title: 2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
text: # 2008 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | 1 | 5 | |
  | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 0 | $0^R$ | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL) | $4^F$ | | | | | | | |
  | Nicky Mobunga (COD) | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | |
  | | | | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
  | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | Sun Dongmei (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 |
  | | | | | | | | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | $4^F$ |
  | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | $6^F$ | | | | | | | |
  | Kamlesh Devi (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Saori Yoshida (JPN) | $2^F$ | | | | |
  | | | | Anna Zwirydowska (POL) | 0 | | | | |
  | Anna Zwirydowska (POL) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | Valentina Minguzzi (ITA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | Tatsiana Hryhoryeva (BLR) | $3^F$ | | | | | | | | |
  | Lee Chiu-ping (TPE) | 0 | 2 | Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR) | 1 | 2 | | | | Tatsiana Hryhoryeva (BLR) | 2 | | | | | |
  | Nadya Gradyuk (AZE) | 4 | | | | | Tatiana Suarez (USA) | $5^F$ | | | | | |
  | Enid Rivera (PUR) | $3^F$ | | Enid Rivera (PUR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | Tatiana Suarez (USA) | 4 | 1 | Tatiana Suarez (USA) | 1 | $7^F$ | | | | | | | |
  | Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | Tatiana Suarez (USA) | 1 | 1 |
  | Trần Thị Hạnh (VIE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 2 | 3 |
  | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | 6 | 7 | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | $8^F$ | | | | | | | | |
  | Ainur Artikbaeva (UZB) | 3 | $3^F$ | Ainur Artikbaeva (UZB) | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Jacira Mendonca (GBS) | 6 | 1 | | | | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | |
  | Miruyert Dynbayeva (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | | | | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
  | Natalia Smirnova (RUS) | 8 | 7 | Natalia Smirnova (RUS) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | Nurzat Shailobaeva (KGZ) | 0 | | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | Tetyana Lazareva (UKR) | $6^F$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Repechage
  
  | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Kamlesh Devi (IND) | 2 | 2 | Anna Zwirydowska (POL) | 1 | 3 | |
  | | | Anna Zwirydowska (POL) | 4 | 3 | Brittanee Laverdure (CAN) | 0 | 0 | |
  | Nurzat Shailobaeva (KGZ) | 4 | Natalia Smirnova (RUS) | 1 | 0 | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | Natalia Smirnova (RUS) | $6^F$ | Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU) | 2 | 3 | Tatiana Suarez (USA) | 0 | 3 | $2^F$ |
  
  * 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.
  