# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 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).

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 16 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 16 August 2008 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 16 August 2008 | 16:30 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Carol Huynh (CAN) | 4 | 2 | |
| Chiharu Icho (JPN) | 0 | 1 | |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 5 | 2 | | | |
| | | | Íngrid Medrano (ESA) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Íngrid Medrano (ESA) | 5 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Estera Dobre (ROU) | 1 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | Carol Huynh (CAN) | 1 | 4 |
| Carol Huynh (CAN) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Carol Huynh (CAN) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Kyla Bremner (AUS) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Chiharu Icho (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Li Xiaomei (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Chiharu Icho (JPN) | 0 | 3$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 5$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Chiharu Icho (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | | Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Zamira Rakhmanova (RUS) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 1 | 1 | Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Mayelis Caripá (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 1 | 3 | | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 2 | 8 |
| Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 0 | 2 | | Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 1 | 0 |
| Li Xiaomei (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 2 | 4$^F$ |
| Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 0 | 4 | 4$^F$ | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 0 | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Carol Huynh (CAN) |
| | Chiharu Icho (JPN) |
| | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) |
| | Iryna Merleni (UKR) |
| 5 | Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) |
| 5 | Clarissa Chun (USA) |
| 7 | Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA) |
| 8 | Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) |
| 9 | Íngrid Medrano (ESA) |
| 10 | Estera Dobre (ROU) |
| 11 | Zamira Rakhmanova (RUS) |
| 12 | Sofia Mattsson (SWE) |
| 13 | Li Xiaomei (CHN) |
| 14 | Mayelis Caripá (VEN) |
| 14 | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) |
| 16 | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL) |
| 17 | Kyla Bremner (AUS) |