1989 World Wrestling Championships

1989 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Martigny, Switzerland
Dates	24 August – 3 September
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
Women	Japan

The 1989 World Wrestling Championships were held in Martigny, Switzerland.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	4	4	17
2	France	4	1	2	7
3	United States	2	7	1	10
4	Norway	2	4	2	8
5	Japan	2	3	3	8
6	Bulgaria	2	1	2	5
7	West Germany	2	0	2	4
8	Chinese Taipei	1	2	0	3
9	Hungary	1	1	2	4
	South Korea	1	1	2	4
11	Iran	1	1	1	3
12	North Korea	1	1	0	2
13	East Germany	1	0	2	3
14	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
17	Sweden	0	0	2	2
18	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 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	79	Soviet Union	90	Japan	72
2	United States	70	Hungary	53	Norway	69
3	Turkey	49	Bulgaria	45	Chinese Taipei	56
4	Bulgaria	42	Hungary	44	France	53
5	Iran	37	South Korea	35	United States	32
6	North Korea	37	United States	35	Venezuela	24

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Kim Jong-shin South Korea	Ri Hak-son North Korea	Gnel Medzhlumyan Soviet Union
52 kg	Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria	Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union	Majid Torkan Iran
57 kg	Kim Yong-sik North Korea	Askari Mohammadian Iran	Rumen Pavlov Bulgaria
62 kg	John Smith United States	Gary Bohay Canada	Karsten Polky East Germany
68 kg	Boris Budayev Soviet Union	Kosei Akaishi Japan	Ahmet Çakıcı West Germany
74 kg	Kenny Monday United States	Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union	Lodoin Erkhbayar Mongolia
82 kg	Elmadi Zhabrailov Soviet Union	Melvin Douglas United States	Alcide Legrand France
90 kg	Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union	Jim Scherr United States	Gábor Tóth Hungary
100 kg	Akhmed Atavov Soviet Union	Bill Scherr United States	Uwe Neupert East Germany
130 kg	Alireza Soleimani Iran	Bruce Baumgartner United States	Aslan Khadartsev Soviet Union

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Oleg Kucherenko Soviet Union	Lars Rønningen Norway	Goun Duk-yong South Korea
52 kg	Aleksandr Ignatenko Soviet Union	Remzi Öztürk Turkey	An Han-bong South Korea
57 kg	Emil Ivanov Bulgaria	Aleksandr Shestakov Soviet Union	András Sike Hungary
62 kg	Kamandar Madzhidov Soviet Union	Huh Byung-ho South Korea	Mario Olivera Cuba
68 kg	Claudio Passarelli West Germany	Ghani Yalouz France	Levon Julfalakyan Soviet Union
74 kg	Daulet Turlykhanov Soviet Union	Anton Arghira Romania	Petar Tenev Bulgaria
82 kg	Tibor Komáromi Hungary	Mikhail Mamiashvili Soviet Union	Magnus Fredriksson Sweden
90 kg	Maik Bullmann East Germany	Michial Foy United States	Roger Gries West Germany
100 kg	Gerhard Himmel West Germany	Ilia Georgiev Bulgaria	Anatoly Fedorenko Soviet Union
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union	László Klauz Hungary	Tomas Johansson Sweden

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	Shoko Yoshimura Japan	Huang Yu-hsin Chinese Taipei	Trine Strand Norway
47 kg	Chen Ming-hsiu Chinese Taipei	Tomoko Natsumeda Japan	Afsoon Roshanzamir United States
50 kg	Anne Holten Norway	Asia DeWeese United States	Martine Poupon France
53 kg	Sylvie van Gucht France	Chou Yu-ping Chinese Taipei	Lotte Søvre Norway
57 kg	Gudrun Høie Norway	Ryoko Sakamoto Japan	Inge Krasser Switzerland
61 kg	Jocelyne Sagon France	Ine Barlie Norway	Kimie Hoshikawa Japan
65 kg	Emmanuelle Blind France	Nina Nilsen Norway	Akiko Iijima Japan
70 kg	Georgette Jean France	Leia Kawaii United States	Rika Iwama Japan
75 kg	Miyako Shimizu Japan	Kirsten Borgen Norway	None awarded

References

• FILA Database