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.[1]

Women's freestyle 75 kg
at the 1998 World Championships
VenueHala Arena
Dates8–10 October 1998
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Poland
← 1997
1999 →

Results

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Round 1

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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

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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

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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

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Repechage
  Elvira Barriga (AUT) 0–3   Edyta Witkowska (POL)
  Zumrud Gurbanhajiyeva (RUS) 3–4   Nina Englich (GER)

Finals

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Bronze medal match
  Edyta Witkowska (POL) 4–0   Nina Englich (GER)
Final
  Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) 5–3   Kristie Stenglein (USA)

References

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  1. ^ "Saunders Wins Third Career Gold Medal; Stenglein Wins Silver and Bacher Takes Bronze as USA Places Third". themat.com. 10 October 1998. Archived from the original on 1999-01-28. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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