Women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Dates	12–14 September 2003
Competitors	29 from 29 nations
Medalists
Iryna Merleni    Ukraine   Patricia Miranda    United States   Li Hui    China
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2003 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 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.^[1]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FRA	POL	PER
1	Angélique Berthenet (FRA)	2	2	0	6	9		—	5–2	4–2
2	Iwona Sadowska (POL)	2	1	1	4	5		1–3 PP	—	3–0
3	Flor Quispe (PER)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	KOR	GER
1	Kamelia Tzekova (BUL)	2	2	0	7	12		—	8–6	4–0 Fall
2	Park Ji-young (KOR)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Sigrun Dobner (GER)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	CAN	ESP
1	Patricia Miranda (USA)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–1	11–0
2	Lyndsay Belisle (CAN)	2	1	1	5	8		1–3 PP	—	7–0 Fall
3	María del Mar Peralta (ESP)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GRE	IND	AUS
1	Fani Psatha (GRE)	2	2	0	6	12		—	8–5	4–3
2	Kamini Yadav (IND)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Lila Ristevska (AUS)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KGZ	TPE	KAZ
1	Alfia Zaynulina (KGZ)	2	2	0	6	8		—	4–2	4–2
2	Wang Ying-chi (TPE)	2	1	1	4	11		1–3 PP	—	9–0
3	Zhanar Amangaliyeva (KAZ)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	NOR	SWE
1	Inga Karamchakova (RUS)	2	2	0	6	8		—	5–3	3–2
2	Gudrun Høie (NOR)	2	1	1	5	3		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	Ida Hellström (SWE)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CHN	ITA	BRA
1	Li Hui (CHN)	2	2	0	8	20		—	13–3	7–2 Fall
2	Francine De Paola (ITA)	2	1	1	5	13		1–4 SP	—	10–0
3	Susana Santos (BRA)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	VEN	TJK	ROM
1	Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)	3	3	0	9	14		—	3–0	6–5	5–0
2	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	3	2	1	7	16		0–3 PO	—	5–1	11–3 Fall
3	Lidiya Karamchakova (TJK)	3	1	2	5	9		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—	3–2
4	Nicoleta Badea (ROM)	3	0	3	1	5		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	TUR	PUR	SUI
1	Iryna Merleni (UKR)	3	3	0	12	26		—	11–0	7–0 Fall	8–0 Fall
2	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	3	2	1	6	10		0–4 ST	—	4–0	6–3
3	Livanis Rivera (PUR)	3	1	2	3	4		0–4 TO	0–3 PO	—	4–3
4	Karin Wild (SUI)	3	0	3	2	6		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Angélique Berthenet (FRA)

5F

Kamelia Tzekova (BUL)

2

Angélique Berthenet (FRA)

1

Patricia Miranda (USA)

11

Patricia Miranda (USA)

7F

Fani Psatha (GRE)

0

Fani Psatha (GRE)

5

Alfia Zaynulina (KGZ)

1

Patricia Miranda (USA)

4

Iryna Merleni (UKR)

5

Inga Karamchakova (RUS)

0

Li Hui (CHN)

3F

Li Hui (CHN)

1

Bronze medal match

Iryna Merleni (UKR)

6

Makiko Sakamoto (JPN)

2

Fani Psatha (GRE)

3

Iryna Merleni (UKR)

5

Li Hui (CHN)

15F