2005 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	28 September 2005
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Ren Xuecheng   China   Iryna Merleni   Ukraine   Carol Huynh   Canada   Makiko Sakamoto   Japan

Main article: 2005 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 28 September 2005.

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	2	1
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	2F

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Carol Huynh (CAN)	2	8F
							Shumel Khan (IND)	0	0
													Carol Huynh (CAN)	1	1	1
													Iryna Merleni (UKR)	1	5	2
							Iryna Merleni (UKR)	4F
							Sarianne Savola (FIN)	0
																			Iryna Merleni (UKR)	3F
																			Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	0
							Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0	4	5
							Olena Bondarenko (NZL)	1	0	0
													Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0	0
	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	3										Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	1	4
	Kawtar Othmani (MAR)	0	0				Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4	3
	Andrea Vadász-Ember (HUN)	0	0				Zhuldyz Eshimova (KGZ)	4	2
	Zhuldyz Eshimova (KGZ)	4	7

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Jenny Wong (USA)	2	2	3
	Dashdavaagiin Baasanjargal (MGL)	3	0	0			Jenny Wong (USA)	2	0	6
	Sunisa Klahan (THA)	0					Francine De Paola (ITA)	0	2	1
	Francine De Paola (ITA)	6F											Jenny Wong (USA)	0	2
	Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	2	1	5									Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	6	6
	Anne-Catherine Deluntsch (FRA)	1	1	0			Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	2	4F
	Sigrun Dobner (GER)	6	6				Sigrun Dobner (GER)	0	0
	Fernanda Peres (BRA)	0	0																Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	1	1
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	6																Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	5
	Fani Psatha (GRE)	0	0				Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	7	7
	Park Bo-ra (KOR)	1	2				Park Bo-ra (KOR)	0	0
	Bekzat Mustafina (KAZ)	0	0										Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	2	4
	Cristina Croitoru (ROM)	8	0	1									Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	0	0
	Iwona Sadowska (POL)	2	1	3			Iwona Sadowska (POL)	0	0
	Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	6	2				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	3	1
	Filiz Çıkrıkçı (TUR)	0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Sarianne Savola (FIN)	0	0				Carol Huynh (CAN)	1	0	1
							Carol Huynh (CAN)	4	1				Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	0	1	0
	Fani Psatha (GRE)	4	1				Fani Psatha (GRE)	0	0				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	1	0	0
	Park Bo-ra (KOR)	0	0				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	4	4				Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	0	1	7