2001 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg

Women's freestyle 56 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Seiko Yamamoto    Japan   Lubov Volosova    Russia   Tetyana Lazareva    Ukraine

2001 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	54 kg	54 kg	46 kg
	58 kg	58 kg	51 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg	62 kg
	76 kg	76 kg	68 kg
	85 kg	85 kg	75 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg

The women's freestyle 56 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.^[1]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	NOR	ESP
1	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	2	0	6	15		—	10–7	5–3
2	Gudrun Høie (NOR)	2	1	1	5	11		1–3 PP	—	4–0 Fall
3	Minerva Montero (ESP)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	POL	BUL
1	Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	5–2	5–0
2	Elżbieta Stryczek (POL)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	6–0
3	Petia Peneva (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	FRA	GER
1	Lubov Volosova (RUS)	2	2	0	6	10		—	7–4	3–0
2	Anna Gomis (FRA)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	8–0 Fall
3	Yvonne Hees (GER)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SWE	CAN	NZL
1	Sara Eriksson (SWE)	2	2	0	7	9		—	2–0 Fall	7–1
2	Erica Sharp (CAN)	2	1	1	4	13		0–4 TO	—	13–0
3	Geraldine Roxburgh (NZL)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KOR	VEN	BRA
1	Lee Na-lae (KOR)	2	2	0	7	12		—	4–2	8–0 Fall
2	Yoselin Rojas (VEN)	2	1	1	5	13		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Sheila Aparecida (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	CHN	USA	GRE
1	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	3	3	0	11	11		—	4–2	7–0 Fall	WO
2	Sun Dongmei (CHN)	3	2	1	9	17		1–3 PP	—	10–0	5–0 Fall
3	Erin Tomeo (USA)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—	6–2
4	Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	3	0	3	1	2		0–4 PA	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	10
	Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR)	0			Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2
	Lubov Volosova (RUS)	4			Lubov Volosova (RUS)	4
	Sara Eriksson (SWE)	2							Lubov Volosova (RUS)	1
									Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	4
					Lee Na-lae (KOR)	0
					Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	5F
									Bronze medal match
									Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	5
									Lee Na-lae (KOR)	2