European wrestling championships 1987

The European Wrestling Championships in 1987 took place in free style in Veliko Tarnowo ( Bulgaria ) in early May and in Greco-Roman style in Tampere ( Finland ) at the end of May .

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Italy	Vincenzo Maenza
2	Bulgaria	Bratan Zenow
3	Soviet Union	Sergei Suvorov
4th	BR Germany	Markus Scherer
5	Poland	Andrzej Głąb
6th	Greece	Georgios Nikitas

Defending champion: Ivan Samtayev , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Andrii Kalaschnykov
2	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
3	Poland	Roman Kierpacz
4th	Bulgaria	Valentin Krumov
5	Hungary	Tibor Jankovics
6th	France	Serge Robert

Defending champion: Sergei Djudjajew , USSR

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Finland	Keijo Pehkonen
2	Bulgaria	Emil Ivanov
3	France	Patrice Mourier
4th	Hungary	András Sike
5	Soviet Union	Sergei Bulanov
6th	Greece	Haralambos Holidis

Defending champion: Timerschan Kalimulin , USSR

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Zhivko Wangelow Atanasov
2	Soviet Union	Vasily Wosni
3	Hungary	Jenő Bódi
4th	BR Germany	Thomas Härtle
5	Switzerland	Hugo Dietsche
6th	Romania	Gheorghe Savu

Defending champion: Árpád Sipos , Hungary

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Aslaudin Abayev
2	Poland	Jerzy Kopański
3	Finland	Tapio Sipilä
4th	Romania	Petrica Carare
5	BR Germany	Claudio Passarelli
6th	Hungary	Attila Repka

Defending champion: Levon Julfalakjan , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Stop at Turlykhanov
2	Finland	Jouko Salomäki
3	Bulgaria	Dobri Marinov
4th	Sweden	Roger Tallroth
5	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Zeman
6th	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Lemke

Defending champion: Mikhail Mamiashvili , USSR

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sergei Nassevich
2	Poland	Bogdan Daras
3	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
4th	BR Germany	Roger Gössner
5	Romania	Sorin Hertea
6th	Italy	Ernesto Razzino

Defending champion: Tibor Komáromi , Hungary

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Popov
2	Bulgaria	Atanas Komchev
3	Finland	Harri Koskela
4th	German Democratic Republic	Olaf Koschnitzke
5	France	Jean-Francois Court
6th	Romania	Ilie Matei

Defending champion: Atanas Komchev , Bulgaria

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Ilya Vasilev
2	Romania	Vasile Andrei
3	German Democratic Republic	Jörg Kotte
4th	Yugoslavia	Jozef Tertelj
5	Soviet Union	Igor Kanygin
6th	Finland	Keijo Manni

Defending champion: Jozef Tertelj , Yugoslavia

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Igor Rostorotsky
2	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
3	Bulgaria	Rangel Gerowski
4th	Romania	Ioan Grigoras
5	Italy	Fabio Valguarnera
6th	Hungary	László Klauz

Defending champion: Nikola Dinew , Bulgaria

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	6th	1	1
2	Bulgaria	2	3	2
3	Finland	1	2	2
4th	Italy	1	0	0
5	Poland	0	2	1
6th	Hungary	0	1	2
7th	Romania	0	1	0
	Sweden	0	1	0
9	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg (paper weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Marian Nedkow
2	Romania	Alin Pacuraru
3	German Democratic Republic	Mario Willomeit
4th	BR Germany	Pure pitchfork
5	Soviet Union	Sergei Karamchakov
6th	France	Philippe Bahuet

Defending champion: Alexander Dorschu , USSR

Category up to 52 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Toguzov
3	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
4th	Romania	Nicu Hincu
5	Poland	Stanislaw Kaczmarek
6th	Yugoslavia	Abaz Emini

Defending champion: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sergei Beloglasov
2	Yugoslavia	Zoran Sorow
3	Bulgaria	Georgi Kaltschew
4th	Hungary	Béla Nagy
5	Turkey	Ahmet Ak
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendtner

Defending champion: Georgi Kaltschew , Bulgaria

Category up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Xəzər İsayev
2	German Democratic Republic	Karsten Polky
3	Poland	Marian Skubacz
4th	Hungary	Jozsef Orbán
5	Italy	Antonio La Bruna
6th	Romania	Maricel Popa

Defending champion: Xəzər İsayev , USSR

Category up to 68 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Arsen Fadzayev
2	Greece	Giorgios Athanassiadis
3	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
4th	Finland	Jukka Rauhala
5	France	Gerard Santoro
6th	Romania	Daniel Ionita

Defending champion: Abdulla Magomedov , USSR

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Adlan Varayev
2	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
3	Turkey	Fevzi Şeker
4th	Bulgaria	Wesselinow came
5	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Westendorf
6th	Yugoslavia	Saban Sejdi

Defending champion: Adlan Varajew , USSR

Category up to 82 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Alexandar Nanew
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Modosyan
3	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
4th	Romania	Gheorghe Mitu
5	Turkey	Necmi Gençalp
6th	Greece	Kostas Avramis

Defending champion: Alexandar Nanew , Bulgaria

Category up to 90 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Macharbek Chadarzew
2	Bulgaria	Efraim Kamberow
3	Turkey	Reşit Karabacak
4th	Greece	Cheraklis Deskoulidis
5	BR Germany	Bodo Lukowski
6th	Poland	Jerzy Niec

Defending champion: Sanassar Howhannesjan , USSR

Category up to 100 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Leri Chabelowi
2	Romania	Vasile Puşcaşu
3	Bulgaria	Georgi Jantschew
4th	Czechoslovakia	Július Strnisko
5	Turkey	Ayhan Taşkın
6th	Hungary	István Robotka

Defending champion: Georgi Jantschew , Bulgaria

Category up to 130 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sasa Turmanidze
2	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder
3	Bulgaria	Atanas Atanasov
4th	Turkey	Hayri Sezgin
5	Hungary	Jozsef Balla
6th	Poland	Wojciech Wala

Defending champion: Andreas Schröder , German Democratic Republic

Medal table

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

See also

• World Wrestling Championships 1987 in Clermont-Ferrand, France and Lørenskog, Norway
• Asian Wrestling Championships 1987 in Bombay, India
• Pan American Wrestling Championships 1987

• 1987 Espoirs World Wrestling Championships in Burnaby, Canada

• European Junior Wrestling Championships 1987 in Katowice, Poland

• Cadet Wrestling World Championships 1987

source

• www.foeldeak.com