# 2024 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms was a competition featured at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 29 and 30 October 2024.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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 consists of a single round within a six-minute limit, including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 6 |
| Ami Ishii (JPN) | 8 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 10$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Emilia Creciun (MDA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 6 | | |
| Thamires Machado (BRA) | 1 | | | Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) | 3 | | |
| Vusala Parfianovich (AIN) | 3 | Vusala Parfianovich (AIN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 8 |
| | | | | | | Zorigtyn Bolortungalag (MGL) | 6 |
| | | Noémi Szabados (HUN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Anastasiya Zimiankova (AIN) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Noémi Szabados (HUN) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Zorigtyn Bolortungalag (MGL) | 6$^F$ | | |
| | | Tindra Sjöberg (SWE) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Zorigtyn Bolortungalag (MGL) | 2$^F$ | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Alexandra Anghel (ROU) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Ami Ishii (JPN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Ami Ishii (JPN) | 6$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR) | 1 | | |
| | | Bipasha Dahiya (IND) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ami Ishii (JPN) | 12 |
| | | | | | | Kylie Welker (USA) | 1 |
| | | Pauline Lecarpentier (FRA) | 0 | | | | |
| Kylie Welker (USA) | 10 | Kylie Welker (USA) | 4 | | | | |
| Aleah Nickel (CAN) | 0 | | | Kylie Welker (USA) | 7$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Jiang Qian (CHN) | 2 | | |
| | | Nazar Batır (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Jiang Qian (CHN) | 4$^F$ | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Emilia Creciun (MDA) | 0 | Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) | 2 |
| Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) | 8$^F$ | Zorigtyn Bolortungalag (MGL) | 0 |
| Alexandra Anghel (ROU) | 4 | Alexandra Anghel (ROU) | 2 |
| Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR) | 4 | Kylie Welker (USA) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ami Ishii (JPN) |
| | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) |
| | Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) |
| | Kylie Welker (USA) |
| 5 | Zorigtyn Bolortungalag (MGL) |
| 5 | Alexandra Anghel (ROU) |
| 7 | Jiang Qian (CHN) |
| 8 | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR) |
| 9 | Vusala Parfianovich (AIN) |
| 10 | Noémi Szabados (HUN) |
| 11 | Bipasha Dahiya (IND) |
| 12 | Anastasiya Zimiankova (AIN) |
| 13 | Thamires Machado (BRA) |
| 14 | Tindra Sjöberg (SWE) |
| 15 | Pauline Lecarpentier (FRA) |
| 16 | Nazar Batır (TUR) |
| 17 | Aleah Nickel (CAN) |
| 18 | Emilia Creciun (MDA) |