# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 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 |||
| Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) | 8–1 Fall | Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) |
| Christoph Feyer (SUI) | 3–2 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 1–4 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Ali Akbarnejad (IRI) | 6–3 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 4–0 | Fatih Özbaş (GER) |
| Lincoln McIlravy (USA) | 2–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |
| Ivan Diaconu (MDA) | 11–1 Fall | Chang Hsein-sheng (TPE) |
| Oktay Shahverdiyev (AZE) | 2–4 | Dima Andronic (ROM) |
| Mehmet Edjevit (BUL) | 0–6 | Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) |
| Adiyaakhüügiin Boldsükh (MGL) | 0–10 | Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 0–7 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) | 4–1 | Kim Eun-yoo (KOR) |
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | 8–3 | Almaz Askarov (KGZ) |
| Sandeep Kumar (IND) | | Bye |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Sandeep Kumar (IND) | 0–10 | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| Christoph Feyer (SUI) | 0–4 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Ali Akbarnejad (IRI) | 1–5 | Sergey Demchenko (BLR) |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 10–0 | Ivan Diaconu (MDA) |
| Dima Andronic (ROM) | 0–6 | Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) |
| Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | 5–6 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) | 2–5 | Daniel Igali (CAN) |
| Repechage |||
| Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) | 10–5 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 3–2 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| Fatih Özbaş (GER) | 0–7 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Chang Hsein-sheng (TPE) | 0–12 | Oktay Shahverdiyev (AZE) |
| Mehmet Edjevit (BUL) | 4–2 | Adiyaakhüügiin Boldsükh (MGL) |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 5–6 | Kim Eun-yoo (KOR) |
| Almaz Askarov (KGZ) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) | 0–10 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 1–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |
| Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) | 1–3 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Almaz Askarov (KGZ) | 6–4 | Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 3–5 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Oktay Shahverdiyev (AZE) | 2–12 | Mehmet Edjevit (BUL) |
| Kim Eun-yoo (KOR) | 3–2 | Sandeep Kumar (IND) |
| Christoph Feyer (SUI) | 4–1 | Ali Akbarnejad (IRI) |
| Ivan Diaconu (MDA) | 6–9 | Dima Andronic (ROM) |
| Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | 3–1 | Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Almaz Askarov (KGZ) | 0–9 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Mehmet Edjevit (BUL) | 1–5 | Kim Eun-yoo (KOR) |
| Christoph Feyer (SUI) | 5–1 | Dima Andronic (ROM) |
| Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | 8–1 | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 0–4 | Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | 2–3 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 1–0 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Repechage |||
| Lincoln McIlravy (USA) | 3–0 | Kim Eun-yoo (KOR) |
| Christoph Feyer (SUI) | 0–4 | Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) |
| Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Velikhan Alakhverdiev (RUS) | 1–3 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | 5–3 | Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) |
| Lincoln McIlravy (USA) | 4–3 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | 1–4 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Final |||
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 0–1 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |