1991 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1991 World Wrestling Championships. Men's competition were held in Varna, Bulgaria and Women's competition were held in Tokyo, Japan.

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	2	6	17
2	United States	3	7	0	10
3	Japan	3	2	2	7
4	China	3	1	0	4
5	Germany	3	0	1	4
6	France	2	1	3	6
7	Cuba	2	1	2	5
8	Iran	1	1	1	3
8	South Korea	1	1	1	3
10	Venezuela	1	0	2	3
11	Hungary	1	0	1	2
12	Bulgaria	0	2	3	5
12	Norway	0	2	3	5
14	Czechoslovakia	0	2	0	2
14	Sweden	0	2	0	2
16	Canada	0	1	1	2
16	Turkey	0	1	1	2
18	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
21	Finland	0	0	1	1
21	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		29	29	29	87

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
Rank	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	90	Soviet Union	77	Japan	74
2	United States	67	Bulgaria	60	Venezuela	56
3	Iran	48	Cuba	37	Chinese Taipei	49
4	Germany	39	South Korea	37	France	45
5	South Korea	36	Yugoslavia	35	United States	44
6	Bulgaria	35	Hungary	33	China	39
7	Hungary	27	United States	33	Soviet Union	35
8	Turkey	26	Germany	32	Norway	34
9	North Korea	22	France	25	Sweden	21
10	Canada	20	Romania	23	South Korea	20

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Vugar Orujov Soviet Union	Kim Il North Korea	Kim Jong-shin South Korea
52 kg	Zeke Jones United States	Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria	Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union
57 kg	Sergey Smal Soviet Union	United States	Oveis Mallah Iran
62 kg	John Smith United States	Giovanni Schillaci Italy	Soviet Union
68 kg	Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union	Chris Wilson Canada	Valentin Getsov Bulgaria
74 kg	Amir Reza Khadem Iran	Kenny Monday United States	Nasir Gadzhikhanov Soviet Union
82 kg	Kevin Jackson United States	Jozef Lohyňa Czechoslovakia	Sebahattin Öztürk Turkey
90 kg	Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union	Iraklis Deskoulidis Greece	Roberto Limonta Cuba
100 kg	Leri Khabelov Soviet Union	Mark Coleman United States	Heiko Balz Germany
130 kg	Andreas Schröder Germany	Soviet Union	Jeff Thue Canada

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Goun Duk-yong South Korea	Reza Simkhah Iran	Soviet Union
52 kg	Raúl Martínez Cuba	Shawn Sheldon United States	Jon Rønningen Norway
57 kg	Rıfat Yıldız Germany	Aleksandr Ignatenko Soviet Union	András Sike Hungary
62 kg	Sergey Martynov Soviet Union	Mehmet Akif Pirim Turkey	Juan Marén Cuba
68 kg	Islam Dugushiev Soviet Union	Marthin Kornbakk Sweden	Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria
74 kg	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan Soviet Union	Jaroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia	Yvon Riemer France
82 kg	Péter Farkas Hungary	Bulgaria	Goran Kasum Yugoslavia
90 kg	Maik Bullmann Germany	Reynaldo Peña Cuba	Harri Koskela Finland
100 kg	Héctor Milián Cuba	Jörgen Olsson Sweden	Sergey Demyashkevich Soviet Union
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union	Matt Ghaffari United States	Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	China	United States	Japan
47 kg	Miyu Yamamoto Japan	China	Elisabeth Garcia Norway
50 kg	France	United States	Japan
53 kg	China	Japan	Venezuela
57 kg	Venezuela	Gudrun Høie Norway	France
61 kg	France	Japan	Line Johansen Norway
65 kg	Japan	Ine Barlie Norway	France
70 kg	Japan	France	Venezuela
75 kg	China	South Korea	Soviet Union

494 competitors from 49 nations participated.

64 competitors from 13 nations participated.^[1]

^ "The Participants of World Championships". All Japan Female Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2020.