European Wrestling Championships 1978
The European Wrestling Championships 1978 took place in April and May in both styles in the Bulgarian capital Sofia .
Greco-Roman
Results
class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
-48 kg | Constantin Alexandru | Anatoly Bosin | Dietmar Hinz |
-52 kg | Vakhtang Blagidze | Lajos Rácz | Nicu Gângă |
-57 kg | Vladimir Pogudin | Mihai Boțilă | Józef Lipień |
-62 kg | Kazimierz Lipień | Ion Păun | István Tóth |
-68 kg | Ștefan Rusu | Nikolai Dimov | Károly Gaal |
-74 kg | Ferenc Kocsis | Anatoly Bykov | Janko Schopow |
-82 kg | Ion Draica | Jan Dolgowicz | Sawo Schristow |
-90 kg | Frank Andersson | Keijo Manni | Petre Dicu |
-100 kg | Nikolai Balboschin | Georgi Rajkov | József Farkas |
+100 kg | Roman Codreanu | Alexandar Tomov | József Nagy |
Medal table (Greco-Roman)
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Romania | 4th | 2 | 2 |
2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 4th |
4th | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
8th | German Democratic Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Romania thus defended first place in the Greco-Roman style before the Soviet Union. The GDR came in eighth, the FRG in tenth place through the fifth place of Erich Klaus in the class up to 68 kg.
Freestyle
Results
class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
-48 kg | Stoyan Stoyanov | Gheorghe Rasovan | Mihaly Gyulai |
-52 kg | Nermedin Selimov | Telman Pashaev | Wladyslaw Stecyk |
-57 kg | Busay Ibragimov | Aurel Neagu | Ivan Sochev |
-62 kg | Micho Dukov | Saipulla Absaidov | Zoltan Szalontai |
-68 kg | Ivan Jankov | Ichaki Gaidarbekov | Dariusz Czichowski |
-74 kg | Pyotr Marta | Marin Pârcălabu | Reşit Karabacak |
-82 kg | Zhukri Akhmedov | Adolf Seger | Tiberiu Seregeli |
-90 kg | Uwe Neupert | Ivan Ginov | Viktor Batnija |
-100 kg | Levan Tediyashvili | Mehmet Güclü | Vasile Puşcaşu |
+100 kg | Boris Bigayev | Jozsef Bella | Marin Gertschew |
Medal Tally (Freestyle)
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Soviet Union | 4th | 3 | 1 |
3 | German Democratic Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Romania | 0 | 3 | 2 |
5 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7th | BR Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The Soviet Union, which won six gold medals in Bursa in 1977, lost first place in freestyle wrestling to the Bulgarian hosts. Wrestlers from twelve nations were able to place in the top six.