1978 European Wrestling Championships

The 1978 European Wrestling Championshipswere held in the men's Freestyle style in Sofia Bulgaria 5 – 7 May 1979; the Greco-Romane style in Oslo Norway 8 – 11 April 1981.[1][2]

1978 European Wrestling Championships
Host city Bulgaria, Sofia(Freestyle)
 Norway Oslo(Greco-Roman)
Dates5 – 7 May 1979
22 – 24 April 1979
Champions
Freestyle Bulgaria
Greco-Roman Romania
← 1977
1979 →

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union75113
2  Bulgaria54413
3  Romania45413
4  Hungary1269
5  Poland1135
6  East Germany1012
7  Sweden1001
8  Turkey0112
9  Finland0101
  West Germany0101
Totals (10 entries)20202060

Medal summary edit

Men's freestyle edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Stoyan Stoyanov
  Bulgaria
Gheorghe Rașovan
  Romania
Mihály Gyulai
  Hungary
52 kg Nermedin Selimov
  Bulgaria
Telman Pashayev
  Soviet Union
Władysław Stecyk
  Poland
57 kg Buzai Ibraguimov
  Soviet Union
Aurel Neagu
  Romania
Ivan Tsochev
  Bulgaria
62 kg Miho Dukov
  Bulgaria
Saypulla Absaidov
  Soviet Union
Zoltán Szalontai
  Hungary
68 kg Ivan Yankov
  Bulgaria
Ijaku Gaidarbekov
  Soviet Union
Dariusz Czichowski
  Poland
74 kg Pyotr Marta
  Soviet Union
Marin Pîrcălabu
  Romania
Reşit Karabacak
  Turkey
82 kg Shukri Ajmedov
  Bulgaria
Adolf Seger
  West Germany
Tiberiu Seregelyi
  Romania
90 kg Uwe Neupert
  East Germany
Ivan Guinov
  Bulgaria
Vladimir Batnia
  Soviet Union
100 kg Levan Tediashvili
  Soviet Union
Mehmet Güçlü
  Turkey
Vasile Pușcașu
  Romania
+100 kg Boris Bigayev
  Soviet Union
József Balla
  Hungary
Marin Guerchev
  Bulgaria

Men's Greco-Roman edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Constantin Alexandru
  Romania
Anatoli Bozin
  Soviet Union
Dietmar Hinz
  East Germany
52 kg Vajtang Blaguidze
  Soviet Union
Lajos Rácz
  Hungary
Nicu Gingă
  Romania
57 kg Vladimir Pogudin
  Soviet Union
Mihai Boţilă
  Romania
Józef Lipień
  Poland
62 kg Kazimierz Lipień
  Poland
Ion Păun
  Romania
Tamás Tóth
  Hungary
68 kg Ștefan Rusu
  Romania
Nikolai Dimov
  Bulgaria
Károly Gaál
  Hungary
74 kg Ferenc Kocsis
  Hungary
Anatoly Bykov
  Soviet Union
Yanko Shopov
  Bulgaria
82 kg Ion Draica
  Romania
Jan Dołgowicz
  Poland
Savo Jristov
  Bulgaria
90 kg Frank Andersson
  Sweden
Keijo Manni
  Finland
Petre Dicu
  Romania
100 kg Nikolay Balboshin
  Soviet Union
Georgi Raykov
  Bulgaria
József Farkas
  Hungary
+100 kg Roman Codreanu
  Romania
Aleksandar Tomov
  Bulgaria
József Nagy
  Hungary

References edit

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

External links edit