1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

None Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 1998 World Championships 28–30 August 1998 Gavlerinken 25 25 Aleksandr Karelin RUS Matt Ghaffari USA Yuri Evseichik ISR 1997 1999 1998 World Wrestling Championships The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden from 28 to 30 August 1998.http://themat.com/international/98/083098.asp Alexander Karelin to battle Matt Ghaffari in Gold-Medal bout at Greco-Roman World Championships themat.com 30 August 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/19990420053237/http://themat.com/international/98/083098.asp 23 May 2020 1999-04-20 Results Legend 3C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent WO — Won by walkover Round 1 Score Round of 32 Shermukhammad Kuziev UZB 1–5 Georgiy Saldadze UKR Anatoly Fedorenko BLR 1995 2–0 Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 Sergei Mureiko BUL 3–0 Anastasios Sofianidis GRE Jacek Fafiński POL 2–0 Helger Hallik EST Héctor Milián CUB 0–0 Şaban Donat TUR Omrane Ayari TUN 1959 0–6 Mihály Deák-Bárdos HUN Eddy Bengtsson SWE 3–0 Adil Karibov KAZ Matt Ghaffari USA 8–0 Vassil Hristov ESP Mario Miketek CRO 0–5 Raymund Edfelder GER Yang Young-jin KOR 1997 0–3 Yuri Evseichik ISR Aleksandr Karelin RUS 3–0 Fall Juha Ahokas FIN Mehdi Sabzali IRI 0–3 Zhao Hailin CHN Minoru Hamaue JPN 1947 Bye Round 2 Score Round of 16 Minoru Hamaue JPN 1947 0–7 Georgiy Saldadze UKR Anatoly Fedorenko BLR 1995 0–3 Sergei Mureiko BUL Jacek Fafiński POL 0–3 Héctor Milián CUB Mihály Deák-Bárdos HUN 5–0 Eddy Bengtsson SWE Matt Ghaffari USA 1–0 Raymund Edfelder GER Yuri Evseichik ISR 0–8 Aleksandr Karelin RUS Zhao Hailin CHN Bye Repechage Shermukhammad Kuziev UZB 0–7 3C Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 Anastasios Sofianidis GRE 2–1 Helger Hallik EST Şaban Donat TUR 4–0 Omrane Ayari TUN 1959 Adil Karibov KAZ 11–3 Vassil Hristov ESP Mario Miketek CRO 0–3 Yang Young-jin KOR 1997 Juha Ahokas FIN 1–3 Mehdi Sabzali IRI Round 3 Score Quarterfinals Zhao Hailin CHN 0–6 Fall Georgiy Saldadze UKR Sergei Mureiko BUL 1–1 Héctor Milián CUB Mihály Deák-Bárdos HUN 0–0 Matt Ghaffari USA Aleksandr Karelin RUS Bye Repechage Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 3–0 Anastasios Sofianidis GRE Şaban Donat TUR 3–0 Adil Karibov KAZ Yang Young-jin KOR 1997 1–3 Mehdi Sabzali IRI Minoru Hamaue JPN 1947 0–11 Anatoly Fedorenko BLR 1995 Jacek Fafiński POL 1–0 Eddy Bengtsson SWE Raymund Edfelder GER 0–4 Yuri Evseichik ISR Round 4 Score Repechage Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 3–0 Şaban Donat TUR Mehdi Sabzali IRI 1–3 Anatoly Fedorenko BLR 1995 Jacek Fafiński POL 2–3 Yuri Evseichik ISR Zhao Hailin CHN 0–2 Héctor Milián CUB Mihály Deák-Bárdos HUN Bye Round 5 Score Semifinals Aleksandr Karelin RUS 4–0 Georgiy Saldadze UKR Sergei Mureiko BUL 1–3 Matt Ghaffari USA Repechage Mihály Deák-Bárdos HUN 0–4 Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 Anatoly Fedorenko BLR 1995 1–3 Yuri Evseichik ISR Héctor Milián CUB Bye Round 6 Score Repechage Héctor Milián CUB 1–4 Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 Yuri Evseichik ISR Bye Round 7 Score Repechage Georgiy Saldadze UKR 2–4 Yuri Evseichik ISR Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 WO Sergei Mureiko BUL Finals Score Bronze medal match Yuri Evseichik ISR 6–0 Mirian Giorgadze GEO 1990 Final Aleksandr Karelin RUS 7–0 Fall Matt Ghaffari USA References External links UWW Database Category:Men's events at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships Category:Greco-Roman wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships