1981 European Wrestling Championships

1981 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Poland, Lodz(Freestyle)  Sweden Gothenburg(Greco-Roman)
Dates	23 – 26 April 1981 8 – 11 April 1981
Champions
Freestyle	Bulgaria
Greco-Roman	Bulgaria
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The 1981 European Wrestling Championships were held in the men's Freestyle style in Lodz Poland 23 – 26 April 1981; the Greco-Romane style in Gothenburg Sweden 8 – 11 April 1981.^[1][2]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	5	4	17
2	Bulgaria	5	4	4	13
3	East Germany	2	1	3	6
4	Poland	1	3	4	8
5	Hungary	1	3	0	4
6	Sweden	1	1	1	3
	West Germany	1	1	1	3
8	Romania	1	1	0	2
9	Italy	0	1	0	1
10	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary[]

Men's freestyle[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Bulgaria	Claudio Pollio  Italy	Soviet Union
52 kg	Hartmut Reich  East Germany	Lajos Szabó  Hungary	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria
57 kg	Bulgaria	East Germany	Soviet Union
62 kg	Soviet Union	Marian Skubacz  Poland	Simeon Shterev Sr.  Bulgaria
68 kg	Miho Dukov  Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Eberhard Probst  East Germany
74 kg	Soviet Union	Valentin Raychev  Bulgaria	Martin Knosp  West Germany
82 kg	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	East Germany
90 kg	Uwe Neupert  East Germany	Romania	Soviet Union
100 kg	Magomed Magomedov  Soviet Union	Tomasz Busse  Poland	Roland Gehrke  East Germany
+100 kg	Soviet Union	József Balla  Hungary	Adam Sandurski  Poland

Men's Greco-Roman[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Salih Bora  Turkey
52 kg	Benur Pashayan  Soviet Union	Lajos Rácz  Hungary	Bulgaria
57 kg	Pasquale Passarelli  West Germany	Benni Ljungbeck  Sweden	Piotr Michalik  Poland
62 kg	Poland	Panayot Kirov  Bulgaria	Farhat Mustafin  Soviet Union
68 kg	Ștefan Rusu  Romania	West Germany	Tapio Sipilä  Finland
74 kg	Ferenc Kocsis  Hungary	Soviet Union	Andrzej Supron  Poland
82 kg	Gennady Korban  Soviet Union	Jan Dołgowicz  Poland	Pavel Pavlov  Bulgaria
90 kg	Frank Andersson  Sweden	Soviet Union	Greece
100 kg	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Christer Gulldén  Sweden
+100 kg	Rangel Gerovski  Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Henryk Tomanek  Poland

Refecences[]

External links[]

• Fila's official championship website