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

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.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Karelin  Russia
Silver	Matt Ghaffari  United States
Bronze	Yuri Evseichik  Israel

Results

Legend

• 3C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
• WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)	1–5	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)
Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR)	2–0	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)
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)	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)	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)		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
Minoru Hamaue (JPN)	0–7	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)
Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR)	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
Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)	0–7 3C	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)
Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE)	2–1	Helger Hallik (EST)
Şaban Donat (TUR)	4–0	Omrane Ayari (TUN)
Adil Karibov (KAZ)	11–3	Vassil Hristov (ESP)
Mario Miketek (CRO)	0–3	Yang Young-jin (KOR)
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)	3–0	Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE)
Şaban Donat (TUR)	3–0	Adil Karibov (KAZ)
Yang Young-jin (KOR)	1–3	Mehdi Sabzali (IRI)
Minoru Hamaue (JPN)	0–11	Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR)
Jacek Fafiński (POL)	1–0	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)
Raymund Edfelder (GER)	0–4	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	3–0	Şaban Donat (TUR)
Mehdi Sabzali (IRI)	1–3	Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR)
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)
Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR)	1–3	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)
Héctor Milián (CUB)		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
Héctor Milián (CUB)	1–4	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)
Yuri Evseichik (ISR)		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	2–4	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	WO	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	6–0	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)
Final
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	7–0 Fall	Matt Ghaffari (USA)

References

1. "Alexander Karelin to battle Matt Ghaffari in Gold-Medal bout at Greco-Roman World Championships". themat.com. 30 August 1998. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links

• UWW Database