1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Host cityTampere
CountryFinland
Nations22
Athletes171
Dates2–10 May

The Men's 1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 2 to May 10, 1981. The 24th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. 171 fighters from 22 European countries participated in the competition.[1]

Medal winners

Finnish post stamp
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms) 		Bulgaria Ismail Mustafov East Germany Dietmar Geilich Soviet Union Shamil Sabirov

Republic of Ireland Gerard Hawkins

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms) 		Bulgaria Petar Lesov Romania Constantin Titoiu Poland Bogdan Maczuga

Finland Jarmo Eskelinen

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Viktor Miroshnichenko Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sami Buzoli Romania Dumitru Cipere

West Germany Stefan Gertel

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms) 		East Germany Richard Nowakowski Poland Krzysztof Kosedowski Soviet Union Serik Nurkazov

Hungary Róbert Gönczi

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Viktor Rybakov Italy Carlo Russolillo Finland Vesa Wiik

France Frederic Geoffroy

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Vasiliy Shishov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Puzović Bulgaria Nikolay Ganev

East Germany Dietmar Schwarz

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Serik Konakbayev East Germany Karl-Heinz Krueger Hungary Tibor Molnár

Sweden Vesa Koskela

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Alexandr Koshkin Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Perunović Bulgaria Mikhail Takov

Hungary Imre Némedi

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Yuriy Torbek Netherlands Pedro van Raamsdonk Poland Zygmunt Gosiewski

Romania Valentin Silaghi

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Alexandr Krupin Romania Giorgica Donici Czech Republic Ondrej Pustai

West Germany Kurt Seiler

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms) 		Soviet Union Alexandr Yagubkin East Germany Juergen Fanghaenel Romania Ion Cernat

Bulgaria Vasil Bosakov

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms) 		Italy Francesco Damiani Soviet Union Vyacheslav Yakovlev East Germany Ulli Kaden

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Azis Salihu

[2]

Medal count table

  Host nation (Finland)

1981 European Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 8 1 2 11
2  Bulgaria 2 0 3 5
3  East Germany 1 3 2 6
4  Italy 1 1 0 2
5  Yugoslavia 0 3 1 4
6  Romania 0 2 3 5
7  Poland 0 1 2 3
8  Netherlands 0 1 0 1
9  Hungary 0 0 3 3
10  Finland 0 0 2 2
 West Germany 0 0 2 2
12  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Ireland 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 12 12 24

References

  1. ^ "EuropeanChampionships1981". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  2. ^ "Sports 123: Boxing". Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2012-01-23.