1988 World Sambo Championships

1988 World Sambo Championships

The 1988 World Sambo Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in December 1988. Championships were organized by FIAS. There were 65 participants from 11 countries: USSR, Mongolia, Bulgaria, USA, France, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, Israel, Canada, and Spain.

Medal overview

men Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Soviet Union Ceyhun Məmmədov (URS)AZE Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL) Mongolia Ochirbat Tsogtgerel (MGL)
-52 kg Soviet Union Gurgen Tutkhalyan (URS)ARM Mongolia D. Bayaraa (MGL) Japan T. Takeuchi (JPN)
-57 kg Soviet Union Anton Novikov (URS)RUS Bulgaria Nikolai Gushmakov (BUL) Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga (MGL)
-62 kg Soviet Union Gagik Ghazaryan (URS)ARM United States Clinton Burke (USA) Mongolia Dashgombyn Battulga (MGL)
-68 kg Soviet Union Evgeniy Yesin (URS)RUS Spain Alberto Niet (ESP)o Bulgaria Ivan Netov (BUL)
-74 kg Soviet Union Vasily Shvaya (URS)RUS Bulgaria Boyko Nikolov (BUL) United States Matt Vondrasek (USA)
-82 kg Soviet Union Hussein Khaibulaev (URS)RUS France Didier Duru (FRA) Bulgaria Ivo Nenkov (BUL)
-90 kg Soviet Union Tagir Abdulayev (URS)RUS United States Ron Tripp (USA) Japan Tadatomi Ida (JPN)
-100 kg Soviet Union Vladimir Gurin (URS)RUS Italy Giorgio D'Alessandro (ITA) France D. Geiger (FRA)
+100 kg Soviet Union Vladimir Shkalov (URS)RUS Canada Mark Berger (CAN) Bulgaria Mincho Petkov (BUL)