1989 World Wrestling Championships

1989 World Wrestling Championships
Host citySwitzerland Martigny, Switzerland
Dates24 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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union94417
2 France4127
3 United States27110
4 Norway2428
5 Japan2338
6 Bulgaria2125
7 West Germany2024
8 Chinese Taipei1203
9 Hungary1124
 South Korea1124
11 Iran1113
12 North Korea1102
13 East Germany1023
14 Canada0101
 Romania0101
 Turkey0101
17 Sweden0022
18 Cuba0011
 Mongolia0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (20 entries)29292886

Team ranking

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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

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Men's freestyle

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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

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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

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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

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