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 entries)		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