1986 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Budapest |
| Country |
 HUN |
| Held |
19 – 22 October 1986 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
10 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
6 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
| 2 |
North Korea |
 PRK |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 3 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
| 4 |
Cuba |
 CUB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 5 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| 6 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 7 |
Hungary |
HUN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Japan |
 JPN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 9 |
Czechoslovakia |
 TCH |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Mongolia |
 MGL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Ri Jae-Sik
|
PRK
|
László Bíró
|
HUN
|
Mikhail Kushnir
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Kim Yong-Sik
|
PRK
|
Mitsuru Sato
|
JPN
|
Valentin Yordanov
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Sergey Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Georgi Kalchev
|
BUL
|
Barry Davis
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Khazar Isayev
|
URS
|
Joe McFarland
|
USA
|
Avirmediin Enkhee
|
MGL
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Arsen Fadzayev
|
URS
|
Andre Metzger
|
USA
|
Simeon Shterev
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Raúl Cascaret
|
CUB
|
Adlan Varayev
|
URS
|
Dave Schultz
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Vladimir Modosyan
|
URS
|
Aleksandar Nanev
|
BUL
|
Jozef Lohyňa
|
TCH
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Makharbek Khadartsev
|
URS
|
Torsten Wagner
|
GDR
|
Jim Scherr
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Aslan Khadartsev
|
URS
|
Bill Scherr
|
USA
|
Georgi Yanchev
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -130 kg, Men |
Bruce Baumgartner
|
USA
|
Davit Gobejishvili
|
URS
|
Andreas Schröder
|
GDR
|