The 2008 World Sambo Championships was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on 13 to 17 of November, 2008. This tournament included competition in both sport Sambo, and Combat Sambo.

Categories

• Combat Sambo: 52 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 74 kg, 82 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg, +100 kg
• Men's Sambo: 52 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 74 kg, 82 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg, +100 kg
• Women's Sambo: 48 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg, 68 kg, 72 kg, 80 kg, +80 kg

Medal overview

Combat Sambo events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Half-flyweight (52 kg) details	Anatoli Shitsak ( RUS)	Almaz Suliemanov ( UZB)	Sergii Chornyi ( UKR)
			Vahe Otarjan ( ARM)
Flyweight (57 kg) details	Denis Emelyukov ( RUS)	Edgar Borger ( VEN)	Karim Mukadov ( LTU)
			Marko Kosev ( BUL)
Half-lightweight (62 kg) details	Ivan Davidenko ( RUS)	Baasankhun Damlanpurev ( MGL)	Artemij Sitenkov ( LTU)
			Igor Severin ( UKR)
Lightweight (68 kg) details	Murat Ristov ( RUS)	Vachik Vardanyan ( ARM)	Ozod Pardaev ( UZB)
			Sergej Grecicho ( LTU)
Welterweight (74 kg) details	Vener Galiev ( RUS)	Viktor Tomashevic ( LTU)	Alexander Fedorov ( EST)
			Tougol Arapbaj Uulu ( UZB)
Half-middleweight (82 kg) details	Andrey Safyanenko ( RUS)	Rosen Dimitrov ( BUL)	David Grigoryan ( ARM)
			Darius Stankevichius ( LTU)
Middleweight (90 kg) details	Mikhail Zayats ( RUS)	Eldor Gujamov ( UZB)	Rumen Dimitrov ( BUL)
			Georgy Yemelanov ( KAZ)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Dmitiri Zabolotnyi ( RUS)	Sebastian Lebebe ( FRA)	Vladimir Dzhih ( UKR)
			Zarif Rasulov ( UZB)
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Blagoi Ivanov ( BUL)	Janosch Stefan ( GER)	Fedor Emelianenko ( RUS)
			Vladimir Bezegev ( UKR)

Men's Sambo events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Half-flyweight (52 kg) details	Yerbolat Baibatirov ( KAZ)	Valeriy Soronokov ( RUS)	Islam Qasimov ( AZE)
			Andrei Kurlypa ( BLR)
Flyweight (57 kg) details	Anton Mashkovich ( BLR)	Oleksey Poltavtsev ( UKR)	Timur Gallymov ( RUS)
			Vahan Vardanyan ( ARM)
Half-lightweight (62 kg) details	Ilea Khlybov ( RUS)	Andrey Kashtanov ( UKR)	Hidehiko Matsumoto ( JPN)
			Azamat Mykanov ( KAZ)
Lightweight (68 kg) details	Sergei Shibanov ( RUS)	Damir Muhidov ( UZB)	Dmitriy Babiychuk ( UKR)
			Luis Adriansa ( VEN)
Low-middleweight (74 kg) details	Viktor Savinov ( UKR)	Aleksander Sharov ( RUS)	Georgi Georgiev ( BUL)
			Araz Muxtarov ( AZE)
Half-middleweight (82 kg) details	Rais Rakhmatullin ( RUS)	Magomed Abdulganilov ( BLR)	Akram Ishov ( UZB)
			Vladimir Goloven ( UKR)
Middleweight (90 kg) details	Andrei Kazusionak ( BLR)	Munkhbaysgalan Dorjdermen ( MGL)	Eduard Kurginyan ( ARM)
			Sanmartin Echarte ( ESP)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Evgeniy Isaev ( RUS)	Yauhen Biadulin ( BLR)	Shinji Taya ( JPN)
			Nabimykhamat Khorkashev ( TJK)
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Vitaly Minakov ( RUS)	Yury Rybak ( BLR)	Ivan Iliev ( BUL)
			Munkhbaatar Khadbaatar ( MGL)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Elena Bondareva ( RUS)	Kelbet Nugazina ( KAZ)	Nomin Erdenechime ( MGL)
			Tatiana Moskvina ( BLR)
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Sneljina Vasileva ( BUL)	Luisaigna Campos ( VEN)	Lenaniya Mingaqzova ( KAZ)
			Susanna Mirzoyan ( RUS)
Lightweight (56 kg) details	Natalia Aranovoskaya ( RUS)	Elitsa Razheva ( BUL)	Sayaka Shioda ( JPN)
			Heriman Rodrigueza ( VEN)
Welterweight (60 kg) details	Mariya Yancheva ( BUL)	Yanquelina Lopez ( VEN)	Arina Pchelintseva ( RUS)
			Katsiarina Prakapenka ( LTU)
Half-middleweight (64 kg) details	Ekaterina Goldberg ( RUS)	Adriana Cherar ( ROU)	Alina Boikova ( UKR)
			Saynzhargal Batbataar ( MGL)
Middleweight (68 kg) details	Evija Pukite ( LAT)	Marina Baranov ( RUS)	Luiza Gainutdinova ( UKR)
			Nasiba Surkieva ( TKM)
Super-middleweight (72 kg) details	Svetlana Galantr ( RUS)	Maryia Kuzniatsova ( BLR)	Natalia Smal ( UKR)
			Nevenka Chopovic ( SRB)
Half-heavyweight (80 kg) details	Mariya Oryashkova ( BUL)	Anna Subbotina ( RUS)	Dulmaa Yadmaa ( MGL)
			Marina Prischepa ( UKR)
Heavyweight (+80 kg) details	Irina Rodina ( RUS)	Natalia Melnikava ( BUL)	Angelika Sopp ( EST)
			Santa Pakenyte ( LTU)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	17	5	5	27
2	Bulgaria	5	2	3	10
3	Belarus	2	4	2	8
4	Ukraine	1	2	11	14
5	Kazakhstan	1	1	3	5
6	Latvia	1	0	0	1
7	Uzbekistan	0	3	4	7
8	Venezuela	0	3	3	6
9	Mongolia	0	2	4	6
10	Lithuania	0	1	6	7
11	Armenia	0	1	4	5
12	France	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
15	Japan	0	0	3	3
16	Azerbaijan	0	0	2	2
	Estonia	0	0	2	2
18	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
22	Algeria	0	0	0	0
	Austria	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	0	0	0	0
	Cameroon	0	0	0	0
	Canada	0	0	0	0
	Colombia	0	0	0	0
	Cyprus	0	0	0	0
	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0
	Ecuador	0	0	0	0
	Finland	0	0	0	0
	Great Britain	0	0	0	0
	India	0	0	0	0
	Indonesia	0	0	0	0
	Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Israel	0	0	0	0
	Italy	0	0	0	0
	Jordan	0	0	0	0
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0
	Lebanon	0	0	0	0
	Malaysia	0	0	0	0
	Moldova	0	0	0	0
	Morocco	0	0	0	0
	Nepal	0	0	0	0
	New Zealand	0	0	0	0
	Pakistan	0	0	0	0
	Panama	0	0	0	0
	Peru	0	0	0	0
	Poland	0	0	0	0
	Slovakia	0	0	0	0
	Slovenia	0	0	0	0
	South Korea	0	0	0	0
	Syria	0	0	0	0
	Thailand	0	0	0	0
	Tunisia	0	0	0	0
	Turkey	0	0	0	0
	United States	0	0	0	0
	Yemen	0	0	0	0
Totals (58 entries)		27	27	56	110

External links

• [1] Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
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