1987 World Men Championships
Host city	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dates	19–29 August
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

1987 World Women Championships
Host city	Lørenskog, Norway
Dates	24–25 October
Champions
Women	Norway

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.

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
	North Korea	1	1	0	2
8	Finland	1	0	1	2
9	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	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
	East Germany	0	1	1	2
	Romania	0	1	1	2
17	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
23	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		29	29	28	86

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

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

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

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

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