# 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on 16 September 2011.
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 |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 2 | |
| Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 0 | 1 | |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | 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 |
| | | | | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 2 | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jaramit Weffer (VEN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 1 | 2$^F$ | | | |
| Ali Bernard (USA) | 7 | 2 | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 4 | 8 | 5$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR) | 3 | 0 | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 6 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Wang Jiao (CHN) | 0 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 1 | 0 |
| Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 3 | 2 |
| Maria Vryoni (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Simge Yılmaz (TUR) | 0 | | | Aline Ferreira (BRA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Aline Ferreira (BRA) | 6$^F$ | | | | | | | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 4 | 5 | | | |
| Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Kang Han-bit (KOR) | 0 | 0 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 4 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marina Gastl (AUT) | 0 | 0 | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Gursharan Preet Kaur (IND) | 0 | 2 | | Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 3 | 6 | | | | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Epp Mäe (EST) | 1 | 2 | | | | | Epp Mäe (EST) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Lisa Hug (GER) | 0 | 0 | | Epp Mäe (EST) | 1 | 3$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Kristīne Odriņa (LAT) | 6 | 0 | 0 | Diana Mudrag (ROU) | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Diana Mudrag (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 1 |
| Maider Unda (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 2 | 3 |
| Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 1 | | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Yana Panova (KGZ) | 3 | 1 | 0 | Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 3 | 1 | | | | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 1 | 4$^F$ | | | |
| Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 2 | 0 | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 1 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 1 | 1 | | Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Kitti Godó (HUN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | 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 |
| Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 5 | 4 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | |
| Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 3 | 3 | | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 1 | 1 | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 3$^F$ | |
| Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 6 | 1 | 2 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 0 |
| Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 1 | 1 |