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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤72 kg), Women

Date17 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationZhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

China’s defending champion, Wang Xu, was among the favorites, but injured her shoulder only three weeks before the Olympics, so she was replaced by World Junior Champion Wang Jiao. The favorite roles then fell to two-time defending World Champion, Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria, and Japan’s Kyoko Hamaguchi, a five-time World Champion and bronze medalist in this class at Athina. Wang Jiao and Hamaguchi met in the semi-finals, with Wang winning easily in two periods. She advanced to the final against Zlateva, where Wang won by a fall with only one second left in the first period. Hamaguchi came through the bronze medal tournament to earn a second Olympic bronze. Hamaguchi was trained by her father, Animal Hamaguchi, a professional wrestler in Japan.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
18Wang JiaoCHNGold
210Stanka ZlatevaBULSilver
=34Kyoko HamaguchiJPNBronze
=313Agnieszka WieszczekPOLBronze
=55Ali BernardUSA
=512Maider UndaESP
715Anita SchätzleGER
82Rosângela ConceiçãoBRA
97Jenny FranssonSWE
109Ohenewa AkuffoCAN
113Yelena PerepelkinaRUS
1211Oksana VashchukUKR
131Olga ZhanibekovaKAZ
1416Audrey Prieto-BokhashviliFRA
156Amarachi ObiajunwaNGR
1614Laure AliCMR

Round One

Date17 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRosângela ConceiçãoBRADecisionOlga ZhanibekovaKAZ
Match #217 AugKyoko HamaguchiJPNDecisionYelena PerepelkinaRUS
Match #317 AugAli BernardUSAFallAmarachi ObiajunwaNGR
Match #417 AugWang JiaoCHNDecisionJenny FranssonSWE
Match #517 AugStanka ZlatevaBULFallOhenewa AkuffoCAN
Match #617 AugMaider UndaESPDecisionOksana VashchukUKR
Match #717 AugAgnieszka WieszczekPOLShutout decisionLaure AliCMR
Match #817 AugAnita SchätzleGERFallAudrey Prieto-BokhashviliFRA

Quarter-Finals

Date17 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugKyoko HamaguchiJPNFallRosângela ConceiçãoBRA
Match #217 AugWang JiaoCHNDecisionAli BernardUSA
Match #317 AugStanka ZlatevaBULDecisionMaider UndaESP
Match #417 AugAgnieszka WieszczekPOLDecisionAnita SchätzleGER

Semi-Finals

Date17 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugWang JiaoCHNFallKyoko HamaguchiJPN
Match #217 AugStanka ZlatevaBULShutout decisionAgnieszka WieszczekPOL

Repêchage Round One

Date17 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to repêchage final.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugAli BernardUSADecisionJenny FranssonSWE
Match #217 AugMaider UndaESPDecisionOhenewa AkuffoCAN

Repêchage Final

Date17 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugKyoko HamaguchiJPNDecisionAli BernardUSA
Match #217 AugAgnieszka WieszczekPOLDecisionMaider UndaESP

Final

Date17 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/217 AugWang JiaoCHNFallStanka ZlatevaBUL