Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg

Women's freestyle 55 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 16 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Women's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	16 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Saori Yoshida  Japan Xu Li  China Tonya Verbeek  Canada Jackeline Rentería  Colombia

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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 consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Saori Yoshida of Japan won the gold medal, her second successive Olympic gold medal in the event. She defeated China's Xu Li in the final in two periods by fall. The bronze medals went to Canada's Tonya Verbeek, the Athens silver winner, and Colombia's Jackeline Rentería.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
16 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	16:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Main bracket

	1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL)		0	0
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		3	4				Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		3	3
	Ludmila Cristea (MDA)		0	3	3			Ludmila Cristea (MDA)		1	0
	Marcia Andrades (VEN)		1	3	3										Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		0	0
	Ida-Theres Nerell (SWE)		1	0											Saori Yoshida (JPN)		2	6
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)		3	4				Saori Yoshida (JPN)		2	4
	Yelena Komarova (AZE)		0	0				Natalia Golts (RUS)		1	0
	Natalia Golts (RUS)		4	1																		Saori Yoshida (JPN)		2	5^F
	Xu Li (CHN)		5	3																		Xu Li (CHN)		0	0
	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)		0	0				Xu Li (CHN)		0	2	2
	Olga Smirnova (KAZ)		2	3	4			Olga Smirnova (KAZ)		1	0	1
	Alena Filipava (BLR)		3	0	2										Xu Li (CHN)		5	4^F
	Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR)		4	1	0										Jackeline Rentería (COL)		5	0
	Marcie Van Dusen (USA)		0	1	7			Marcie Van Dusen (USA)		2	3
	Jackeline Rentería (COL)		7	4^F				Jackeline Rentería (COL)		7	5
	Marwa Amri (TUN)		4	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Bronze medals
	Ida-Theres Nerell (SWE)		1	0	1		Ida-Theres Nerell (SWE)		0	0
	Natalia Golts (RUS)		0	3	0		Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		1	1
	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)		5	1	3		Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)		1
	Olga Smirnova (KAZ)		3	1	0		Jackeline Rentería (COL)		3^F

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)
	Xu Li (CHN)
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
	Jackeline Rentería (COL)
5	Ida-Theres Nerell (SWE)
5	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)
7	Olga Smirnova (KAZ)
8	Natalia Golts (RUS)
9	Marcie Van Dusen (USA)
10	Ludmila Cristea (MDA)
11	Marcia Andrades (VEN)
12	Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR)
13	Alena Filipava (BLR)
14	Marwa Amri (TUN)
15	Yelena Komarova (AZE)
16	Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL)

References

• Results Book, Page 19