2001 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg

The women's freestyle 56 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | NOR | ESP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | — | 10–7 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Gudrun Høie (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Minerva Montero (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | POL | BUL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Elżbieta Stryczek (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Petia Peneva (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | FRA | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lubov Volosova (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 7–4 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Anna Gomis (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–0 Fall |
| 3 | Yvonne Hees (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | CAN | NZL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sara Eriksson (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | 2–0 Fall | 7–1 |
| 2 | Erica Sharp (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0–4 TO | — | 13–0 |
| 3 | Geraldine Roxburgh (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | VEN | BRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lee Na-lae (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | — | 4–2 | 8–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yoselin Rojas (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Sheila Aparecida (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | CHN | USA | GRE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Seiko Yamamoto (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | — | 4–2 | 7–0 Fall | WO |
| 2 | Sun Dongmei (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 | 5–0 Fall |
| 3 | Erin Tomeo (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — | 6–2 |
| 4 | Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 10 | | | | |
| Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) | 0 | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 2 | | |
| Lubov Volosova (RUS) | 4 | Lubov Volosova (RUS) | 4 | | |
| Sara Eriksson (SWE) | 2 | | | Lubov Volosova (RUS) | 1 |
| | | | | Seiko Yamamoto (JPN) | 4 |
| | | Lee Na-lae (KOR) | 0 |
| | | Seiko Yamamoto (JPN) | $5^F$ |
| | | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 5 |
| | | | | Lee Na-lae (KOR) | 2 |
