European Wrestling Championships 1982

The European wrestling championships in 1982 took place in the Bulgarian town of Varna on the Black Sea coast.

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vasily Anikin
2	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
3	Bulgaria	Totijo ​​Andonov
4th	Norway	Lars Rønningen
5		?
6th	BR Germany	Markus Scherer

Defending champion: Totijo ​​Andonow , Bulgaria

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Benur Paschajan
2	Romania	Gheorghe Stefan
3	Poland	Roman Kierpacz
4th	Hungary	Lajos Rácz
5	Turkey	Erol Kemah
6th	Finland	Taisto halons

Defending champion: Benur Paschajan , USSR

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Petar Balov
2	Czechoslovakia	Josef Krysta
3	Turkey	Serhat Karadag
4th	Romania	Nicolae Zamfir
5	Poland	Racek
6th	Italy	Antonio Caltabiano

Defending champion: Pasquale Passarelli , Germany

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Roman Nasibulov
2	Bulgaria	Panayot Kirov
3	Hungary	Tomas Tóth
4th	France	Gilles Jalabert
5	Poland	Ryszard Świerad
6th	Sweden	Lars Malmkvist

Defending champion: Ryszard Świerad , Poland

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Gennady Ermilow
2	Romania	Ștefan Negrișan
3	Sweden	Gerry Svensson
4th	Hungary	Istvan Peter
5	German Democratic Republic	Peter Thätner
6th	Bulgaria	Rumen Tenew

Defending champion: Ștefan Rusu , Romania

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Andrzej Supron
2	Sweden	Roger Tallroth
3	Yugoslavia	Karoly Kasap
4th	Soviet Union	Alexander Kudryavtsev
5	Romania	Ștefan Rusu
6th	Bulgaria	Janko Schopow

Defending champion: Ferenc Kocsis , Hungary

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Janimov
2	Poland	Andrzej Malina
3	Romania	Ion Draica
4th	Yugoslavia	Momir Petkovic
5	BR Germany	Kurt Spaniol
6th	Finland	Jarmo Övermark

Defending champion: Gennadi Korban , USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Igor Kanygin
2	Sweden	Frank Andersson
3	Bulgaria	Atanas Komchev
4th	Romania	Ilie Matei
5	Greece	Georgios Pozidis
6th	Yugoslavia	Karolj Kopas

Defending champion: Frank Andersson , Sweden

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Andrei Dimitrov
2	Soviet Union	Nikolai Inkov
3	Yugoslavia	Jozef Tertelj
4th	Romania	Vasile Andrei
5	Hungary	Tamás Gáspár
6th	Czechoslovakia	Boyko

Defending champion: Nikolai Inkow , USSR

Category over 100 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Nikola Dinew
2	Yugoslavia	Prvoslav Ilic
3	Soviet Union	Yevgeny Artyuchin
4th	Poland	Jerzy Choromanski
5	Hungary	János Rovnyai
6th	Romania	Ivan Savin

Defending champion: Rangel Gerowski , Bulgaria

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	6th	1	1
2	Bulgaria	3	1	2
3	Poland	1	1	1
4th	Romania	0	2	1
5	Sweden	0	2	1
6th	Yugoslavia	0	1	2
7th	Hungary	0	1	1
8th	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0
9	Turkey	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	László Bíró
2	Soviet Union	Vasily Gogolev
3	Yugoslavia	Saban Trstena
4th	Bulgaria	Ali Mechmedov
5	Turkey	Salih Bora
6th	Poland	Wladyslaw Olejnik

Defending champion: Ali Mechmedow , Bulgaria

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Hungary	Lajos Szabo
3	Soviet Union	Shamil Effendiev
4th	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Reich
5	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
6th	Czechoslovakia	Michal Kapolka

Defending champion: Hartmut Reich , GDR

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sergei Beloglasov
2	Hungary	Imre Szalontai
3	Bulgaria	Stefan Ivanov
4th	BR Germany	Hans Partsch
5	Romania	Aurel Neagu
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendtner

Defending champion: Busai Ibragimow , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
2	Turkey	Yusuf Gambaz
3	Soviet Union	Busai Ibragimov
4th	Italy	Antonio La Bruna
5	Poland	Marian Skubacz
6th	Yugoslavia	Jordanko Janew

Defending champion: Busai Ibragimow , USSR

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Boris Budayev
2	Hungary	Zoltan Szalontai
3	Bulgaria	Ivan Jankov
4th	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Mauksch
5	Finland	Jukka Rauhala
6th	Greece	Giorgios Athanassiadis

Defending champion: Miho Dukow , Bulgaria

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	BR Germany	Martin Bud
2	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
3	Soviet Union	Yuri Vorobiev
4th	Hungary	Istvan Feher
5	German Democratic Republic	Michael Kleinschmidt
6th	Czechoslovakia	Dan Karabín

Defending champion: Elbrus Korojew , USSR

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Efraim Kamberow
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Modosyan
3	German Democratic Republic	Peter Syring
4th	Poland	Leszek Ciota
5	Italy	Ricardo Niccolini
6th	Romania	Marin Stanciu

Defending champion: Georgi Kalojew , USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Ivan Ginov
2	Soviet Union	Petr Naniev
3	Turkey	WiktIsmail Temiz
4th	Hungary	Attila Szakkai
5	BR Germany	Willibald Liebgott
6th	German Democratic Republic	Helmut Weickert

Defending champion: Uwe Neupert , GDR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Rush Chutaba
2	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
3	Czechoslovakia	Julius Strnisko
4th	Bulgaria	Sawo Schristow
5	Romania	Vasile Puşcaşu
6th	Turkey	Ayhan Taşkın

Defending champion: Magomed Magomedov , USSR

Category over 100 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Soslan Andiev
2	Hungary	János Rovnyai
3	Poland	Adam Sandurski
4th	Romania	Janko Andrei
5	Bulgaria	Peter Ivanov
6th	Switzerland	Strooky Stucki

Defending champion: Salman Chassimikov , USSR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	4th	3	3
2	Bulgaria	4th	0	2
3	Hungary	1	4th	0
4th	BR Germany	1	0	0
5	German Democratic Republic	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	1	1
7th	Finland	0	1	0
8th	Poland	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1

See also

• European wrestling championships
• World Wrestling Championships 1982

source

• www.foeldeak.com