2001 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg

The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.

Women's freestyle 68 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Christine Nordhagen   Canada   Toccara Montgomery   United States   Anita Schätzle   Germany

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	ESP	VEN
1	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	2	2	0	6	16		—	10–1	6–3
2	Maider Unda (ESP)	2	1	1	5	4		1–3 PP	—	3–4 Fall
3	Xiomara Guevara (VEN)	2	0	2	1	7		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	BUL	JPN
1	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	2	0	7	22		—	14–2	8–2
2	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	1	1	5	7		1–4 SP	—	5–1 Fall
3	Norie Saito (JPN)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	CHN	POL	FIN
1	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	3	3	0	12	30		—	14–4 Fall	9–1 Fall	7–0 Fall
2	Yang Yanli (CHN)	3	2	1	7	22		0–4 TO	—	11–0	7–3
3	Monika Kowalska (POL)	3	1	2	4	11		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—	10–0
4	Heidi Martti (FIN)	3	0	3	1	3		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	UKR	KGZ	NOR
1	Svetlana Yaroshevich (RUS)	3	3	0	11	15		—	7–4	4–0 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Kateryna Burmistrova (UKR)	3	2	1	9	19		1–3 PP	—	3–0 Fall	12–0
3	Yana Panova (KGZ)	3	1	2	3	5		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—	5–2
4	Nina Nilsen (NOR)	3	0	3	1	2		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Final
	Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	10
	Anita Schätzle (GER)	4			Christine Nordhagen (CAN)	4
	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	7F			Toccara Montgomery (USA)	1
	Svetlana Yaroshevich (RUS)	2
					Bronze medal match
					Anita Schätzle (GER)	11
					Svetlana Yaroshevich (RUS)	1