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

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg
Championship:	1998 World Championships
Dates:	27–29 August 1998
Venue:	Gavlerinken
Competitors:	30
Nations:	30
Gold:	Sim Kwon-ho
Gold Nation:	KOR
Gold Variant:	1997
Silver:	Marian Sandu
Silver Nation:	ROM
Bronze:	Khaled Al-Faraj
Bronze Nation:	SYR
Prev:	1997
Next:	1999

See main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships.

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.^[1]

Results

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	11–0
	6–0
	8–2
	9–0
	3–9
	9–0
	10–0
	7–3
	0–7
	0–1
	1–3
	4–1
	1–5
	14–3
	3–7

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	11–3
	8–0 Fall
	0–7
	2–3
	5–0
	1–2 Fall
	0–10
		Bye
Repechage
	2–1
	6–3
	2–0
	6–16
	0–1
	0–2
	6–1
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	2–5
	3–5 Fall
	0–1
	0–11
Repechage
	5–1
	3–0
	1–5 Fall
	2–5
	10–0 Fall
	3–0
	2–1
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	11–1
	3–0
	8–4
	0–0
	1–3
	4–7

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	6–5
	2–3
Repechage
	0–4
	0–4
	10–0

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	3–1
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	2–0
	5–1

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
	4–2
Final
	3–5

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 . 22 May 2020. 1999-04-20 .