# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 130 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

* 3C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) | 1–5 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) |
| Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR) | 2–0 | Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 3–0 | Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 2–0 | Helger Hallik (EST) |
| Héctor Milián (CUB) | 0–0 | Şaban Donat (TUR) |
| Omrane Ayari (TUN) | 0–6 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) |
| Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 3–0 | Adil Karibov (KAZ) |
| Matt Ghaffari (USA) | 8–0 | Vassil Hristov (ESP) |
| Mario Miketek (CRO) | 0–5 | Raymund Edfelder (GER) |
| Yang Young-jin (KOR) | 0–3 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) |
| Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 3–0 Fall | Juha Ahokas (FIN) |
| Mehdi Sabzali (IRI) | 0–3 | Zhao Hailin (CHN) |
| Minoru Hamaue (JPN) | | Bye |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Minoru Hamaue (JPN) | 0–7 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) |
| Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR) | 0–3 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 0–3 | Héctor Milián (CUB) |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 5–0 | Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) |
| Matt Ghaffari (USA) | 1–0 | Raymund Edfelder (GER) |
| Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 0–8 | Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) |
| Zhao Hailin (CHN) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) | 0–7 3C | Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) | 2–1 | Helger Hallik (EST) |
| Şaban Donat (TUR) | 4–0 | Omrane Ayari (TUN) |
| Adil Karibov (KAZ) | 11–3 | Vassil Hristov (ESP) |
| Mario Miketek (CRO) | 0–3 | Yang Young-jin (KOR) |
| Juha Ahokas (FIN) | 1–3 | Mehdi Sabzali (IRI) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Zhao Hailin (CHN) | 0–6 Fall | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) |
| Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 1–1 | Héctor Milián (CUB) |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 0–0 | Matt Ghaffari (USA) |
| Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) | 3–0 | Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) |
| Şaban Donat (TUR) | 3–0 | Adil Karibov (KAZ) |
| Yang Young-jin (KOR) | 1–3 | Mehdi Sabzali (IRI) |
| Minoru Hamaue (JPN) | 0–11 | Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 1–0 | Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) |
| Raymund Edfelder (GER) | 0–4 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) | 3–0 | Şaban Donat (TUR) |
| Mehdi Sabzali (IRI) | 1–3 | Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 2–3 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) |
| Zhao Hailin (CHN) | 0–2 | Héctor Milián (CUB) |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | | Bye |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 4–0 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) |
| Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 1–3 | Matt Ghaffari (USA) |
| Repechage |||
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 0–4 | Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Anatoly Fedorenko (BLR) | 1–3 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) |
| Héctor Milián (CUB) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Héctor Milián (CUB) | 1–4 | Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 2–4 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) |
| Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) | WO | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 6–0 | Mirian Giorgadze (GEO) |
| Final |||
| Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 7–0 Fall | Matt Ghaffari (USA) |