| Event: | Women's freestyle 48 kg |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Venue: | Carioca Arena 2 |
| Date: | 17 August 2016 |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Eri Tosaka |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Mariya Stadnik |
| Silvernoc: | AZE |
| Bronze: | Sun Yanan |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Bronze2: | Elitsa Yankova |
| Bronzenoc2: | BUL |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle 48 kilograms competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place on August 17 at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca.[1]
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
The medals for the competition were presented by Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, IOC member, Denmark, and the gifts were presented by Natalia Yariguina, United World Wrestling vice president.
All times are Brasília Standard Time
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| 17:00 | Finals |
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