# 1989 World Wrestling Championships

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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 86 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | 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 |