2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Kyoko Hamaguchi   Japan   Wang Xu   China   Edyta Witkowska   Poland

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CZE	ITA	SEN
1	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	2	2	0	6	9		—	6–3	3–2
2	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	1	1	5	16		1–3 PP	—	13–2
3	Marie Nicole Diédhiou (SEN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–4 SP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	CAN	MGL
1	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0	10–0
2	Pamela Wilson (CAN)	2	1	1	4	11		0–3 PO	—	11–0
3	Tsendkhüügiin Otgontögs (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	VEN	AUS
1	Galina Ivanova (BUL)	2	2	0	8	7		—	4–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
2	Yasmily Ramos (VEN)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	9–0 Fall
3	Erina Waterreus (AUS)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	RUS	ESP
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	14		—	9–0 Fall	5–1
2	Svetlana Martinenko (RUS)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 TO	—	3–2
3	Maider Unda (ESP)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	KAZ
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	8	12		—	8–3 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	6–0 Fall
3	Gulbanu Abdullina (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GER	KOR
1	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–1	6–3
2	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Kang Min-jeong (KOR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	GRE	NOR
1	Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	4–0	6–0
2	Sofia Kampanari (GRE)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0
3	Nina Nilsen (NOR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	1
	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	7			Edyta Witkowska (POL)	0
	Galina Ivanova (BUL)	0			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	10							Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	5
	Wang Xu (CHN)	7							Wang Xu (CHN)	1
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	0			Wang Xu (CHN)	5F
					Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Edyta Witkowska (POL)	2
									Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	0