Women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Saori Yoshida    Japan   Tina George    United States   Ida-Theres Karlsson    Sweden
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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 55 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		SWE	TUR	KAZ
1	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	2	2	0	6	7		—	4–0	3–0
2	Zeynep Yıldırım (TUR)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0
3	Zhanna Kaikenova (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	GER	KOR
1	Kitti Godó (HUN)	2	1	1	4	12		—	11–7	1–4
2	Sabrina Lotz (GER)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	3–0
3	Kim Hee-jeong (KOR)	2	1	1	3	4		3–1 PP	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	ITA	BUL
1	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	2	2	0	8	14		—	10–0	4–0 Fall
2	Eva Sacchi (ITA)	2	1	1	4	10		0–4 ST	—	10–0
3	Valentina Veleva (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	UKR	ESP
1	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0 Fall	10–1
2	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	1	1	4	6		0–4 TO	—	6–0 Fall
3	Minerva Montero (ESP)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	VEN	AUT
1	Monika Michalik (POL)	2	2	0	7	7		—	3–1	4–0 Fall
2	Marcia Andrades (VEN)	2	1	1	4	13		1–3 PP	—	12–4
3	Birgit Stern (AUT)	2	0	2	1	4		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	SUI	FRA	MAD
1	Tina George (USA)	3	3	0	11	33		—	15–4	8–2	10–0
2	Nadine Tokar (SUI)	3	2	1	9	10		1–4 SP	—	3–5 Fall	3–2 Fall
3	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)	3	1	2	4	14		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	7–3
4	Josiane Soloniaina (MAD)	3	0	3	1	5		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GRE	RUS	SEN	AUS
1	Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	3	3	0	10	23		—	6–5	5–1	12–0
2	Viktoria Zagainova (RUS)	3	2	1	9	13		1–3 PP	—	5–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
3	Isabelle Sambou (SEN)	3	1	2	5	11		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	10–0
4	Suellyn Hayes (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	6
	Kitti Godó (HUN)	0			Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	0
	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	0			Saori Yoshida (JPN)	10
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	11							Saori Yoshida (JPN)	10
	Monika Michalik (POL)	0							Tina George (USA)	4
	Tina George (USA)	3			Tina George (USA)	8F
					Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	1
									Bronze medal match
									Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	7
									Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	1