title: 2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
text: # 2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
  
  The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Millennium Place in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada on 28 September 2012.
  
  This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * F — Won by fall
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | 2 | $4^F$ | |
  | Helen Maroulis (USA) | 0 | 0 | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Yang Chen (CHN) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Yang Chen (CHN) | 2 | 0 | | | | |
  | | | | | Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR) | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | Aurélie Basset (FRA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | | | | | | | | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | 0 | 1 | $3^F$ |
  | Geeta Phogat (IND) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | Maria Gurova (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Geeta Phogat (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
  | | | | | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | 1 | $3^F$ | | | | |
  | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | $3^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | Akziya Dautbayeva (KAZ) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | Batbaataryn Nomin-Erdene (MGL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | |
  | | | | Katarzyna Krawczyk (POL) | 5 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Yarina Dubovska (AZE) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 | 2 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | Helen Maroulis (USA) | 5 | 4 |
  | | | | Nadzeya Mikhalkova (BLR) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Helen Maroulis (USA) | 3 | $2^F$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Helen Maroulis (USA) | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
  | | | | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 0 | 4 | $2^F$ | | | | | | | |
  | Joice Silva (BRA) | 5 | 1 | Joice Silva (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Lenka Martináková (CZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Repechage
  
  | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Akziya Dautbayeva (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | Geeta Phogat (IND) | 1 | 1 |
  | Geeta Phogat (IND) | 1 | 4 | Nataliya Synyshyn (UKR) | 0 | 0 |
  | Nadzeya Mikhalkova (BLR) | 0 | 0 | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 1 | 1 |
  | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 1 | 2 | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 | 0 |
  