Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg

The women's freestyle 55 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

Women's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Saori Yoshida  Japan Tonya Verbeek  Canada Anna Gomis  France

The competition 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
	17:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
23 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	2	2	0	8	24
2	Tela O'Donnell (USA)	2	1	1	5	3
3	Olga Smirnova (RUS)	2	0	2	1	8

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Tela O'Donnell (USA)	2–5 Fall	Olga Smirnova (RUS)	4–0 TO
Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	11–1	Tela O'Donnell (USA)	4–1 SP
Olga Smirnova (RUS)	3–13	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	1–4 SP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	2	1	1	5	6
2	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	2	1	1	4	4
3	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	1	1	3	4

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	4–2	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	3–1 PP
Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	4–0 Fall	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	4–0 TO
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	4–0 Fall	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	4–0 TO

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	2	2	0	8	21
2	Sun Dongmei (CHN)	2	1	1	3	4
3	Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Sun Dongmei (CHN)	4–2	Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	3–1 PP
Saori Yoshida (JPN)	11–0	Sun Dongmei (CHN)	4–0 ST
Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	0–10	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	0–4 ST

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Anna Gomis (FRA)	2	2	0	7	15
2	Lee Na-lae (KOR)	2	1	1	5	5
3	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	2	0	2	0	2

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Anna Gomis (FRA)	5–2	Lee Na-lae (KOR)	3–1 PP
Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	0–10	Anna Gomis (FRA)	0–4 ST
Lee Na-lae (KOR)	3–2 Fall	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	4–0 TO

Classification 5–8

	Qualification 5–6					Classification 5–6
	Tela O'Donnell (USA)		7
	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		10			Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		8
	Sun Dongmei (CHN)		4			Sun Dongmei (CHN)		6
	Lee Na-lae (KOR)		3

Final round

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		3
	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)		1			Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		0
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)		7			Saori Yoshida (JPN)		6
	Anna Gomis (FRA)		6
						Bronze medal match
						Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)		0
						Anna Gomis (FRA)		6

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
	Anna Gomis (FRA)
4	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)
5	Sun Dongmei (CHN)
6	Tela O'Donnell (USA)
7	Lee Na-lae (KOR)
8	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)
9	Olga Smirnova (RUS)
10	Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)
11	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)
DQ	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)

• Mabel Fonseca of Puerto Rico originally placed 5th, but was disqualified after she tested positive for Stanozolol.[1]

References

1. "IOC sanctions wrestler Mabel Fonseca and weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics". olympic.org. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

• Official Report