Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Men			Women
	55 kg			48 kg
	60 kg			55 kg
	66 kg			63 kg
	74 kg			72 kg
	84 kg
	96 kg
	120 kg
Greco-Roman
	55 kg			84 kg
	60 kg			96 kg
	66 kg			120 kg
	74 kg

The Women's Freestyle 48 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

Medalists

Gold	Irina Merleni Ukraine (UKR)
Silver	Chiharu Icho Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Patricia Miranda United States (USA)

Tournament results

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Legend

• TO — Won by Fall
• SP — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit, the loser not being classified
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Elimination pools

All matches held on August 22.

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2	0	8	19
Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1	1	3	4
Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	0	2	1	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Chiharu Icho	Lyndsay Belisle	4-0 ST	12-0
Brigitte Wagner	Chiharu Icho	0-4 TO	5:58
Lyndsay Belisle	Brigitte Wagner	1-3 PP	3-4

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	2	0	7	10
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	1	1	5	16
Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Angélique Berthenet	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal	3-1 PP	7-4
Leopoldina Ross	Angélique Berthenet	0-4 TO	1:43
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal	Leopoldina Ross	4-0 ST	12-0

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Irina Merleni (UKR)	3	0	12	31
Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	2	1	7	8
Fani Psatha (GRE)	1	2	5	8
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0	3	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Fani Psatha	Fadhila Louati	4-0 TO	4:19
Lidiya Karamchakova	Irina Merleni	0-4 ST	0-11
Fani Psatha	Lidiya Karamchakova	1-3 PP	3-5
Fadhila Louati	Irina Merleni	0-4 ST	0-10
Fani Psatha	Irina Merleni	0-4 ST	0-10
Fadhila Louati	Lidiya Karamchakova	0-4 TO	1:50

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Patricia Miranda (USA)	3	0	10	26
Larisa Oorzhak (RUS)	2	1	7	22
Li Hui (CHN)	1	2	6	24
Mayelis Caripa (VEN)	0	3	1	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Patricia Miranda	Li Hui	3-1 PP	8-5
Larisa Oorzhak	Mayelis Caripa	3-0 PO	7-0
Patricia Miranda	Larisa Oorzhak	3-1 PP	7-3
Li Hui	Mayelis Caripa	4-0 ST	10-0
Patricia Miranda	Mayelis Caripa	4-1 SP	11-1
Li Hui	Larisa Oorzhak	1-3 PP	9-12

Knock-Out round

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 23
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12
	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	1
					August 23
					Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2
					Irina Merleni (UKR)	2
					Third place
	Irina Merleni (UKR)	9		Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	4
	Patricia Miranda (USA)	0			Patricia Miranda (USA)	12

	5th-8th places				5th place
	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	TO
	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	4:10
					Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1
					Larisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3
	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0
	Larisa Oorzhak (RUS)	11

Final standings

1.  Irina Merleni (UKR)
2.  Chiharu Icho (JPN)
3.  Patricia Miranda (USA)
4.  Angélique Berthenet (FRA)
5.  Larisa Oorzhak (RUS)
6.  Brigitte Wagner (GER)
7.  Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)
8.  Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
9.  Li Hui (CHN)
10.  Psatha Fani (GRE)
11.  Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)
12.  Mayelis Caripa (VEN)
13.  Leopoldina Ross (GBS)
14.  Fadhila Louati (TUN)

References

• Official Report