European Wrestling Championships 1989

The European wrestling championships in 1989 took place from May 5 to May 7, 1989 in Oulu (Greco-Roman style) and from May 12 to May 14 in Ankara (free style).

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	BR Germany	Markus Scherer
2	Bulgaria	Daniel Jankow
3	Soviet Union	Oleg Kutscherenko
4th	Poland	Andrzej Głąb
5	Hungary	Jozsef Farago
6th	Finland	Tero Katajisto

Defending champion: Lars Rønningen , Norway
Defending champion Lars Rønningen started in the category up to 52 kg and finished there in 9th place.

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Yugoslavia	Senad Rizvanović
2	Finland	Ismo Kamesaki
3	Bulgaria	Valentin Krumov
4th	Czechoslovakia	Tibor Jankovics
5	Soviet Union	Andrii Kalaschnykov
6th	BR Germany	Rosario Schmitt

Defending champion: Andrij Kalaschnykow , Soviet Union

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Finland	Keijo Pehkonen
2	Bulgaria	Emil Ivanov
3	Soviet Union	Sergei Bulanov
4th	Romania	Radu Strubert
5	Yugoslavia	Zoran Galovic
6th	France	Patrice Mourier

Defending champion: Alexander Shestakov , Soviet Union

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Ryszard Wolny
2	Hungary	Jozsef Schmidt
3	Soviet Union	Gennady Atmakin
4th	Switzerland	Hugo Dietsche
5	Bulgaria	Nentscho Nentschew
6th	Finland	Juha Virtanen

Defending champion: Jenő Bódi , Hungary

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Attila Repka
2	Soviet Union	Mnazakan Iskandaryan
3	Finland	Jukka Loikas
3	France	Ghani Yalouz
5	Poland	Mariusz Przygoda
6th	Yugoslavia	Nandor Sabo

Defending champion: Attila Repka , Hungary
Yalouz and Loikas shared third place.

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Petar Tenew
2	Sweden	Torbjörn Kornbakk
3	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Zeman
4th	Soviet Union	Bissolt Deziev
5	Poland	Jozef Traczk
6th	Finland	Jouko Salomäki

Defending champion: Bissolt Dezijew , Soviet Union

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Mikhail Mamiashvili
2	Poland	Piotr Stepien
3	German Democratic Republic	Olaf Koschnitzke
4th	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
5	Norway	Stig Kleven
6th	Romania	Sorin Hertea

Defending champion: Mikhail Mamiashvili , Soviet Union

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Popov
2	German Democratic Republic	Maik Bullmann
3	BR Germany	Andreas Steinbach
4th	Hungary	Péter Farkas
5	Poland	Radoslaw Turkot
6th	Finland	Harri Koskela

Defending champion: Ivajlo Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Andrzej Wroński
2	Romania	Ion Iremiciuc
3	Soviet Union	Vyacheslav Klimenko
4th	BR Germany	Gerhard Himmel
5	German Democratic Republic	Jörg Kotte
6th	Turkey	Celal Inceler

Defending champion: Anatoly Fedorenko , Soviet Union

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Karelin
2	Poland	Slawomir Zrobek
3	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
4th	Hungary	György Kekes
5	Bulgaria	Krasimir Radoyev
6th	Finland	Juha Ahokas

Defending champion: Alexander Karelin , Soviet Union

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	3	1	4th
2	Poland	2	2	0
3	Bulgaria	1	2	1
4th	Finland	1	1	1
5	Hungary	1	1	0
6th	BR Germany	1	0	1
7th	Yugoslavia	1	0	0
8th	German Democratic Republic	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	1	1
10	Romania	0	1	0
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Gnel Medschlumjan
2	Turkey	Ilyas Sukruoglu
3	BR Germany	Pure pitchfork
4th	Romania	Romica Rasovan
5	Bulgaria	Marian Nedkow
6th	Poland	Stanislaw Szostecki

Defending champion: Vasily Gogolew , Soviet Union

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Valentin Jordanow
2	Soviet Union	Mikhail Kuschnir
3	Turkey	Aslan Seyhanlı
4th	France	Thierry Bourdin
5	Romania	Constantin Corduneanu
6th	German Democratic Republic	Maik Jesse
7th	Hungary	László Bíró

Defending champion: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Ahmet Ak
2	Soviet Union	Kamaludin Abduldaikov
3	BR Germany	Jürgen Scheibe
4th	Bulgaria	Rumen Pavlov
5	Romania	Radu Ana
6th	Yugoslavia	Zoran Sorov
7th	Hungary	Tibor Tihanics
8th	Austria	Georg-Josef Auer

Defending champion: Sergei Beloglasow , Soviet Union

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Albums Kumbarow
2	German Democratic Republic	Karsten Polky
3	Italy	Giovanni Schillaci
4th	Soviet Union	K. Marchev
5	Turkey	Selman Kaygüsuz
6th	Finland	Mika Lehto
7th	Romania	Danut-Dumitru Prefit
8th	Hungary	Béla Nagy
9	Poland	Dariusz Czarnecki
10	Switzerland	Martin Muller

Defending champion: Stepan Sarkisijan , Soviet Union

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Nikolai Kasabov
2	BR Germany	Georg Swabia
3	Turkey	Yüksel Dincer
4th	Soviet Union	Artur Mutabilov
5	Hungary	Attila Podolszki
6th	Czechoslovakia	Josef Svajlenka
7th	Switzerland	Ludwig Küng
8th	Greece	Giorgios Athanassidis
9	German Democratic Republic	Bernd Jablonski
10	Sweden	Per Johansson

Defending champion: Arsen Fadzayev , Soviet Union

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Nasir Gadschitschanow
2	Bulgaria	Valentin Zhelew
3	Turkey	Fevzi Şeker
4th	Poland	Krzysztof Walencik
5	Romania	Claudiu Tămăduianu
6th	Hungary	János Nagy
7th	German Democratic Republic	Olaf Packeiser
8th	Finland	Hannu Rantala
9	Greece	Ioakim Vasiliadis
10	Sweden	Joakim Stanholm

Defending champion: Adlan Varajew , Soviet Union

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1
2	Turkey	Necmi Gençalp
2	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Lohyňa
3	Soviet Union	Elmady Jabrailov
4th	Romania	Gheorghe Mitu
5	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
6th	Greece	Kostas Avramis
7th	BR Germany	Pure Trik
8th	Bulgaria	Rahmat Sukra
9	Hungary	Laszlo Dvorak
10	Poland	Robert Kostecki

Defending champion: Yuri Vorobijew , Soviet Union
Gencalp and Lohyna both received the silver medal, gold was not awarded.

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Macharbek Chadarsev
2	Turkey	Mehmet Türkkaya
3	Bulgaria	Dimitri Markow
4th	Hungary	Gabor Toth
5	Greece	Heraklis Deskoulidis
6th	Romania	Ciprian Radu
7th	Poland	Andrzej Radomski
8th	Italy	Renato Lombardo
9	Finland	Jouni Ilomäki
10	Czechoslovakia	Milan Mazac

Defending champion: Macharbek Tschadarzew , Soviet Union

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Arawat Sabeyev
2	Turkey	Hayri Sezgin
3	Bulgaria	Stoyan Nenchev
4th	Hungary	Sandor Kiss
5	German Democratic Republic	Torsten Wagner
6th	Greece	Dimitros Boudouris

Defending champion: Leri Tschabelow , Soviet Union

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Aslan Chadarzew
2	Turkey	Ayhan Taşkın
3	Bulgaria	Kiril Barbutov
4th	Czechoslovakia	Juraj Stech
5	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Schröder

Defending champion: Aslan Chadarzew , Soviet Union

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	5	2	1
2	Bulgaria	3	1	3
3	Turkey	1	5	2
4th	BR Germany	0	1	2
5	Czechoslovakia	1	0	1
6th	German Democratic Republic	0	1	0
7th	Italy	0	0	1

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