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 András Rózsa
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

  1. ↑ 23rd European championships in Cologne (FRG) 5-12 May 1979
  2. 1 2 "23.European Championships - Cologne, FRG - May 5–12, 1979". Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. 1 2 "Boxing". Sports 123. Archived from the original on 2005-08-22. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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