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

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms 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.

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

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	0–8	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	0–3 PO
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	7–0 Fall	Chatee Kitpituck (THA)	4–0 TO
Jalal Baker (SYR)	0–11	Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL)	0–4 ST
Rasul Katinovasov (UZB)	10–0	Baj Yadav (NEP)	4–0 ST
Bolotbek Omurakunov (KGZ)	1–3	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–3 PP

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	1–1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL)		Bye
Rasul Katinovasov (UZB)		Bye
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)		Bye
Repechage
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	11–0	Chatee Kitpituck (THA)	4–0 ST
Jalal Baker (SYR)	10–0	Baj Yadav (NEP)	4–0 ST
Bolotbek Omurakunov (KGZ)		Bye

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
	Rasul Katinovasov (UZB)
	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
4	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)
5	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)
6	Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL)
7	Jalal Baker (SYR)
8	Bolotbek Omurakunov (KGZ)
9	Baj Yadav (NEP)
9	Chatee Kitpituck (THA)

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