# 1998 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1998 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Tehran, Iran. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Gävle, Sweden and Women's competition were held in Poznań, Poland.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 63 | Russia | 66 | Russia | 44 |
| 2 | Russia | 54 | South Korea | 36 | Japan | 38 |
| 3 | United States | 43 | Turkey | 34 | United States | 34 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 37 | Kazakhstan | 27 | Canada | 29 |
| 5 | South Korea | 28 | Hungary | 26 | Norway | 25 |
| 6 | Poland | 22 | Bulgaria | 26 | Germany | 23 |
| 7 | Cuba | 18 | Romania | 22 | Ukraine | 23 |
| 8 | Germany | 18 | Cuba | 19 | Poland | 22 |
| 9 | Armenia | 15 | Ukraine | 19 | Sweden | 21 |
| 10 | Turkey | 15 | Poland | 18 | Austria | 20 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Sammie Henson United States | Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan | Gholamreza Mohammadi Iran |
| 58 kg details | Alireza Dabir Iran | Harun Doğan Turkey | Guivi Sissaouri Canada |
| 63 kg details | Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria | Abbas Hajkenari Iran | Cary Kolat United States |
| 69 kg details | Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia | Zaza Zazirov Ukraine | Lincoln McIlravy United States |
| 76 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Moon Eui-jae South Korea | Alexander Leipold Germany |
| 85 kg details | Alireza Heidari Iran | Magomed Ibragimov Macedonia | Yoel Romero Cuba |
| 97 kg details | Abbas Jadidi Iran | Marek Garmulewicz Poland | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia |
| 130 kg details | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba | Rasoul Khadem Iran | Andrey Shumilin Russia |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Sim Kwon-ho South Korea | Marian Sandu Romania | Khaled Al-Faraj Syria |
| 58 kg details | Kim In-sub South Korea | Sheng Zetian China | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria |
| 63 kg details | Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan | Şeref Eroğlu Turkey | Choi Sang-sun South Korea |
| 69 kg details | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | Csaba Hirbik Hungary | Son Sang-pil South Korea |
| 76 kg details | Bakhtiyar Baiseitov Kazakhstan | Filiberto Azcuy Cuba | Nazmi Avluca Turkey |
| 85 kg details | Aleksandr Menshchikov Russia | János Kismoni Hungary | Martin Lidberg Sweden |
| 97 kg details | Gogi Koguashvili Russia | Marek Švec Czech Republic | Davyd Saldadze Ukraine |
| 130 kg details | Aleksandr Karelin Russia | Matt Ghaffari United States | Yuri Evseichik Israel |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 46 kg details | Tricia Saunders United States | Miyu Yamamoto Japan | Inga Karamchakova Russia |
| 51 kg details | Atsuko Shinomura Japan | Ida Hellström Sweden | Elena Egoshina Russia |
| 56 kg details | Gudrun Høie Norway | Anna Gomis France | Sara Eriksson Sweden |
| 62 kg details | Nikola Hartmann Austria | Lene Aanes Norway | Natalia Vinogradova Russia |
| 68 kg details | Christine Nordhagen Canada | Stéphanie Groß Germany | Sandra Bacher United States |
| 75 kg details | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Kristie Stenglein United States | Edyta Witkowska Poland |

## Participating nations
### Men's freestyle

204 competitors from 40 nations participated.
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (5)
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Belarus (8)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Canada (8)
* China (6)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (3)
* Cuba (3)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (1)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (8)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (4)
* Hungary (4)
* India (7)
* Iran (8)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (7)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* Latvia (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Moldova (4)
* Mongolia (8)
* Poland (8)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (8)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Africa (5)
* South Korea (8)
* Switzerland (4)
* Syria (4)
* Turkey (8)
* Ukraine (8)
* United States (8)
* Uzbekistan (7)

### Men's Greco-Roman

220 competitors from 49 nations participated.
* Algeria (1)
* Armenia (5)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (7)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (2)
* China (7)
* Colombia (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (3)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (7)
* France (5)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (8)
* Greece (7)
* Guam (1)
* Hungary (8)
* Iran (6)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (3)
* Moldova (2)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (8)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (8)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (3)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (1)
* Syria (3)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (8)
* Ukraine (8)
* United States (8)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (3)

### Women's freestyle

86 competitors from 21 nations participated.
* Australia (4)
* Austria (4)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (6)
* China (4)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (4)
* Germany (5)
* Greece (2)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (6)
* Latvia (3)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (6)
* Russia (6)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (5)