# 2009 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 23.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Han Kum-ok (PRK) | 0 | 0 | |
| Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 3 | 4 | |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Roksana Zasina (POL) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Jessica MacDonald (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Roksana Zasina (POL) | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Han Kum-ok (PRK) | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | Han Kum-ok (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oleksandra Kohut (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Han Kum-ok (PRK) | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Natalia Budu (MDA) | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | Marina Vilmova (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Manuela Andriantsalama (MAD) | 0 | 0 | Babita Kumari (IND) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Babita Kumari (IND) | 4 | 6 | | | | | Babita Kumari (IND) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 5 | 4 | | | | | Natalia Budu (MDA) | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Nadine Tokar (SUI) | 1 | 2 | Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Natalia Budu (MDA) | 1 | 1 | Natalia Budu (MDA) | 4 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | |
| Cristina Croitoru (ROU) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Jessica Medina (USA) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trần Thị Diệu Ninh (VIE) | 0 | 3 | Jessica Medina (USA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hong Di (CHN) | 0 | | Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 5$^F$ | | | | | | Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 4 | 6 | | | |
| Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 8$^F$ | | | | | | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Kyla Bremner (AUS) | 0 | | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 2$^F$ | | | | | | | | |
| María del Mar Serrano (ESP) | 0 | 0 | Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | Sofia Mattsson (SWE) | 3 | 2 |
| Yuri Kai (JPN) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | Yuri Kai (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| Mariya Ivanova (BLR) | 0 | 0 | Yuri Kai (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Burcu Kebiç (TUR) | 0 | 0 | Emese Szabó (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Emese Szabó (HUN) | 1 | 4$^F$ | | | | | Yuri Kai (JPN) | 1 | 5$^F$ | | | |
| Romina González (ARG) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 1 | 4$^F$ | Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ) | 0 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 1 | 3 | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Hadia Trabelsi (TUN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | Oleksandra Kohut (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | Oleksandra Kohut (UKR) | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Roksana Zasina (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Natalia Budu (MDA) | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Di (CHN) | 1 | 1 | Hong Di (CHN) | 1 | 1 | | Hong Di (CHN) | 0 | |
| Jessica Medina (USA) | 0 | 0 | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 0 | 0 | | Yuri Kai (JPN) | 3$^F$ | |