2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

Women's freestyle 51 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Sofia Poumpouridou    Greece   Chiharu Icho    Japan   Natalia Golts    Russia

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.^[1]

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	POL
1	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2	2	0	7	10		—	4–1	6–0 Ret
2	Stephanie Murata (USA)	2	1	1	5	1		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	Marta Wojtanowska (POL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	BUL	FRA
1	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	2	2	0	6	11		—	8–5	3–0
2	Julieta Okot (BUL)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	3–0
3	Farah Touchi (FRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	CHN	GER
1	Natalia Golts (RUS)	2	2	0	7	14		—	5–3	9–0 Fall
2	Wen Juling (CHN)	2	1	1	5	18		1–3 PP	—	15–4
3	Jessica Bechtel (GER)	2	0	2	1	4		0–4 TO	1–4 SP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	BLR	IND
1	Viktoriya Brandush (UKR)	2	2	0	7	6		—	3–2	3–0 Fall
2	Alena Kareisha (BLR)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Neha Rathi (IND)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	MGL	AUS
1	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	2	0	8	14		—	4–0 Fall	10–0
2	Yuragiin Gandolgor (MGL)	2	1	1	4	6		0–4 TO	—	6–2 Fall
3	Kyla Bremner (AUS)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GRE	MEX	PUR
1	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	2	2	0	7	17		—	7–2	10–0
2	Magdalena Arellano (MEX)	2	1	1	5	13		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Livanis Rivera (PUR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	4^F
	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	0			Chiharu Icho (JPN)	4
	Natalia Golts (RUS)	3^F			Natalia Golts (RUS)	0
	Viktoriya Brandush (UKR)	0							Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0
									Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	3
					Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	3
					Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	6
									Bronze medal match
									Natalia Golts (RUS)	3
									Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	0

References

1. "2002 World Championships Complete Results". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2002-11-12. Retrieved 7 May 2020.