European Wrestling Championships 1981

The European Wrestling Championships in 1981 were held separately for the first time since 1976. The Greco-Roman style tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden , in early April . The free style tournament in late April in Łódź, Poland .

Greco-Roman, men (tournament in Gothenburg)

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Totijo ​​Andonov
2	Soviet Union	Viktor Savchuk
3	Turkey	Salih Bora
4th	Finland	Reijo Haaparanta
5	Italy	Vincenzo Maenza
6th	Hungary	Ferenc Seres

Defending champion: Roman Kierpacz , Poland

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Benur Paschajan
2	Hungary	Lajos Rácz
3	Bulgaria	Lyubomir Tsekov
4th	Finland	Taisto halons
5	Romania	Constantin Alexandru
6th	Poland	Leszek Majkowski
8th	German Democratic Republic	Heiko Röll
10	BR Germany	Jürgen Kleer

Defending champion:

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	BR Germany	Pasquale Passarelli
2	Sweden	Benni Ljungbeck
3	Poland	Piotr Michalik
4th	Hungary	Árpád Sipos
5	Soviet Union	Shamil Serikov
6th	Finland	Einari Suutari

Defending champion: Vitaly Konstantinov , USSR

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Ryszard Swierad
2	Bulgaria	Panayot Kirov
3	Soviet Union	Farchat Mustafin
4th	Yugoslavia	Nandor Szabo
5	Hungary	Tomas Tóth
6th	Finland	Hannu Övermark
8th	German Democratic Republic	Günter Reichelt
10	BR Germany	Thomas Passarelli

Defending champion: Nelson Dawidjan , USSR

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Romania	Ștefan Rusu
2	BR Germany	Erich Klaus
3	Finland	Tapio Sipilä
4th	Soviet Union	Anatoly Kravchenko
5	Hungary	Karoly Gaal
6th	Bulgaria	Ivan Saikov

Defending champion: Ștefan Rusu , Romania

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Ferenc Kocsis
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Galkin
3	Poland	Andrzej Supron
4th	Yugoslavia	Karoly Kasap
5	Sweden	Lennart Lundell
6th	Romania	Gheorghe Ciobotaru
7th	German Democratic Republic	Peter Thätner
12	BR Germany	Karl-Heinz Helbing
12	Austria	Franz Ransmayr

Defending champion: Nedko Nedew , Bulgaria

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Gennady Korban
2	Poland	Jan Dolgowicz
3	Bulgaria	Pavel Pavlov
4th	Hungary	Mihály Toma
5	Finland	Mikko Huhtala
6th	Yugoslavia	Karolj Kopas
11	German Democratic Republic	Jörn Levermann
12	Austria	Peter Danner
12	BR Germany	Kurt Spaniol

Defending champion: Gennadi Korban , USSR

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Sweden	Frank Andersson
2	Soviet Union	Aleksander Dubrowski
3	Greece	Georgios Pozidis
4th	Finland	Keijo Manni
5	Bulgaria	Atanas Komchev
6th	BR Germany	Uwe Sachs
10	German Democratic Republic	Thomas Horschel
11	Austria	Franz Pitschmann

Defending champion: Igor Kanygin , USSR

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Nikolai Inkov
2	Bulgaria	Andrei Dimitrov
3	Sweden	Christer Gullden
4th	Romania	Vasile Andrei
5	Poland	Roman Wrocławski
6th	Yugoslavia	Jozef Tertelj

Defending champion: Georgi Rajkow , Bulgaria

Category over 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Rangel Gerowski
2	Soviet Union	Yevgeny Artyuchin
3	Poland	Henryk Tomanek
4th	Hungary	János Rovnyai
5	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
6th	Yugoslavia	Prvoslav Ilic

Defending champion: Nikola Dinew , Bulgaria

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	Fourth	fifth	Sixth
1	Soviet Union	3	4th	1	1	1	0
2	Bulgaria	2	2	2	0	1	1
3	Poland	1	1	3	0	1	1
4th	Sweden	1	1	1	0	2	0
5	Hungary	1	1	0	3	2	1
6th	BR Germany	1	1	0	0	0	1
7th	Romania	1	0	0	1	1	1
8th	Finland	0	0	1	3	1	2
9	Turkey	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Greece	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	Yugoslavia	0	0	0	2	0	3
12	Italy	0	0	0	0	1	0

Freestyle, men (tournament in Łódź)

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Ali Mechmedov
2	Italy	Claudio Pollio
3	Soviet Union	Roman Dimitrijew
4th	German Democratic Republic	Gerald Pfister
5	Poland	Wladyslaw Olejnik
6th	Hungary	Jozsef Retkes

Defending champion: Rumen Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Reich
2	Hungary	Lajos Szabo
3	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
4th	BR Germany	Fritz Niebler
5	Poland	Wladyslaw Stecyk
6th	Switzerland	Erwin Mühlemann

Defending champion: Nermedin Selimow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stefan Ivanov
2	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Bobrich
3	Soviet Union	Andrei Yartsev
4th	Romania	Aurel Neagu
5	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendter
6th	Poland	Wieslaw Konczak
7th	BR Germany	Hans Partsch

Defending champion: Gurgen Bagdassarjan , USSR

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Busai Ibragimov
2	Poland	Marian Skubacz
3	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
4th	Italy	Antonio La Bruna
5	Romania	Traian Marinescu
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Culak
8th	BR Germany	Michael Kühn
12	German Democratic Republic	Eberhard Pocher

Defending champion: Magomet-Gassan Abuschew , USSR

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Miho Dukow
2	Soviet Union	Mikhail Khachura
3	German Democratic Republic	Eberhard Probst
4th	Finland	Jukka Rauhala
5	Poland	Stanislaw Chilinski
6th	BR Germany	Karl-Heinz Ruch

Defending champion: Saipulla Absaidow , USSR

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Elbrus Koroyev
2	Bulgaria	Valentin Rajchev
3	BR Germany	Martin Bud
4th	Yugoslavia	Bairan Coroli
5	Poland	Ryszard Scigalski
6th	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
9	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Radschunat
12	Switzerland	Rüdi Marro

Defending champion: Martin Knosp , Germany

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Georgi Kaloyev
2	Bulgaria	Efraim Kamberow
3	German Democratic Republic	Peter Syring
4th	Poland	Leszek Ciota
5	France	Michel Mege
6th	Czechoslovakia	Juras Kuciorko
7th	BR Germany	Alfred Sutter
9	Switzerland	Jimmy Martinetti

Defending champion: Ismail Abilow , Bulgaria

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
2	Romania	Gheorghe Brosteanu
3	Soviet Union	Viktor Batnija
4th	Hungary	Geza Molnar
5	Bulgaria	Georgi Jantschew
6th	Switzerland	Peter Lengacher

Defending champion: Oganes Oganesjan , USSR

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Magomed Magomedov
2	Poland	Tomasz buses
3	German Democratic Republic	Roland Gehrke
4th	Romania	Vasile Puşcaşu
5	Bulgaria	Petar Christow
6th	Turkey	Ayhan Taşkın

Defending champion: Magomed Magomedov , USSR

Category over 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Salman Hassimikov
2	Hungary	József Balla
3	Poland	Adam Sandurski
4th	Bulgaria	Slavcho Chervenko
5	German Democratic Republic	Michael Rentsch

Defending champion: Peter Ivanov , Bulgaria

Medal table

In brackets the position in the medal table at the 1980 European Championships.

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	Fourth	fifth	Sixth
1 0(1)0	Soviet Union	5	1	3	0	0	0
2 0(2)0	Bulgaria	3	2	2	1	2	0
3 0(4)0	German Democratic Republic	2	1	3	1	1	0
4 0(5)0	Poland	0	2	1	1	4th	1
5 0(6)0	Hungary	0	2	0	1	0	1
6 0(7)0	Romania	0	1	0	2	1	0
7 0(12)	Italy	0	1	0	1	0	0
8 0(3)0	BR Germany	0	0	1	1	0	1
9 0(13)	Finland	0	0	0	1	0	1
10 (-)0	Yugoslavia	0	0	0	1	0	0
11 (10)	Czechoslovakia	0	0	0	0	1	2
12 (8)0	France	0	0	0	0	1	0
13 (-)0	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	2
14 (10)	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	1

See also

• European wrestling championships
• World Wrestling Championships 1981