# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The men's freestyle 97 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
### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 1–5 | Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) |
| Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) | 5–0 | Hiroshi Kosuge (JPN) |
| Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 9–0 | Dan Karabin (CZE) |
| Melvin Douglas (USA) | 3–0 | Heiko Balz (GER) |
| Soslan Fraev (UZB) | 9–0 | Viktor Serbin (BLR) |
| Jurijs Janovičs (LAT) | 1–3 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) |
| Fanie Vermaak (RSA) | 1–10 | Gregory Edgelow (CAN) |
| Abbas Jadidi (IRI) | 10–0 | Jagdish Kaliraman (IND) |
| Kaşif Şakiroğlu (TUR) | 2–1 | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) |
| Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) | 3–0 | Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) |
| Arnulfo Hernández (COL) | 0–10 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) |
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1–0 | Davud Magomedov (AZE) |
| Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 10–0 | Ba Tumengke (CHN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) | 4–3 | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) |
| Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 1–7 | Melvin Douglas (USA) |
| Soslan Fraev (UZB) | 0–2 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) |
| Gregory Edgelow (CAN) | 0–10 | Abbas Jadidi (IRI) |
| Kaşif Şakiroğlu (TUR) | 0–8 Fall | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) |
| Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 0–1 | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) |
| Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 7–3 Fall | Hiroshi Kosuge (JPN) |
| Heiko Balz (GER) | 3–0 Fall | Viktor Serbin (BLR) |
| Jurijs Janovičs (LAT) | 14–2 | Fanie Vermaak (RSA) |
| Jagdish Kaliraman (IND) | 0–10 | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) |
| Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) | 7–0 | Arnulfo Hernández (COL) |
| Davud Magomedov (AZE) | 5–0 | Ba Tumengke (CHN) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 6–1 | Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) |
| Melvin Douglas (USA) | 2–0 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) |
| Abbas Jadidi (IRI) | 3–0 | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) |
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 1–6 | Heiko Balz (GER) |
| Jurijs Janovičs (LAT) | 3–7 | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) |
| Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) | 1–0 | Davud Magomedov (AZE) |
| Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) | 3–2 | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) |
| Soslan Fraev (UZB) | 3–0 | Gregory Edgelow (CAN) |
| Kaşif Şakiroğlu (TUR) | 0–7 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Heiko Balz (GER) | 4–0 Fall | Kim Kil-soo (KOR) |
| Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) | 3–0 | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) |
| Soslan Fraev (UZB) | 0–2 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) |
| Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) | 3–1 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) |
| Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) | | Bye |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1–4 | Marek Garmulewicz (POL) |
| Melvin Douglas (USA) | 0–3 | Abbas Jadidi (IRI) |
| Repechage |||
| Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) | 6–0 | Heiko Balz (GER) |
| Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) | 0–4 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) |
| Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Islam Bayramukov (KAZ) | 0–3 | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) |
| Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1–3 | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) |
| Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 3–0 | Melvin Douglas (USA) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) | 3–0 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) |
| Final |||
| Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 0–0 | Abbas Jadidi (IRI) |