1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
Championship:	1998 World Championships
Dates:	27–29 August 1998
Venue:	Gavlerinken
Competitors:	26
Nations:	26
Gold:	Gogi Koguashvili
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Marek Švec
Silver Nation:	CZE
Bronze:	Davyd Saldadze
Bronze Nation:	UKR
Prev:	1997
Next:	1999

See main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's Greco-Roman 97 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]

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Results

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	0–11 Fall
	1–0
	0–1
	0–13 Fall
	4–0
	3–0
	4–2
	2–0
	9–0
	11–0
	0–4 Fall
	0–1
	5–0

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	1–1
	3–6
	1–0
	0–6
	1–4
	0–3
		Bye
Repechage
	0–10
	2–1
	0–5
	6–5
	3–1
	3–1
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	0–12
	0–2 Ret
	6–0
		Bye
Repechage
	0–10
	0–1
	6–1
	0–3
	0–3
	0–3
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	0–5
	3–2 Fall
	3–0
	3–0
		Bye

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	7–1
	1–3
Repechage
	3–0
	0–1
		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	3–0
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	2–2
		Bye

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
	0–4
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 . 22 May 2020. 1999-04-20 .