2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
# 2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October.

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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ayako Shoda (JPN) | $3^F$ | | |
| Natalia Golts (RUS) | 0 | | |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ludmila Cristea (MDA) | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| Alla Cherkasova (UKR) | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | Alla Cherkasova (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | |
| | | | Elvira Mursalova (AZE) | 1 | 1 | | |
| Elvira Mursalova (AZE) | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| Joice Silva (BRA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Elvira Mursalova (AZE) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Ayako Shoda (JPN) | $4^F$ |
| Ayako Shoda (JPN) | $6^F$ | | | | | | |
| Nestan Kiiazova (KGZ) | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ayako Shoda (JPN) | 1 | 4 | | |
| | | | Deanna Rix (USA) | 0 | 0 | | |
| Alena Filipava (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Deanna Rix (USA) | 1 | 2 | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Leyla Metin (TUR) | $7^F$ | | | | | | |
| | | | Gemma Silverio (PHI) | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leyla Metin (TUR) | 0 | | | |
| Salomat Kuchimova (UZB) | 0 | 0 | | | | Natalia Golts (RUS) | $5^F$ | | | |
| Natalia Golts (RUS) | 7 | $3^F$ | Natalia Golts (RUS) | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Agata Pietrzyk (POL) | 6 | 2 | Agata Pietrzyk (POL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Anita Sheoran (IND) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | Natalia Golts (RUS) | $3^F$ |
| Fabienne Wittenwiler (SUI) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | Sabrina Esposito (ITA) | 0 |
| Katie Patroch (CAN) | 2 | 2 | Katie Patroch (CAN) | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Birgit Stern (AUT) | 0 | 1 | Marianna Sastin (HUN) | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| Marianna Sastin (HUN) | 2 | 2 | | | | Katie Patroch (CAN) | 2 | 0 | | |
| Hou Min-wen (TPE) | 0 | 0 | | | | Sabrina Esposito (ITA) | 3 | 1 | | |
| Mirna Henríquez (VEN) | 1 | 2 | Mirna Henríquez (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Enkhbayaryn Tsevegmid (MGL) | 1 | 4 | Sabrina Esposito (ITA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Sabrina Esposito (ITA) | 0 | $7^F$ | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Nestan Kiiazova (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | Deanna Rix (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| | | Deanna Rix (USA) | 1 | 2 | Elvira Mursalova (AZE) | 1 | 1 |
| Salomat Kuchimova (UZB) | 0 | Agata Pietrzyk (POL) | $6^F$ | | Agata Pietrzyk (POL) | $2^F$ | |
| Agata Pietrzyk (POL) | $4^F$ | Leyla Metin (TUR) | 0 | | Sabrina Esposito (ITA) | 0 | |
