1988 European Espoirs Wrestling Championships
# 1988 European Espoirs Wrestling Championships

The 1988 European Espoirs Wrestling Championships was the 9th edition of European Espoirs Wrestling Championships was held 1988 in Walbrzych , Poland.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Medal summary

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Romica Rașovan Romania | Veselin Radev Bulgaria | Sultan Davudov Soviet Union |
| 52 kg | Bagavdin Umakhanov Soviet Union | Ahmet Orel Turkey | Constantin Corduneanu Romania |
| 57 kg | Vadim Bogiev Soviet Union | ürgen Scheibe West Germany | İsmail Zurnacı Turkey |
| 62 kg | Gadshi Rashidov Soviet Union | Dariusz Czarnecki Poland | Danut Prefit Romania} |
| 68 kg | Alexander Leipold West Germany | Andre Backhaus East Germany | Pashrudin Zalibekov Soviet Union |
| 74 kg | Saigid Katinovasov Soviet Union | Marek Grodzki Poland | Valentin Zhelev Bulgaria |
| 82 kg | Rustam Kelekhsaev Soviet Union | Sebahattin Öztürk Turkey | Krasimir Kostov Bulgaria |
| 90 kg | Dzhambolat Tedeyev Soviet Union | Veselin Hristov Bulgaria | Heiko Balz East Germany |
| 100 kg | Arawat Sabejew Soviet Union | Şenol Karagöz Turkey | Sotir Gotschew Bulgaria |
| 130 kg | Oleg Naniev Soviet Union | Kiril Barbutov Bulgaria | Ferenc Juno Hungary |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Samvel Danielyan Soviet Union | Jan Ulbrich East Germany | Piotr Chamera Poland |
| 52 kg | Nazir Shamshutdinov Soviet Union | Vassil Botev Bulgaria | Ömer Esmer Turkey |
| 57 kg | Ryszard Wolny Poland | Kamo Ambartzumov Finland | Imre Simita Hungary |
| 62 kg | Koba Guliashvili Soviet Union | Panagiotis Theodoridis Greece | Stoil Botev Bulgaria |
| 68 kg | Salih Yılmaz Turkey | Ayvaz Katshiev Soviet Union | Sakari Kaakkolahti Finland |
| 74 kg | Beslan Tshagiev Soviet Union | Tuomo Karila Finland | Richard Mateska Czechoslovakia |
| 82 kg | Pavel Frinta Czechoslovakia | Aleksander Morosov Czechoslovakia | Joergen Olsson Sweden |
| 90 kg | Péter Farkas Hungary | Peter Petrov Bulgaria | Georgi Kogouashvili Soviet Union |
| 100 kg | Ferenc Takács Hungary | Yury Metelski Soviet Union | Raymund Edfelder West Germany |
| 130 kg | Andrey Grishin Soviet Union | Jerzy Gryc Poland | Rumen Zaprianov Bulgaria |
