1998 World Wrestling Championships

1998 World Freestyle Championships
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	September 8–11
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Champions
Freestyle	Iran

1998 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host city	Gävle, Sweden
Dates	August 27–30
Champions
Greco-Roman	Russia

1998 World Women Championships
Host city	Poznań, Poland
Dates	October 8–10
Champions
Women	Russia

The following is the final results of the 1998 FILA Wrestling World Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Tehran, Iran. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Gävle, Sweden and Women's competition were held in Poznań, Poland.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	0	5	10
2	Iran	3	2	1	6
3	United States	2	2	3	7
4	South Korea	2	1	2	5
5	Japan	2	1	0	3
6	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
7	Cuba	1	1	1	3
8	Norway	1	1	0	2
9	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	Canada	1	0	1	2
11	Armenia	1	0	0	1
	Austria	1	0	0	1
13	Turkey	0	2	1	3
14	Hungary	0	2	0	2
15	Sweden	0	1	2	3
16	Germany	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
19	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Macedonia	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
25	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Syria	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Iran	63	Russia	66	Russia	44
2	Russia	54	South Korea	36	Japan	38
3	United States	43	Turkey	34	United States	34
4	Ukraine	37	Kazakhstan	27	Canada	29
5	South Korea	28	Hungary	26	Norway	25
6	Poland	22	Bulgaria	26	Germany	23
7	Cuba	18	Romania	22	Ukraine	23
8	Germany	18	Cuba	19	Poland	22
9	Armenia	15	Ukraine	19	Sweden	21
10	Turkey	15	Poland	18	Austria	20

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Sammie Henson United States (USA)	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Gholamreza Mohammadi Iran (IRI)
58 kg	Alireza Dabir Iran (IRI)	Harun Doğan Turkey (TUR)	Guivi Sissaouri Canada (CAN)
63 kg	Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria (BUL)	Abbas Hajkenari Iran (IRI)	Cary Kolat United States (USA)
69 kg	Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia (ARM)	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine (UKR)	Lincoln McIlravy United States (USA)
76 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia (RUS)	Moon Eui-jae South Korea (KOR)	Alexander Leipold Germany (GER)
85 kg	Alireza Heidari Iran (IRI)	Magomed Ibragimov Macedonia (MKD)	Yoel Romero Cuba (CUB)
97 kg	Abbas Jadidi Iran (IRI)	Marek Garmulewicz Poland (POL)	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia (RUS)
130 kg	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba (CUB)	Rasoul Khadem Iran (IRI)	Andrey Shumilin Russia (RUS)

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Sim Kwon-ho South Korea (KOR)	Marian Sandu Romania (ROU)	Khaled Al-Faraj Syria (SYR)
58 kg	Kim In-sub South Korea (KOR)	Sheng Zetian China (CHN)	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria (BUL)
63 kg	Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Şeref Eroğlu Turkey (TUR)	Choi Sang-sun South Korea (KOR)
69 kg	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia (RUS)	Csaba Hirbik Hungary (HUN)	Son Sang-pil South Korea (KOR)
76 kg	Bakhtiyar Baiseitov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba (CUB)	Nazmi Avluca Turkey (TUR)
85 kg	Aleksandr Menshikov Russia (RUS)	János Kismoni Hungary (HUN)	Martin Lidberg Sweden (SWE)
97 kg	Gogi Koguashvili Russia (RUS)	Marek Švec Czech Republic (CZE)	Davyd Saldadze Ukraine (UKR)
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Russia (RUS)	Matt Ghaffari United States (USA)	Yuri Evseitchik Israel (ISR)

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Tricia Saunders United States (USA)	Miyu Yamamoto Japan (JPN)	Inga Karamchakova Russia (RUS)
51 kg	Atsuko Shinomura Japan (JPN)	Ida Hellström Sweden (SWE)	Elena Egochina Russia (RUS)
56 kg	Gudrun Høie Norway (NOR)	Anna Gomis France (FRA)	Sara Eriksson Sweden (SWE)
62 kg	Nikola Hartmann Austria (AUT)	Lene Aanes Norway (NOR)	Natalia Vinogradova Russia (RUS)
68 kg	Christine Nordhagen Canada (CAN)	Stéphanie Groß Germany (GER)	Sandra Bacher United States (USA)
75 kg	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan (JPN)	Kristie Stenglein United States (USA)	Edyta Witkowska Poland (POL)

References

• FILA Database