# Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 8 August at ExCeL London.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 8 August 2012 | 13:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 8 August 2012 | 17:45 | Repechage |
| 8 August 2012 | 18:45 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Hitomi Obara (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 4 | 0 | 0 |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Zhuldyz Eshimova (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (BLR) | 5 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | |
| | | | Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Carol Huynh (CAN) | 6 | 3 | | | |
| Carol Huynh (CAN) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Nguyễn Thị Lụa (VIE) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Carol Huynh (CAN) | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Hitomi Obara (JPN) | 2 | 2 |
| Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Tanoh Benie (CIV) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Hitomi Obara (JPN) | 2 | 5 | | | |
| Maroi Mezien (TUN) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Hitomi Obara (JPN) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Mayelis Caripá (VEN) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mayelis Caripá (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 1 | 3 |
| | | | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Clarissa Chun (USA) | 5 | 1 | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Zhao Shasha (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 2 | 2 | | | | | Iwona Matkowska (POL) | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Carolina Castillo (COL) | 1 | 0 | Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Iwona Matkowska (POL) | 1 | 3 | Iwona Matkowska (POL) | 0 | 2 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Patricia Bermúdez (ARG) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Maroi Mezien (TUN) | 4 | 0 | 0 | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 0 | 0 |
| Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | 0 | 2 | 4$^F$ | Carol Huynh (CAN) | 1 | 3 |
| Clarissa Chun (USA) | 0 | 4$^F$ | | Clarissa Chun (USA) | 1 | 3 |
| Iwona Matkowska (POL) | 1 | 0 | | Iryna Merleni (UKR) | 0 | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Hitomi Obara (JPN) |
| | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) |
| | Carol Huynh (CAN) |
| | Clarissa Chun (USA) |
| 5 | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) |
| 5 | Iryna Merleni (UKR) |
| 7 | Iwona Matkowska (POL) |
| 8 | Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (BLR) |
| 9 | Davaasükhiin Otgontsetseg (MGL) |
| 10 | Mayelis Caripá (VEN) |
| 11 | Alexandra Engelhardt (GER) |
| 11 | Carolina Castillo (COL) |
| 13 | Kim Hyung-joo (KOR) |
| 14 | Maroi Mezien (TUN) |
| 15 | Zhuldyz Eshimova (KAZ) |
| 16 | Nguyễn Thị Lụa (VIE) |
| 17 | Patricia Bermúdez (ARG) |
| 18 | Zhao Shasha (CHN) |
| 19 | Tanoh Benie (CIV) |