1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 85 kg
Championship:	1998 World Championships
Dates:	9–11 September 1998
Venue:	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Competitors:	27
Nations:	27
Gold:	Alireza Heidari
Gold Nation:	IRI
Silver:	Magomed Ibragimov
Silver Nation:	MKD
Silver Name:	Macedonia
Bronze:	Yoel Romero
Bronze Nation:	CUB
Prev:	1997
Next:	1999

See main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 9 to 11 September 1998.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	0–3
	0–9
	0–8
	10–0
	1–2
	1–3
	3–11
	0–3
	3–0 Fall
	1–7
	1–3
	0–10
	5–0
		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	1–2
	4–2
	0–1
	2–2
	WO
	1–0
	0–5
Repechage
	3–0
	4–1
	0–4
	7–0
	WO
	10–2 Fall
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	0–1
	5–1
	3–1
		Bye
Repechage
	6–5
	0–4 Fall
	0–10
	11–15
	1–1
	6–0
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	8–12
	0–0
	0–6
	0–3
	3–3

Round 5

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

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	4–1
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	5–1
	0–5

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
	3–2
Final
	4–0

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: McIlravy wins Bronze, USA takes third at Freestyle World Championships . themat.com . 10 September 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990127230819/http://www.themat.com/international/98/091198.asp . 20 May 2020. 1999-01-27 .