1998 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1998 World Wrestling 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.

1998 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	8–11 September 1998
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Greco-Roman
Host city	Gävle, Sweden
Dates	27–30 August 1998
Stadium	Gavlerinken
Women
Host city	Poznań, Poland
Dates	8–10 October 1998
Stadium	Hala Arena
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Russia

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
Totals (26 entries)		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	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan	Gholamreza Mohammadi Iran
58 kg	Alireza Dabir Iran	Harun Doğan Turkey	Guivi Sissaouri Canada
63 kg	Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria	Abbas Hajkenari Iran	Cary Kolat United States
69 kg	Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine	Lincoln McIlravy United States
76 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Moon Eui-jae South Korea	Alexander Leipold Germany
85 kg	Alireza Heidari Iran	Magomed Ibragimov Macedonia	Yoel Romero Cuba
97 kg	Abbas Jadidi Iran	Marek Garmulewicz Poland	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia
130 kg	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba	Rasoul Khadem Iran	Andrey Shumilin Russia

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Sim Kwon-ho South Korea	Marian Sandu Romania	Khaled Al-Faraj Syria
58 kg	Kim In-sub South Korea	Sheng Zetian China	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria
63 kg	Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan	Şeref Eroğlu Turkey	Choi Sang-sun South Korea
69 kg	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia	Csaba Hirbik Hungary	Son Sang-pil South Korea
76 kg	Bakhtiyar Baiseitov Kazakhstan	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba	Nazmi Avluca Turkey
85 kg	Aleksandr Menshchikov Russia	János Kismoni Hungary	Martin Lidberg Sweden
97 kg	Gogi Koguashvili Russia	Marek Švec Czech Republic	Davyd Saldadze Ukraine
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Matt Ghaffari United States	Yuri Evseichik Israel

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Tricia Saunders United States	Miyu Yamamoto Japan	Inga Karamchakova Russia
51 kg	Atsuko Shinomura Japan	Ida Hellström Sweden	Elena Egoshina Russia
56 kg	Gudrun Høie Norway	Anna Gomis France	Sara Eriksson Sweden
62 kg	Nikola Hartmann Austria	Lene Aanes Norway	Natalia Vinogradova Russia
68 kg	Christine Nordhagen Canada	Stéphanie Groß Germany	Sandra Bacher United States
75 kg	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Kristie Stenglein United States	Edyta Witkowska Poland

Participating nations

Men's freestyle

204 competitors from 40 nations participated.

• Armenia (2)
• Australia (5)
• Azerbaijan (7)
• Belarus (8)
• Bulgaria (8)
• Canada (8)
• China (6)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Colombia (3)
• Cuba (3)
• Cyprus (2)
• Czech Republic (2)
• France (1)
• Georgia (7)
• Germany (8)
• Great Britain (2)
• Greece (4)
• Hungary (4)
• India (7)
• Iran (8)
• Italy (1)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (7)
• Kyrgyzstan (5)
• Latvia (1)
• Macedonia (1)
• Moldova (4)
• Mongolia (8)
• Poland (8)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (2)
• South Africa (5)
• South Korea (8)
• Switzerland (4)
• Syria (4)
• Turkey (8)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (7)

Men's Greco-Roman

220 competitors from 49 nations participated.

• Algeria (1)
• Armenia (5)
• Australia (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belarus (7)
• Bulgaria (7)
• Canada (2)
• China (7)
• Colombia (2)
• Croatia (1)
• Cuba (3)
• Czech Republic (2)
• Denmark (1)
• Estonia (6)
• Finland (7)
• France (5)
• Georgia (7)
• Germany (8)
• Greece (7)
• Guam (1)
• Hungary (8)
• Iran (6)
• Israel (5)
• Italy (6)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (5)
• Kyrgyzstan (2)
• Latvia (3)
• Lithuania (3)
• Moldova (2)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (5)
• Poland (8)
• Portugal (2)
• Romania (5)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (2)
• Slovenia (3)
• South Korea (8)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (1)
• Syria (3)
• Tunisia (2)
• Turkey (8)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (4)
• Yugoslavia (3)

Women's freestyle

86 competitors from 21 nations participated.

• Australia (4)
• Austria (4)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Canada (6)
• China (4)
• Czech Republic (2)
• France (4)
• Germany (5)
• Greece (2)
• Italy (4)
• Japan (6)
• Latvia (3)
• Norway (4)
• Poland (6)
• Russia (6)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (1)
• Ukraine (5)
• United States (6)
• Uzbekistan (5)

External links

• UWW Database