# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 58 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
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 64 |||
| Rafik Simonyan (RUS) | 6–3 | Igor Petrenko (BLR) |
| Terho Kettunen (FIN) | 0–1 | István Majoros (HUN) |
| Zakaria Nashed (SYR) | 2–0 | Ralph Zentgraf (AUT) |
| Grigore Buliga (MDA) | 1–6 Fall | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 0–3 | Mehdi Nassiri (IRI) |
| Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 3–2 | Jambul Putkaradze (GEO) |
| Artur Sargsyan (ARM) | 14–0 | Federico Primelli (ITA) |
| Peter Stjernberg (SWE) | 0–7 | Alexander Khudish (ISR) |
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 3–1 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| David Maia (POR) | 0–0 | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) |
| Kim In-sub (KOR) | 4–0 | Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) |
| Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) | 2–3 | Constantin Borăscu (ROM) |
| Janno Kruusman (EST) | 0–10 | Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) |
| Víctor Capacho (COL) | 0–5 | Dennis Hall (USA) |
| Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 4–9 | Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) |
| Grzegorz Szyszka (POL) | 10–0 | Jože Vrbančič (SLO) |
| Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) | 10–0 | Dennie van den Heiligenberg (NED) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Rafik Simonyan (RUS) | 2–0 | István Majoros (HUN) |
| Zakaria Nashed (SYR) | 0–8 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) |
| Mehdi Nassiri (IRI) | 0–9 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) |
| Artur Sargsyan (ARM) | 12–0 | Alexander Khudish (ISR) |
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 5–4 | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) |
| Kim In-sub (KOR) | 8–2 | Constantin Borăscu (ROM) |
| Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) | 9–1 | Dennis Hall (USA) |
| Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) | 2–0 | Grzegorz Szyszka (POL) |
| Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Igor Petrenko (BLR) | 6–0 | Terho Kettunen (FIN) |
| Ralph Zentgraf (AUT) | 3–1 | Grigore Buliga (MDA) |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 8–0 | Jambul Putkaradze (GEO) |
| Federico Primelli (ITA) | 0–12 | Peter Stjernberg (SWE) |
| Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | 11–0 | David Maia (POR) |
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 5–4 | Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) |
| Janno Kruusman (EST) | 4–0 | Víctor Capacho (COL) |
| Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 3–0 Ret | Jože Vrbančič (SLO) |
| Dennie van den Heiligenberg (NED) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) | 0–4 | Rafik Simonyan (RUS) |
| Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 4–5 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) |
| Artur Sargsyan (ARM) | 0–5 | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) |
| Kim In-sub (KOR) | 2–0 | Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) |
| Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Dennie van den Heiligenberg (NED) | 0–12 | Igor Petrenko (BLR) |
| Ralph Zentgraf (AUT) | 2–3 | Aigars Jansons (LAT) |
| Peter Stjernberg (SWE) | 0–12 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 6–0 | Janno Kruusman (EST) |
| Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 4–5 | István Majoros (HUN) |
| Zakaria Nashed (SYR) | 1–6 Fall | Mehdi Nassiri (IRI) |
| Alexander Khudish (ISR) | 5–0 Ret | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) |
| Constantin Borăscu (ROM) | 6–2 | Dennis Hall (USA) |
| Grzegorz Szyszka (POL) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) | 2–4 | Rafik Simonyan (RUS) |
| Sheng Zetian (CHN) | | Bye |
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | | Bye |
| Kim In-sub (KOR) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Grzegorz Szyszka (POL) | 2–3 | Igor Petrenko (BLR) |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 0–6 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 2–2 | István Majoros (HUN) |
| Alexander Khudish (ISR) | 0–3 | Constantin Borăscu (ROM) |
| Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) | 3–1 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) |
| Artur Sargsyan (ARM) | 4–5 | Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Rafik Simonyan (RUS) | 2–8 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) |
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 4–6 | Kim In-sub (KOR) |
| Repechage |||
| Igor Petrenko (BLR) | 0–14 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| István Majoros (HUN) | 0–3 | Constantin Borăscu (ROM) |
| Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) | 6–0 Fall | Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) |
| Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Asliddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) | 2–3 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| Constantin Borăscu (ROM) | 3–1 | Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR) |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Rafik Simonyan (RUS) | 0–9 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) |
| Constantin Borăscu (ROM) | 1–5 | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | WO | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) |
| Final |||
| Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 0–2 | Kim In-sub (KOR) |