Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 63 kg

Women's freestyle 63 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Kaori Icho  Japan Sara McMann  United States Lise Legrand  France

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	55 kg			55 kg
	60 kg			60 kg
	66 kg			66 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	84 kg			84 kg
	96 kg			96 kg
	120 kg			120 kg
Women
	48 kg			63 kg
	55 kg			72 kg

The women's freestyle 63 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
22 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
23 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	2	2	0	6	9
Stéphanie Groß (GER)	2	1	1	4	4
Sara Eriksson (SWE)	2	0	2	1	3

	Score		CP
Stéphanie Groß (GER)	1–4	Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	1–3 PP
Sara Eriksson (SWE)	0–3	Stéphanie Groß (GER)	0–3 PO
Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)	5–3	Sara Eriksson (SWE)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sara McMann (USA)	2	1	1	5	7
Viola Yanik (CAN)	2	1	1	4	6
Meng Lili (CHN)	2	1	1	3	8

	Score		CP
Meng Lili (CHN)	0–5	Sara McMann (USA)	0–4 TO
Viola Yanik (CAN)	1–8	Meng Lili (CHN)	1–3 PP
Sara McMann (USA)	2–5	Viola Yanik (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Lise Legrand (FRA)	2	2	0	6	10
Volha Khilko (BLR)	2	1	1	4	5
Natalia Ivanova (TJK)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Volha Khilko (BLR)	1–7	Lise Legrand (FRA)	1–3 PP
Natalia Ivanova (TJK)	1–4	Volha Khilko (BLR)	1–3 PP
Lise Legrand (FRA)	3–0	Natalia Ivanova (TJK)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Kaori Icho (JPN)	2	2	0	7	16
Alena Kartashova (RUS)	2	1	1	4	9
Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)	0–10	Kaori Icho (JPN)	0–4 ST
Alena Kartashova (RUS)	7–0	Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)	3–0 PO
Kaori Icho (JPN)	6–2	Alena Kartashova (RUS)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Qualification 5–6					5th place match
	Stéphanie Groß (GER)		1
	Viola Yanik (CAN)		4			Viola Yanik (CAN)		5
	Volha Khilko (BLR)		4			Volha Khilko (BLR)		2
	Alena Kartashova (RUS)		1

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)		0
	Sara McMann (USA)		4 F			Sara McMann (USA)		2
	Lise Legrand (FRA)		0			Kaori Icho (JPN)		3
	Kaori Icho (JPN)		4
						Bronze medal match
						Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)		0
						Lise Legrand (FRA)		10 F

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Kaori Icho (JPN)
	Sara McMann (USA)
	Lise Legrand (FRA)
4	Stavroula Zygouri (GRE)
5	Viola Yanik (CAN)
6	Volha Khilko (BLR)
7	Stéphanie Groß (GER)
8	Alena Kartashova (RUS)
9	Meng Lili (CHN)
10	Sara Eriksson (SWE)
11	Natalia Ivanova (TJK)
12	Lyudmyla Golovchenko (UKR)

References

• Official Report