1979 European Wrestling Championships

1979 European Wrestling Championships
1979 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Romania, Bucharest
Dates	16 – 21 April 1979
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Romania
	← 1978 1980 →

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
6	Sweden	1	0	0	1
8	Poland	0	3	5	8
9	West Germany	0	3	1	4
10	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
10	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	20	20	60

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

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

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