Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg

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Women's freestyle 55 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Saori Yoshida and Kazuhito Sakae at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.jpg
Saori Yoshida
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date16 August 2008
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Saori Yoshida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Xu Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Tonya Verbeek Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Jackeline Rentería Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
  2004
2012  

Women's freestyle 55 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 16 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Saori Yoshida of Japan won the gold medal, her second successive Olympic gold medal in the event after 2004. She defeated China's Xu Li in the final in two periods by fall. The bronze medals went to Canada's Tonya Verbeek, the Athens silver winner, and Colombia's Jackeline Rentería.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
16 August 200809:30Qualification rounds
16:00Repechage
16:30Finals

Results

Legend

Main bracket

1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Naidangiin Otgonjargal  (MGL)0 0  
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tonya Verbeek  (CAN)34 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tonya Verbeek  (CAN)33 
Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Ludmila Cristea  (MDA)0 33Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Ludmila Cristea  (MDA)1 0  
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Marcia Andrades  (VEN)13 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tonya Verbeek  (CAN)0 0  
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ida-Theres Nerell  (SWE)1 0  Flag of Japan.svg  Saori Yoshida  (JPN)26 
Flag of Japan.svg  Saori Yoshida  (JPN)34 Flag of Japan.svg  Saori Yoshida  (JPN)24 
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Yelena Komarova  (AZE)0 0  Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Golts  (RUS)1 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Golts  (RUS)41 Flag of Japan.svg  Saori Yoshida  (JPN)25F 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Li  (CHN)53 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Li  (CHN)0 0  
Flag of Romania.svg  Ana Maria Pavăl  (ROU)0 0  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Li  (CHN)0 22
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Olga Smirnova  (KAZ)2 34Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Olga Smirnova  (KAZ)1 0 1
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Alena Filipava  (BLR)30 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Li  (CHN)54F 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Synyshyn  (UKR)41 0 Flag of Colombia.svg  Jackeline Rentería  (COL)5 0  
Flag of the United States.svg  Marcie Van Dusen  (USA)0 17Flag of the United States.svg  Marcie Van Dusen  (USA)2 3  
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jackeline Rentería  (COL)74F Flag of Colombia.svg  Jackeline Rentería  (COL)75 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Marwa Amri  (TUN)4 0  

Repechage

Repechage round 1Bronze medals
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ida-Theres Nerell  (SWE)101Flag of Sweden.svg  Ida-Theres Nerell  (SWE)00 
Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Golts  (RUS)030Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tonya Verbeek  (CAN)11 
Flag of Romania.svg  Ana Maria Pavăl  (ROU)513Flag of Romania.svg  Ana Maria Pavăl  (ROU)1  
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Olga Smirnova  (KAZ)310Flag of Colombia.svg  Jackeline Rentería  (COL)3F  

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Saori Yoshida  (JPN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Li  (CHN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tonya Verbeek  (CAN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Colombia.svg  Jackeline Rentería  (COL)
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Ida-Theres Nerell  (SWE)
5Flag of Romania.svg  Ana Maria Pavăl  (ROU)
7Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Olga Smirnova  (KAZ)
8Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Golts  (RUS)
9Flag of the United States.svg  Marcie Van Dusen  (USA)
10Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Ludmila Cristea  (MDA)
11Flag of Venezuela.svg  Marcia Andrades  (VEN)
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Synyshyn  (UKR)
13Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Alena Filipava  (BLR)
14Flag of Tunisia.svg  Marwa Amri  (TUN)
15Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Yelena Komarova  (AZE)
16Flag of Mongolia.svg  Naidangiin Otgonjargal  (MGL)

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