# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 17 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).
Wang Jiao of China won the gold medal. She defeated Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva in the final in three periods 0–1, 0–3, 0–4.
The bronze medals went to Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi and Poland's Agnieszka Wieszczek.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 17 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 17 August 2008 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 17 August 2008 | 16:30 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Main bracket

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rosângela Conceição (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | Rosângela Conceição (BRA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elena Perepelkina (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 3$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 2 | 0 | | |
| Ali Bernard (USA) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 5 | 3$^F$ | | |
| Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 0 | | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 3 | 0 | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 3 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Wang Jiao (CHN) | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 8$^F$ |
| Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 3 |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 5$^F$ | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| Oksana Vashchuk (UKR) | 0 | 1 | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 3 | 5 | | |
| Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | |
| Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 0 | | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| Anita Schätzle (GER) | 2 | 4$^F$ | | Anita Schätzle (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Audrey Prieto (FRA) | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 1 | 0 | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Bernard (USA) | 3 | 3 | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 3 | 3 |
| Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 0 |
| Maider Unda (ESP) | 5 | 1 | 1 | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 2 | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Wang Jiao (CHN) |
| | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) |
| | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) |
| | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) |
| 5 | Ali Bernard (USA) |
| 5 | Maider Unda (ESP) |
| 7 | Anita Schätzle (GER) |
| 8 | Rosângela Conceição (BRA) |
| 9 | Jenny Fransson (SWE) |
| 10 | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) |
| 11 | Elena Perepelkina (RUS) |
| 12 | Oksana Vashchuk (UKR) |
| 13 | Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ) |
| 14 | Audrey Prieto (FRA) |
| 15 | Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) |
| 16 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) |