1979 European Weightlifting Championships

The 58th European Men's Weightlifting Championships took place from May 19 to 27, 1979 in the Bulgarian city ​​of Varna .

Results

Class up to 52 kg (fly weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Alexander Voronin	110.0 kg	Stefan Leletko	102.5 kg	Tadeusz Golik	100.0 kg
Bump	Alexander Voronin	135.0 kg	Béla Oláh	132.5 kg	Stefan Leletko	130.0 kg
Duel	Alexander Voronin	245.0 kg	Stefan Leletko	232.5 kg	Béla Oláh	232.5 kg

• Voronin managed 110.5 kg in the snatch , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 110 kg were included in the rating.
• Voronin managed to push 142 kg in an additional attempt.

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Tadeusz Dembończyk	115.0 kg 000	Anton Kodzhabashev	115.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa	110.0 kg
Bump	Anton Kodzhabashev	147.5 kg 000	Tadeusz Dembończyk	145.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics	142.5 kg
Duel	Anton Kodzhabashev	262.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk	260.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics	252.5 kg

• Dembończyk managed 118 kg in an additional attempt in the snatch.

Class up to 60 kg (feather weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Nikolai Kolesnikov	127.5 kg 000	Georgi Todorov	125.0 kg	Marek Seweryn	122.5 kg
Bump	Nikolai Kolesnikov	165.0 kg 000	László Száraz	152.5 kg	Marian Grigoras	150.0 kg
Duel	Nikolai Kolesnikov	292.5 kg	Georgi Todorov	272.5 kg	Marian Grigoras	270.0 kg

• Kolesnikow managed to push 166 kg , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 165 kg were included in the rating.

Class up to 67.5 kg (lightweight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Yanko Russew	145.0 kg 000	Joachim Kunz	140.0 kg	Gunter Ambraß	137.5 kg
Bump	Yanko Russew	177.5 kg 000	Gunter Ambraß	175.0 kg	Joachim Kunz	175.0 kg
Duel	Yanko Russew	322.5 kg	Joachim Kunz	315.0 kg	Gunter Ambraß	312.5 kg

• Kunz managed an additional attempt at 145.5 kg in the snatch , which Russew countered with 146.0 kg .
• Russev managed to push 181.5 kg in an additional attempt .

Class up to 75 kg (middle weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jordan Mitkow	155.0 kg	Nedeltscho Kolew	150.0 kg	Peter Wenzel	150.0 kg
Bump	Jordan Mitkow	190.0 kg	Nedeltscho Kolew	187.5 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan	185.0 kg
Duel	Jordan Mitkow	345.0 kg	Nedeltscho Kolew	337.5 kg	Peter Wenzel	332.5 kg

Class up to 82.5 kg (light-heavy weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Blagoy Blagoev	172.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski	155.0 kg	András Stark	150.0 kg
Bump	Jurik Vardanyan	207.5 kg 000	Blagoy Blagoev	207.5 kg	Paweł Rabczewski	197.5 kg
Duel	Blagoy Blagoev	380.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski	352.5 kg	Dušan Poliačik	340.0 kg

Class up to 90 kg (medium weight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Péter Baczakó	165.0 kg 000	Walery Schary	165.0 kg	Ferenc Antalovics	160.0 kg
Bump	Rolf Milser	222.5 kg	Péter Baczakó	205.0 kg	Walery Schary	205.0 kg
Duel	Rolf Milser	382.5 kg 000	Péter Baczakó	370.0 kg	Walery Schary	370.0 kg

Class up to 100 kg (1st heavyweight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	David Rigert	180.0 kg	Pavel Syrchin	172.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov	170.0 kg
Bump	David Rigert	222.5 kg 000	Pavel Syrchin	220.0 kg	Janos Solyomvari	205.0 kg
Duel	David Rigert	402.5 kg	Pavel Syrchin	392.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov	375.0 kg

• Rigert managed to push 226 kg in an additional attempt.

Class up to 110 kg (2nd heavyweight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Pavel Khek	175.0 kg	Krassimir Drandarov	172.5 kg	Yuri Saizew	172.5 kg
Bump	Yuri Saizew	227.5 kg	Krassimir Drandarov	217.5 kg	Peter Käks	215.0 kg
Duel	Yuri Saizew	400.0 kg	Krassimir Drandarov	390.0 kg	Peter Käks	385.0 kg

Class over 110 kg (super heavyweight)

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sultan Rachmanov	195.0 kg	Gerd Bonk	185.0 kg	Rudolf Strejček	180.0 kg
Bump	Jürgen Heuser	242.5 kg	Gerd Bonk	242.5 kg	Rudolf Strejček	210.0 kg
Duel	Gerd Bonk	427.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser	422.5 kg	Rudolf Strejček	390.0 kg

literature

• New Germany . No. 118-124 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1979, ISSN  0323-3375 .
• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1980 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1979, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 179-180 .