| 1987 World Men Championships | |
| Size: | 140 |
| Host City: |  Clermont-Ferrand, France |
| Dates: | 19–29 August |
| 1987 World Women Championships | |
| Size: | 140 |
| Host City: |  Lørenskog, Norway |
| Dates: | 24–25 October |
The following is the final results of the 1987 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France and Women's Competition were held in Lørenskog, Norway.
| width=50 rowspan="2" | Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=200 | Team | width=50 | Points | width=200 | Team | width=50 | Points | width=200 | Team | width=50 | Points |
| 1 | 52 | 47 | 39 | ||||||||
| 2 | 41 | 23 | 34 | ||||||||
| 3 | 18 | 21 |  | 34 | |||||||
| 4 |  | 13 | 19 | 12 | |||||||
| 5 |  | 12 |  | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| 6 | | 11 | 11 | 8 | |||||||
| 48 kg | ||||
| 52 kg | ||||
| 57 kg | ||||
| 62 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | ||||
| 74 kg | ||||
| 82 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | ||||
| 130 kg |
| 48 kg | ||||
| 52 kg | ||||
| 57 kg | ||||
| 62 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | ||||
| 74 kg | ||||
| 82 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | ||||
| 130 kg |
| 44 kg | ||||
| 47 kg | ||||
| 50 kg | ||||
| 53 kg | ||||
| 57 kg | ||||
| 61 kg | ||||
| 65 kg | ||||
| 70 kg | ||||
| 75 kg | None awarded |