1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight ( - 48 kilograms ) Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union Dietmar Geilich East Germany András Rózsa Hungary Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria
Flyweight ( - 51 kilograms ) Henryk Średnicki 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 Philip Sutcliffe Ireland
Featherweight ( - 57 kilograms ) Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union Chacho Andreykovski Bulgaria Kazimierz Przybylski Poland Carlo Russollilo Italy
Lightweight ( - 60 kilograms ) Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union Rene Weller West Germany Ilie Dragomir Romania Richard Nowakowski East Germany
Light Welterweight ( - 63.5 kilograms ) Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union Patrizio Oliva Italy Caroly Hajnal Romania Karl-Heinz Krueger East Germany
Welterweight ( - 67 kilograms ) Ernst Müller West Germany Sreten Mirković Yugoslavia Ion Budusan Romania Kalevi Kosunen Finland
Light Middleweight ( - 71 kilograms ) Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union Rostislav Osička Czechoslovakia Markus Intlekofer West Germany
Middleweight ( - 75 kilograms ) Tarmo Uusivirta Finland Valentin Silaghi Romania Manfred Gebauer East Germany Laszlo Pem Hungary
Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kilograms ) Albert Nikolyan Soviet Union Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia Paweł Skrzecz Poland Giorgica Donici Romania
Heavyweight ( - 91 kilograms ) Yevgeniy Gorstkov Soviet Union Werner Kohnert East Germany Roger Andersson Sweden Ion Cernat Romania
Super Heavyweight ( + 91 kilograms ) Peter Hussing West Germany Ferenc Somodi Hungary Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany Khoren Indzheyan Soviet Union
Medal winners
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 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.