# 1987 World Wrestling Championships

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 |
| 6 | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 14 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 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 | 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 |