European wrestling championships 1988

The European wrestling championships in 1988 took place in free style in Manchester (Great Britain) in April and in Greco-Roman style in Kolbotn (Norway) in May . In addition, the first European championships for women took place in Dijon , France, in July , with wrestlers from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway at the start.

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Norway	Lars Rønningen
2	Soviet Union	Sergei Suvorov
3	Bulgaria	Bratan Zenow
4th	Poland	Andrzej Głąb
5	Turkey	Fuat Yıldız
6th	BR Germany	Freddy Scherer

Defending champion: Vincenzo Maenza , Italy

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Ignatenko
2	Norway	Jon Rønningen
3	Bulgaria	Valentin Krumov
4th	Romania	Mihai Cişmaş
5	Sweden	Peter Stjernberg
6th	BR Germany	Markus Scherer

Defending champion: Alexander Ignatenko , USSR

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Shestakov
2	Bulgaria	Stoyan Balov
3	Hungary	András Sike
4th	BR Germany	Rıfat Yıldız
5	France	Patrice Mourier
6th	Greece	Charalambos Cholidis

Defending champion: Keijo Pehkonen , Finland

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Jenő Bódi
2	Bulgaria	Nentscho Nentschew
3	Soviet Union	Aristidis Rubenjan
4th	BR Germany	Peter Behl
5	Poland	Mieczysław Tracz
6th	Austria	Karl Tusch

Defending champion: Jiwko Atanasov , Bulgaria

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Attila Repka
2	Romania	Petrica Carare
3	Sweden	Lars Lagerborg
4th	Finland	Tapio Sipilä
5	Bulgaria	Wassil Iliev
6th	Greece	Aristidis Grigorakis

Defending champion: Aslaudin Abayev , USSR

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Bisolt Deziev
2	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Zeman
3	Hungary	János Takács
4th	Poland	Jozef Tracz
5	Sweden	Torbjörn Kornbakk
6th	Bulgaria	Borislav Velichkov

Defending champion: Däulet Turlykhanov , USSR

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Mikhail Mamiashvili
2	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
3	Finland	Timo Niemi
4th	Bulgaria	Stefan Miroslawow
5	German Democratic Republic	Maik Bullmann
6th		?

Defending champion: Sergei Nassewitsch , USSR

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Ivajlo Jordanov
2	Hungary	Sándor Major
3	Soviet Union	Pavel Potapov
4th	Yugoslavia	Bernard Ban
5	German Democratic Republic	Olaf Koschnitzke
6th	Greece	Georgios Pikilidis

Defending champion: Vladimir Popov , USSR

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Anatol Fedarenka
2	Yugoslavia	Jozef Tertelj
3	BR Germany	Gerhard Himmel
4th	Bulgaria	Andrei Dimitrov
5	Romania	Vasile Andrei
6th	Hungary	Istvan Illes

Defending champion: Ilya Vasilev , Bulgaria

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Karelin
2	Bulgaria	Krassimir Radoyev
3	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
4th	Turkey	Kenan Cinar
5	Romania	Ioan Grigoras
6th	Poland	Slawomir Zrobek

Defending champion: Igor Dmitrijewitsch Rostorozki , USSR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	6th	1	2
2	Hungary	2	2	2
3	Bulgaria	1	3	2
4th	Norway	1	1	0
5	Romania	0	1	0
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0
8th	Sweden	0	0	2
9	BR Germany	0	0	1
	Finland	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vasily Gogolev
2	Romania	Romica Rasovan
3	Bulgaria	Marian Nedkow
4th	German Democratic Republic	Volker Anger
5	BR Germany	Pure pitchfork
6th	France	Philippe Bahuet
7th	Turkey	Mustafa Ocal
8th	Spain	Alfredo Marcuno
9	Hungary	Janos Marosvölgyi

Defending champion: Marian Nedkow , Bulgaria

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Toguzov
3	Yugoslavia	Saban Trstena
4th	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
5	Romania	Nicu Hincu
6th	BR Germany	Herbert Tutsch
7th	German Democratic Republic	Hartmut Reich
8th	Poland	Piotr Mrafena
9	United Kingdom	John Melling
10	Hungary	László Bíró

Defending champion: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Sergei Beloglasov
2	Turkey	Ahmet Ak
3	Bulgaria	Stefan Ivanov
4th	Hungary	Béla Nagy
5	Yugoslavia	Zoran Sorov
6th	BR Germany	Rolf Monschau
7th	Poland	Zygmunt Kolodziej
8th	France	Jean Pierre Mercader
9	Romania	Danut-Dumitru Prefit
10	United Kingdom	David Ogden
11	Austria	Georg-Josef Auer

Defending champion: Sergei Beloglasow , USSR

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Stepan Sarkisjan
2	German Democratic Republic	Karsten Polky
3	Bulgaria	Simeon Schterew
4th	Italy	Giovanni Schillaci
5	BR Germany	Jörg Helmdach
6th	Turkey	M. Ali Qatar
7th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Schwendtner
8th	Sweden	Teodoros Dikanda
9	France	Alain Berger
10	Netherlands	Frans Snijders
13	Austria	Alexander Leschner

Defending champion: Xəzər İsayev , USSR

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Arsen Fadzayev
2	Hungary	Attila Podolszki
3	Bulgaria	Bechtschet Selimov
4th	Greece	Giorgios Athanassiadis
5	Poland	Andrzej Kubiak
6th	BR Germany	Alexander Leipold
7th	Switzerland	Rene Neyer
8th	Sweden	Joakim Stenholm
9	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Jablonski
10	Italy	Fabio Vitrano

Defending champion: Arsen Fadzayev , USSR

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Adlan Varayev
2	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
3	Bulgaria	Rahmat Sukra
4th	Hungary	János Nagy
5	Romania	Claudiu Tămăduianu
6th	Yugoslavia	Saban Sejdi
7th	France	Bruno Beudet
8th	Poland	Krzysztof Walencik
9	Sweden	Lars Gustavsson
10	United Kingdom	Fritz Lloyd-Walker
12	German Democratic Republic	Olaf Packeiser
14th	Switzerland	Leonz Küng
16	Austria	Georg Neumaier
16	BR Germany	Ahmet Çakıcı

Defending champion: Adlan Varajew , USSR

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Yuri Vorobyov
2	German Democratic Republic	Hans Gstöttner
3	Bulgaria	Alexandar Nanew
4th	Poland	Andrzej Radomski
5	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
6th	Spain	Francisco Iglesias
7th	Yugoslavia	Cedo Nikolovski
8th	Switzerland	Pierre Jollien
9	Belgium	Andre Verhelst
10	BR Germany	Pure Trik

Defending champion: Alexandar Nanew , Bulgaria

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Macharbek Chadarzew
2	Turkey	Mehmet Türkkaya
3	Hungary	Gábor Toth
4th	Greece	Heraklis Deskoulidis
5	Bulgaria	Rumen Alabakov
6th	Austria	Edwin Lins
7th	BR Germany	Bodo Lukowski
8th	German Democratic Republic	Torsten Wgner
9	Poland	Jerzy Niec
10	United Kingdom	Graeme English

Defending champion: Macharbek Chadarzew , USSR

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Leri Chabelowi
2	United Kingdom	Noel Loban
3	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Neupert
4th	Bulgaria	Petar Makedonov
5	Hungary	István Robotka
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Cernak
7th	Belgium	Hubert Bindels
8th	Poland	Jerzy Owerczuk
9	Romania	Vasile Puşcaşu
10	Greece	Dionissios Saridis
11	BR Germany	Gerhard Weber

Defending champion: Leri Chabelowi , USSR

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Aslan Chadarzew
2	Bulgaria	Atanas Atanasov
3	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder
4th	Turkey	Hayri Sezgin
5	Hungary	Sándor Valentenyi
6th	Poland	Wojciech Wala
7th	Spain	Jesús Montesdeoca
8th	United Kingdom	Matthew Clempner

Defending champion: Sasa Turmanidze , USSR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	9	1	0
2	Bulgaria	1	1	6th
3	German Democratic Republic	0	2	2
4th	Turkey	0	2	0
5	Hungary	0	1	1
6th	Romania	0	1	0
	Finland	0	1	0
	United Kingdom	0	1	0
9	Yugoslavia	0	0	1

Freestyle, women

Results

Category up to 44 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Valerie Delvaux
2	Belgium	Brigitte Weigert
3	France	Isabelle Poomarts

Category up to 47 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Ferouzia Cheufri
2	France	Nadia Saidi
3	Netherlands	Lynie van der Holst
4th	Norway	Monica Myhre

Category up to 50 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Martine Poupon
2	Norway	Anne Marie Halvorsen
3	France	Eve Joly
4th	Denmark	Pia Sorensen
5	Netherlands	Angelique Stremler

Category up to 53 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Sylvie van Gucht
2	France	Sandrine Laroza
3	Sweden	Thinka Bergh
4th	Norway	Maude Nesfelot

Category up to 58 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Jocelyne Sagon
2	France	Isabelle Dourthe
3	Norway	Runi Rodal

Category up to 61 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Brigitte Siffert
2	France	Christelle Rieu
3	Norway	Ine Barlie

Category up to 65 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Norway	Heidi Kleven
2	Denmark	Dörthe Pedersen Porsmose
3	France	Marie-Line Meurisse

Category up to 70 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Georgette Jean
2	Norway	Kristen Borgen

Category up to 75 kg

space	country	athlete
1	France	Patricia Rossignol

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	8th	4th	3
2	Norway	1	2	2
3	Denmark	0	1	0
	Belgium	0	1	0
5	Netherlands	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1

See also

• 1988 Summer Olympics / Wrestling in Seoul, South Korea
• African Wrestling Championships 1988 in Tunis, Tunisia
• Asian Wrestling Championships 1988 in Islamabad, Pakistan
• Oceania Wrestling Championships 1988 in Melbourne, Australia
• Pan American Wrestling Championships 1988

• Espoirs European Wrestling Championships 1988 in Walbrzych, Poland

• Junior Wrestling World Championships 1988 in Wolfurt, Austria (male) and Dijon, France (female)

• World Cadet Wrestling Championships 1988 in Dijon, France
• European Cadet Wrestling Championships 1988 in Izmir, Turkey

source

• www.foeldeak.com