2005 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
# 2005 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 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 30 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 | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Iris Smith (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Anita Schätzle (GER) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Anita Schätzle (GER) | 4 | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 4 | 0 | | | |
| Maria Orlova (UZB) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | $6^F$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Anita Schätzle (GER) | 1 | 0 |
| | | | | | | Iris Smith (USA) | 3 | 2 |
| Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Maria Vryoni (GRE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Iris Smith (USA) | 2 | $6^F$ | | | |
| Iris Smith (USA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Diana Mudrag (ROM) | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 0 | 5 | $3^F$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 0 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 |
| Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | $3^F$ | | | | | | | | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 4 | 1 |
| Guzel Manyurova (RUS) | 4 | | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Wang Jiao (CHN) | 6 | $6^F$ | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 6 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Petra Lenkó (HUN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Rosângela Conceição (BRA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 9 | 1 | | | |
| Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 2 | 2 | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | $2^F$ | | | | | | | | |
| Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ) | 6 | 6 | Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Jyoti (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | $4^F$ | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | | Anita Schätzle (GER) | 3 | 1 | $4^F$ |
| Rosângela Conceição (BRA) | 1 | 2 | Rosângela Conceição (BRA) | 5 | 1 | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 5 | 8 | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
