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)
Soviet Union Shamil Sabirov
Soviet Union
East Germany Dietmar Geilich
East Germany
Hungary Andras Rozsa
Hungary

Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev
Bulgaria

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Poland Henryk Średnicki
Poland
Romania Daniel Radu
Romania
Soviet Union Alexandr Dugarov
Soviet Union

East Germany Frank Kegebein
East Germany

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Soviet Union Nikolay Khraptsov
Soviet Union
Bulgaria Dimitar Pekhlivanov
Bulgaria
West Germany Georg Vlachos
West Germany

Republic of Ireland Philip Sutcliffe
Ireland

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Soviet Union Viktor Rybakov
Soviet Union
Bulgaria Chacho Andreykovski
Bulgaria
Poland Kazimierz Przybylski
Poland

Italy Carlo Russollilo
Italy

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Soviet Union Viktor Demyanenko
Soviet Union
West Germany Rene Weller
West Germany
Romania Ilie Dragomir
Romania

East Germany Richard Nowakowski
East Germany

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Soviet Union Serik Konakbayev
Soviet Union
Italy Patrizio Oliva
Italy
Romania Caroly Hajnal
Romania

East Germany Karl-Heinz Krueger
East Germany

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
West Germany Ernst Mueller
West Germany
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreten Mirković
Yugoslavia
Romania Ion Budusan
Romania

Finland Kalevi Kosunen
Finland

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Perunović
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union Viktor Savchenko
Soviet Union
Czech Republic Rostislav Osicka
Czechoslovakia

West Germany Markus Intlekofer
West Germany

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Finland Tarmo Uusivirta
Finland
Romania Valentin Silaghi
Romania
East Germany Manfred Gebauer
East Germany

Hungary Laszlo Pem
Hungary

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Soviet Union Albert Nikolyan
Soviet Union
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tadija Kačar
Yugoslavia
Poland Paweł Skrzecz
Poland

Romania Giorgica Donici
Romania

Heavyweight
( 91 kilograms)
Soviet Union Yevgeniy Gorstkov
Soviet Union
East Germany Werner Kohnert
East Germany
Sweden Roger Andersson
Sweden

Romania Ion Cernat
Romania

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
West Germany Peter Hussing
West Germany
Hungary Ferenc Somodi
Hungary
East Germany Jürgen Fanghänel
East Germany

Soviet Union Khoren Indzheyan
Soviet Union

Medal table[3]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 7 1 2 10
2  West Germany 2 1 2 5
3  SFR Yugoslavia 1 2 0 3
4  Poland 1 0 2 3
5  Finland 1 0 1 2
6  East Germany 0 2 5 7
7  Romania 0 2 4 6
8  Bulgaria 0 2 1 3
9  Hungary 0 1 2 3
10  Italy 0 1 1 2
11  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
 Ireland 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1

References

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