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1979 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Romania, Bucharest
Dates	16 – 21 April 1979
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Romania
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The 1979 European Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 21 April 1979 in Bucharest, Romania.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	2	2	15
2	Romania	3	3	4	10
3	Bulgaria	2	4	4	10
4	Hungary	1	3	1	5
5	East Germany	1	2	1	4
6	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
8	Poland	0	3	5	8
9	West Germany	0	3	1	4
10	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Arshak Sanoyan  Soviet Union	Jan Falandys  Poland	Aurel Rentea  Romania
52 kg	Iragui Shugayev  Soviet Union	Hartmut Reich  East Germany	Andrzej Kudelski  Poland
57 kg	Sergei Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Aurel Neagu  Romania	Ivan Tsochev  Bulgaria
62 kg	Miho Dukov  Bulgaria	Eduard Giray  West Germany	Jan Szymański  Poland
68 kg	Nikolay Petrenko  Soviet Union	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria	Eberhard Probst  East Germany
74 kg	Musan Abdul-Muslimov  Soviet Union	Martin Knosp  West Germany	Aleksandar Nanev  Bulgaria
82 kg	Oleg Alekseev  Soviet Union	István Kovács  Hungary	Adolf Seger  West Germany
90 kg	Uwe Neupert  East Germany	Alash Daudov  Soviet Union	Ivan Guinov  Bulgaria
100 kg	Ilya Mate  Soviet Union	Slavcho Chervenkov  Bulgaria	Vasile Pușcașu  Romania
+100 kg	Salman Hashimikov  Soviet Union	Roland Gehrke  East Germany	Adam Sandurski  Poland

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Constantin Alexandru  Romania	Pavel Jristov  Bulgaria	Anatoli Bozin  Soviet Union
52 kg	Robert Nersesian  Soviet Union	Nicu Gingă  Romania	Lajos Rácz  Hungary
57 kg	Shamil Serikov  Soviet Union	Pasquale Passarelli  West Germany	Josef Krysta  Czechoslovakia
62 kg	Stelios Mygiakis  Greece	Tamás Tóth  Hungary	Kazimierz Lipień  Poland
68 kg	Ștefan Rusu  Romania	Ivan Saikov  Bulgaria	Andrzej Supron  Poland
74 kg	Ferenc Kocsis  Hungary	Viacheslav Mkrtychev  Soviet Union	Nedko Nedev  Bulgaria
82 kg	Ion Draica  Romania	Jan Dołgowicz  Poland	Taymuraz Apkhazava  Soviet Union
90 kg	Frank Andersson  Sweden	Norbert Növényi  Hungary	Petre Dicu  Romania
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin  Soviet Union	Roman Bierła  Poland	Vasile Andrei  Romania
+100 kg	Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria	Roman Codreanu  Romania	Kenan Ege  Turkey

References

1. "International Wrestling Database".
2. "Athletes & Results".

External links

• Fila's official championship website

• 1979 in sport wrestling
• 1979 in Romanian sport
• European Wrestling Championships
• International wrestling competitions hosted by Romania
• Sports competitions in Bucharest
• 1979 in European sport