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

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

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	55 kg			55 kg
	60 kg			60 kg
	66 kg			66 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	84 kg			84 kg
	96 kg			96 kg
	120 kg			120 kg
Women
	48 kg			63 kg
	55 kg			72 kg

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

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

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

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

	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	Anita Schätzle (GER)	4–0 TO

Pool 2

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

	Score		CP
Maria Vryoni (GRE)	1–7	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

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

	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

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

	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	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	4–0 TO

Knockout round

	Qualification 5–6					5th place match
	Anita Schätzle (GER)		3 F
	Maria Vryoni (GRE)		0			Anita Schätzle (GER)
	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)		8			Christine Nordhagen (CAN)		PA
	Toccara Montgomery (USA)		3

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)		11
	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