The following is the final results of the 1991 World Wrestling Championships. Men's competition were held in Varna, Bulgaria and Women's competition were held in Tokyo, Japan.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	2	6	17
2	United States	3	7	0	10
3	Japan	3	2	2	7
4	China	3	1	0	4
5	Germany	3	0	1	4
6	France	2	1	3	6
7	Cuba	2	1	2	5
8	Iran	1	1	1	3
	South Korea	1	1	1	3
10	Venezuela	1	0	2	3
11	Hungary	1	0	1	2
12	Bulgaria	0	2	3	5
	Norway	0	2	3	5
14	Czechoslovakia	0	2	0	2
	Sweden	0	2	0	2
16	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
18	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
21	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		29	29	29	87

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	90	Soviet Union	77	Japan	74
2	United States	67	Bulgaria	60	Venezuela	56
3	Iran	48	Cuba	37	Chinese Taipei	49
4	Germany	39	South Korea	37	France	45
5	South Korea	36	Yugoslavia	35	United States	44
6	Bulgaria	35	Hungary	33	China	39
7	Hungary	27	United States	33	Soviet Union	35
8	Turkey	26	Germany	32	Norway	34
9	North Korea	22	France	25	Sweden	21
10	Canada	20	Romania	23	South Korea	20

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Vugar Orujov  Soviet Union	Kim Il  North Korea	Kim Jong-shin  South Korea
52 kg	Zeke Jones  United States	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria	Vladimir Toguzov  Soviet Union
57 kg	Sergey Smal  Soviet Union	Brad Penrith  United States	Oveis Mallah  Iran
62 kg	John Smith  United States	Giovanni Schillaci  Italy	Gadzhi Rashidov  Soviet Union
68 kg	Arsen Fadzaev  Soviet Union	Chris Wilson  Canada	Valentin Getsov  Bulgaria
74 kg	Amir Reza Khadem  Iran	Kenny Monday  United States	Nasir Gadzhikhanov  Soviet Union
82 kg	Kevin Jackson  United States	Jozef Lohyňa  Czechoslovakia	Sebahattin Öztürk  Turkey
90 kg	Makharbek Khadartsev  Soviet Union	Iraklis Deskoulidis  Greece	Roberto Limonta  Cuba
100 kg	Leri Khabelov  Soviet Union	Mark Coleman  United States	Heiko Balz  Germany
130 kg	Andreas Schröder  Germany	Gennady Zhiltsov  Soviet Union	Jeff Thue  Canada

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Goun Duk-yong  South Korea	Reza Simkhah  Iran	Sergey Suvorov  Soviet Union
52 kg	Raúl Martínez  Cuba	Shawn Sheldon  United States	Jon Rønningen  Norway
57 kg	Rıfat Yıldız  Germany	Aleksandr Ignatenko  Soviet Union	András Sike  Hungary
62 kg	Sergey Martynov  Soviet Union	Mehmet Akif Pirim  Turkey	Juan Marén  Cuba
68 kg	Islam Dugushiev  Soviet Union	Marthin Kornbakk  Sweden	Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria
74 kg	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan  Soviet Union	Jaroslav Zeman  Czechoslovakia	Yvon Riemer  France
82 kg	Péter Farkas  Hungary	Todor Angelov  Bulgaria	Goran Kasum  Yugoslavia
90 kg	Maik Bullmann  Germany	Reynaldo Peña  Cuba	Harri Koskela  Finland
100 kg	Héctor Milián  Cuba	Jörgen Olsson  Sweden	Sergey Demyashkevich  Soviet Union
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin  Soviet Union	Matt Ghaffari  United States	Rangel Gerovski  Bulgaria

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	Zhong Xiue  China	Marie Ziegler  United States	Shoko Yoshimura  Japan
47 kg	Miyu Yamamoto  Japan	Pan Yanping  China	Elisabeth Garcia  Norway
50 kg	Martine Poupon  France	Shannon Williams  United States	Yoko Higashi  Japan
53 kg	Zhang Xia  China	Yoshiko Endo  Japan	Wendy Izaguirre  Venezuela
57 kg	Olga Lugo  Venezuela	Gudrun Høie  Norway	Marine Roy  France
61 kg	Brigitte Siffert  France	Kimie Hoshikawa  Japan	Line Johansen  Norway
65 kg	Akiko Iijima  Japan	Ine Barlie  Norway	Sylvie Thomé  France
70 kg	Yayoi Urano  Japan	Emmanuelle Blind  France	Mirna Martínez  Venezuela
75 kg	Liu Dongfeng  China	Jeun Kyung-ran  South Korea	Liudmila Golikova  Soviet Union

494 competitors from 49 nations participated.

64 competitors from 13 nations participated.^[1]

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