Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 9 August at ExCeL London.

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	9 August 2012
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Natalia Vorobieva  Russia Stanka Zlateva  Bulgaria Guzel Manyurova  Kazakhstan Maider Unda  Spain

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, which culminates in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that round; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
9 August 2012	13:00	Qualification rounds
	17:45	Repechage
	18:45	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	0	3F
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	0

Top half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							Svetlana Saenko (MDA)	0	1	1
							Cynthia Vescan (FRA)	1	0	0
													Svetlana Saenko (MDA)	0	0
													Wang Jiao (CHN)	1	4F
							Wang Jiao (CHN)	4F
							Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR)	0
																			Wang Jiao (CHN)	0
																			Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	3F
							Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	5	1	4
							Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	1	1	0
													Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	3
													Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	4F
							Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)	0	0
							Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	1	2

Bottom half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							Leah Callahan (CAN)	0	0
							Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	3	5
													Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	1	2	0
													Maider Unda (ESP)	1	1	1
							Ana Talía Betancur (COL)	0	0
							Maider Unda (ESP)	2	3
																			Maider Unda (ESP)	0	0
																			Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	2
							Annabelle Ali (CMR)	4F
							Josiane Soloniaina (MAD)	0
													Annabelle Ali (CMR)	3	0
	Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	0	0										Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	2
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	1				Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	1
	Ali Bernard (USA)	0	1				Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	0
	Jenny Fransson (SWE)	3	3

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)	0	1				Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	1	4	1
							Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	1	2				Wang Jiao (CHN)	1	1	0
	Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	2	0	2			Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	2	1				Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	0	0
	Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	1	0			Annabelle Ali (CMR)	0	0				Maider Unda (ESP)	1	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
	Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)
	Maider Unda (ESP)
5	Wang Jiao (CHN)
5	Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)
7	Annabelle Ali (CMR)
8	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)
9	Jenny Fransson (SWE)
10	Svetlana Saenko (MDA)
11	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
12	Cynthia Vescan (FRA)
13	Ali Bernard (USA)
13	Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)
15	Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR)
15	Josiane Soloniaina (MAD)
17	Ana Talía Betancur (COL)
18	Leah Callahan (CAN)

References

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