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

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gogi Koguashvili Russia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Marek Švec Czech Republic |
| Bronze | Davyd Saldadze Ukraine |

## Results

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 32 |||
| Hassan Torabi (DEN) | 0–11 Fall | Hakkı Başar (TUR) |
| Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 1–0 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) |
| Park Woo (KOR) | 0–1 | Roman Meduna (SVK) |
| Zhang Yuankai (CHN) | 0–13 Fall | Maik Bullmann (GER) |
| Ali Mollov (BUL) | 4–0 | Colbie Bell (CAN) |
| János Tóth (HUN) | 3–0 | Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 4–2 | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) |
| Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 2–0 | Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 9–0 | Vello Pärnpuu (EST) |
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 11–0 | Hassene Fkiri (TUN) |
| Jason Klohs (USA) | 0–4 Fall | Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) |
| Pajo Ivošević (YUG) | 0–1 | Marek Švec (CZE) |
| Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 5–0 | Toshinori Iwabuchi (JPN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 16 |||
| Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 1–1 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) |
| Roman Meduna (SVK) | 3–6 | Maik Bullmann (GER) |
| Ali Mollov (BUL) | 1–0 | János Tóth (HUN) |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 0–6 | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 1–4 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) |
| Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 0–3 | Marek Švec (CZE) |
| Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Hassan Torabi (DEN) | 0–10 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) |
| Park Woo (KOR) | 2–1 | Zhang Yuankai (CHN) |
| Colbie Bell (CAN) | 0–5 | Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) |
| Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) | 6–5 | Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) |
| Vello Pärnpuu (EST) | 3–1 | Hassene Fkiri (TUN) |
| Jason Klohs (USA) | 3–1 | Pajo Ivošević (YUG) |
| Toshinori Iwabuchi (JPN) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 0–12 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) |
| Maik Bullmann (GER) | 0–2 Ret | Ali Mollov (BUL) |
| Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 6–0 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) |
| Marek Švec (CZE) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Toshinori Iwabuchi (JPN) | 0–10 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) |
| Park Woo (KOR) | 0–1 | Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) |
| Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) | 6–1 | Vello Pärnpuu (EST) |
| Jason Klohs (USA) | 0–3 | Hakkı Başar (TUR) |
| Roman Meduna (SVK) | 0–3 | János Tóth (HUN) |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 0–3 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) |
| Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 0–5 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) |
| Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) | 3–2 Fall | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) |
| Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 3–0 | János Tóth (HUN) |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 3–0 | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) |
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | | Bye |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Semifinals |||
| Marek Švec (CZE) | 7–1 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) |
| Ali Mollov (BUL) | 1–3 | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) |
| Repechage |||
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 3–0 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) |
| Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) | 0–1 | Hakkı Başar (TUR) |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 3–0 | Hakkı Başar (TUR) |
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Repechage |||
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 2–2 | Ali Mollov (BUL) |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | | Bye |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 0–4 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) |
| Final |||
| Marek Švec (CZE) | 0–3 | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) |
