2005 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg

Women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	29 September 2005
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
gold medal  Saori Yoshida   Japan silver medal  Su Lihui   China bronze medal  Natalia Golts   Russia bronze medal  Tonya Verbeek   Canada

Main article: 2005 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 29 September 2005. 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
	Su Lihui (CHN)	0	0
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	3	3

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Su Lihui (CHN)	8	7
							Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	0	0
													Su Lihui (CHN)	0	2	3
													Minerva Montero (ESP)	7	0	0
							Lin Chia-hua (TPE)	0	0
							Minerva Montero (ESP)	6	3F
																			Su Lihui (CHN)	2	1
																			Natalia Golts (RUS)	1	0
							Natalia Golts (RUS)	6	5F
							Gudrun Høie (NOR)	0	0
													Natalia Golts (RUS)	0	1	1
													Anna Gomis (FRA)	1	0	0
							Anna Gomis (FRA)	2	5
							Birgit Stern (AUT)	0	0

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Marcia Andrades (VEN)	4	0	1
	Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	0	3	3			Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	3	1
	Mariya Yahorava (BLR)	1	2	0			Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	1	0
	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	1	1	3									Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	0	0
	Kitti Godó (HUN)	0	2	0									Saori Yoshida (JPN)	4	2
	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROM)	1	0	2			Ana Maria Pavăl (ROM)	0
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	6	4F				Saori Yoshida (JPN)	4F
	Neha Rathi (IND)	0	0																Saori Yoshida (JPN)	3	1
	Sylwia Bileńska (POL)	5	3																Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	0	0
	Mariya Bavdyk (UKR)	0	1				Sylwia Bileńska (POL)	0	1	0
	Sabrina Esposito (ITA)	0	0				Jessica Bechtel (GER)	2	1	1
	Jessica Bechtel (GER)	1	3										Jessica Bechtel (GER)	0	0
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	6	2										Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	2	7
	Lee Na-lae (KOR)	0	0				Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	1	6
	Tina George (USA)	2	2				Tina George (USA)	0	0
	Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL)	0	1

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	1	0				Minerva Montero (ESP)	2	0
							Minerva Montero (ESP)	3	4				Natalia Golts (RUS)	3	4
	Neha Rathi (IND)	0	0				Ana Maria Pavăl (ROM)	0	0				Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	0	2
	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROM)	6	3				Ludmila Cristea (MDA)	2	4F				Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	6	9