Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg

The women's freestyle 48 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, in Athens, Greece from August 22 to August 23.

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August 2004
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Iryna Merleni  Ukraine Chiharu Icho  Japan Patricia Miranda  United States

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The competition is held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
22 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
23 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2	2	0	8	19	Semifinals
2	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	2	1	1	3	4	Classification 5–8
3	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	0	2	1	3

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12–0	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	4–0 ST
Brigitte Wagner (GER)	0–7 Fall	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0–4 TO
Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	3–4	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	2	2	0	7	10	Semifinals
2	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	2	1	1	5	16	Classification 5–8
3	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	7–4	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	3–1 PP
Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	0–3 Fall	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	0–4 TO
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	12–0	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	4–0 ST

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	3	3	0	12	31	Semifinals
2	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	3	2	1	7	8	Classification 5–8
3	Fani Psatha (GRE)	3	1	2	5	8
4	Fadhila Louati (TUN)	3	0	3	0	0

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Fani Psatha (GRE)	5–0 Fall	Fadhila Louati (TUN)	4–0 TO
Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–11	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	3–5	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	1–3 PP
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–3 Fall	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–4 TO

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Patricia Miranda (USA)	3	3	0	10	26	Semifinals
2	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3	2	1	7	22	Classification 5–8
3	Li Hui (CHN)	3	1	2	6	24
4	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	0	3	1	1

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Patricia Miranda (USA)	8–5	Li Hui (CHN)	3–1 PP
Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	7–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3–0 PO
Patricia Miranda (USA)	7–3	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3–1 PP
Li Hui (CHN)	10–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–0 ST
Patricia Miranda (USA)	11–1	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–1 SP
Li Hui (CHN)	9–12	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	1–3 PP

Classification 5–8

	Qualification 5–6				Classification 5–6
	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	3F
	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	0			Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1
	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0			Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3
	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	11

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12
	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	1			Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	9			Iryna Merleni (UKR)	2
	Patricia Miranda (USA)	0
					Bronze medal match
					Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	4
					Patricia Miranda (USA)	12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)
	Patricia Miranda (USA)
4	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)
5	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)
6	Brigitte Wagner (GER)
7	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)
8	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
9	Li Hui (CHN)
10	Fani Psatha (GRE)
11	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)
12	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)
13	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)
14	Fadhila Louati (TUN)

References

• Official Report