# 2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg

The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | FRA | POL | PER |
| 1 | Angélique Berthenet (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Iwona Sadowska (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Flor Quispe (PER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | KOR | GER |
| 1 | Kamelia Tzekova (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | — | 8–6 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Park Ji-young (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Sigrun Dobner (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | CAN | ESP |
| 1 | Patricia Miranda (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Lyndsay Belisle (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–0 Fall |
| 3 | María del Mar Peralta (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | IND | AUS |
| 1 | Fani Psatha (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 8–5 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Kamini Yadav (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Lila Ristevska (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KGZ | TPE | KAZ |
| 1 | Alfia Zaynulina (KGZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Wang Ying-chi (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–0 |
| 3 | Zhanar Amangaliyeva (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | NOR | SWE |
| 1 | Inga Karamchakova (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 5–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Gudrun Høie (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Ida Hellström (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CHN | ITA | BRA |
| 1 | Li Hui (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | — | 13–3 | 7–2 Fall |
| 2 | Francine De Paola (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–4 SP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Susana Santos (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | VEN | TJK | ROM |
| 1 | Makiko Sakamoto (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | — | 3–0 | 6–5 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mayelis Caripá (VEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–1 | 11–3 Fall |
| 3 | Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Nicoleta Badea (ROM) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | TUR | PUR | SUI |
| 1 | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 26 | — | 11–0 | 7–0 Fall | 8–0 Fall |
| 2 | Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0–4 ST | — | 4–0 | 6–3 |
| 3 | Livanis Rivera (PUR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 TO | 0–3 PO | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Karin Wild (SUI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Angélique Berthenet (FRA) | 5$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Kamelia Tzekova (BUL) | 2 | Angélique Berthenet (FRA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Patricia Miranda (USA) | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | Patricia Miranda (USA) | 7$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Fani Psatha (GRE) | 0 | | |
| | | Fani Psatha (GRE) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Alfia Zaynulina (KGZ) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Patricia Miranda (USA) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 5 |
| | | Inga Karamchakova (RUS) | 0 | | |
| | | Li Hui (CHN) | 3$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Li Hui (CHN) | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 6 |
| | | Makiko Sakamoto (JPN) | 2 | | | Fani Psatha (GRE) | 3 |
| | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 5 | | | Li Hui (CHN) | 15$^F$ |