În 1987 Campionatele Mondiale de lupte au avut loc de la 19 la29 august 1987în Clermont-Ferrand pentru bărbați și de la 24 la25 octombrie 1987în Lørenskog pentru femei.
| Încercări | Aur | Argint | Bronz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Mahaddin Allahverdiyev ( URS ) | Vincenzo Maenza ( ITA ) | Lars Rønningen ( NOR ) |
| 52 kg | Pedro Roque ( CUB ) | Roman Kierpacz ( POL ) | Aleksandr Ignatenko ( URS ) |
| 57 kg | Patrice Mourier ( FRA ) | Rıfat Yıldız ( FRG ) | Keijo Pehkonen ( END ) |
| 62 kg | Zhivko Vangelov ( BUL ) | Kamandar Madzhidov ( URS ) | Shigeki Nishiguchi ( JPN ) |
| 68 kg | Aslaudin Abayev ( URS ) | Nandor Sabo ( YUG ) | Jerzy Kopański ( POL ) |
| 74 kg | Jouko Salomäki ( END ) | Józef Tracz ( POL ) | Daulet Turlykhanov ( URS ) |
| 82 kg | Tibor Komáromi ( HUN ) | Roger Gössner ( FRG ) | Serghei Nasevici ( URS ) |
| 90 kg | Vladimir Popov ( URS ) | Sándor Major ( HUN ) | Atanas Komchev ( BUL ) |
| 100 kg | Guram Gedekhauri ( URS ) | Dennis Koslowski ( SUA ) | Vasile Andrei ( ROU ) |
| 130 kg | Igor Rostorotsky ( URS ) | Tomas Johansson ( SWE ) | Rangel Gerovski ( BUL ) |
| Încercări | Aur | Argint | Bronz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Ri Jae-sik ( PRK ) | Lee Sang-ho ( KOR ) | Sergey Karamchakov ( URS ) |
| 52 kg | Valentin Yordanov ( BUL ) | Kim Yong-sik ( PRK ) | Mitsuru Sato ( JPN ) |
| 57 kg | Serghei Beloglazov ( URS ) | Barry Davis ( SUA ) | Ahmet Ak ( TUR ) |
| 62 kg | John Smith ( SUA ) | Khazar Isayev ( URS ) | Kazuhito Sakae ( JPN ) |
| 68 kg | Arsen Fadzayev ( URS ) | Georgios Athanasiadis ( GRE ) | André Metzger ( SUA ) |
| 74 kg | Adlan Varayev ( URS ) | Dave Schultz ( SUA ) | Uwe Westendorf ( RDG ) |
| 82 kg | Mark Schultz ( SUA ) | Aleksandar Nanev ( BUL ) | Vladimir Modosyan ( URS ) |
| 90 kg | Makharbek Khadartsev ( URS ) | Jim Scherr ( SUA ) | Jerzy Nieć ( POL ) |
| 100 kg | Leri Khabelov ( URS ) | Vasile Pușcașu ( ROU ) | Bill Scherr ( SUA ) |
| 130 kg | Aslan Khadartsev ( URS ) | Andreas Schröder ( RDG ) | Bruce Baumgartner ( SUA ) |
| Încercări | Aur | Argint | Bronz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 kg | Brigitte Weigert ( BEL ) | Anne Johnsen ( NOR ) | Shoko Yoshimura ( JPN ) |
| 47 kg | Anne Holten ( NOR ) | Lynie van der Holst ( NED ) | Satomi Sugawara ( JPN ) |
| 50 kg | Anne Marie Halvorsen ( NOR ) | Kyoko Fukuda ( JPN ) | Martine Poupon ( FRA ) |
| 53 kg | Sylvie van Gucht ( FRA ) | Line Johansen ( NOR ) | Stine Johansen ( NOR ) |
| 57 kg | Isabelle Dourthe ( FRA ) | Sylvie Maret ( FRA ) | Silje Hauland ( NOR ) |
| 61 kg | Ine Barlie ( NOR ) | Akiko Iijima ( JPN ) | Pia Buchholtz ( DEN ) |
| 65 kg | Brigitte Herlin ( FRA ) | Dorthe Pedersen ( DEN ) | Kimie Hoshikawa ( JPN ) |
| 70 kg | Georgette Jean ( FRA ) | Rika Iwama ( JPN ) | Hege Reitan ( NOR ) |
| 75 kg | Patricia Rossignol ( FRA ) | Miyako Shimizu ( JPN ) | Nealocat |