2005 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg

Women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	28 September 2005
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Ren Xuecheng    China   Iryna Merleni    Ukraine   Carol Huynh    Canada   Makiko Sakamoto    Japan

2005 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg

The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 28 September 2005.^[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Final
	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	2	1
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	2F

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Carol Huynh (CAN)	2	8F
							Shumel Khan (IND)	0	0
													Carol Huynh (CAN)	1	1	1
													Iryna Merleni (UKR)	1	5	2
							Iryna Merleni (UKR)	4F
							Sarianne Savola (FIN)	0
																			Iryna Merleni (UKR)	3F
																			Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	0
							Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0	4	5
							Olena Bondarenko (NZL)	1	0	0
													Maryna Markevich (BLR)	0	0
	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	3										Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	1	4
	Kawtar Othmani (MAR)	0	0				Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	4	3
	Andrea Vadász-Ember (HUN)	0	0				Zhuldyz Eshimova (KGZ)	4	2
	Zhuldyz Eshimova (KGZ)	4	7

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Jenny Wong (USA)	2	2	3
	Dashdavaagiin Baasanjargal (MGL)	3	0	0			Jenny Wong (USA)	2	0	6
	Sunisa Klahan (THA)	0					Francine De Paola (ITA)	0	2	1
	Francine De Paola (ITA)	6F											Jenny Wong (USA)	0	2
	Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	2	1	5									Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	6	6
	Anne-Catherine Deluntsch (FRA)	1	1	0			Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	2	4F
	Sigrun Dobner (GER)	6	6				Sigrun Dobner (GER)	0	0
	Fernanda Peres (BRA)	0	0																Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	1	1
	Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	6																Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	1	5
	Fani Psatha (GRE)	0	0				Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	7	7
	Park Bo-ra (KOR)	1	2				Park Bo-ra (KOR)	0	0
	Bekzat Mustafina (KAZ)	0	0										Ren Xuecheng (CHN)	2	4
	Cristina Croitoru (ROM)	8	0	1									Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	0	0
	Iwona Sadowska (POL)	2	1	3			Iwona Sadowska (POL)	0	0
	Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	6	2				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	3	1
	Filiz Çıkrıkçı (TUR)	0	0

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Sarianne Savola (FIN)	0	0				Carol Huynh (CAN)	1	0	1
							Carol Huynh (CAN)	4	1				Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	0	1	0
	Fani Psatha (GRE)	4	1				Fani Psatha (GRE)	0	0				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	1	0	0
	Park Bo-ra (KOR)	0	0				Lilia Kaskarakova (RUS)	4	4				Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	0	1	7