European Boxing Championships 1979

The 24 men's European Amateur Boxing Championships amateur in 1979 were from May 5 to 12. May 1979 in Cologne in Germany held. With the introduction of the super heavyweight, the champions were determined for the first time in twelve weight classes. The boxers of the Soviet Union won seven weight classes alone, making them the most successful nation in this championship. With Yevgeny Gorstkow , only one boxer could successfully defend his European Championship title from 1977 . Henryk Średnicki came one weight class higher this time to title honors.

Results

CLASS	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)	Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union	Dietmar Geilich GDR	András Rózsa Hungary Georgi Georgiew Bulgaria
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Henryk Średnicki Poland	Daniel Radu Romania	Alexander Dugarow Soviet Union Frank Kegebein GDR
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)	Nikolai Khraptsov Soviet Union	Dimitar Pechlivanov Bulgaria	Philippe Sutcliffe Ireland Georg Vlachos BR Germany
Feather weight (up to 57 kg)	Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union	Tschatscho Andrejkowski Bulgaria	Kazimierz Przybylski Poland Carlo Russolillo Italy
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union	René Weller BR Germany	Richard Nowakowski GDR Dragomir Ilie Romania
Half welter weight (up to 64 kg)	Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union	Patrizio Oliva Italy	Karl-Heinz Krüger GDR Caroly Hajnal Romania
Welter weight (up to 67 kg)	Ernst Müller BR Germany	Sreten Mirković Yugoslavia	Kalevi Kosunen Finland Ion Budusan Romania
Medium weight (up to 71 kg)	Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia	Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union	Markus Intlekofer BR Germany Rostislav Osička Czechoslovakia
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Tarmo Uusivirta Finland	Valentin Silaghi Romania	Manfred Gebauer GDR László Pem Hungary
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Albert Nikoljan Soviet Union	Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia	Paweł Skrzecz Poland Giorgica Donici Romania
Heavy weight (up to 91 kg)	Yevgeny Gorstkov Soviet Union	Werner Kohnert GDR	Ion Cernat Romania Roger Andersson Sweden
Super heavyweight (over 91 kg)	Peter Hussing BR Germany	Ferenc Somodi Hungary	Jürgen Fanghänel GDR Choirs Indschejan Soviet Union

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Soviet Union	7th	1	2	10
02	BR Germany	2	1	2	05
03	Yugoslavia	1	2	-	03
04th	Poland	1	-	2	03
05	Finland	1	-	1	02
06th	German Democratic Republic	-	2	5	07th
07th	Romania	-	2	5	07th
08th	Bulgaria	-	2	1	03
09	Hungary	-	1	2	03
10	Italy	-	1	1	02
11	Ireland	-	-	1	01
	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	01
	Sweden	-	-	1	01
	Total	12	12	24	48

literature

• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1980 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1979, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 171 .

swell

• Janusz Majcher: Tournament list European championship 1979. Accessed on January 23, 2012 (English). 
• Karlheinz Heckert: Boxing results lists. Retrieved on January 23, 2012 (German).