European Wrestling Championships 1983

The European Wrestling Championships 1983 took place in April 1983 in the Hungarian capital Budapest .

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Bratan Tsenow
2	Soviet Union	Vasily Anikin
3	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
4th	Germany	Markus Scherer
5	Italy	Vincenzo Maenza
6th	Poland	Krzysztof Mudrecki

Defending champion: Vasily Anikin , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Lajos Rácz
2	Soviet Union	Sergei Dydyjajew
3	Poland	Roman Kierpacz
4th	Bulgaria	Mladen Mladenow
5	Romania	Constantin Alexandru
6th	Turkey	Erol Kemah

Defending champion: Benur Paschajan , USSR

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Emil Ivanov
2	Greece	Haralombos Holidis
3	Soviet Union	Wasili Fomin
4th	Hungary	Árpád Sipos
5	Romania	Nicolae Zamfir
6th	Czechoslovakia	Josef Krysta

Defending champion: Petar Balow , Bulgaria

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Zhivko Wangelow Atanasov
2	Romania	Constantin Uță
3	Soviet Union	Alexander Litvinov
4th	German Democratic Republic	Günter Reichelt
5	Poland	Ryszard Swierad
6th	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Starek

Defending champion: Roman Nasibulow , USSR

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Gennady Ermilow
2	Poland	Jerzy Kopanski
3	Finland	Tapio Sipilä
4th	Romania	Ștefan Negrișan
5	Hungary	Istvan Peter
6th	Turkey	Esat Metin

Defending champion: Gennady Ermilow , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Ferenc Kocsis
2	Poland	Andrzej Supron
3	Romania	Ștefan Rusu
4th	Bulgaria	Stoyan Vasilev
5	Yugoslavia	Karoly Kasap
6th	Czechoslovakia	Fojtik

Defending champion: Andrzej Supron , Poland

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Taimuras Abkhazawa
2	Romania	Ion Draica
3	Poland	Andrzej Malina
4th	Sweden	Sören Claesson
5	Hungary	Gyula Erdelyi
6th	Yugoslavia	Momir Petkovic

Defending champion: Janimov, USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Igor Kanygin
2	Bulgaria	Atanas Komchev
3	Romania	Ilie Matei
4th	Hungary	Norbert Növényi
5	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
6th	Yugoslavia	Bernard Ban

Defending champion: Igor Kanygin , USSR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Andrei Dimitrov
2	Hungary	Tamás Gáspár
3	Soviet Union	Viktor Avdyshev
4th	Romania	Vasile Andrei
5	Greece	Georgios Pikilidis
6th	Yugoslavia	Jozef Tertelj

Defending champion: Andrei Dimitrov , Bulgaria

Category over 100 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Nikola Dinew
2	Hungary	József Nagy
3	Soviet Union	Yevgeny Artyuchin
4th	Romania	Roman Codreanu
5	Yugoslavia	Prvoslav Ilic
6th	Italy	Antonio Lapenna

Defending champion: Nikola Dinew , Bulgaria

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Bulgaria	5	1	0
2	Soviet Union	3	2	4th
3	Hungary	2	2	1
4th	Romania	0	2	2
	Poland	0	2	2
6th	Greece	0	1	0
7th	Finland	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Ali Mechmedov
2	Hungary	László Bíró
3	Poland	Jan Falandys
4th	Romania	Nicu Hincu
5	Soviet Union	Sergei Karamchakov
6th	German Democratic Republic	Gerald Pfister

Defending champion: László Bíró , Hungary

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Yugoslavia	Saban Trstena
3	Poland	Wladyslaw Stecyk
4th	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
5	Hungary	Lajos Szabo
6th	Switzerland	Erwin Mühlemann

Defending champion: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stefan Ivanov
2	Soviet Union	Ruslan Karayev
3	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendtner
4th	Hungary	Imre Szalontai
5	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Bobrich
6th	Turkey	Aker

Defending champion: Sergei Beloglasow , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
2	Soviet Union	Grigoryev
3	Hungary	Jozsef Orban
4th	Poland	Marian Skubacz
5	Italy	Antonio La Bruna
6th	France	Gerard Santoro

Defending champion: Simeon Schterew , Bulgaria

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Came Penew
2	Turkey	Fevzi Şeker
3	Soviet Union	Gigauri
4th	Czechoslovakia	Wilam Hoensch
5	Hungary	Zoltan Szalontai
6th	BR Germany	Erwin Bud

Defending champion: Boris Budayev , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Yugoslavia	Saban Sejdi
2	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
3	Soviet Union	Vladimir Djugutov
4th	Poland	Krysztian Rayman
5	Turkey	Burhan Sabancioglu
6th	Bulgaria	Alexander Nanew

Defending champion:

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Reşit Karabacak
2	Bulgaria	Efraim Kamberow
3	Soviet Union	Georgi Makasarishvili
4th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
5	Romania	Gheorghe Fodore
6th	Greece	Georgios Dermizakis

Defending champion: Efraim Kamberow , Bulgaria

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Petr Naniev
2	Bulgaria	Georgi Jantschew
3	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
4th	Romania	Ion Ivanov
5	Poland	Jan Gorski
6th	Hungary	Sandor Kiss

Defending champion: Ivan Ginow , Bulgaria

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Magomed Magomedov
2	German Democratic Republic	Roland Gehrke
3	Czechoslovakia	Julius Strnisko
4th	Turkey	Mehmet Güclü
5	Poland	Tomasz buses
6th	Hungary	Istvan Robotka

Defending champion: Bagrat Chutaba , USSR

Category over 100 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Jozsef Balla
2	Bulgaria	Nikola Slatev
3	Soviet Union	Boris Bigayev
4th	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder
5	Romania	Janko
6th	Poland	Adam Sandurski

Defending champion: Soslan Andiev , USSR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Bulgaria	5	3	0
2	Soviet Union	2	2	4th
3	Hungary	1	1	1
4th	Turkey	1	1	0
	Yugoslavia	1	1	0
6th	German Democratic Republic	0	1	1
7th	Finland	0	1	0
8th	Poland	0	0	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2

See also

• World Wrestling Championships 1983

source

• www.foeldeak.com