1979 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1979 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria from May 19 to May 27, 1979. This was the 58th edition of the event. There were 140 men in action from 24 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	110.0 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	102.5 kg	Tadeusz Golik  Poland	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	132.5 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	130.0 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	232.5 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	115.0 kg	Anton Kodzhabashev  Bulgaria	115.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anton Kodzhabashev  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	145.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics  Hungary	142.5 kg
Total	Anton Kodzhabashev  Bulgaria	262.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	260.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics  Hungary	252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	127.5 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	László Száraz  Hungary	152.5 kg	Marian Grigoras  Romania	150.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	292.5 kg WR	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	272.5 kg	Marian Grigoras  Romania	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	140.0 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	175.0 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	175.0 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	322.5 kg WR	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	315.0 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	150.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	190.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan  Romania	185.0 kg
Total	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	345.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	337.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	332.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	172.5 kg WR	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	155.0 kg	András Stark  Hungary	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	207.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	197.5 kg
Total	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	380.0 kg WR	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	352.5 kg	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia	340.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	165.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	222.5 kg WR	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	205.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	205.0 kg
Total	Rolf Milser  West Germany	382.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	370.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	370.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	180.0 kg WR	Pavel Syrchin  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov  Bulgaria	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	222.5 kg	Pavel Syrchin  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	János Sólyomvári  Hungary	205.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	402.5 kg WR	Pavel Syrchin  Soviet Union	392.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov  Bulgaria	375.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Pavel Khek  Czechoslovakia	175.0 kg	Krassimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	172.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	227.5 kg	Krassimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	217.5 kg	Peter Käks  East Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	400.0 kg	Krassimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	390.0 kg	Peter Käks  East Germany	385.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	185.0 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	242.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	242.5 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	210.0 kg
Total	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	427.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	422.5 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	390.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	4	3	1	8
2	Soviet Union	4	1	1	6
3	East Germany	1	2	3	6
4	West Germany	1	0	0	1
5	Poland	0	3	0	3
6	Hungary	0	1	2	3
7	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
8	Romania	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)