Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 63 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 63 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	Kaori Icho Japan (JPN)
Silver	Sara McMann United States (USA)
Bronze	Lise Legrand France (FRA)

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
Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	2	0	6	9
Stephanie Gross (GER)	1	1	4	4
Sara Eriksson (SWE)	0	2	1	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Stephanie Gross	Stavroula Zygouri	1-3 PP	1-4
Sara Eriksson	Stephanie Gross	0-3 PO	0-3
Stavroula Zygouri	Sara Eriksson	3-1 PP	5-3

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Sara McMann (USA)	2	0	5	7
Viola Yanik (CAN)	1	1	4	6
Meng Lili (CHN)	0	2	3	8

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Meng Lili	Sara McMann	0-4 TO	2:01
Viola Yanik	Meng Lili	1-3 PP	1-8
Sara McMann	Viola Yanik	1-3 PP	2-5

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Lise Legrand (FRA)	2	0	6	10
Volha Khilko (BLR)	1	1	4	5
Natalya Ivanova (TJK)	0	2	1	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Volha Khilko	Lise Legrand	1-3 PP	1-7
Natalya Ivanova	Volha Khilko	1-3 PP	1-4
Lise Legrand	Natalya Ivanova	3-0 PO	3-0

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Kaori Icho (JPN)	2	0	7	16
Alena Kartashova (RUS)	1	1	4	9
Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Lyudmyla Golovchenko	Kaori Icho	0-4 ST	0-10
Alena Kartashova	Lyudmyla Golovchenko	3-0 PO	7-0
Kaori Icho	Alena Kartashova	3-1 PP	6-2

Knock-Out round

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 23
	Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	0:50
	Sara McMann (USA)	TO
					August 23
					Sara McMann (USA)	2
					Kaori Icho (JPN)	3
					Third place
	Lise Legrand (FRA)	0		Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	2:04
	Kaori Icho (JPN)	4			Lise Legrand (FRA)	TO

	5th-8th places				5th place
	Stephanie Gross (GER)	1
	Viola Yanik (CAN)	4
					Viola Yanik (CAN)	5
					Volha Khilko (BLR)	2
	Volha Khilko (BLR)	4
	Alena Kartashova (RUS)	1

Final standings

1.  Kaori Icho (JPN)
2.  Sara McMann (USA)
3.  Lise Legrand (FRA)
4.  Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)
5.  Viola Yanik (CAN)
6.  Volha Khilko (BLR)
7.  Stephanie Gross (GER)
8.  Alena Kartashova (RUS)
9.  Meng Lili (CHN)
10.  Sara Eriksson (SWE)
11.  Natalya Ivanova (TJK)
12.  Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)

References

• Official Report