The 1987 European Wrestling Championship was held separately: in early May, freestyle wrestling competitions took place in Veliko Tarnovo ( Bulgaria ), and at the end of May - Greco-Roman wrestling competitions in Tampere ( Finland ).
Content
Greco-Roman wrestling
Medals
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | 6 | one | one | eight |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Finland | one | 2 | 2 | five |
| four | Italy | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| five | Poland | 0 | 2 | one | 3 |
| 6 | Hungary | 0 | one | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Romania | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Sweden | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| eight | GDR | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| France | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| up to 48 kg | Vincenzo Maenza | Bro Price | Sergey Suvorov |
| up to 52 kg | Andrey Kalashnikov | Chaba Wadas | Roman Kerpach |
| up to 57 kg | Keyyo Pehkonen | Emil Ivanov | Patrice Mourier |
| up to 62 kg | Zivko Wangelov | Vasily Vozniy | Yeno Body |
| up to 68 kg | Aslaudin Abaev | Jerzy Kopansky | Tapio sipilia |
| up to 74 kg | Daulet Turlykhanov | Yuko Salomaki | Dobri Marinov |
| up to 82 kg | Sergey Nasevich | Bogdan Daras | Tibor Komaromi |
| up to 90 kg | Vladimir Popov | Atanas Komshev | Harry koskela |
| up to 100 kg | Ilya Vasiliev | Vasile Andrey | Jörg Kotte |
| over 100 kg | Igor Rostorotsky | Thomas Johansson | Gerowski Rangel |
Freestyle Wrestling
Medals
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | one | four | eight |
| 3 | GDR | 0 | 2 | one | 3 |
| four | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| five | Yugoslavia | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Greece | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Finland | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 6 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| up to 48 kg | Maryan Nedkov | Alin pacuraru | Mario willomeight |
| up to 52 kg | Valentin Yordanov | Vladimir Toguzov | Aslan Seyhanli |
| up to 57 kg | Sergey Beloglazov | Zoran Sorov | George Kalchev |
| up to 62 kg | Khazar Isaev | Karsten Shelves | Marian Skubach |
| up to 68 kg | Arsen Fadzayev | Giorgios Atanassiadis | Simeon Shterev |
| up to 74 kg | Adlan Varaev | Pekka Rauhala | Fevzi Sheker |
| up to 82 kg | Alexander Nanev | Vladimir Modosyan | Joseph Lohina |
| up to 90 kg | Maharbek Khadartsev | Efraim Kamberov | Solves Karabadzhak |
| up to 100 kg | Leri Khabelov | Vasile Puskasu | Georgi Yanchev |
| up to 130 kg | Zaza Turmanidze | Andreas Schroeder | Atanas Atanasov |