2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Dates	12–14 September 2003
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Kyoko Hamaguchi    Japan   Toccara Montgomery    United States   Wang Xu    China
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2003 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg
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The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.^[1]

Results[edit]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool 1[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AUT	ITA	GRE
1	Marina Gastl (AUT)	2	2	0	7	14		—	11–0	3–1
2	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 ST	—	3–0
3	Aikaterini Siavou (GRE)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—

Pool 2[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	TUR	SEN
1	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	2	0	7	14		—	7–0	7–0 Fall
2	Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	2	1	1	4	4		0–3 PO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Marie Nicole Diédhiou (SEN)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 3[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	VEN	CZE
1	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	2	0	7	13		—	4–0 Fall	9–3
2	Yasmily Ramos (VEN)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 TO	—	3–2
3	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 4[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CHN	CAN	BRA
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	7	15		—	5–1	10–0
2	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	7–0
3	Aline Ferreira (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—

Pool 5[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	UKR	IND
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	12		—	3–0	9–1 Fall
2	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	1	1	4	10		0–3 PO	—	10–0
3	Sonika Kaliraman (IND)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Pool 6[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	RUS	KOR	AUS
1	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	3	3	0	11	19		—	5–1 Fall	3–0	11–0 Fall
2	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	3	2	1	7	20		0–4 TO	—	11–9	8–0 Fall
3	Kang Min-jeong (KOR)	3	1	2	5	18		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—	9–0 Fall
4	Phillipa Katonivualiku (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 7[edit]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	KAZ	FRA	KGZ
1	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	3	0	12	13		—	11–1 Fall	2–0 Fall	WO
2	Svetlana Yaroshevich (KAZ)	3	2	1	8	19		0–4 TO	—	12–0	6–0 Fall
3	Fanny Gai (FRA)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—	6–5
4	Yana Panova (KGZ)	3	0	3	1	5		0–4 PA	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Knockout round[edit]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Marina Gastl (AUT)	0
	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	8F			Toccara Montgomery (USA)	7F
	Anita Schätzle (GER)	1			Wang Xu (CHN)	1
	Wang Xu (CHN)	5							Toccara Montgomery (USA)	1
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4							Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	0			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
					Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2
									Bronze medal match
									Wang Xu (CHN)	6F
									Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1

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