1997 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was at the Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall held in Clermont-Ferrand, France from 10 to 12 July 1997.[1]

Women's freestyle 51 kg
at the 1997 World Championships
VenueClermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
Dates10–12 July 1997
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
← 1996
1998 →

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Score
Round of 16
  Lyn Maher (AUS) 3–8   Natalya Nikitenko (UKR)
  Huang Chiu-yueh (TPE) 2–4   Joanna Piasecka (POL)
  Claudia Porroni (ITA) 0–8 Fall   Miho Adachi (JPN)
  Shannon Williams (USA) 3–1   Tanja Sauter (GER)
  Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE) 1–11   Angélique Hidalgo (FRA)
  Elena Egoshina (RUS) 9–0   Liu Hongmei (CHN)
  Erica Sharp (CAN) 4–1   Ida Hellström (SWE)

Round 2 edit

Score
Quarterfinals
  Natalya Nikitenko (UKR) 0–7 Fall   Joanna Piasecka (POL)
  Miho Adachi (JPN) 1–2   Shannon Williams (USA)
  Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) 2–4   Elena Egoshina (RUS)
  Erica Sharp (CAN) Bye
Repechage
  Lyn Maher (AUS) 1–4   Huang Chiu-yueh (TPE)
  Claudia Porroni (ITA) 0–4 Fall   Tanja Sauter (GER)
  Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE) 1–10 Fall   Liu Hongmei (CHN)
  Ida Hellström (SWE) Bye

Round 3 edit

Score
Semifinals
  Erica Sharp (CAN) 5–10   Joanna Piasecka (POL)
  Shannon Williams (USA) 2–0   Elena Egoshina (RUS)
Repechage
  Ida Hellström (SWE) 4–1   Huang Chiu-yueh (TPE)
  Tanja Sauter (GER) 7–0 Fall   Liu Hongmei (CHN)
  Natalya Nikitenko (UKR) 0–7   Miho Adachi (JPN)
  Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) Bye

Round 4 edit

Score
Repechage
  Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) 4–3   Ida Hellström (SWE)
  Tanja Sauter (GER) 0–8 Fall   Miho Adachi (JPN)

Round 5 edit

Score
Repechage
  Erica Sharp (CAN) 2–10   Angélique Hidalgo (FRA)
  Miho Adachi (JPN) 7–0   Elena Egoshina (RUS)

Finals edit

Score
5th place match
  Erica Sharp (CAN) 1–1   Elena Egoshina (RUS)
Bronze medal match
  Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) 0–6 Fall   Miho Adachi (JPN)
Final
  Joanna Piasecka (POL) 8–3   Shannon Williams (USA)

References edit

  1. ^ "Complete results from Women's World Wrestling Championships, July 10–12". themat.com. 14 July 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links edit