1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg

The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.

Women's freestyle 68 kg at the 1999 World Championships
Venue	Hildursborg
Dates	10–12 September 1999
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Sandra Bacher   United States   Anita Schätzle   Germany   Anna Shamova   Russia

Main article: 1999 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	SWE	JPN
1	Sandra Bacher (USA)	2	2	0	7	8		—	3–2	5–0 Fall
2	Heidi Skemark (SWE)	2	1	1	5	8		1–3 PP	—	6–0 Fall
3	Tomoe Miyamoto (JPN)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	NOR	ITA
1	Natalya Bodnarets (UKR)	2	2	0	8	16		—	5–0 Fall	11–0
2	Lene Barlie (NOR)	2	1	1	4	4		0–4 TO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Rita Girone (ITA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	VEN	BUL	AUT
1	Anita Schätzle (GER)	3	2	1	8	17		—	4–7	7–3	6–0 Fall
2	Xiomara Guevara (VEN)	3	2	1	6	12		3–1 PP	—	4–1	1–5 Fall
3	Galina Ivanova (BUL)	3	1	2	5	12		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—	8–3
4	Nina Strasser (AUT)	3	1	2	5	8		0–4 TO	4–0 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	POL	FRA	CAN
1	Anna Shamova (RUS)	3	3	0	11	16		—	3–1	5–2 Fall	8–3 Fall
2	Ewelina Pruszko (POL)	3	1	2	6	5		1–3 PP	—	1–3	3–0 Fall
3	Lise Golliot (FRA)	3	1	2	4	7		0–4 TO	3–1 PP	—	2–3
4	Shannon Samler (CAN)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	3–1 PP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Final
	Sandra Bacher (USA)	4
	Natalya Bodnarets (UKR)	0			Sandra Bacher (USA)	8
	Anita Schätzle (GER)	8			Anita Schätzle (GER)	1
	Anna Shamova (RUS)	4
					Bronze medal match
					Natalya Bodnarets (UKR)	0
					Anna Shamova (RUS)	8