2000 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg

Main article: 2000 World Wrestling Championships

The women's freestyle 56 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2000 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 3 September 2000.

Medalists

Gold	Seiko Yamamoto Japan
Silver	Tetyana Lazareva Ukraine
Bronze	Jennifer Ryz Canada

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUN	ESP	BUL
1	Salma Ferchichi (TUN)	2	2	0	7	20		—	9–2	11–1
2	Minerva Montero (ESP)	2	1	1	4	13		1–3 PP	—	11–2
3	Desislava Lyubenova (BUL)	2	0	2	2	3		1–4 SP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GRE	USA
1	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	2	0	6	11		—	7–1	4–3
2	Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	9–6
3	Tina George (USA)	2	0	2	2	7		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	SWE	RUS	ESA
1	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	3	3	0	11	10		—	3–2	4–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
2	Sara Eriksson (SWE)	3	2	1	8	13		1–3 PP	—	1–0	10–0
3	Natalia Ivashko (RUS)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–3 PO	—	6–0
4	Zaira Martínez (ESA)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	PUR	VEN	TUR
1	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	3	3	0	10	15		—	5–3	3–0	7–0 Fall
2	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	3	2	1	8	23		1–3 PP	—	8–7	12–1
3	Yulianny Orellana (VEN)	3	1	2	5	20		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—	13–3
4	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	3	0	3	2	4		0–4 TO	1–4 SP	1–4 SP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	Salma Ferchichi (TUN)		0
	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		10			Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)		0
	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)		3			Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)		5
	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)		2
						Bronze medal match
						Salma Ferchichi (TUN)		0
						Jennifer Ryz (CAN)		4