Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	16 August
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Carol Huynh  Canada Chiharu Icho  Japan Mariya Stadnik  Azerbaijan Iryna Merleni  Ukraine

Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
	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

Women's freestyle 48 kg competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 16 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating 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 consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Carol Huynh (CAN)	4	2
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0	1

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)		1	1
								Alexandra Engelhardt (GER)		0	0
															Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)		5	2
															Íngrid Medrano (ESA)		0	0
								Íngrid Medrano (ESA)		5	7
								Estera Dobre (ROU)		1	7
																						Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)		0	0
																						Carol Huynh (CAN)		1	4
								Carol Huynh (CAN)		4	2
								Mariya Stadnik (AZE)		3	0
															Carol Huynh (CAN)		1	1
															Kim Hyung-joo (KOR)		0	0
								Kim Hyung-joo (KOR)		6	4
								Kyla Bremner (AUS)		0	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Chiharu Icho (JPN)		0	1	1
								Li Xiaomei (CHN)		1	0	0
															Chiharu Icho (JPN)		0	3F
															Iryna Merleni (UKR)		1	1
								Iryna Merleni (UKR)		5F
								Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)		0
																						Chiharu Icho (JPN)		1	0	1
																						Clarissa Chun (USA)		0	3	1
								Sofia Mattsson (SWE)		1	1
								Clarissa Chun (USA)		2	4
															Clarissa Chun (USA)		6	2
															Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)		1	1
								Zamira Rakhmanova (RUS)		1	2
	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)		1	1				Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)		3	3
	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)		0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medal bout
	Mariya Stadnik (AZE)		1	3			Mariya Stadnik (AZE)		2	8
	Kim Hyung-joo (KOR)		0	2			Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)		1	0
	Li Xiaomei (CHN)		1	0	0		Iryna Merleni (UKR)		2	4F
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)		0	4	4F		Clarissa Chun (USA)		0	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Carol Huynh (CAN)
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)
	Mariya Stadnik (AZE)
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)
5	Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)
5	Clarissa Chun (USA)
7	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)
8	Kim Hyung-joo (KOR)
9	Íngrid Medrano (ESA)
10	Estera Dobre (ROU)
11	Zamira Rakhmanova (RUS)
12	Sofia Mattsson (SWE)
13	Li Xiaomei (CHN)
14	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)
14	Alexandra Engelhardt (GER)
16	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
17	Kyla Bremner (AUS)

References

• "Wrestling". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
• "Competition Sheet — Women's Freestyle 48 kg". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
• Competition format
• Results Book, Page 17