Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 85 kg

Men's freestyle 85 kg at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 1
Dates	17–18 December
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Alireza Heidari    Iran      Uzbekistan   Magomed Kurugliyev    Kazakhstan
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Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	54 kg	54 kg
	58 kg	58 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	76 kg	76 kg
	85 kg	85 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 85 kg wrestling competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 17 December and 18 December at the Thammasat Gymnasium 1.

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. The losers advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist for the event.

Schedule[]

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Results[]

Round 1[]

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	0–8	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	0–3 PO
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	7–0 Fall	(THA)	4–0 TO
(SYR)	0–11	(MGL)	0–4 ST
(UZB)	10–0	(NEP)	4–0 ST
(KGZ)	1–3	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Round 2[]

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	1–1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
(MGL)		Bye
(UZB)		Bye
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)		Bye
Repechage
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	11–0	(THA)	4–0 ST
(SYR)	10–0	(NEP)	4–0 ST
(KGZ)		Bye

Round 3[]

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	13–9	(MGL)	3–1 PP
(UZB)	3–2	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Repechage
(KGZ)	1–8	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	1–3 PP
(SYR)	0–5	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	0–3 PO

Round 4[]

	Score		CP
Repechage
(MGL)	2–3	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	1–3 PP
Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	0–1	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	0–3 PO

Finals[]

	Score		CP
Bronze medal match
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	0–3	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Gold medal match
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	5–3	(UZB)	3–1 PP

Final standing[]

Rank	Athlete
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
	(UZB)
	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
4	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)
5	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)
6	(MGL)
7	(SYR)
8	(KGZ)
9	(NEP)
9	(THA)

References[]

• Results
• UWW Database