2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

Women's freestyle 59 kg at the 2008 World Championships
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates	11 October 2008
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Ayako Shoda   Japan   Natalia Golts   Russia   Elvira Mursalova   Azerbaijan   Agata Pietrzyk   Poland

Main article: 2008 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October.

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
	Ayako Shoda (JPN)	3F
	Natalia Golts (RUS)	0

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	0	3
							Alla Cherkasova (UKR)	3	4
													Alla Cherkasova (UKR)	0	0
													Elvira Mursalova (AZE)	1	1
							Elvira Mursalova (AZE)	3	6
							Joice Silva (BRA)	0	0
																			Elvira Mursalova (AZE)	0
																			Ayako Shoda (JPN)	4F
							Ayako Shoda (JPN)	6F
							Nestan Kiiazova (KGZ)	0
													Ayako Shoda (JPN)	1	4
													Deanna Rix (USA)	0	0
							Alena Filipava (BLR)	0	0
							Deanna Rix (USA)	1	2

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Leyla Metin (TUR)	7F
							Gemma Silverio (PHI)	2
													Leyla Metin (TUR)	0
	Salomat Kuchimova (UZB)	0	0										Natalia Golts (RUS)	5F
	Natalia Golts (RUS)	7	3F				Natalia Golts (RUS)	3	3
	Agata Pietrzyk (POL)	6	2				Agata Pietrzyk (POL)	0	0
	Anita Sheoran (IND)	0	1																Natalia Golts (RUS)	3F
	Fabienne Wittenwiler (SUI)	0	1																Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	0
	Katie Patroch (CAN)	2	2				Katie Patroch (CAN)	1	1
	Birgit Stern (AUT)	0	1				Marianna Sastin (HUN)	1	0
	Marianna Sastin (HUN)	2	2										Katie Patroch (CAN)	2	0
	Hou Min-wen (TPE)	0	0										Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	3	1
	Mirna Henríquez (VEN)	1	2				Mirna Henríquez (VEN)	0	0
	Enkhbayaryn Tsevegmid (MGL)	1	4				Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	1	1
	Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	0	7F

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Nestan Kiiazova (KGZ)	0	0				Deanna Rix (USA)	0	0
							Deanna Rix (USA)	1	2				Elvira Mursalova (AZE)	1	1
	Salomat Kuchimova (UZB)	0					Agata Pietrzyk (POL)	6F					Agata Pietrzyk (POL)	2F
	Agata Pietrzyk (POL)	4F					Leyla Metin (TUR)	0					Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	0