1991 World Sambo Championships
The 1991 World Sambo Championships were held in two places because of international politics. In 1991 some countries left the long standing FIAS World Sambo Championships to create their own World Championship FMS / IFS (Federation Mondiale de Sambo / International Sambo Federation). The 1991 Soviet Union sambo team would be the last Soviet athletic team to compete as one country before the Soviet break up. The 1991 Soviet team became the last to ever win the World Sambo Championships as a country. The FIAS World Sambo Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and the new FMS World Sambo Championships were held in Chambéry, France in December. Following the 1991 World Championships FIAS continued its control of International Sambo and remains the governing body for the World Sambo Championships.
| 1991 World Sambo Championships | |
|---|---|
Medal overview (FMS)
| men | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -48 kg | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nikolay Tsypandin (BLR) |  Victor Grate (MDA) |  Artur Ogonyan (ARM)  Jean-Luc Mazeau (FRA) |
| -52 kg | Gurgen Tutkhalyan (ARM) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mevlud Meladze (GEO) |  Lorenzo Gómez (ESP) Jean-Louis Plisson (FRA) |
| -57 kg | Hovik Manukyan (ARM) | Vasile Dudush (MDA) | Kristian Deneville (FRA)  Angelo Arlandi (ITA) |
| -62 kg | Natik Bagirov (BLR) | Fedor Lazarenko (MDA) | Murtaz Turkia (GEO) Vardan Vaskanyan (ARM) |
| -68 kg | Garik Kazaryan (ARM) | Gia Natsvlishvili (GEO) | Dominic Jean (FRA) Igor Kolev (BLR) |
| -74 kg | Vladimir Cernykh (BLR) | Didier Berkati (FRA) | Ara Chatyan (ARM) José Fernández (ESP) |
| -82 kg | Didier Duru (FRA) | Viktor Bukhval (BLR) |  Nikolay Kozlovsky (RUS)  Laskar Dridi (TUR) |
| -90 kg | Artur Grigoryan (ARM) | Dmitry Bozhko (BLR) | Ivane Kvavilashvili (GEO)  Tadatomi Ida (JPN) |
| -100 kg | Yevgeny Dolinin (BLR) | Shioda Takahi (JPN) | Viktor Avaliani (GEO) Kristian Bruzat (FRA) |
| +100 kg | Valeri Parunashvili (GEO) | Kristian Bruza (FRA) | Inayaki Mazasoshi (JPN)  Sovik Sogosariv (ROU) |
Medal overview (FIAS)
| men | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -48 kg |  Narin Viravong (USA) | ||
| -52 kg |  Ivaylo Todorov (BUL) | Brady Taylor (USA) | |
| -57 kg | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} R. Dawson (CAN) | E. Ignatov (BUL) | |
| -62 kg |  Sergey Golovin (URS)RUS | Ivan Netov (BUL) | M. Sullivan (CAN) |
| -68 kg | Aleksandr Aksenov (URS)RUS | I. Ordilek (CAN) | Sandy North (USA) |
| -74 kg | Vladimir Yaprintsev (URS)BLR | Steve Nelson (USA) | Vasil Sokolov (BUL) |
| -82 kg | Igor Kurinnoy (URS)RUS | Mark Densberger (USA) | K. Kantshev (BUL) |
| -90 kg | Khusein Khaybulayev (URS)RUS | S. Moisace (ROU) | Nikola Filipov (BUL) |
| -100 kg | Vyacheslav Yelistratov (URS)RUS | A. Yalezkov (BUL) | R. Angus (CAN) |
| +100 kg | Eduard Grams (URS)BLR | Damyan Stoykov (BUL) | Roger Neff (USA) |
note: Medal table isn't complete.