2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.

Women's freestyle 59 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Alena Kartashova   Russia   Lotta Andersson   Sweden   Mabel Fonseca   Puerto Rico

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	CHN	IND
1	Emily Richardson (CAN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–1	6–0
2	Yang Yanli (CHN)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	8–3
3	Alka Tomar (IND)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SWE	VEN	SUI
1	Lotta Andersson (SWE)	2	2	0	8	9		—	5–0 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Yoselin Rojas (VEN)	2	1	1	4	10		0–4 TO	—	10–0
3	Nadia Meier (SUI)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	LAT	KAZ
1	Christina Oertli (GER)	2	2	0	6	12		—	5–0	7–0
2	Kristīne Odriņa (LAT)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Madina Kurmangaliyeva (KAZ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FRA	UKR	PER
1	Sandrine Sève (FRA)	2	2	0	8	19		—	7–2 Fall	12–1
2	Oxana Shalikova (UKR)	2	1	1	4	6		0–4 TO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Esther Mendoza (PER)	2	0	2	1	1		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	MGL
1	Rena Iwama (JPN)	2	2	0	7	10		—	4–0	6–0 Fall
2	Lauren Lamb (USA)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–1
3	Dashjanchivyn Battsetseg (MGL)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		PUR	ITA	KOR
1	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	2	2	0	8	25		—	14–2	11–0
2	Silvia Menichetti (ITA)	2	1	1	4	6		1–4 SP	—	4–1
3	Kang Yoo-jin (KOR)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MEX	BUL	AUS
1	Virginia Mendoza (MEX)	2	2	0	7	15		—	5–0	10–0
2	Desislava Lyubenova (BUL)	2	1	1	4	7		0–3 PO	—	7–0 Fall
3	Carli Lewis (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	GRE	ROM
1	Alena Kartashova (RUS)	2	2	0	7	15		—	8–2	7–0 Fall
2	Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE)	2	1	1	5	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1 Fall
3	Mirela Burnichi (ROM)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Emily Richardson (CAN)	0
	Lotta Andersson (SWE)	4			Lotta Andersson (SWE)	5
	Christina Oertli (GER)	3			Sandrine Sève (FRA)	0
	Sandrine Sève (FRA)	6							Lotta Andersson (SWE)	0
	Rena Iwama (JPN)	1							Alena Kartashova (RUS)	4
	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	4			Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	2
	Virginia Mendoza (MEX)	3			Alena Kartashova (RUS)	5
	Alena Kartashova (RUS)	6							Bronze medal match
									Sandrine Sève (FRA)	1
									Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	3