2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2006 World Championships
Venue	Tianhe Gymnasium
Dates	29 September 2006
Competitors	27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Chiharu Icho   Japan   Ren Xuecheng   China   Iwona Sadowska   Poland   Francine De Paola   Italy

Main article: 2006 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.

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

Final

	Final
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	0
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	3F

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Iwona Sadowska (POL)	1	1	1
							Wu Li-chuan (TPE)	0	1	1
													Iwona Sadowska (POL)	3F
													Sunisa Klahan (THA)	0
							Jennifer González (GUA)	4	0
							Sunisa Klahan (THA)	0	4F
																			Iwona Sadowska (POL)	0
																			Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	4F
							Hajar Ashtiani (FIN)	3
	Sammy Oziti (NGR)	1	0				Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	7F
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	4	5F										Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	3F
	Alexandra Engelhardt (GER)	1	1	3									Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0
	Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	0	3	0			Alexandra Engelhardt (GER)	2	2
	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	0	2				Maryna Markevich (BLR)	3	5
	Maryna Markevich (BLR)	4	4

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Shumel Khan (IND)	0	4F
	Olena Bondarenko (NZL)	1	0				Shumel Khan (IND)	1	0	0
	Nataliya Pulkovska (UKR)	0	6	2			Nataliya Pulkovska (UKR)	0	2	4F
	Guadalupe Pérez (MEX)	2	0	0									Nataliya Pulkovska (UKR)	0	1
	Lê Thị Trang (VIE)	0											Francine De Paola (ITA)	1	3
	Mary Kelly (USA)	3F					Mary Kelly (USA)	2	1	1
	Francine De Paola (ITA)	6	1	1			Francine De Paola (ITA)	0	1	2
	Anne-Catherine Deluntsch (FRA)	0	1	0															Francine De Paola (ITA)	3	0
	Fani Psatha (GRE)	3	0	0															Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0	4F
	Kang Son-a (PRK)	0	1	2			Kang Son-a (PRK)	0
	Cristina Croitoru (ROM)	0	0				Carol Huynh (CAN)	4F
	Carol Huynh (CAN)	4	6										Carol Huynh (CAN)	0	0
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	1	6										Chiharu Icho (JPN)	1	1
	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	0	0				Chiharu Icho (JPN)	6	7
	Kim Hyung-joo (KOR)	0	1				Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)	0	0
	Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)	3	1

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Sammy Oziti (NGR)	3	1				Hajar Ashtiani (FIN)	0	7	0			Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0	0
	Hajar Ashtiani (FIN)	1	4F				Maryna Markevich (BLR)	2	1	2			Iwona Sadowska (POL)	1	1
	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	6	1				Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	1	1				Carol Huynh (CAN)	3	1	0
	Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)	1	1				Carol Huynh (CAN)	2	4				Francine De Paola (ITA)	0	1	1