2007 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2007 World Championships
Venue	Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex
Dates	23 September 2007
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Stanka Zlateva   Bulgaria   Kristie Marano   United States   Guzel Manyurova   Russia   Olga Zhanibekova   Kazakhstan

Main article: 2007 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 23 September 2007.

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
	Kristie Marano (USA)	0	0
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	3

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Kristie Marano (USA)	3	1
	Maria Vryoni (GRE)	1	0	0			Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL)	0	0
	Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL)	0	1	1									Kristie Marano (USA)	1	1	3F
	Yana Panova (KGZ)	0											Maider Unda (ESP)	0	6	0
	Maider Unda (ESP)	6F					Maider Unda (ESP)	3	2
	Nina Sklenková (CZE)	0	0				Ana Maria Paic (ROU)	1	0
	Ana Maria Paic (ROU)	3	4F																Kristie Marano (USA)	3F
	Soumaya Ben Sassi (TUN)	3F																	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	0
	Iana Zazulina (MDA)	1					Soumaya Ben Sassi (TUN)	0	0
	Natacha Djédjé (CIV)	0					Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	7	6
	Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	7F											Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	4	6
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	1	3F										Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	1	0
	Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (AZE)	0	0				Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2
	Minakshi Devi (IND)	0	0				Jaramit Weffer (VEN)	0	1
	Jaramit Weffer (VEN)	2	1

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	1	0
	Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	4F				Jenny Fransson (SWE)	8	1
	Rita Soós (HUN)	0	0				Rosângela Conceição (BRA)	1	0
	Rosângela Conceição (BRA)	1	4F										Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	3
	Kae Hyun-ja (KOR)	1	7										Wang Xu (CHN)	1	6
	Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL)	0	0				Kae Hyun-ja (KOR)	0	0
	Wang Xu (CHN)	3	7				Wang Xu (CHN)	1	1
	Anita Schätzle (GER)	0	0																Wang Xu (CHN)	0
	Maria Orlova (UZB)	0	0																Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	4F
	Marina Gastl (AUT)	6	3				Marina Gastl (AUT)	1	0	0
	Iryna Tsyrkevich (BLR)	0	2				Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)	0	2	3
	Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)	1	2										Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)	0	0
	Annabelle Ali (CMR)	1	0										Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	4	2
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	1				Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	0	1
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	6F				Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	3
	Shéhérazade Bentorki (FRA)	3	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL)	0	0				Maider Unda (ESP)	0
							Maider Unda (ESP)	4	3F				Guzel Manyurova (RUS)	2F
	Shéhérazade Bentorki (FRA)	0	0				Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	0				Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)	2	1
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	5	6				Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)	0	4F				Wang Xu (CHN)	0	0