title: 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 75 kg
text: # 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 75 kg
  
  The women's freestyle 75 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Poznań, Poland from 8 to 10 October 1998.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Round 1
  
  | | Score | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Round of 16 |||
  | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 4–0 Fall | Franziska Lacher (SUI) |
  | Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (RUS) | 11–0 | Zanda Rūtenberga (LAT) |
  | Elvira Barriga (AUT) | 3–0 | Tamara Medwidsky (CAN) |
  | Věra Bažantová (CZE) | 0–10 | Kristie Stenglein (USA) |
  | Nina Englich (GER) | 4–1 | Edyta Witkowska (POL) |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | | Score | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Quarterfinals |||
  | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 6–0 Fall | Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (RUS) |
  | Elvira Barriga (AUT) | | Bye |
  | Kristie Stenglein (USA) | | Bye |
  | Nina Englich (GER) | | Bye |
  | Repechage |||
  | Franziska Lacher (SUI) | 5–3 Fall | Zanda Rūtenberga (LAT) |
  | Tamara Medwidsky (CAN) | 4–0 Fall | Věra Bažantová (CZE) |
  | Edyta Witkowska (POL) | | Bye |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | | Score | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Semifinals |||
  | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 4–0 Fall | Elvira Barriga (AUT) |
  | Kristie Stenglein (USA) | 5–1 | Nina Englich (GER) |
  | Repechage |||
  | Edyta Witkowska (POL) | 8–0 | Franziska Lacher (SUI) |
  | Tamara Medwidsky (CAN) | 2–3 | Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (RUS) |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | | Score | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Repechage |||
  | Elvira Barriga (AUT) | 0–3 | Edyta Witkowska (POL) |
  | Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (RUS) | 3–4 | Nina Englich (GER) |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | | Score | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bronze medal match |||
  | Edyta Witkowska (POL) | 4–0 | Nina Englich (GER) |
  | Final |||
  | Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) | 5–3 | Kristie Stenglein (USA) |
  