# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CAN | CHN | IND |
| 1 | Emily Richardson (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Yang Yanli (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–3 |
| 3 | Alka Tomar (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | VEN | SUI |
| 1 | Lotta Andersson (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | — | 5–0 Fall | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yoselin Rojas (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0–4 TO | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Nadia Meier (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | LAT | KAZ |
| 1 | Christina Oertli (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Kristīne Odriņa (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Madina Kurmangaliyeva (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | FRA | UKR | PER |
| 1 | Sandrine Sève (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 | — | 7–2 Fall | 12–1 |
| 2 | Oxana Shalikova (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0–4 TO | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Esther Mendoza (PER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–4 SP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | USA | MGL |
| 1 | Rena Iwama (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 Fall |
| 2 | Lauren Lamb (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Dashjanchivyn Battsetseg (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | PUR | ITA | KOR |
| 1 | Mabel Fonseca (PUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25 | — | 14–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Silvia Menichetti (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–4 SP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Kang Yoo-jin (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MEX | BUL | AUS |
| 1 | Virginia Mendoza (MEX) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 5–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Desislava Lyubenova (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0–3 PO | — | 7–0 Fall |
| 3 | Carli Lewis (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | GRE | ROM |
| 1 | Alena Kartashova (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 8–2 | 7–0 Fall |
| 2 | Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–1 Fall |
| 3 | Mirela Burnichi (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Emily Richardson (CAN) | 0 | | | | |
| Lotta Andersson (SWE) | 4 | Lotta Andersson (SWE) | 5 | | |
| Christina Oertli (GER) | 3 | Sandrine Sève (FRA) | 0 | | |
| Sandrine Sève (FRA) | 6 | | | Lotta Andersson (SWE) | 0 |
| Rena Iwama (JPN) | 1 | | | Alena Kartashova (RUS) | 4 |
| Mabel Fonseca (PUR) | 4 | Mabel Fonseca (PUR) | 2 |
| Virginia Mendoza (MEX) | 3 | Alena Kartashova (RUS) | 5 |
| Alena Kartashova (RUS) | 6 | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Sandrine Sève (FRA) | 1 |
| | | | | Mabel Fonseca (PUR) | 3 |