# Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 9 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, which culminates 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 round; 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 |
| 9 August 2012 | 13:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 9 August 2012 | 17:45 | Repechage |
| 9 August 2012 | 18:45 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Natalia Vorobieva (RUS) | 0 | 3$^F$ | |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 0 | |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Svetlana Saenko (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | Svetlana Saenko (MDA) | 0 | 0 | | |
| | | | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 1 | 4$^F$ | | |
| Wang Jiao (CHN) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 0 |
| | | | | | | | Natalia Vorobieva (RUS) | 3$^F$ |
| Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 5 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 3 | | | |
| | | | | Natalia Vorobieva (RUS) | 4$^F$ | | | |
| Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Natalia Vorobieva (RUS) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Leah Callahan (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | Ana Talía Betancur (COL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 2 |
| | | | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Josiane Soloniaina (MAD) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ali Bernard (USA) | 0 | 1 | Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | | Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR) | 0 | 1 | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 2 | 1 | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 0 | |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 0 | Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 1 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Natalia Vorobieva (RUS) |
| | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) |
| | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) |
| | Maider Unda (ESP) |
| 5 | Wang Jiao (CHN) |
| 5 | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) |
| 7 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) |
| 8 | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) |
| 9 | Jenny Fransson (SWE) |
| 10 | Svetlana Saenko (MDA) |
| 11 | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) |
| 12 | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) |
| 13 | Ali Bernard (USA) |
| 13 | Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR) |
| 15 | Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) |
| 15 | Josiane Soloniaina (MAD) |
| 17 | Ana Talía Betancur (COL) |
| 18 | Leah Callahan (CAN) |