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

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
01 ! Iryna Merleni  Ukraine 02 ! Chiharu Icho  Japan 03 ! Patricia Miranda  United States

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

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

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

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

	Score		CP
Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12–0	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	4–0 ST
Brigitte Wagner (GER)	0–7	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0–4 TO
Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	3–4	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

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

	Score		CP
Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	7–4	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	3–1 PP
Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	0–3	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	0–4 TO
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	12–0	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	4–0 ST

Pool 3

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

	Score		CP
Fani Psatha (GRE)	5–0	Fadhila Louati (TUN)	4–0 TO
Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–11	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	3–5	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	1–3 PP
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–3	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–4 TO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Patricia Miranda (USA)	3	3	0	10	26
Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3	2	1	7	22
Li Hui (CHN)	3	1	2	6	24
Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Patricia Miranda (USA)	8–5	Li Hui (CHN)	3–1 PP
Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	7–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3–0 PO
Patricia Miranda (USA)	7–3	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3–1 PP
Li Hui (CHN)	10–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–0 ST
Patricia Miranda (USA)	11–1	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–1 SP
Li Hui (CHN)	9–12	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Qualification 5–6					5th place match
	Brigitte Wagner (GER)		3 F
	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)		0			Brigitte Wagner (GER)		1
	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)		0			Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)		3
	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)		11

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)		12
	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)		1			Chiharu Icho (JPN)		2
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)		9			Iryna Merleni (UKR)		2
	Patricia Miranda (USA)		0
						Bronze medal match
						Angélique Berthenet (FRA)		4
						Patricia Miranda (USA)		12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
01 !	Iryna Merleni (UKR)
02 !	Chiharu Icho (JPN)
03 !	Patricia Miranda (USA)
4	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)
5	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)
6	Brigitte Wagner (GER)
7	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)
8	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
9	Li Hui (CHN)
10	Fani Psatha (GRE)
11	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)
12	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)
13	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)
14	Fadhila Louati (TUN)

References

• Official Report