1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg at the 1998 World Championships
Venue	Gavlerinken
Dates	28–30 August 1998
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Tretyakov    Russia   Csaba Hirbik    Hungary   Son Sang-pil    South Korea

Main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships

The men's Greco-Roman 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1998 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden from 28 to 30 August 1998.^[1]

Results

Legend

• DQ — Won by disqualification

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
Lian Chunzhi (CHN)	1–9 Fall	Ender Memet (ROM)
Mecnun Güler (TUR)	1–3	Valeri Nikitin (EST)
Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	1–0	Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
Ari Härkänen (FIN)	3–0	Katsuhiko Nagata (JPN)
Adam Juretzko (GER)	0–2	Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)
Mark Roelofs (NED)	0–5	Biser Georgiev (BUL)
Luis Izquierdo (COL)	1–4	Thomas Amundsen (NOR)
Nurlan Koizhaiganov (KAZ)	0–10	Son Sang-pil (KOR)
Gianluca Caniglia (ITA)	0–8	Giorgi Jinjvelashvili (GEO)
Peter Puls (SWE)	0–10	Ryszard Wolny (POL)
Theodoros Voltsidis (GRE)	3–2	Chris Saba (USA)
Rade Bačič (SLO)	0–7	Christian Eyer (FRA)
Csaba Hirbik (HUN)		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
Csaba Hirbik (HUN)	4–2	Ender Memet (ROM)
Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–1	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
Ari Härkänen (FIN)	0–2	Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	7–0	Thomas Amundsen (NOR)
Son Sang-pil (KOR)	2–3	Giorgi Jinjvelashvili (GEO)
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	7–0	Theodoros Voltsidis (GRE)
Christian Eyer (FRA)		Bye
Repechage
Lian Chunzhi (CHN)	0–3	Mecnun Güler (TUR)
Rustam Adzhi (UKR)	2–0	Katsuhiko Nagata (JPN)
Adam Juretzko (GER)	10–0	Mark Roelofs (NED)
Luis Izquierdo (COL)	0–6	Nurlan Koizhaiganov (KAZ)
Gianluca Caniglia (ITA)	1–4	Peter Puls (SWE)
Chris Saba (USA)	7–4	Rade Bačič (SLO)

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
Christian Eyer (FRA)	2–2	Csaba Hirbik (HUN)
Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	6–0	Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	3–1	Giorgi Jinjvelashvili (GEO)
Ryszard Wolny (POL)		Bye
Repechage
Mecnun Güler (TUR)	5–1	Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
Adam Juretzko (GER)	5–0	Nurlan Koizhaiganov (KAZ)
Peter Puls (SWE)	2–0	Chris Saba (USA)
Ender Memet (ROM)	1–4	Valeri Nikitin (EST)
Ari Härkänen (FIN)	6–0	Thomas Amundsen (NOR)
Son Sang-pil (KOR)	5–0	Theodoros Voltsidis (GRE)

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
Mecnun Güler (TUR)	3–2	Adam Juretzko (GER)
Peter Puls (SWE)	4–6	Valeri Nikitin (EST)
Ari Härkänen (FIN)	0–12	Son Sang-pil (KOR)
Christian Eyer (FRA)	2–3	Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)
Giorgi Jinjvelashvili (GEO)		Bye

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	0–1	Csaba Hirbik (HUN)
Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	2–0	Biser Georgiev (BUL)
Repechage
Giorgi Jinjvelashvili (GEO)	3–10 DQ	Mecnun Güler (TUR)
Valeri Nikitin (EST)	2–9 Fall	Son Sang-pil (KOR)
Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
Vitaly Zhuk (BLR)	0–0	Mecnun Güler (TUR)
Son Sang-pil (KOR)		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	1–5	Son Sang-pil (KOR)
Mecnun Güler (TUR)	0–11	Biser Georgiev (BUL)

Finals

	Score
Bronze medal match
Son Sang-pil (KOR)	11–0	Biser Georgiev (BUL)
Final
Csaba Hirbik (HUN)	0–0	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)

References

1. "Alexander Karelin to battle Matt Ghaffari in Gold-Medal bout at Greco-Roman World Championships". themat.com. 30 August 1998. Archived from the original on 1999-04-20. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links

• UWW Database