Women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 World Championships Venue Yoyogi National Gymnasium Dates 13 October 2008 Competitors 23 from 23 nations
The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships , and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 13 October.[ 1]
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
R — Retired
Final
Top half
Bottom half
Repechage
Anna Zwirydowska of Poland originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after she tested positive for doping. Brittanee Laverdure was raised to third and took the bronze medal.
References
1987–1996 : 57 kg
1997–2001 : 56 kg
2002–2013 : 55 kg
2014–2017 : 58 kg
2018–present : 57 kg