title: 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
text: # 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
  
  The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on 16 September 2011.
  
  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 | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 2 | |
  | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 0 | 1 | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 2 | | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Jaramit Weffer (VEN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 0 | 1 | | | |
  | Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 1 | $2^F$ | | | |
  | Ali Bernard (USA) | 7 | 2 | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 4 | 8 | $5^F$ | | | | | | |
  | Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR) | 3 | 0 | | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 6 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Wang Jiao (CHN) | 0 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | | Ali Bernard (USA) | 1 | 0 |
  | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 0 | 2 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 3 | 2 |
  | Maria Vryoni (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | Simge Yılmaz (TUR) | 0 | | | Aline Ferreira (BRA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Aline Ferreira (BRA) | $6^F$ | | | | | | | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 3 | 0 | | | |
  | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 4 | 5 | | | |
  | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | Kang Han-bit (KOR) | 0 | 0 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 4 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 0 | 0 | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | $3^F$ | | | | | | | |
  | Gursharan Preet Kaur (IND) | 0 | 2 | | Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 3 | 6 | | | | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 2 | 3 | | | |
  | Epp Mäe (EST) | 1 | 2 | | | | | Epp Mäe (EST) | 0 | 0 | | | |
  | Lisa Hug (GER) | 0 | 0 | | Epp Mäe (EST) | 1 | $3^F$ | | | | | | |
  | Kristīne Odriņa (LAT) | 6 | 0 | 0 | Diana Mudrag (ROU) | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Diana Mudrag (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 1 |
  | Maider Unda (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 2 | 3 |
  | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 1 | | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | Yana Panova (KGZ) | 3 | 1 | 0 | Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 0 | 0 | | | |
  | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 3 | 1 | | | | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 1 | $4^F$ | | | |
  | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 2 | 0 | | Ekaterina Bukina (RUS) | 1 | $4^F$ | | | | | | |
  | Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 1 | 1 | | Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Kitti Godó (HUN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Repechage
  
  | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL) | 0 | 0 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 5 | 4 | | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 1 | |
  | Guzel Manyurova (KAZ) | 3 | 3 | | Maja Erlandsen (NOR) | 1 | 1 | | Ali Bernard (USA) | $3^F$ | |
  | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 6 | 1 | 2 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 0 |
  | Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cynthia Vescan (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 1 | 1 |
  