# 2008 World Wrestling Championships

The 2008 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place from October 11 to October 13, 2008. The competition only featured wrestling in the Female Freestyle event. Traditionally, Wrestling World Championships are not held in Olympic years, but in 2008 a female championship was held because the 2008 Summer Olympics included only four of the seven FILA weight classes for females.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Japan | 65 |
| 2 | Canada | 42 |
| 3 | Russia | 40 |
| 4 | United States | 31 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 31 |
| 6 | China | 29 |
| 7 | Mongolia | 23 |
| 8 | Belarus | 18 |
| 9 | France | 17 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 14 |

## Medal summary
### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Clarissa Chun United States | Zhuldyz Eshimova Kazakhstan | Makiko Sakamoto Japan |
| 48 kg details | Clarissa Chun United States | Zhuldyz Eshimova Kazakhstan | Su Guibei China |
| 51 kg details | Hitomi Sakamoto Japan | Maryna Markevich Belarus | Vanessa Boubryemm France |
| 51 kg details | Hitomi Sakamoto Japan | Maryna Markevich Belarus | Yuliya Blahinya Ukraine |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Tetyana Lazareva Ukraine | Brittanee Laverdure Canada |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Tetyana Lazareva Ukraine | Tatiana Suarez United States |
| 59 kg details | Ayako Shoda Japan | Natalia Golts Russia | Elvira Mursalova Azerbaijan |
| 59 kg details | Ayako Shoda Japan | Natalia Golts Russia | Agata Pietrzyk Poland |
| 63 kg details | Mio Nishimaki Japan | Lubov Volosova Russia | Meng Lili China |
| 63 kg details | Mio Nishimaki Japan | Lubov Volosova Russia | Audrey Prieto France |
| 67 kg details | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Mami Shinkai Japan | Kateryna Burmistrova Ukraine |
| 67 kg details | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Mami Shinkai Japan | Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa Mongolia |
| 72 kg details | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Hong Yan China | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan |
| 72 kg details | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Hong Yan China | Ohenewa Akuffo Canada |

## Participating nations

139 competitors from 41 nations participated.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (4)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belarus (7)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (7)
* China (6)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Congo DR (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (4)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (7)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (7)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (6)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (7)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (5)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (7)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (3)