# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 58 kg

The men's freestyle 58 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
### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 7–6 | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) |
| Zhang Fan (CHN) | 0–7 | Alireza Dabir (IRI) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 14–2 | Tony Purler (USA) |
| Adrian Stratu (ROM) | 7–3 | Elman Asgarov (AZE) |
| Jamal Al-Ahmad (SYR) | 0–10 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |
| Vyacheslav Sianyuk (BLR) | 3–4 | Sevdalin Todorov (BUL) |
| Rakesh Kumar (IND) | 2–3 | Sanshiro Abe (JPN) |
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | 1–0 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| David Pogosian (GEO) | 2–3 | Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) |
| Jan Smit (RSA) | 0–11 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |
| Fazlı Yeter (GER) | 3–0 | Cory O'Brien (AUS) |
| Luis Cortés (COL) | 0–9 | Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) |
| Octavian Cuciuc (MDA) | 1–3 | Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 2–3 | Alireza Dabir (IRI) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 6–0 | Adrian Stratu (ROM) |
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 5–1 | Sevdalin Todorov (BUL) |
| Sanshiro Abe (JPN) | 1–6 | Harun Doğan (TUR) |
| Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) | 4–5 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |
| Fazlı Yeter (GER) | 2–4 | Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) |
| Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) | 5–0 | Zhang Fan (CHN) |
| Tony Purler (USA) | 13–12 | Elman Asgarov (AZE) |
| Jamal Al-Ahmad (SYR) | 0–6 Fall | Vyacheslav Sianyuk (BLR) |
| Rakesh Kumar (IND) | 3–14 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| David Pogosian (GEO) | 10–1 | Jan Smit (RSA) |
| Cory O'Brien (AUS) | 10–0 | Luis Cortés (COL) |
| Octavian Cuciuc (MDA) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) | 0–12 | Alireza Dabir (IRI) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 0–4 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | 1–0 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |
| Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Octavian Cuciuc (MDA) | 1–4 | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) |
| Tony Purler (USA) | 2–10 | Vyacheslav Sianyuk (BLR) |
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 3–1 | David Pogosian (GEO) |
| Cory O'Brien (AUS) | 0–10 | Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) |
| Adrian Stratu (ROM) | 1–3 | Sevdalin Todorov (BUL) |
| Sanshiro Abe (JPN) | 0–5 | Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) |
| Fazlı Yeter (GER) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Fazlı Yeter (GER) | 1–4 | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) |
| Vyacheslav Sianyuk (BLR) | 5–15 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 3–0 | Sevdalin Todorov (BUL) |
| Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) | 12–9 | Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 5–0 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) | 3–8 Fall | Alireza Dabir (IRI) |
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 1–4 | Harun Doğan (TUR) |
| Repechage |||
| Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) | 1–4 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 3–5 | Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 3–4 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) | 7–5 Fall | Yevhen Buslovych (UKR) |
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 1–5 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) | 2–4 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |
| Final |||
| Alireza Dabir (IRI) | 1–1 | Harun Doğan (TUR) |