1987 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Clermont-Ferrand |
| Country |
 FRA |
| Held |
26 – 29 August 1987 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
11 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
6 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
| 2 |
United States |
 USA |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
| 3 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| = |
North Korea |
 PRK |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 6 |
Greece |
 GRE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Romania |
 ROU |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
South Korea |
 KOR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 9 |
Japan |
 JPN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 10 |
Poland |
 POL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Turkey |
 TUR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Ri Jae-Sik
|
PRK
|
Lee Sang-Ho
|
KOR
|
Sergey Karamchakov
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Valentin Yordanov
|
BUL
|
Kim Yong-Sik
|
PRK
|
Mitsuru Sato
|
JPN
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Sergey Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Barry Davis
|
USA
|
Ahmet Ak
|
TUR
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
John Smith
|
USA
|
Khazar Isayev
|
URS
|
Kazuhito Sakae
|
JPN
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Arsen Fadzayev
|
URS
|
Georgios Athanasiadis
|
GRE
|
Andre Metzger
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Adlan Varayev
|
URS
|
Dave Schultz
|
USA
|
Uwe Westendorf
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Mark Schultz
|
USA
|
Aleksandar Nanev
|
BUL
|
Vladimir Modosyan
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Makharbek Khadartsev
|
URS
|
Jim Scherr
|
USA
|
Jerzy Nieć
|
POL
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Leri Khabelovi
|
URS
|
Vasile Pușcașu
|
ROU
|
Bill Scherr
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -130 kg, Men |
Aslan Khadartsev
|
URS
|
Andreas Schröder
|
GDR
|
Bruce Baumgartner
|
USA
|