia Smirnova (RUS)10   Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)220
  Natalia Smirnova (RUS)6F    Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)23   Tatiana Suarez (USA)032F
  • Anna Zwirydowska of Poland originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after she tested positive for doping. Brittanee Laverdure was raised to third and took the bronze medal.

References edit

  1. ^ "Results From Women's World C'ships - 55kg and 72kg". Japan Wrestling. Retrieved 6 April 2020.