# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 85 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.

## Results
### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Quincey Clark (USA) | 2–4 | Aleksandr Sidorenko (BLR) |
| Emzar Makaradze (GEO) | 2–4 | János Kismoni (HUN) |
| Christos Katsaros (GRE) | 0–3 | Ara Abrahamian (ARM) |
| Marko Asell (FIN) | 4–1 | Marcin Letki (POL) |
| Mohamed El-Hadad (FRA) | 0–5 | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) |
| Toomas Proovel (EST) | 6–2 Fall | Oleksandr Sardaryan (UKR) |
| Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 0–12 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 0–3 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 0–3 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 10–2 | Salvatore Campanella (ITA) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 1–2 | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) |
| Fritz Aanes (NOR) | 3–1 | Dai Ruifeng (CHN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Aleksandr Sidorenko (BLR) | 0–1 | János Kismoni (HUN) |
| Ara Abrahamian (ARM) | 0–3 | Marko Asell (FIN) |
| Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 3–0 | Toomas Proovel (EST) |
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 3–0 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 1–0 | Thomas Zander (GER) |
| Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 9–0 | Fritz Aanes (NOR) |
| Repechage |||
| Quincey Clark (USA) | 4–0 | Emzar Makaradze (GEO) |
| Christos Katsaros (GRE) | 0–4 | Marcin Letki (POL) |
| Mohamed El-Hadad (FRA) | 0–4 | Oleksandr Sardaryan (UKR) |
| Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 0–8 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 3–0 | Salvatore Campanella (ITA) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 7–0 | Dai Ruifeng (CHN) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| János Kismoni (HUN) | 7–0 | Marko Asell (FIN) |
| Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 0–11 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | | Bye |
| Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Quincey Clark (USA) | 1–0 | Marcin Letki (POL) |
| Oleksandr Sardaryan (UKR) | 0–3 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 0–11 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Aleksandr Sidorenko (BLR) | 3–0 | Ara Abrahamian (ARM) |
| Toomas Proovel (EST) | 0–2 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 3–1 | Fritz Aanes (NOR) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| János Kismoni (HUN) | 3–2 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 1–2 | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) |
| Repechage |||
| Quincey Clark (USA) | 0–10 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2–0 | Aleksandr Sidorenko (BLR) |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 0–5 | Thomas Zander (GER) |
| Marko Asell (FIN) | 0–3 | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 0–3 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 1–2 | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 0–4 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | | Bye |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3–0 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) |
| Final |||
| János Kismoni (HUN) | 0–3 | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) |