2000 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2000 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 3 September 2000.

Women's freestyle 51 kg at the 2000 World Championships
Venue	Universiada Hall
Dates	1–3 September 2000
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Hitomi Sakamoto   Japan   Patricia Miranda   United States   Ida Hellström   Sweden

Main article: 2000 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	CAN	FRA
1	Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	2	2	0	8	20		—	10–0	10–0
2	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	1	1	4	5		0–4 ST	—	5–1 Fall
3	Anne-Catherine Deluntsch (FRA)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	POL	CZE
1	Elena Egoshina (RUS)	2	2	0	7	9		—	5–0	4–0 Fall
2	Marta Wojtanowska (POL)	2	1	1	4	10		0–3 PO	—	10–0
3	Olina Orlovská (CZE)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GER	ESP
1	Inessa Rebar (UKR)	2	2	0	7	20		—	9–3	11–0
2	Yvonne Hees (GER)	2	1	1	5	6		1–3 PP	—	3–0 Fall
3	Ana Belén Fernández (ESP)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	TPE	TUR
1	Patricia Miranda (USA)	2	2	0	8	23		—	12–1	11–0
2	Wu Li-chuan (TPE)	2	1	1	4	13		1–4 SP	—	12–4
3	Semra Aydın (TUR)	2	0	2	1	4		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SWE	MEX	TUN	BUL
1	Ida Hellström (SWE)	3	3	0	11	25		—	10–3	5–0 Fall	10–0
2	Magdalena Arellano (MEX)	3	2	1	9	22		1–3 PP	—	13–11 Fall	6–0 Fall
3	Faiza Bejaoui (TUN)	3	1	2	4	15		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—	4–2 Fall
4	Liliana Shtereva (BUL)	3	0	3	0	2		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	10
	Elena Egoshina (RUS)	0			Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	10
					Inessa Rebar (UKR)	0
									Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	10
									Patricia Miranda (USA)	0
					Patricia Miranda (USA)	4
					Ida Hellström (SWE)	2
									Bronze medal match
									Inessa Rebar (UKR)	1
									Ida Hellström (SWE)	4