Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg

Women's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	9 August
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Saori Yoshida  Japan Tonya Verbeek  Canada Jackeline Rentería  Colombia Yuliya Ratkevich  Azerbaijan

Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	55 kg			55 kg
	60 kg			60 kg
	66 kg			66 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	84 kg			84 kg
	96 kg			96 kg
	120 kg			120 kg
Women
	48 kg			63 kg
	55 kg			72 kg

Women's freestyle 55 kg 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, 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; 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
	18:40	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		0	0
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)		3	2

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Olga Butkevych (GBR)		1	2	1
								Lissette Antes (ECU)		1	0	2
															Lissette Antes (ECU)		1	0	0
															Jackeline Rentería (COL)		0	1	1
								Jackeline Rentería (COL)		3	2	4
								Han Kum-ok (PRK)		6	2	2
																						Jackeline Rentería (COL)		0	0
																						Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		1	1
								Rabab Eid (EGY)		0
								Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		4F
															Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		0	0
															Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		1	1
								Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		1	0	3
								Geeta Phogat (IND)		0	1	1

Bottom Half

	Qualification Rounds							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Saori Yoshida (JPN)		1	1
								Kelsey Campbell (USA)		0	0
															Saori Yoshida (JPN)		1	2
															Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)		0	0
								Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)		2	1
								Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)		0	0
																						Saori Yoshida (JPN)		1	2
																						Valeria Zholobova (RUS)		0	0
								Joice Silva (BRA)		2	0	0
	Marcia Andrades (VEN)		0	0				Valeria Zholobova (RUS)		0	1	1
	Valeria Zholobova (RUS)		6	2											Valeria Zholobova (RUS)		0	1	3
	Sofia Mattsson (SWE)		5	2											Sofia Mattsson (SWE)		1	1	3
	Sündeviin Byambatseren (MGL)		0	0				Sofia Mattsson (SWE)		3	2
	Um Ji-eun (KOR)		1	0				Marwa Amri (TUN)		0	0
	Marwa Amri (TUN)		1	3F

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medal match
	Geeta Phogat (IND)		0	0			Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		1	0	0
	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		8	1			Jackeline Rentería (COL)		0	3	2
	Kelsey Campbell (USA)		0	0			Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)		6	2
	Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)		4	1			Valeria Zholobova (RUS)		0	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
	Jackeline Rentería (COL)
	Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)
5	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)
5	Valeria Zholobova (RUS)
7	Sofia Mattsson (SWE)
8	Marwa Amri (TUN)
9	Lissette Antes (ECU)
10	Han Kum-ok (PRK)
11	Olga Butkevych (GBR)
12	Joice Silva (BRA)
13	Geeta Phogat (IND)
14	Um Ji-eun (KOR)
15	Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)
16	Rabab Eid (EGY)
17	Kelsey Campbell (USA)
17	Sündeviin Byambatseren (MGL)
19	Marcia Andrades (VEN)

References

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