Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2006 World Championships
Venue	Tianhe Gymnasium
Dates	1 October 2006
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Stanka Zlateva    Bulgaria   Kyoko Hamaguchi    Japan   Elena Perepelkina    Russia   Kristie Marano    United States
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2006 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
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The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 1 October 2006.^[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	Final
	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	1	2	6
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	3	1	0

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Maria Vryoni (GRE)	4F
							Sonika Kaliraman (IND)	0
													Maria Vryoni (GRE)	0	0
													Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	4	3F
							Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	3	0	7
							Elena Perepelkina (RUS)	0	3	1
																			Stanka Zlateva (BUL)	2	3F
																			Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	1	0
							Yana Panova (KGZ)	0	0
							Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	2	1
													Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	6	1	2
													Wang Jiao (CHN)	4	3	2
							Wang Jiao (CHN)	6	5
							Jaramit Weffer (VEN)	0	1

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Anita Schätzle (GER)	0	2
							Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	2	3
													Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	4F
													Yoon So-young (KOR)	0
							Sandrine Djédjé (CIV)	0	0
							Yoon So-young (KOR)	5	6
																			Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	0	0
	Ana Maria Paic (ROM)	0	0																Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	1	3
	Jenny Fransson (SWE)	1	4F				Jenny Fransson (SWE)	0	0
	Maider Unda (ESP)	0	1				Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	4F
	Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	2	2										Svetlana Saenko (UKR)	0
	Darya Karpenko (KAZ)	0	1										Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	6F
	Kristie Marano (USA)	3	2				Kristie Marano (USA)	0
	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	0	0				Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	7F
	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)	7	3F

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Elena Perepelkina (RUS)	1	4F				Elena Perepelkina (RUS)	1	2
							Maria Vryoni (GRE)	0	0				Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR)	0	0
	Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL)	0	1	0			Kristie Marano (USA)	W	O				Kristie Marano (USA)	1	4
	Kristie Marano (USA)	2	0	4F			Svetlana Saenko (UKR)						Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)	1	0