The XLV USSR Free Wrestling Championship took place in Makhachkala from June 15 to 18, 1989 .
Medalists
| Weight category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| The lightest weight | Gnel Medjlumyan Trade Unions ( Yerevan ) | Syren-Dorji Khaltanov Dynamo ( Ulan-Ude ) | Sergey Karamchakov “Labor Reserves” ( Krasnoyarsk ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightest weight | Oleg Konyushenko Dynamo ( Dnepropetrovsk ) | Aslan Agaev Trade Unions ( Baku ) | Mikhail Kushnir Dynamo ( Lviv ) |
| Feather-weight | Osman Efendiyev Trade Unions ( Makhachkala ) | Senik Babakhanyan Trade Unions ( Bila Tserkva ) | Abdulaziz Azizov "Labor Reserves" ( Makhachkala ) |
| A light weight | Shamil Magomedov "Labor Reserves" ( Tbilisi ) | K. Aigunov Trade Unions ( Moscow ) | Khazar Isaev Armed Forces ( Baku ) |
| 1st Welterweight | Not awarded | Stepan Sargsyan Trade unions ( Kirovokan ), Arthur Mutalibov Dynamo ( Makhachkala ) | Kenzhebek Omuraliev Armed Forces ( Frunze ) |
| 2nd welterweight | Arsen Fadzaev Armed Forces ( Tashkent ) | Nasyr Gadzhikhanov Dynamo ( Makhachkala ) | Saigid Katinovasov Armed Forces ( Moscow Region ) |
| 1st middle weight | Elmadi Zhabrailov Dynamo ( Makhachkala ) | Avtandil Gogolishvili "Labor Reserves" ( Tbilisi ) | Abdusamad Hamidov Dynamo ( Makhachkala ) |
| 2nd medium weight | Vagab Kazibekov Trade Unions ( Makhachkala ) | Rudik Harutyunyan Armed Forces ( Moscow ) | Dzhambolat Tedeev Armed Forces ( Moscow ) |
| Light heavyweight | Sanasar Oganisyan Trade Unions ( Moscow ) | Ahmed Atavov Dynamo ( Krasnoyarsk ) | Leri Habelov "Labor Reserves" ( Tbilisi ) |
| Heavy weight | Not awarded | Aslan Khadartsev “Labor Reserves” ( Tashkent ), David Gobejishvili Dynamo ( Tbilisi ) | Zaza Turmanidze Armed Forces ( Tbilisi ) |
Literature
- Panorama of the sports year 1989 / Comp. Yu. S. Lukashin - M .: Physical Culture and Sports , 1990.
- I. Kh. Totooni “100 years of free-style wrestling” (Reference book), Vladikavkaz: Olympus, 2005 (Krasnodar: Federal State Unitary Enterprise Sovetskaya Kuban Publishing House), 197 p.