European wrestling championships 1986

The European Wrestling Championships 1986 took place in April 1986 in Piraeus , Greece .

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Ivan Samtayev
2	Bulgaria	Bratan Zenow
3	Italy	Vincenzo Maenza
4th	Norway	Lars Rønningen
5	BR Germany	Fuat Yildiz
6th	Greece	Georgios Nikitas
7th	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
8th	Poland	Krzysztof Mudrecki

Defending champion: Bratan Zenow , Bulgaria

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sergei Djudjajew
2	Romania	Mihai Cişmaş
3	Norway	Jon Rønningen
4th	Poland	Stanislaw Wroblewski
5	France	Serge Robert
6th	Bulgaria	Schristo Dimow
7th	Czechoslovakia	Tibor Jankovics
8th	Turkey	Remzi Öztürk

Defending champion: Roman Kierpacz , Poland

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Timerschan Kalimulin
2	Greece	Haralambos Holidis
3	Finland	Keijo Pehkonen
4th	Romania	Nicolae Zamfir
5	Bulgaria	Petar Balov
6th	Hungary	András Sike
7th	Sweden	Pierre Dikanda
8th	Poland	Mieczyslaw Tracz

Defending champion: Oganes Arutunjan , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Árpád Sipos
2	Sweden	Benni Ljungbeck
3	Switzerland	Hugo Dietsche
4th	Soviet Union	Alexander Litvinov
5	Bulgaria	Nentscho Nentschew
6th	Turkey	Huseyin Demirtas
7th	Denmark	John Ottesen
8th	Poland	Bogusław Klozik

Defending champion: Kamandar Majidow , USSR

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Levon Julfalakyan
2	Bulgaria	Rumen Tenew
3	Poland	Stanislaw Barej
4th	German Democratic Republic	Thorsten Schlonske
5	Yugoslavia	Nandor Sabo
6th	Finland	Tapio Sipilä
7th	Romania	Constantin Uță
8th	France	Gilles Jalabert

Defending champion: Mikhail Prokudin , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Mikhail Gerasijewitsch Mamiashvili
2	Sweden	Roger Tallroth
3	Finland	Jouko Salomäki
4th	Poland	Jerzy Kopanski
5	Romania	Ștefan Rusu
6th	France	Martial Mischler
7th	Bulgaria	Dobri Marinov
8th	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Lemke

Defending champion: Ștefan Rusu , Romania

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
2	Poland	Bogdan Daras
3	Soviet Union	Teimuras Apchasawa
4th	Bulgaria	Angel Bonchev
5	Romania	Sorin Hertea
6th	Italy	Ernesto Razzino
7th	Sweden	Magnus Fredriksson
8th	Finland	Jari Salomäki

Defending champion: Basir Batalow , USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Atanas Komchev
2	Austria	Franz Pitschmann
3	Romania	Ilie Matei
4th	Soviet Union	Chawas-Bajutin Mulayev
5	Greece	Georgios Pikilidis
6th	Hungary	Lajos Szegvari
7th	Finland	Jarmo Övermark
8th	BR Germany	Roger Gries

Defending champion: Igor Kanygin , USSR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Yugoslavia	Josef Tertelj
2	German Democratic Republic	Thomas Horschel
3	Hungary	Istvan Illes
4th	Czechoslovakia	Dušan Masár
5	Soviet Union	Anatol Fedarenka
6th	Poland	Roman Bierła
7th	Romania	Vasile Andrei
8th	Austria	Franz Marx

Defending champion: Anatol Fedarenka , USSR

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Nikola Dinew
2	Soviet Union	Nikolai Makarenko
3	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
4th	Poland	Roman Wrocławski
5	Hungary	László Tóth
6th	Romania	Ioan Grigoras
7th	German Democratic Republic	Jörg Kotte
8th	Denmark	Niels Steffensen

Defending champion: Igor Rostorotsky , USSR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	5	1	1
2	Bulgaria	2	2	0
3	Hungary	2	0	1
4th	Yugoslavia	1	0	0
5	Sweden	0	2	1
6th	Poland	0	1	1
	Romania	0	1	1
8th	German Democratic Republic	0	1	0
	Greece	0	1	0
	Austria	0	1	0
11	Finland	0	0	2
12	Norway	0	0	1
	Italy	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Dorschu
2	BR Germany	Pure pitchfork
3	Romania	Alin Pacuraru
4th	German Democratic Republic	Mario Willomeit
5	Turkey	Mustafa Ocal
6th	Poland	Wladyslaw Olejnik
7th	Bulgaria	Marian Avramov
8th	Hungary	Janos Marosvölgyi

Defending champion: Vasily Gogolew , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Yugoslavia	Saban Trstena
3	Soviet Union	Minatula Daibow
4th	Romania	Nicu Hincu
5	France	Thierry Bourdin
6th	Finland	Vesa Mäki-Turja
7th	Hungary	László Bíró
8th	BR Germany	Herbert Tutsch

Defending champion: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Georgi Kaltschew
2	Soviet Union	Ruslan Karayev
3	Poland	Zygmunt Koloziej
4th	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Reich
5	Turkey	Metin Kaplan
6th	Hungary	Sándor Németh
7th	Greece	Panagiotis Vlandos

Defending champion: Stefan Ivanov , Bulgaria

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Xəzər İsayev
2	Bulgaria	Valentin Zavov
3	Poland	Marian Skubacz
4th	Hungary	Jozsef Orban
5	German Democratic Republic	Lutz Remus
6th	Switzerland	Ludwig Küng
7th	BR Germany	Ralf Lyding
8th	Yugoslavia	Sands Donev

Defending champion: Lutz Remus , German Democratic Republic

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Abdulla Megomedov
2	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
3	Poland	Jan Szymański
4th	Finland	Jukka Rauhala
5	Greece	Giorgios Athanassiadis
6th	BR Germany	Ahmet Çakıcı
7th	France	Gerard Santoro
8th	Hungary	Zoltan Szalontai

Defending champion: Arsen Fadzayev , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Adlan Varayev
2	Romania	Claudiu Tămăduianu
3	Bulgaria	Kemal Padarev
4th	Hungary	István Gulyas
5	France	Bruno Beudet
6th	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
7th	Turkey	Suleyman Çakın
8th	Switzerland	Leonz Küng

Defending champion: Anatoly Palamarew , USSR

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Alexander Nanew
2	Soviet Union	Wagab Kasibekov
3	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
4th	Poland	Leszek Ciota
5	Romania	Gheorghe Mitu
6th	Finland	Jouni Salomäki
7th	Yugoslavia	Cedo Nikolovski
8th	BR Germany	Pure Trik

Defending champion: Yuri Vorobyov , USSR

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sanassar Oganisjan
2	Hungary	Gabor Toth
3	German Democratic Republic	Torsten Wagner
4th	Greece	Heraklis Deskoulidis
5	Romania	Iulian Risnoveanu
6th	BR Germany	Bodo Lukowski
7th	Bulgaria	Stoyan Nenchev
8th	Poland	Jerzy Niec

Defending champion: Robert Tibilow , USSR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Georgi Jantschew
2	Soviet Union	Aslan Chadarzew
3	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
4th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Cernak
5	Romania	Ciprian Radu
6th	BR Germany	Wilfried Colling
7th	Hungary	István Robotka
8th	Poland	Jerzy Owerczuk

Defending champion: Leri Chabelowi , USSR

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder
2	Soviet Union	Malchas Mermanishvili
3	Poland	Adam Sandurski
4th	BR Germany	Ralf Bremmer
5	Hungary	Jozsef Balla
6th	Bulgaria	Petar Christow

Defending champion: Dawit Gobedschishvili , USSR

Medal table

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

See also

• World Wrestling Championships 1986 in Budapest
• Oceania Wrestling Championships 1986 in Auckland
• Pan American Wrestling Championships 1986 in Colorado Springs

• Espoirs European wrestling championships 1986 in Lidköping and Malmö

• Junior Wrestling World Championships 1986 in Schifferstadt
• Oceania Junior Wrestling Championships 1986 in Auckland

• 1986 European Cadet Wrestling Championships in Bursa

source

• www.foeldeak.com