European wrestling championships 1985

The European Wrestling Championships 1985 took place in April 1985 in Leipzig in what was then the GDR.

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Bratan Zenow
2	BR Germany	Bernd Scherer
3	Soviet Union	Temo Kassarashvili
4th	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
5	Poland	Krzysztof Mudrecki
6th	Finland	Jukka Vesterinen

Defending champion: Məhəddin Allahverdiyev , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Roman Kierpacz
2	Soviet Union	Minseit Tasetdinov
3	Bulgaria	Valentin Krumov
4th	Czechoslovakia	Tibor Jankovics
5	Romania	Mihai Cişmaş
6th	France	Serge Robert

Defending champion: Minseit Tasetdinov , USSR

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Howhannes Harutjunjan
2	Romania	Nicolae Zamfir
3	Sweden	Benni Ljungbeck
4th	Poland	Mieczysław Tracz
5	German Democratic Republic	Heiko Röll
6th	Hungary	András Sike

Defending champion: Kamil Fatkulin , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Kamandar Majydau
2	Poland	Bogusław Klozik
3	Hungary	Árpád Sipos
4th	Romania	Gheorghe Savu
5	German Democratic Republic	Günter Reichelt
6th	BR Germany	Bernd Gabriel

Defending champion: Kamandar Madschydau , USSR

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Mikhail Prokudin
2	Romania	Ștefan Negrișan
3	Poland	Stanislaw Barej
4th	France	Franck Abrial
5	German Democratic Republic	Thorsten Schlonske
6th	Czechoslovakia	Július Jasko

Defending champion: Mikhail Prokudin , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Romania	Ștefan Rusu
2	Bulgaria	Borislav Velichkov
3	Soviet Union	Mikhail Mamiashvili
4th	Finland	Jouko Salomäki
5	Poland	Jerzy Kopański
6th	Sweden	Roger Tallroth

Defending champion: Roger Tallroth , Sweden

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Abdulbassir Battalov
2	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
3	Romania	Sorin Herțea
4th	Poland	Bogdan Daras
5	Bulgaria	Dimitar Djamov
6th	Finland	Jarmo Övermark

Defending champion: Taimuras Apchasawa , USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Igor Kanygin
2	Romania	Ilie Matei
3	Finland	Toni Hannula
4th	Poland	Andrzej Malina
5	Austria	Franz Pitschmann
6th	Hungary	Lajos Herczeg

Defending champion: Atanas Komchev , Bulgaria

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Anatol Fedarenka
2	Bulgaria	Ilya Vasilev
3	Czechoslovakia	Dušan Masár
4th	Hungary	Emil Traub
5	German Democratic Republic	Thomas Horschel
6th	France	Michel Belmer

Defending champion: Tamás Gáspár , Hungary

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Igor Rostorotsky
2	Bulgaria	Rangel Gerowski
3	Poland	Sławomir Luto
4th	Hungary	László Tóth
5	Romania	Ioan Grigoraș
6th	German Democratic Republic	Jörg Kotte

Defending champion: Alexandar Tomow , Bulgaria

Medal table

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

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vasily Gogolev
2	Poland	Władysław Olejnik
3	Romania	Alin Pacuraru
4th	BR Germany	Pure pitchfork
5	Bulgaria	Adam Chetov
6th	German Democratic Republic	Gerald Pfister

Defending champion: Sergei Kornilayev , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Yugoslavia	Saban Trstena
3	Soviet Union	Alexander Kirkesner
4th	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Reich
5	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
6th	France	Thierry Bourdin

Defending champion: Šaban Trstena , Yugoslavia

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stefan Ivanov
2	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Bobrich
3	Soviet Union	Gurgen Bagdassarjan
4th	Turkey	Ahmet Ak
5	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendtner
6th	Finland	Keijo Pekkonen

Defending champion: Sergei Beloglasow , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	German Democratic Republic	Lutz Remus
2	Soviet Union	Sirajudin Ayubov
3	Bulgaria	Valentin Zavov
4th	Hungary	József Orbán
5	Poland	Marian Skubacz
6th	BR Germany	Günther Laier

Defending champion: Simeon Schterew , Bulgaria

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Arsen Fadzayev
2	Turkey	Fevzi Şeker
3	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
4th	Hungary	Zoltán Szalontai
5	Romania	Aron Cindea
6th	Poland	Jan Szymański

Defending champion: Arsen Fadzayev , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Anatol Palamarew
2	Bulgaria	Kemal Mustafov Padarew
3	BR Germany	Martin Bud
4th	Turkey	Burhan Sabancıoğlu
5	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
6th	Yugoslavia	Saban Sejdi

Defending champion: Taram Magomadow , USSR

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Yuri Vorobyov
2	German Democratic Republic	Hans-Peter Franz
3	Poland	Leszek Ciota
4th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
5	France	Joseppino Massida
6th	BR Germany	Pure Trik

Defending champion: Efraim Kamberow , Bulgaria

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Robert Tibilow
2	Romania	Iulian Risnoveanu
3	Turkey	Reşit Karabacak
4th	Poland	Jan Gorski
5	German Democratic Republic	Torsten Wagner
6th	Czechoslovakia	Juraj Kucirko

Defending champion: Wacha Jewlojew , USSR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Leri Chabelowi
2	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
3	Turkey	Hayri Sezgin
4th	Bulgaria	Georgi Jantschew
5	Hungary	István Robotka
6th	Poland	Jerzy Owerczuk

Defending champion: Magomed Magomedov , USSR

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Dawit Gobedschishvili
2	Bulgaria	Atanas Atanasov
3	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder
4th	Hungary	József Balla
5	Poland	Jerzy Kachniarz
6th	Netherlands	Fredericus Winters

Defending champion: Title not awarded, silver to Salman Chassimikow ( USSR ) and Adam Sandurski ( Poland )

Medal table

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

See also

• World Wrestling Championships 1985 in Kolbotn and Budapest
• African wrestling championships 1985 in Casablanca
• South American Wrestling Championships 1985 in Santiago de Chile

• Espoirs World Wrestling Championships 1985 in Colorado Springs

• Junior Asian Wrestling Championships 1985 in Tokyo
• European Junior Wrestling Championships 1985 in Bologna
• Junior Wrestling Pan American Championships 1985 in Cali

• Cadet Wrestling Pan American Championships 1985 in Cali

source

• www.foeldeak.com