2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Dates	12–14 September 2003
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Kyoko Hamaguchi   Japan   Toccara Montgomery   United States   Wang Xu   China

Main article: 2003 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AUT	ITA	GRE
1	Marina Gastl (AUT)	2	2	0	7	14		—	11–0	3–1
2	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 ST	—	3–0
3	Aikaterini Siavou (GRE)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	TUR	SEN
1	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	2	0	7	14		—	7–0	7–0 Fall
2	Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	2	1	1	4	4		0–3 PO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Marie Nicole Diédhiou (SEN)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	VEN	CZE
1	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	2	0	7	13		—	4–0 Fall	9–3
2	Yasmily Ramos (VEN)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 TO	—	3–2
3	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CHN	CAN	BRA
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	7	15		—	5–1	10–0
2	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	7–0
3	Aline Ferreira (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	UKR	IND
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	12		—	3–0	9–1 Fall
2	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	1	1	4	10		0–3 PO	—	10–0
3	Sonika Kaliraman (IND)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	RUS	KOR	AUS
1	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	3	3	0	11	19		—	5–1 Fall	3–0	11–0 Fall
2	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	3	2	1	7	20		0–4 TO	—	11–9	8–0 Fall
3	Kang Min-jeong (KOR)	3	1	2	5	18		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—	9–0 Fall
4	Phillipa Katonivualiku (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	KAZ	FRA	KGZ
1	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	3	0	12	13		—	11–1 Fall	2–0 Fall	WO
2	Svetlana Yaroshevich (KAZ)	3	2	1	8	19		0–4 TO	—	12–0	6–0 Fall
3	Fanny Gai (FRA)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—	6–5
4	Yana Panova (KGZ)	3	0	3	1	5		0–4 PA	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Marina Gastl (AUT)	0
	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	8F			Toccara Montgomery (USA)	7F
	Anita Schätzle (GER)	1			Wang Xu (CHN)	1
	Wang Xu (CHN)	5							Toccara Montgomery (USA)	1
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4							Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	0			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
					Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2
									Bronze medal match
									Wang Xu (CHN)	6F
									Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1