1998 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg
# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Poznań, Poland from 8 to 10 October 1998.

## Results

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 16 |||
| Elena Egoshina (RUS) | 3–2 | Stephanie Murata (USA) |
| Teresa Piotrowski (CAN) | 4–0 Fall | Agnieszka Pająk (POL) |
| Myrsini Koloni (GRE) | 4–0 Fall | Olina Orlovská (CZE) |
| Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) | 0–8 Fall | Atsuko Shinomura (JPN) |
| Zhou Xiaoyi (CHN) | 0–5 Fall | Ida Hellström (SWE) |
| Alexandra Hinterbauer (AUT) | 0–4 | Tanja Sauter (GER) |
| Amanda D'Rozario (AUS) | 0–9 Fall | Annalisa Debiasi (ITA) |
| Nadezhda Romashova (UZB) | 0–7 Fall | Inessa Rebar (UKR) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Elena Egoshina (RUS) | 4–5 | Teresa Piotrowski (CAN) |
| Myrsini Koloni (GRE) | 0–12 | Atsuko Shinomura (JPN) |
| Ida Hellström (SWE) | 7–2 | Tanja Sauter (GER) |
| Annalisa Debiasi (ITA) | 0–4 Fall | Inessa Rebar (UKR) |
| Repechage |||
| Stephanie Murata (USA) | 7–0 | Agnieszka Pająk (POL) |
| Olina Orlovská (CZE) | 0–4 Fall | Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) |
| Zhou Xiaoyi (CHN) | 4–2 | Alexandra Hinterbauer (AUT) |
| Amanda D'Rozario (AUS) | 3–9 Fall | Nadezhda Romashova (UZB) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Semifinals |||
| Teresa Piotrowski (CAN) | 0–4 Fall | Atsuko Shinomura (JPN) |
| Ida Hellström (SWE) | 2–0 | Inessa Rebar (UKR) |
| Repechage |||
| Stephanie Murata (USA) | 9–4 Fall | Angélique Hidalgo (FRA) |
| Zhou Xiaoyi (CHN) | 7–0 Fall | Nadezhda Romashova (UZB) |
| Elena Egoshina (RUS) | 4–0 Fall | Myrsini Koloni (GRE) |
| Tanja Sauter (GER) | 3–1 Fall | Annalisa Debiasi (ITA) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Stephanie Murata (USA) | 7–0 Fall | Zhou Xiaoyi (CHN) |
| Elena Egoshina (RUS) | 8–6 Fall | Tanja Sauter (GER) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Teresa Piotrowski (CAN) | 2–5 | Stephanie Murata (USA) |
| Elena Egoshina (RUS) | 4–0 Fall | Inessa Rebar (UKR) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Stephanie Murata (USA) | 2–6 | Elena Egoshina (RUS) |
| Final |||
| Atsuko Shinomura (JPN) | 7–0 | Ida Hellström (SWE) |
