# 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg

The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 13 and 14 September 2022.
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
* R — Retired
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) | 2 |
| Dominique Parrish (USA) | 4 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Iulia Leorda (MDA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Leyla Gurbanova (AZE) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Leyla Gurbanova (AZE) | 1$^R$ | | |
| Vinesh Phogat (IND) | 0 | | | Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) | 4 | | |
| Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) | 7 | Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Zhuldyz Eshimova (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) | 2$^F$ |
| | | | | | | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 6 |
| | | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 8 | | | | |
| Tatiana Debien (FRA) | 6 | Tatiana Debien (FRA) | 0 | | | | |
| Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB) | 4 | | | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 2 | | |
| Karla Acosta (MEX) | 4$^F$ | | | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 6$^F$ | | |
| Zhong Yuhong (CHN) | 0 | Karla Acosta (MEX) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 4$^F$ | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) | 4 | | | | |
| Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 13 | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 9 | | | | |
| Oh Hyun-young (KOR) | 2 | | | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 0 | | |
| Céline Bakayoko (CIV) | 0 | | | Dominique Parrish (USA) | 10 | | |
| Mercédesz Dénes (HUN) | 6$^F$ | Mercédesz Dénes (HUN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Dominique Parrish (USA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dominique Parrish (USA) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 1 |
| | | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 10$^F$ | | | | |
| Kiều Thị Ly (VIE) | 4 | Marina Rueda (ESP) | 0 | | | | |
| Marina Rueda (ESP) | 4$^F$ | | | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 7 | | |
| Liliia Malanchuk (UKR) | 0 | | | Laura Herin (CUB) | 5 | | |
| Laura Herin (CUB) | 10 | Laura Herin (CUB) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Samantha Stewart (CAN) | 0 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Vinesh Phogat (IND) | 4$^F$ | Vinesh Phogat (IND) | WO | Vinesh Phogat (IND) | 8 |
| Zhuldyz Eshimova (KAZ) | 0 | Leyla Gurbanova (AZE) | | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 0 |
| | | Mercédesz Dénes (HUN) | 0 | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 4 |
| | | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 10 | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 14 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Dominique Parrish (USA) |
| | Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) |
| | Vinesh Phogat (IND) |
| | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) |
| 5 | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) |
| 5 | Lucía Yépez (ECU) |
| 7 | Laura Herin (CUB) |
| 8 | Mercédesz Dénes (HUN) |
| 9 | Karla Acosta (MEX) |
| 10 | Marina Rueda (ESP) |
| 11 | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) |
| 12 | Leyla Gurbanova (AZE) |
| 13 | Tatiana Debien (FRA) |
| 14 | Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB) |
| 15 | Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) |
| 16 | Oh Hyun-young (KOR) |
| 17 | Iulia Leorda (MDA) |
| 18 | Kiều Thị Ly (VIE) |
| 19 | Zhong Yuhong (CHN) |
| 20 | Céline Bakayoko (CIV) |
| 21 | Zhuldyz Eshimova (KAZ) |
| 22 | Samantha Stewart (CAN) |
| 23 | Liliia Malanchuk (UKR) |