1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 76 kg
Championship:	1998 World Championships
Dates:	8–10 September 1998
Venue:	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Competitors:	26
Nations:	26
Gold:	Buvaisar Saitiev
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Moon Eui-jae
Silver Nation:	KOR
Silver Variant:	1997
Bronze:	Alexander Leipold
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	1997
Next:	1999

See main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 8 to 10 September 1998.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

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

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	1–3
	1–2
	1–5
	2–1 Ret
	0–2
	12–1
		Bye
Repechage
	7–0
	0–10
	3–4
	11–0
	3–0
	0–3

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	3–4
	1–3
	0–3
		Bye
Repechage
	10–0
	3–1
	7–0
	6–0
	0–1
	8–0

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	3–1
	10–5
	0–4
	1–1
		Bye

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	4–0 Fall
	2–1
Repechage
	2–3
	3–0
		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	1–0
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	WO
	0–4 Fall

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
	0–3
Final
	3–0

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: Henson wins Gold, Kolat claims Bronze at Freestyle World Championships . themat.com . 10 September 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/19981206150354/http://www.themat.com/international/98/091098.asp . 20 May 2020. 1998-12-06 .