1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Championship:	1998 World Championships
Dates:	28–30 August 1998
Venue:	Gavlerinken
Competitors:	24
Nations:	24
Gold:	Aleksandr Menshchikov
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	János Kismoni
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Martin Lidberg
Bronze Nation:	SWE
Prev:	1997
Next:	1999

See main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's Greco-Roman 85 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.^[1]

Results

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	2–4
	2–4
	0–3
	4–1
	0–5
	6–2 Fall
	0–12
	0–3
	0–3
	10–2
	1–2
	3–1

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	0–1
	0–3
	3–0
	3–0
	1–0
	9–0
Repechage
	4–0
	0–4
	0–4
	0–8
	3–0
	7–0

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	7–0
	0–11
		Bye
		Bye
Repechage
	1–0
	0–3
	0–11
	3–0
	0–2
	3–1

Round 4

	Score
Semifinals
	3–2
	1–2
Repechage
	0–10
	2–0
	0–5
	0–3

Round 5

	Score
Repechage
	0–3
	1–2

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	0–4
		Bye

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
	3–0
Final
	0–3

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: Alexander Karelin to battle Matt Ghaffari in Gold-Medal bout at Greco-Roman World Championships . themat.com . 30 August 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990420053237/http://themat.com/international/98/083098.asp . 23 May 2020. 1999-04-20 .