1979 European Wrestling Championships

1979 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Romania , Bucharest
Dates	16 – 21 April 1979
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Romania
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The 1979 European Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 21 April 1979 in Bucharest, Romania. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	2	2	15
2	Romania	3	3	4	10
3	Bulgaria	2	4	4	10
4	Hungary	1	3	1	5
5	East Germany	1	2	1	4
6	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
8	Poland	0	3	5	8
9	West Germany	0	3	1	4
10	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Arshak Sanoyan   Soviet Union	Jan Falandys   Poland	Aurel Rentea   Romania
52 kg	Iragui Shugayev   Soviet Union	Hartmut Reich   East Germany	Andrzej Kudelski   Poland
57 kg	Sergei Beloglazov   Soviet Union	Aurel Neagu   Romania	Ivan Tsochev   Bulgaria
62 kg	Miho Dukov   Bulgaria	Eduard Giray   West Germany	Jan Szymański   Poland
68 kg	Nikolay Petrenko   Soviet Union	Ivan Yankov   Bulgaria	Eberhard Probst   East Germany
74 kg	Musan Abdul-Muslimov   Soviet Union	Martin Knosp   West Germany	Aleksandar Nanev   Bulgaria
82 kg	Oleg Alekseev   Soviet Union	István Kovács   Hungary	Adolf Seger   West Germany
90 kg	Uwe Neupert   East Germany	Alash Daudov   Soviet Union	Ivan Guinov   Bulgaria
100 kg	Ilya Mate   Soviet Union	Slavcho Chervenkov   Bulgaria	Vasile Pușcașu   Romania
+100 kg	Salman Hashimikov   Soviet Union	Roland Gehrke   East Germany	Adam Sandurski   Poland

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Constantin Alexandru   Romania	Pavel Jristov   Bulgaria	Anatoli Bozin   Soviet Union
52 kg	Robert Nersesian   Soviet Union	Nicu Gingă   Romania	Lajos Rácz   Hungary
57 kg	Shamil Serikov   Soviet Union	Pasquale Passarelli   West Germany	Josef Krysta   Czechoslovakia
62 kg	Stelios Mygiakis   Greece	Tamás Tóth   Hungary	Kazimierz Lipień   Poland
68 kg	Ștefan Rusu   Romania	Ivan Saikov   Bulgaria	Andrzej Supron   Poland
74 kg	Ferenc Kocsis   Hungary	Viacheslav Mkrtychev   Soviet Union	Nedko Nedev   Bulgaria
82 kg	Ion Draica   Romania	Jan Dołgowicz   Poland	Taymuraz Apkhazava   Soviet Union
90 kg	Frank Andersson   Sweden	Norbert Növényi   Hungary	Petre Dicu   Romania
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin   Soviet Union	Roman Bierła   Poland	Vasile Andrei   Romania
+100 kg	Aleksandar Tomov   Bulgaria	Roman Codreanu   Romania	Kenan Ege   Turkey

References

1. "International Wrestling Database".
2. "Athletes & Results".

External links

• Fila's official championship website