Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	9 August 2012
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalia Vorobieva File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stanka Zlateva File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guzel Manyurova File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Kazakhstan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maider Unda File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Women's freestyle 72 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 9 August at ExCeL London. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, which culminates 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that round; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
9 August 2012	13:00	Qualification rounds
	17:45	Repechage
	18:45	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	0	3F
	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	0

Top half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							File:Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg Svetlana Saenko (MDA)	0	1	1
							File:Flag of France.svg Cynthia Vescan (FRA)	1	0	0
													File:Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg Svetlana Saenko (MDA)	0	0
													File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiao (CHN)	1	4F
							File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiao (CHN)	4F
							File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR)	0
																			File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiao (CHN)	0
																			File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	3F
							File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	5	1	4
							File:Flag of Japan.svg Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	1	1	0
													File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	3
													File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	4F
							File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)	0	0
							File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)	1	2

Bottom half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leah Callahan (CAN)	0	0
							File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	3	5
													File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	1	2	0
													File:Flag of Spain.svg Maider Unda (ESP)	1	1	1
							File:Flag of Colombia.svg Ana Talía Betancur (COL)	0	0
							File:Flag of Spain.svg Maider Unda (ESP)	2	3
																			File:Flag of Spain.svg Maider Unda (ESP)	0	0
																			File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	2
							File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Annabelle Ali (CMR)	4F
							File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Josiane Soloniaina (MAD)	0
													File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Annabelle Ali (CMR)	3	0
	File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	0	0										File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	2
	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	1				File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	1
	File:Flag of the United States.svg Ali Bernard (USA)	0	1				File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	0
	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Fransson (SWE)	3	3

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)	0	1				File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	1	4	1
							File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)	1	2				File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiao (CHN)	1	1	0
	File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	2	0	2			File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	2	1				File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	0	0
	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	1	0			File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Annabelle Ali (CMR)	0	0				File:Flag of Spain.svg Maider Unda (ESP)	1	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Spain.svg Maider Unda (ESP)
5	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiao (CHN)
5	File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)
7	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Annabelle Ali (CMR)
8	File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)
9	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Fransson (SWE)
10	File:Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg Svetlana Saenko (MDA)
11	File:Flag of Japan.svg Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
12	File:Flag of France.svg Cynthia Vescan (FRA)
13	File:Flag of the United States.svg Ali Bernard (USA)
13	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)
15	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR)
15	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Josiane Soloniaina (MAD)
17	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Ana Talía Betancur (COL)
18	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leah Callahan (CAN)

References

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