The 1988 World Sambo Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 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.
| 1983 World Sambo Championships | |
|---|---|
Medal overview edit
| men | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -48 kg |  Ceyhun Məmmədov (URS)AZE |
 Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL) |
 Ochirbat Tsogtgerel (MGL)
|
| -52 kg | Gurgen Tutkhalyan (URS)ARM |
D. Bayaraa (MGL) |
 T. Takeuchi (JPN)
|
| -57 kg | Anton Novikov (URS)RUS |
Nikolai Gushmakov (BUL) |
Khaltmaagiin Battulga (MGL)
|
| -62 kg | Gagik Ghazaryan (URS)ARM |
 Clinton Burke (USA) |
Dashgombyn Battulga (MGL)
|
| -68 kg | Evgeniy Yesin (URS)RUS |
 Alberto Niet (ESP)o |
Ivan Netov (BUL)
|
| -74 kg | Vasily Shvaya (URS)RUS |
Boyko Nikolov (BUL) |
Matt Vondrasek (USA)
|
| -82 kg | Hussein Khaibulaev (URS)RUS |
 Didier Duru (FRA) |
Ivo Nenkov (BUL)
|
| -90 kg | Tagir Abdulayev (URS)RUS |
Ron Tripp (USA) |
Tadatomi Ida (JPN)
|
| -100 kg | Vladimir Gurin (URS)RUS |
 Giorgio D'Alessandro (ITA) |
D. Geiger (FRA)
|
| +100 kg | Vladimir Shkalov (URS)RUS |
 Mark Berger (CAN) |
Mincho Petkov (BUL)
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