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 nations)		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