| 2008 World Wrestling Championships | |
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| Women | |
| 48 kg | |
| 51 kg | |
| 55 kg | |
| 59 kg | |
| 63 kg | |
| 67 kg | |
| 72 kg | |
The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October. [1]
| Gold | Hitomi Sakamoto  Japan |
| Silver | Maryna Markevich  Belarus |
| Bronze | Vanessa Boubryemm  France |
Yuliya Blahinya  Ukraine |
| Final | |||||
| Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN) | 5F | ||||
| Maryna Markevich (BLR) | 0 | ||||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Neha Rathi (IND) | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neha Rathi (IND) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Huang Wenjuan (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN) | 7F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Helen Maroulis (USA) | 4F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Roksana Zasina (POL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Maroulis (USA) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jessica Bondy (CAN) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN) | 5F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuliya Blahinya (UKR) | 6 | 3F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Park Hye-jung (KOR) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuliya Blahinya (UKR) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryna Markevich (BLR) | 4F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryna Markevich (BLR) | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryna Markevich (BLR) | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tseng Pei-tzu (TPE) | 0 |  Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Natalia Budu (MDA) | 7F | Natalia Budu (MDA) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 2 | 4 | Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Kyla Bremner (AUS) | 0 | 1 | Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Aguis Rivas (VEN) | 3 | 4 | Aguis Rivas (VEN) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | Aguis Rivas (VEN) | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Dilek Atakol (TUR) | 1 | 2 | Dilek Atakol (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Dinara Mirzaeva (UZB) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | |||||||||
| Jessica Bondy (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | Jessica Bondy (CAN) | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Helen Maroulis (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 1 | 0 | Yuliya Blahinya (UKR) | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Yuliya Blahinya (UKR) | 2 | 4F | Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 0 | 3 | |||||
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