1998 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg

Men's freestyle 130 kg at the 1998 World Championships
Venue	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Dates	9–11 September 1998
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Alexis Rodríguez    Cuba   Rasoul Khadem    Iran   Andrey Shumilin    Russia

Main article: 1998 World Wrestling Championships

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.^[1]

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)

References

1. "McIlravy wins Bronze, USA takes third at Freestyle World Championships". themat.com. 10 September 1998. Archived from the original on 1999-01-27. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

External links

• UWW Database