2001 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg

Women's freestyle 51 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	23–25 November 2001
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Hitomi Sakamoto    Japan   Stephanie Murata    United States   Gao Yanzhi    China
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The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 25 November 2001.^[1]

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FRA	BUL	KOR
1	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)	2	2	0	7	8		—	4–2	4–1 Fall
2	Julieta Okot (BUL)	2	1	1	5	10		1–3 PP	—	8–5 Fall
3	Park Ji-young (KOR)	2	0	2	0	6		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	BLR	SWE
1	Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	2	2	0	8	26		—	13–3 Fall	13–2 Fall
2	Alena Kareisha (BLR)	2	1	1	4	3		0–4 TO	—	WO
3	Ida Hellström (SWE)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 TO	0–4 PA	—

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	GER	KGZ
1	Natalia Karamchakova (RUS)	2	2	0	8	16		—	5–0 Fall	11–0 Fall
2	Jessica Bechtel (GER)	2	1	1	3	6		0–4 TO	—	6–0
3	Alfia Zaynulina (KGZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–3 PO	—

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SWE	UKR	TUR
1	Gao Yanzhi (CHN)	2	2	0	7	14		—	8–2	6–0 Fall
2	Inessa Rebar (UKR)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1
3	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	POL	MGL
1	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	2	0	8	11		—	3–0 Fall	8–0 Fall
2	Marta Wojtanowska (POL)	2	1	1	3	5		0–4 TO	—	5–0
3	Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–3 PO	—

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	GRE	AUS
1	Stephanie Murata (USA)	2	2	0	7	18		—	9–3	9–0 Fall
2	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	2	1	1	4	11		1–3 PP	—	8–1
3	Kyla Bremner (AUS)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)	0
	Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	10F			Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	6
	Natalia Karamchakova (RUS)	1			Gao Yanzhi (CHN)	1
	Gao Yanzhi (CHN)	4							Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN)	12
									Stephanie Murata (USA)	1
					Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	1
					Stephanie Murata (USA)	4
									Bronze medal match
									Gao Yanzhi (CHN)	4F
									Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	1

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