# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden from 27 to 29 August 1998.

## Results
### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 11–0 | Robert Sollie (NOR) |
| Armen Tovmasyan (ARM) | 6–0 | Bahman Tayyebi (IRI) |
| Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | 8–2 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) |
| József Hamzok (HUN) | 9–0 | Andrew Hutchinson (CAN) |
| Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR) | 3–9 | Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) |
| Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 9–0 | Vitalie Ceban (MDA) |
| Tero Katajisto (FIN) | 10–0 | Boban Petrov (AUS) |
| Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 7–3 | Paulo Gonçalves (POR) |
| Yordan Anev (BUL) | 0–7 | Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) |
| Ruslan Vartanov (LTU) | 0–1 | Shawn Sheldon (USA) |
| Vicente Lillo (ESP) | 1–3 | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) |
| Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 4–1 | Joachim Söderman (SWE) |
| Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 1–5 | Dilshod Aripov (UZB) |
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | 14–3 | Moshe Grimberg (ISR) |
| Masatsune Sasaki (JPN) | 3–7 | Wang Hui (CHN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 11–3 | Armen Tovmasyan (ARM) |
| Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | 8–0 Fall | József Hamzok (HUN) |
| Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) | 0–7 | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) |
| Tero Katajisto (FIN) | 2–3 | Francesco Costantino (ITA) |
| Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 5–0 | Shawn Sheldon (USA) |
| Ercan Yıldız (TUR) | 1–2 Fall | Barys Radkevich (BLR) |
| Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 0–10 | Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) |
| Wang Hui (CHN) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Robert Sollie (NOR) | 2–1 | Bahman Tayyebi (IRI) |
| Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 6–3 | Andrew Hutchinson (CAN) |
| Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR) | 2–0 | Vitalie Ceban (MDA) |
| Boban Petrov (AUS) | 6–16 | Paulo Gonçalves (POR) |
| Yordan Anev (BUL) | 0–1 | Ruslan Vartanov (LTU) |
| Vicente Lillo (ESP) | 0–2 | Joachim Söderman (SWE) |
| Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 6–1 | Moshe Grimberg (ISR) |
| Masatsune Sasaki (JPN) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Wang Hui (CHN) | 2–5 | Marian Sandu (ROM) |
| Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | 3–5 Fall | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) |
| Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 0–1 | Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) |
| Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 0–11 | Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) |
| Repechage |||
| Masatsune Sasaki (JPN) | 5–1 | Robert Sollie (NOR) |
| Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 3–0 | Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR) |
| Paulo Gonçalves (POR) | 1–5 Fall | Ruslan Vartanov (LTU) |
| Joachim Söderman (SWE) | 2–5 | Salah Belguidoum (FRA) |
| Armen Tovmasyan (ARM) | 10–0 Fall | József Hamzok (HUN) |
| Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) | 3–0 | Tero Katajisto (FIN) |
| Shawn Sheldon (USA) | 2–1 | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) |
| Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 11–1 | Masatsune Sasaki (JPN) |
| Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 3–0 | Ruslan Vartanov (LTU) |
| Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 8–4 | Armen Tovmasyan (ARM) |
| Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) | 0–0 | Shawn Sheldon (USA) |
| Wang Hui (CHN) | 1–3 | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) |
| Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 4–7 | Barys Radkevich (BLR) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 6–5 | Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) |
| Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 2–3 | Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) |
| Repechage |||
| Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 0–4 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) |
| Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 0–4 | Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) |
| Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 10–0 | Barys Radkevich (BLR) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 3–1 | Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) |
| Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | 2–0 | Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) |
| Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 5–1 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | 4–2 | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) |
| Final |||
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 3–5 | Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) |