Women's freestyle 48 kilograms competition at the

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, was held on August 16 at the

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. This

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competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a

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used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC+08:00)

Results

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Final

Top half

Bottom half

Repechage

Final standing

References

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Competition formatResults Book, Page 17
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