The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany 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. There were 146 fighters23rd European championships in Cologne (FRG) 5-12 May 1979 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 Dietmar Geilich András Rózsa Georgi Georgiev Flyweight(– 51 kilograms) Henryk Średnicki Daniel Radu Alexandr Dugarov Frank Kegebein Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms) Nikolay Khraptsov Dimitar Pekhlivanov Georg Vlachos Philip Sutcliffe Snr Featherweight(– 57 kilograms) Viktor Rybakov Chacho Andreykovski Kazimierz Przybylski Carlo Russolillo Lightweight(– 60 kilograms) Viktor Demyanenko Rene Weller Ilie Dragomir Richard Nowakowski Light Welterweight(– 63.5 kilograms) Serik Konakbayev Patrizio Oliva Caroly Hajnal Karl-Heinz Krueger Welterweight(– 67 kilograms) Ernst Müller Sreten Mirković Ion Budusan Kalevi Kosunen Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms) Miodrag Perunović Viktor Savchenko Rostislav Osička Markus Intlekofer Middleweight(– 75 kilograms) Tarmo Uusivirta Valentin Silaghi Manfred Gebauer Laszlo Pem Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms) Albert Nikolyan Tadija Kačar Paweł Skrzecz Giorgica Donici Heavyweight(– 91 kilograms) Evgeny Gorstkov Werner Kohnert Roger Andersson Ion Cernat Super Heavyweight(+ 91 kilograms) Peter Hussing Ferenc Somodi Jürgen Fanghänel Khoren Indzheyan
Medal table
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