European Boxing Championships 1977

The 22nd men's European boxing championships for amateurs in 1977 were held from May 28 to June 5, 1977 in the ice rink in Halle (Saale) in the German Democratic Republic . 146 boxers from 27 countries took part in the title fights and determined the champions in eleven weight classes. The boxers of the Soviet Union won five titles, making them the most successful nation in this championship. Only Valery Limassow managed to win another European Championship title. This time he came one weight class higher than 1975 to title honors.

Results

CLASS	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)	Henryk Średnicki Poland	Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria	Philippe Sutcliffe Ireland Anatoly Klujew Soviet Union
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Leszek Błażyński Poland	Olexander Tkachenko Soviet Union	Nuri Eroğlu Turkey Plamen Kamburow Bulgaria
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)	Stefan Förster GDR	Todor Dinu Romania	Dimitar Pehliwanow Bulgaria Manfred König BR Germany
Feather weight (up to 57 kg)	Richard Nowakowski GDR	Roman Gotfryd Poland	Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union Tidi Tudor Romania
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	Ace Rusevski Yugoslavia	Christian Zornow GDR	René Weller FR Germany Abdel Kerzazi France
Half welter weight (up to 64 kg)	Bogdan Gajda Poland	Ulrich Beyer GDR	Calistrat Cuţo Romania Mehmet Bogujevci Yugoslavia
Welter weight (up to 67 kg)	Valery Limassov Soviet Union	Karl-Heinz Krüger GDR	Plamen Jankow Bulgaria Vasile Cicu Romania
Medium weight (up to 71 kg)	Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union	Markus Intlekofer BR Germany	Jerzy Rybicki Poland Kalevi Marjamaa Finland
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Leonid Shaposhnikov Soviet Union	Bernd Wittenburg GDR	Ilija Angelow Bulgaria Svatopluk Žáček Czechoslovakia
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Dawit Kwachadze Soviet Union	Ottomar Sachse GDR	Rauno Pellikainen Finland Ion Gyorffi Romania
Heavy weight (over 81 kg)	Yevgeny Gorstkov Soviet Union	Jürgen Fanghänel GDR	Mircea Simon Romania Atanas Suwandshijew Bulgaria

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	5	1	2	8th
2	Poland	3	1	1	5
3	German Democratic Republic	2	6th	-	8th
4th	Yugoslavia	1	-	1	2
5	Bulgaria	-	1	5	6th
	Romania	-	1	5	6th
7th	BR Germany	-	1	2	3
8th	Finland	-	-	2	2
9	Ireland	-	-	1	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	Total	11	11	22nd	44

literature

• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1978 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1977, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 173-174 .

swell

• Janusz Majcher: Tournament List European Championship 1977. Accessed on September 20, 2012 (English). 
• Karlheinz Heckert: Boxing results lists. Retrieved September 20, 2012 .