The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships

European Amateur Boxing Championships

The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...

were held in Cologne, West Germany

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 from May 5 to May 12, 1979. The 23rd edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA

European Amateur Boxing Association

European Boxing Confederation is the European governing body in amateur boxing. It is a member of the world governing body AIBA. It came into existence on the adoption of its constitution on February 16, 2009, taking over the functions of the former European Amateur Boxing Association .The current...

. There were 120 fighters from across many European countries participated in the competition.

The Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) and Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) categories were contested for the first time.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Shamil Sabirov Shamil Sabirov Shamil Altaevich Sabirov is a retired boxer.-Career:He won the gold medal for the USSR in the light flyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he defeated Cuba's Hipólito Ramos on points .A light flyweight, Sabirov was one of the best amateur boxers in the world in... Soviet Union	Dietmar Geilich East Germany	Andras Rozsa Hungary   Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Henryk Średnicki Henryk Srednicki Henryk Średnicki is a retired amateur boxer from Poland, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 .... Poland	Daniel Radu Romania	Alexandr Dugarov Soviet Union   Frank Kegebein East Germany
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Nikolay Khraptsov Soviet Union	Dimitar Pekhlivanov Bulgaria	Georg Vlachos West Germany   Philippe Sutcliffe Ireland
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Viktor Rybakov Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow, Soviet... Soviet Union	Chacho Andreykovski Bulgaria	Kazimierz Przybylski Poland   Carlo Russollilo Italy
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Viktor Demyanenko Viktor Demyanenko Viktor Leonidovich Demyanenko is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the lightweight division , after being defeated in the final by Cuba's Ángel Herrera. Demyanenko trained at Dynamo in Alma-Ata. He won... Soviet Union	Rene Weller West Germany	Ilie Dragomir Romania   Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada... East Germany
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Serik Konakbayev Serik Konakbayev Serik Kerimbekovich Konakbaev is a retired Kazakh boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the light welterweight division , after being defeated in the final by Patrizio Oliva of Italy... Soviet Union	Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional.... Italy	Caroly Hajnal Romania   Karl-Heinz Krueger East Germany
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Ernst Mueller West Germany	Sreten Mirković Sreten Mirković Sreten Mirković is a former Serbian boxer. In 1979, as a member of the Mladi Radnik Sports Society from Požarevac, he won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.... Yugoslavia	Ion Budusan Romania   Kalevi Kosunen Finland
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia	Viktor Savchenko Viktor Savchenko Viktor Grigorievich Savchenko is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur... Soviet Union	Rostislav Osicka Czech Republic   Markus Intlekofer West Germany
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Tarmo Uusivirta Tarmo Uusivirta Tarmo Tapani Uusivirta was a Finnish boxer who won the European Amateur Championship in 1979 and fought professionally from 1982 to 1992.-Amateur career:... Finland	Valentin Silaghi Valentin Silaghi Valentin Silaghi is a retired boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Currently he lives in Germany and coaches Luan Krasniqi.-Amateur career:... Romania	Manfred Gebauer East Germany   Laszlo Pem Hungary
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Albert Nikolyan Soviet Union	Tadija Kačar Tadija Kacar Tadija Kačar is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division , after being defeated in the final by Poland's Jerzy Rybicki... Yugoslavia	Paweł Skrzecz Poland   Giorgica Donici Romania
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms)	Evgeniy Gorstkov Soviet Union	Werner Kohnert East Germany	Roger Andersson Sweden   Ion Cernat Romania
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms)	Peter Hussing Peter Hussing Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979... West Germany	Ferenc Somodi Hungary	Juergen Fanghaenel East Germany   Khoren Indzheyan Soviet Union

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	7	1	2	10
2	West Germany	2	1	2	5
3	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1	2	0	3
4	Poland	1	0	2	3
5	Finland	1	0	1	2
6	German Democratic Republic	0	2	5	7
7	Romania	0	2	4	6
8	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
9	Hungary	0	1	2	3
10	Italy	0	1	1	2
11	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
–	Republic of Ireland	0	0	1	1
–	Sweden	0	0	1	1