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.

• 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

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)

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)

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)

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

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