2008 World Wrestling Championships

The 2008 Women's World Wrestling Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place from October 11 to October 13, 2008. The competition only featured wrestling in the Female Freestyle event. Traditionally, Wrestling World Championships are not held in Olympic years, but in 2008 a female championship was held because the 2008 Summer Olympics included only four of the seven FILA weight classes for females.

2008 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	11–13 October 2008
Stadium	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Women	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	1	2	7
2	Canada	1	0	2	3
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
5	Russia	0	2	0	2
6	China	0	1	2	3
	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
8	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	2	2
11	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		7	7	14	28

Team ranking

Rank	Women's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Japan	65
2	Canada	42
3	Russia	40
4	United States	31
5	Ukraine	31
6	China	29
7	Mongolia	23
8	Belarus	18
9	France	17
10	Azerbaijan	14

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Clarissa Chun United States	Zhuldyz Eshimova Kazakhstan	Makiko Sakamoto Japan
			Su Guibei China
51 kg	Hitomi Sakamoto Japan	Maryna Markevich Belarus	Vanessa Boubryemm France
			Yuliya Blahinya Ukraine
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan	Tetyana Lazareva Ukraine	Brittanee Laverdure Canada
			Tatiana Suarez United States
59 kg	Ayako Shoda Japan	Natalia Golts Russia	Elvira Mursalova Azerbaijan
			Agata Pietrzyk Poland
63 kg	Mio Nishimaki Japan	Lubov Volosova Russia	Meng Lili China
			Audrey Prieto France
67 kg	Martine Dugrenier Canada	Mami Shinkai Japan	Kateryna Burmistrova Ukraine
			Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa Mongolia
72 kg	Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria	Hong Yan China	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan
			Ohenewa Akuffo Canada

Participating nations

139 competitors from 41 nations participated.

• Australia (1)
• Austria (4)
• Azerbaijan (3)
• Belarus (7)
• Brazil (1)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Cameroon (1)
• Canada (7)
• China (6)
• Chinese Taipei (5)
• Congo DR (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• France (3)
• Great Britain (1)
• Greece (4)
• Guinea-Bissau (1)
• Hungary (1)
• India (7)
• Italy (4)
• Japan (7)
• Kazakhstan (4)
• Kyrgyzstan (3)
• Madagascar (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Moldova (2)
• Mongolia (7)
• Philippines (2)
• Poland (6)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (7)
• Senegal (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• South Korea (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (5)
• Ukraine (7)
• United States (7)
• Uzbekistan (4)
• Venezuela (4)
• Vietnam (3)

See also

• Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official website