1987 World Wrestling Championships

1987 World Men Championships
Host city	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dates	19–29 August
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

1987 World Women Championships
Host city	Lørenskog, Norway
Dates	24–25 October
Champions
Women	Norway

The following is the final results of the 1987 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France and Women's Competition were held in Lørenskog, Norway.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	2	5	18
2	France	6	1	1	8
3	Norway	3	2	4	9
4	United States	2	4	3	9
5	Bulgaria	2	1	2	5
6	Hungary	1	1	0	2
	North Korea	1	1	0	2
8	Finland	1	0	1	2
9	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Cuba	1	0	0	1
11	Japan	0	4	6	10
12	Poland	0	2	2	4
13	West Germany	0	2	0	2
14	Denmark	0	1	1	2
	East Germany	0	1	1	2
	Romania	0	1	1	2
17	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
23	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		29	29	28	86

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	52	Soviet Union	47	Norway	39
2	United States	41	Bulgaria	23	France	34
3	Bulgaria	18	Poland	21	Japan	34
4	North Korea	13	Finland	19	Denmark	12
5	South Korea	12	Romania	13	Sweden	10
6	Japan	11	Hungary	11	Belgium	8

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Ri Jae-sik North Korea	Lee Sang-ho South Korea	Sergey Karamchakov Soviet Union
52 kg	Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria	Kim Yong-sik North Korea	Mitsuru Sato Japan
57 kg	Sergey Beloglazov Soviet Union	Barry Davis United States	Ahmet Ak Turkey
62 kg	John Smith United States	Khazar Isayev Soviet Union	Kazuhito Sakae Japan
68 kg	Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union	Georgios Athanasiadis Greece	Andre Metzger United States
74 kg	Adlan Varayev Soviet Union	Dave Schultz United States	Uwe Westendorf East Germany
82 kg	Mark Schultz United States	Aleksandar Nanev Bulgaria	Vladimir Modosyan Soviet Union
90 kg	Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union	Jim Scherr United States	Jerzy Nieć Poland
100 kg	Leri Khabelov Soviet Union	Vasile Pușcașu Romania	Bill Scherr United States
130 kg	Aslan Khadartsev Soviet Union	Andreas Schröder East Germany	Bruce Baumgartner United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Mahaddin Allahverdiyev Soviet Union	Vincenzo Maenza Italy	Lars Rønningen Norway
52 kg	Pedro Roque Cuba	Roman Kierpacz Poland	Aleksandr Ignatenko Soviet Union
57 kg	Patrice Mourier France	Rıfat Yıldız West Germany	Keijo Pehkonen Finland
62 kg	Zhivko Vangelov Bulgaria	Kamandar Madzhidov Soviet Union	Shigeki Nishiguchi Japan
68 kg	Aslaudin Abayev Soviet Union	Nandor Sabo Yugoslavia	Jerzy Kopański Poland
74 kg	Jouko Salomäki Finland	Józef Tracz Poland	Daulet Turlykhanov Soviet Union
82 kg	Tibor Komáromi Hungary	Roger Gössner West Germany	Sergey Nasevich Soviet Union
90 kg	Vladimir Popov Soviet Union	Sándor Major Hungary	Atanas Komchev Bulgaria
100 kg	Guram Gedekhauri Soviet Union	Dennis Koslowski United States	Vasile Andrei Romania
130 kg	Igor Rostorotsky Soviet Union	Tomas Johansson Sweden	Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	Brigitte Weigert Belgium	Anne Johnsen Norway	Shoko Yoshimura Japan
47 kg	Anne Holten Norway	Lynie van der Holst Netherlands	Satomi Sugawara Japan
50 kg	Anne Marie Halvorsen Norway	Kyoko Fukuda Japan	Martine Poupon France
53 kg	Sylvie van Gucht France	Line Johansen Norway	Stine Johansen Norway
57 kg	Isabelle Dourthe France	Sylvie Maret France	Silje Hauland Norway
61 kg	Ine Barlie Norway	Akiko Iijima Japan	Pia Buchholtz Denmark
65 kg	Brigitte Herlin France	Dorthe Pedersen Denmark	Kimie Hoshikawa Japan
70 kg	Georgette Jean France	Rika Iwama Japan	Hege Reitan Norway
75 kg	Patricia Rossignol France	Miyako Shimizu Japan	None awarded

References

• UWW Database