1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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Host city | Cologne |
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Country | West Germany |
Nations | 22 |
Athletes | 171 |
Dates | 2–10 May |
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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union | Dietmar Geilich East Germany | András Rózsa Hungary Georgi Georgiev |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Henryk Średnicki Poland | Daniel Radu Romania | Alexandr Dugarov Soviet Union Frank Kegebein |
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 Carlo Russollilo |
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 Markus Intlekofer |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Tarmo Uusivirta Finland | Valentin Silaghi Romania | Manfred Gebauer East Germany Laszlo Pem |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Albert Nikolyan Soviet Union | Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia | Paweł Skrzecz Poland Giorgica Donici |
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Yevgeniy Gorstkov Soviet Union | Werner Kohnert East Germany | Roger Andersson Sweden Ion Cernat |
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Peter Hussing West Germany | Ferenc Somodi Hungary | Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany Khoren Indzheyan |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
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 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
References
[edit]- ^ 23rd European championships in Cologne (FRG) 5-12 May 1979
- ^ a b "23.European Championships - Cologne, FRG - May 5–12, 1979". Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ a b "Boxing". Sports 123. Archived from the original on 2005-08-22. Retrieved 2012-01-23.