Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Kyoko Hamaguchi    Japan   Wang Xu    China   Edyta Witkowska    Poland
← 2001 2003 →

2002 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 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
v t e

The women's freestyle 72 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.^[1]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CZE	ITA	SEN
1	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	2	2	0	6	9		—	6–3	3–2
2	Katarzyna Juszczak (ITA)	2	1	1	5	16		1–3 PP	—	13–2
3	Marie Nicole Diédhiou (SEN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–4 SP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	CAN	MGL
1	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0	10–0
2	Pamela Wilson (CAN)	2	1	1	4	11		0–3 PO	—	11–0
3	Tsendkhüügiin Otgontögs (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	VEN	AUS
1	Galina Ivanova (BUL)	2	2	0	8	7		—	4–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
2	Yasmily Ramos (VEN)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	9–0 Fall
3	Erina Waterreus (AUS)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	RUS	ESP
1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	2	2	0	7	14		—	9–0 Fall	5–1
2	Svetlana Martinenko (RUS)	2	1	1	3	3		0–4 TO	—	3–2
3	Maider Unda (ESP)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	KAZ
1	Wang Xu (CHN)	2	2	0	8	12		—	8–3 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Toccara Montgomery (USA)	2	1	1	4	9		0–4 TO	—	6–0 Fall
3	Gulbanu Abdullina (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GER	KOR
1	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–1	6–3
2	Anita Schätzle (GER)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Kang Min-jeong (KOR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	GRE	NOR
1	Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	4–0	6–0
2	Sofia Kampanari (GRE)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0
3	Nina Nilsen (NOR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Kateřina Halová (CZE)	1
	Edyta Witkowska (POL)	7			Edyta Witkowska (POL)	0
	Galina Ivanova (BUL)	0			Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	4
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	10							Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	5
	Wang Xu (CHN)	7							Wang Xu (CHN)	1
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	0			Wang Xu (CHN)	5F
					Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Edyta Witkowska (POL)	2
									Zarife Yıldırım (TUR)	0