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.

Contents

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)
 Mogamed 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  Bakhtiar 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)

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