Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Wang Xu  China Guzel Manyurova  Russia Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
22 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	17:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
23 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	2	2	0	7	12
2	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Marina Gastl (AUT)	2	0	2	2	2

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Marina Gastl (AUT)	1–7	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	1–3 PP
Anita Schätzle (GER)	4–1	Marina Gastl (AUT)	3–1 PP
Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	5–1 Fall	Anita Schätzle (GER)	4–0 TO

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2	0	7	10
2	Maria Vryoni (GRE)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	2	0	2	1	3

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Maria Vryoni (GRE)	1–7 Fall	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	0–4 TO
Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	3–4	Maria Vryoni (GRE)	1–3 PP
Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	3–0	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	6	10
2	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	2	1	1	4	7
3	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Wang Xu (CHN)	5–0	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	3–0 PO
Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	2–5	Wang Xu (CHN)	1–3 PP
Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2–5	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	18
2	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	1	1	5	8
3	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	0	2	0	5

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	8–4	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	3–1 PP
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	0–10	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	0–4 ST
Toccara Montgomery (USA)	4–5 Fall	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	4–0 TO

Classification 5–8

	Qualification 5–6					Classification 5–6
	Anita Schätzle (GER)		3^F
	Maria Vryoni (GRE)		0			Anita Schätzle (GER)
	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)		8			Christine Nordhagen (CAN)		WO
	Toccara Montgomery (USA)		3

Final round

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)		11^F
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)		0			Guzel Manyurova (RUS)		2
	Wang Xu (CHN)		6			Wang Xu (CHN)		7
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		4
						Bronze medal match
						Svetlana Saenko (UKR)		0
						Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)		4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Wang Xu (CHN)
	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
4	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)
5	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)
6	Anita Schätzle (GER)
7	Toccara Montgomery (USA)
8	Maria Vryoni (GRE)
9	Marina Gastl (AUT)
10	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)
11	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)
12	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)

References

• Official Report