# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 54 kg

The men's freestyle 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 8 to 10 September 1998.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 10–0 | James Crowe (CAN) |
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 5–0 | Vitalie Railean (MDA) |
| Sammie Henson (USA) | 6–4 | Vasilij Zeiher (GER) |
| Niu Pinghui (CHN) | 0–5 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Stanisław Surdyka (POL) | 0–3 | Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) |
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 5–4 | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) |
| Chechenol Mongush (RUS) | 4–1 Fall | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) | 4–7 | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) |
| Armen Simonyan (ARM) | 9–1 | Wilfredo García (CUB) |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 9–2 | Thomas Röthlisberger (SUI) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 2–1 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) |
| Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 3–0 | Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 0–4 | Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) |
| Sammie Henson (USA) | 5–4 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) | 5–4 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) |
| Chechenol Mongush (RUS) | 2–0 Fall | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) |
| Armen Simonyan (ARM) | 10–0 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 5–2 Fall | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |
| Repechage |||
| James Crowe (CAN) | 4–11 Fall | Vitalie Railean (MDA) |
| Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 8–7 Fall | Niu Pinghui (CHN) |
| Stanisław Surdyka (POL) | 4–8 | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) |
| Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) | 4–1 | Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) |
| Wilfredo García (CUB) | 5–1 | Thomas Röthlisberger (SUI) |
| Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 10–0 | Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 1–3 | Sammie Henson (USA) |
| Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) | 2–5 | Chechenol Mongush (RUS) |
| Armen Simonyan (ARM) | | Bye |
| Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 1–5 | Vasilij Zeiher (GER) |
| Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 1–6 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Wilfredo García (CUB) | 2–3 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 0–4 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 0–9 | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 0–11 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Sammie Henson (USA) | 4–3 | Chechenol Mongush (RUS) |
| Armen Simonyan (ARM) | 1–3 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |
| Repechage |||
| Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 2–2 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 3–8 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 0–6 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | WO | Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 3–11 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 6–0 | Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Chechenol Mongush (RUS) | 4–5 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 4–0 | Armen Simonyan (ARM) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 1–3 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |
| Final |||
| Sammie Henson (USA) | 3–1 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |