39.CISM Championships
Cairo, Egypt
October 20-30, 1988
Finals (winners first)
| 48kg | Oh Kwang-Soo | KOR | Mohamed Said | EGY |
| 51kg | Kim Kwang-Sun | KOR | Mustafa Ahmed Hassan | EGY |
| 54kg | Eddie Cook | USA | Mostafa Mahdi Saleh | IRQ |
| 57kg | Nam Sung-Hee | KOR | Ahamed | EGY |
| 60kg | Song Jin-Youl | KOR | Tobi Odhiambo | SUD |
| 63,5kg | Lodovic Proto | FRA | Sung Kook-Youl | KOR |
| 67kg | Mohamed Aly | EGY | Lee Song-Hoo | KOR |
| 71kg | Stamatios Kolethras | GRE | Ronald Simms | USA |
| 75kg | James Crisp | USA | Salem Karim Kabbary | EGY |
| 81kg | Ahmed Elnaggar | EGY | Kausar Abbas | PAK |
| 91kg | Mohamed Ali Ebrahim | EGY | Jocelyn Sturge | USA |
| +91kg | Ihab Mohamed Abdel Basel | EGY | Eddie Donerlson | USA |
Bronze Medal Winners
| 48kg | Pawlo | SUD |
| 51kg | Amir Jawad | IRQ |
| 51kg | Sebastien Alejandro | FRA |
| 54kg | Ali el-Sharaky | EGY |
| 54kg | Hwang Kyung-Sup | KOR |
| 57kg | Mohammad Islam | PAK |
| 57kg | Teddy Randolph | USA |
| 60kg | Christophe | FRA |
| 60kg | Jafar Kh.Meris | IRQ |
| 63,5kg | Mohamed | EGY |
| 63,5kg | Jan Azim | PAK |
| 67kg | Pascal Nival | FRA |
| 67kg | Kenery Kenye Yabia | SUD |
| 71kg | Agos Bol S. | SUD |
| 71kg | Oh Se-Han | KOR |
| 75kg | Choi Jung-Jin | KOR |
| 75kg | Mohammed Tarek | IRQ |
| 81kg | Okonkwo | NGA |
| 81kg | Gerd Kuehne | FRG |
| 91kg | Amir Jabbar | IRQ |
| 91kg | Mark Hulstroem | DEN |
| +91kg | Dildar Ahmed | PAK |
| +91kg | Giorgios Tsahakis | GRE |
source: CISM Magazine "Sport International" nr 77 - February 1989 (page 35)