The Women's Freestyle 72 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

as part of the wrestling program

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

Medalists

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

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	12
	1	1	3	5
	0	2	2	2

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Marina Gastl	Gouzel Maniourova Gouzel Maniourova Guzel Manyurova is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the 72 kg weight class.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...	1-3 PP	1-7
Anita Schätzle Anita Schätzle Anita Schätzle is a German female freestyle wrestler. She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics...	Marina Gastl	3-1 PP	4-1
Gouzel Maniourova Gouzel Maniourova Guzel Manyurova is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the 72 kg weight class.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...	Anita Schätzle Anita Schätzle Anita Schätzle is a German female freestyle wrestler. She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics...	4-0 TO	1:20

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	10
	1	1	3	5
	0	2	1	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Maria Louiza Vryoni	Svitlana Sayenko	0-4 TO	4:09
Ochirbatyn Burmaa	Maria Louiza Vryoni	1-3 PP	3-4
Svitlana Sayenko	Ochirbatyn Burmaa	3-0 PO	3-0

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	6	10
	1	1	4	7
	0	2	1	2

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Wang Xu	Katarzyna Juszczak	3-0 PO	5-0
Christine Nordhagen Christine Nordhagen Christine Nordhagen-Vierling is a former Canadian wrestler.-Wrestling Achievements:Nordhagen, who began wrestling at age 20, is a graduate of the University of Alberta...	Wang Xu	1-3 PP	2-5
Katarzyna Juszczak	Christine Nordhagen Christine Nordhagen Christine Nordhagen-Vierling is a former Canadian wrestler.-Wrestling Achievements:Nordhagen, who began wrestling at age 20, is a graduate of the University of Alberta...	1-3 PP	2-5

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	18
	1	1	5	8
	0	2	0	5

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Kyoko Hamaguchi Kyoko Hamaguchi is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympic Bronze medals in the 72 kg weight class.She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc...	Toccara Montgomery	3-1 PP	8-4
Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Hristova is a female Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a silver medal...	Kyoko Hamaguchi Kyoko Hamaguchi is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympic Bronze medals in the 72 kg weight class.She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc...	0-4 ST	0-10
Toccara Montgomery	Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Hristova is a female Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a silver medal...	4-0 TO	3:18

Knock-Out round

Final standings