1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg
# 1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The men's freestyle 130 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.

## Results

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 32 |||
| Jagdish Singh (IND) | 0–7 | Mushtaq Abdullah (AUS) |
| Yuri Chobitko (UKR) | 10–0 | Andrew Davidson (RSA) |
| Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 3–0 | Georgy Kaysinov (UZB) |
| Tomasz Szewczyk (POL) | 0–5 | Rasoul Khadem (IRI) |
| Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) | 5–0 Fall | Kim Tae-ho (KOR) |
| Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) | 3–0 | Oleg Ladik (CAN) |
| Feng Aigang (CHN) | 0–4 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) |
| Aleksandar Enev (BUL) | 2–3 | Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) |
| Andrey Shumilin (RUS) | 1–0 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) |
| Sven Thiele (GER) | 0–2 | Kerry McCoy (USA) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 16 |||
| Mushtaq Abdullah (AUS) | 0–7 | Yuri Chobitko (UKR) |
| Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 0–9 | Rasoul Khadem (IRI) |
| Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) | 2–0 | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) |
| Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 4–0 | Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) |
| Andrey Shumilin (RUS) | 1–1 | Kerry McCoy (USA) |
| Repechage |||
| Jagdish Singh (IND) | 8–0 Fall | Andrew Davidson (RSA) |
| Georgy Kaysinov (UZB) | 1–1 | Tomasz Szewczyk (POL) |
| Kim Tae-ho (KOR) | 0–3 Fall | Feng Aigang (CHN) |
| Aleksandar Enev (BUL) | 0–10 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) |
| Sven Thiele (GER) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Yuri Chobitko (UKR) | 0–4 | Rasoul Khadem (IRI) |
| Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) | | Bye |
| Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | | Bye |
| Kerry McCoy (USA) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Sven Thiele (GER) | 5–0 Fall | Jagdish Singh (IND) |
| Georgy Kaysinov (UZB) | 5–6 | Feng Aigang (CHN) |
| Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 10–0 | Mushtaq Abdullah (AUS) |
| Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 4–0 | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) |
| Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) | 0–8 Fall | Andrey Shumilin (RUS) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Semifinals |||
| Rasoul Khadem (IRI) | 3–0 | Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) |
| Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 4–1 | Kerry McCoy (USA) |
| Repechage |||
| Sven Thiele (GER) | 3–1 | Feng Aigang (CHN) |
| Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 3–0 | Alex Modebadze (GEO) |
| Andrey Shumilin (RUS) | 8–4 | Yuri Chobitko (UKR) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Sven Thiele (GER) | 1–4 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) |
| Andrey Shumilin (RUS) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) | 1–3 | Andrey Shumilin (RUS) |
| Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 2–3 | Kerry McCoy (USA) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Andrey Shumilin (RUS) | 3–0 | Kerry McCoy (USA) |
| Final |||
| Rasoul Khadem (IRI) | 0–6 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) |
