# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 9 to 11 September 1998.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Ali Özen (TUR) | 0–3 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) |
| Gary Holmes (CAN) | 0–9 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) |
| Rudolf Vobořil (CZE) | 0–8 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) |
| Les Gutches (USA) | 10–0 | Gabriel Szerda (AUS) |
| Hans Gstöttner (GER) | 1–2 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) |
| Eldar Assanov (UKR) | 1–3 | Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) |
| Jiang Shoutuan (CHN) | 3–11 | Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) |
| Davinder Kumar Khatri (IND) | 0–3 | Robert Eggertswyler (SUI) |
| Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 3–0 Fall | Firdovsi Umudov (AZE) |
| Michał Stanisławski (POL) | 1–7 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) |
| Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL) | 1–3 | Aleksandr Maskov (KGZ) |
| Jalal Baker (SYR) | 0–10 | Gábor Kapuvári (HUN) |
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | 5–0 | Plamen Paskalev (BUL) |
| Siarhei Borchanka (BLR) | | Bye |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Siarhei Borchanka (BLR) | 1–2 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) |
| Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 4–2 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) |
| Les Gutches (USA) | 0–1 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) |
| Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 2–2 | Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) |
| Robert Eggertswyler (SUI) | WO | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) |
| Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 1–0 | Aleksandr Maskov (KGZ) |
| Gábor Kapuvári (HUN) | 0–5 | Yoel Romero (CUB) |
| Repechage |||
| Ali Özen (TUR) | 3–0 | Gary Holmes (CAN) |
| Rudolf Vobořil (CZE) | 4–1 | Gabriel Szerda (AUS) |
| Hans Gstöttner (GER) | 0–4 | Eldar Assanov (UKR) |
| Jiang Shoutuan (CHN) | 7–0 | Davinder Kumar Khatri (IND) |
| Firdovsi Umudov (AZE) | WO | Michał Stanisławski (POL) |
| Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL) | 10–2 Fall | Jalal Baker (SYR) |
| Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 0–1 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) |
| Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 5–1 | Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) |
| Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 3–1 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) |
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | 6–5 | Ali Özen (TUR) |
| Rudolf Vobořil (CZE) | 0–4 Fall | Eldar Assanov (UKR) |
| Jiang Shoutuan (CHN) | 0–10 | Michał Stanisławski (POL) |
| Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL) | 11–15 | Siarhei Borchanka (BLR) |
| Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 1–1 | Les Gutches (USA) |
| Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 6–0 | Aleksandr Maskov (KGZ) |
| Gábor Kapuvári (HUN) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Gábor Kapuvári (HUN) | 8–12 | Plamen Paskalev (BUL) |
| Eldar Assanov (UKR) | 0–0 | Michał Stanisławski (POL) |
| Siarhei Borchanka (BLR) | 0–6 | Les Gutches (USA) |
| Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 0–3 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) |
| Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) | 3–3 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | 1–2 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) |
| Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 1–3 | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) |
| Repechage |||
| Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | 0–1 | Michał Stanisławski (POL) |
| Les Gutches (USA) | 1–1 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) |
| Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 4–1 | Les Gutches (USA) |
| Michał Stanisławski (POL) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | 5–1 | Michał Stanisławski (POL) |
| Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 0–5 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | 3–2 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) |
| Final |||
| Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 4–0 | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) |