The 2008 FILA Wrestling World Championships

FILA Wrestling World Championships

FILA Wrestling World Championships is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . The men's Greco-Roman tournament began in 1904...

were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium

Yoyogi National Gymnasium

is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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. The event took place from October 11 to October 13, 2008. The competition only featured wrestling in the Female

Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

 Freestyle

Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history...

 event. Traditionally, Wrestling World Championships are not held in Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 years, but in 2008 a female championship was held because the 2008 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Wrestling has been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since the sport was introduced in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC. When the modern Olympic Games resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling became a focus of the Games, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not...

 included only four of the seven FILA

International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles

The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles, also known in French as Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées , is an international wrestling federation that holds events around the world. It is the governing body of international amateur wrestling...

weight classes for females.

Medal table

1		4	1	2	7
2		1	0	2	3
3		1	0	1	2
4		1	0	0	1
5		0	2	0	2
6		0	1	2	3
		0	1	2	3
8		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
10		0	0	2	2
11		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	14	28

Team ranking

Rank	Women's freestyle
	Team	Points
1		65
2		42
3		40
4		31
5		31
6		29
7		23
8		18
9		17
10		14

Women's freestyle

48 kg
51 kg
55 kg
59 kg
63 kg
67 kg
72 kg