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Women's freestyle 48 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August 2004
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Iryna Merleni  Ukraine Chiharu Icho  Japan Patricia Miranda  United States
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Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg	84 kg
	96 kg	96 kg
	120 kg	120 kg
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The women's freestyle 48 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, in Athens, Greece from August 22 to August 23.

The competition is 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)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2	2	0	8	19	Semifinals
2	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	2	1	1	3	4	Classification 5–8
3	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	0	2	1	3

	Score		CP
Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12–0	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	4–0 ST
Brigitte Wagner (GER)	0–7 Fall	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	0–4 TO
Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	3–4	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	2	2	0	7	10	Semifinals
2	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	2	1	1	5	16	Classification 5–8
3	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	7–4	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	3–1 PP
Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	0–3 Fall	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	0–4 TO
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	12–0	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)	4–0 ST

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	3	3	0	12	31	Semifinals
2	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	3	2	1	7	8	Classification 5–8
3	Fani Psatha (GRE)	3	1	2	5	8
4	Fadhila Louati (TUN)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Fani Psatha (GRE)	5–0 Fall	Fadhila Louati (TUN)	4–0 TO
Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–11	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	3–5	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	1–3 PP
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fani Psatha (GRE)	0–10	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	0–4 ST
Fadhila Louati (TUN)	0–3 Fall	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0–4 TO

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Patricia Miranda (USA)	3	3	0	10	26	Semifinals
2	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3	2	1	7	22	Classification 5–8
3	Li Hui (CHN)	3	1	2	6	24
4	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Patricia Miranda (USA)	8–5	Li Hui (CHN)	3–1 PP
Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	7–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3–0 PO
Patricia Miranda (USA)	7–3	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3–1 PP
Li Hui (CHN)	10–0	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–0 ST
Patricia Miranda (USA)	11–1	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4–1 SP
Li Hui (CHN)	9–12	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	1–3 PP

Classification 5–8

	Qualification 5–6				Classification 5–6
	Brigitte Wagner (GER)	3
	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)	0			Brigitte Wagner (GER)	1
	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	0			Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	3
	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)	11

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)	12
	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	1			Chiharu Icho (JPN)	2
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	9			Iryna Merleni (UKR)	2
	Patricia Miranda (USA)	0
					Bronze medal match
					Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	4
					Patricia Miranda (USA)	12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)
	Chiharu Icho (JPN)
	Patricia Miranda (USA)
4	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)
5	Lorisa Oorzhak (RUS)
6	Brigitte Wagner (GER)
7	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)
8	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
9	Li Hui (CHN)
10	Fani Psatha (GRE)
11	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)
12	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)
13	Leopoldina Ross (GBS)
14	Fadhila Louati (TUN)

References

• Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in women's freestyle flyweight
2004:  Iryna Merleni (UKR) 2008:  Carol Huynh (CAN) 2012:  Hitomi Obara (JPN) 2016:  Eri Tosaka (JPN) 2020:  Yui Susaki (JPN) 2024:  Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)
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• Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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• Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics