# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kg is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 20 and 21 September 2023.
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.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) | 2 |
| Amit Elor (USA) | 8 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 12$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Fanni Nađ (SRB) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 7 | | |
| Kseniia Burakova (AIN) | 2 | | | Kseniia Burakova (AIN) | 1 | | |
| Jyoti Berwal (UWW) | 2 | Kseniia Burakova (AIN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Ilana Kratysh (ISR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) | 6 |
| | | Shauna Kuebeck (CAN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Sofia Georgieva (BUL) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Sofia Georgieva (BUL) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) | 9 | | |
| | | Natalia Strzałka (POL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) | 8 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Dalma Caneva (ITA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Manola Skobelska (UKR) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Manola Skobelska (UKR) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Kendra Dacher (FRA) | 9 | | |
| | | Patricia El-Nour (SUD) | | | | | |
| | | Kendra Dacher (FRA) | WO | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kendra Dacher (FRA) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Amit Elor (USA) | 12 |
| | | Qiandegenchagan (CHN) | 2 | | | | |
| Miwa Morikawa (JPN) | 3 | Miwa Morikawa (JPN) | 5 | | | | |
| Nurzat Nurtaeva (KGZ) | 0 | | | Miwa Morikawa (JPN) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Amit Elor (USA) | 6 | | |
| | | Nesrin Baş (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Amit Elor (USA) | 7 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Natalia Strzałka (POL) | 6 | Natalia Strzałka (POL) | 1 |
| Sofia Georgieva (BUL) | 1 | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) | 4 |
| Nesrin Baş (TUR) | 0 | Miwa Morikawa (JPN) | 4 |
| Miwa Morikawa (JPN) | 6 | Kendra Dacher (FRA) | 2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Amit Elor (USA) |
| | Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) |
| | Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) |
| | Miwa Morikawa (JPN) |
| 5 | Natalia Strzałka (POL) |
| 5 | Kendra Dacher (FRA) |
| 7 | Kseniia Burakova (AIN) |
| 8 | Manola Skobelska (UKR) |
| 9 | Sofia Georgieva (BUL) |
| 10 | Jyoti Berwal (UWW) |
| 11 | Qiandegenchagan (CHN) |
| 12 | Ilana Kratysh (ISR) |
| 13 | Nurzat Nurtaeva (KGZ) |
| 14 | Shauna Kuebeck (CAN) |
| 15 | Dalma Caneva (ITA) |
| 16 | Fanni Nađ (SRB) |
| 17 | Nesrin Baş (TUR) |
| — | Patricia El-Nour (SUD) |