1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany from May 5 to May 12, 1979. The 23rd edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters[1] from across many European countries participated in the competition.[2][3]
The Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) and Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) categories were contested for the first time.[2]
Medal winners
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |
Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union |
Dietmar Geilich East Germany |
András Rózsa Hungary |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
Henryk Średnicki Poland |
Daniel Radu Romania |
Alexandr Dugarov Soviet Union |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Nikolay Khraptsov Soviet Union |
Dimitar Pekhlivanov Bulgaria |
Georg Vlachos West Germany Philip Sutcliffe |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union |
Chacho Andreykovski Bulgaria |
Kazimierz Przybylski Poland |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union |
Rene Weller West Germany |
Ilie Dragomir Romania Richard Nowakowski |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union |
Patrizio Oliva Italy |
Caroly Hajnal Romania Karl-Heinz Krueger |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Ernst Müller West Germany |
Sreten Mirković Yugoslavia |
Ion Budusan Romania Kalevi Kosunen |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia |
Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union |
Rostislav Osička Czechoslovakia |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Tarmo Uusivirta Finland |
Valentin Silaghi Romania |
Manfred Gebauer East Germany |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Albert Nikolyan Soviet Union |
Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia |
Paweł Skrzecz Poland |
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) |
Yevgeniy Gorstkov Soviet Union |
Werner Kohnert East Germany |
Roger Andersson Sweden |
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) |
Peter Hussing West Germany |
Ferenc Somodi Hungary |
Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | SFR Yugoslavia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 nations) | 12 | 12 | 23 | 47 |
Source: [3]
References
- 23rd European championships in Cologne (FRG) 5-12 May 1979
- "23.European Championships - Cologne, FRG - May 5–12, 1979". Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- "Boxing". Sports 123. Archived from the original on 2005-08-22. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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