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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤63 kilograms), Women

Date17 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationZhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants17 from 17 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

Japan’s Kaori Icho was the overwhelming favorite, having won this title in 2004 and the last five World Championships. She won her first two matches by falls but then met Canada’s Martine Dugrenier in the semi-finals and was fortunate to win. The two wrestlers split the first two periods, and tied in the third period, 1-1, but Icho advanced because she had scored the last point. This advanced Icho to the final against Russian Alyona Kartashova, who was the current European Champion. Icho defended her gold medal easily, winning both the first two periods without giving up a point.

Icho would return in 2012 and win her third consecutive gold medal at London. She also would win World Championships in 2010-11 and 2013-14, and through 2014 had won over 150 consecutive matches. Her sister, Chiharu, won Olympic silver medals as a flyweight in 2004 and 2008.

PosWrestlerNOC
1Kaori IchoJPNGold
2Alyona KartashovaRUSSilver
=3Yelena ShalyginaKAZBronze
=3Randi MillerUSABronze
=5Lise LegrandFRA
=5Martine DugrenierCAN
7Elina VasevaBUL
8Monika MichalikPOL
9Xu HaiyanCHN
10Badrakhyn OdonchimegMGL
11Yuliya OstapchukUKR
12Volha KhilkoBLR
=13Haiat FaragEGY
=13Teresa MéndezESP
15Marianna SastinHUN
16Olesya ZamulaAZE
17Maria DunnGUM

Round One (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Maria DunnGUM
Match #2 Elina VasevaBUL
Match #3 Yelena ShalyginaKAZ
Match #4 Alyona KartashovaRUS
Match #5 Volha KhilkoBLR
Match #6 Monika MichalikPOL
Match #7 Teresa MéndezESP
Match #8 Lise LegrandFRA
Match #9 Marianna SastinHUN
Match #10 Martine DugrenierCAN
Match #11 Xu HaiyanCHN
Match #12 Badrakhyn OdonchimegMGL
Match #13 Kaori IchoJPN
Match #14 Olesya ZamulaAZE
Match #15 Yuliya OstapchukUKR
Match #16 Randi MillerUSA Haiat FaragEGY

Round Two (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Elina VasevaBUL Maria DunnGUM
Match #2 Alyona KartashovaRUS Yelena ShalyginaKAZ
Match #3 Monika MichalikPOL Volha KhilkoBLR
Match #4 Lise LegrandFRA Teresa MéndezESP
Match #5 Martine DugrenierCAN Marianna SastinHUN
Match #6 Xu HaiyanCHN Badrakhyn OdonchimegMGL
Match #7 Kaori IchoJPN Olesya ZamulaAZE
Match #8 Randi MillerUSA Yuliya OstapchukUKR

Quarter-finals (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Alyona KartashovaRUS Elina VasevaBUL
Match #2 Lise LegrandFRA Monika MichalikPOL
Match #3 Martine DugrenierCAN Xu HaiyanCHN
Match #4 Kaori IchoJPN Randi MillerUSA

Semi-finals (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Alyona KartashovaRUS Lise LegrandFRA
Match #2 Kaori IchoJPN Martine DugrenierCAN

Repêchage Round One (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Yelena ShalyginaKAZ
Match #2 Olesya ZamulaAZE

Repêchage Round Two (17 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Yelena ShalyginaKAZ Elina VasevaBUL
Match #2 Randi MillerUSA Olesya ZamulaAZE

Repêchage Final (17 August 2008)

Match #1 Yelena ShalyginaKAZ Lise LegrandFRA
Match #2 Randi MillerUSA Martine DugrenierCAN

Final (17 August 2008)

Match 1/2 Kaori IchoJPN Alyona KartashovaRUS