1978 European Wrestling Championships - Freestyle

Host City Sofia
Country BUL
Held 5 – 7 May 1978
Competitors 30
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Freestyle -48 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -52 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -62 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -68 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -74 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -82 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -90 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -100 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -+100 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Bulgaria BUL 5 1 2 8
2 Soviet Union URS 4 3 1 8
3 East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
4 Romania ROU 0 3 2 5
5 Hungary HUN 0 1 2 3
6 Turkey TUR 0 1 1 2
7 Germany GER 0 1 0 1
8 Poland POL 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Freestyle -48 kg, Men Stoyan Stoyanov BUL Gheorghe Rașovan ROU Mihály Gyulai HUN
Freestyle -52 kg, Men Nermedin Selimov BUL Telman Pashayev URS Władysław Stecyk POL
Freestyle -57 kg, Men Busay Ibragimov URS Aurel Neagu ROU Ivan Tsochev BUL
Freestyle -62 kg, Men Miho Dukov BUL Saypulla Absaidov URS Zoltán Szalontai HUN
Freestyle -68 kg, Men Ivan Yankov BUL Izhaku Gaydarbekov URS Dariusz Czichowski POL
Freestyle -74 kg, Men Pyotr Marta URS Marin Pîrcălabu ROU Reşit Karabacak TUR
Freestyle -82 kg, Men Shukri Akhmedov BUL Adolf Seger GER Tiberiu Seregeli ROU
Freestyle -90 kg, Men Uwe Neupert GDR Ivan Ginov BUL Viktor Batnia URS
Freestyle -+100 kg, Men Boris Bigayev URS József Balla HUN Marin Gerchev BUL
Freestyle -100 kg, Men Levan Tediashvili URS Mehmet Güçlü TUR Vasile Pușcașu ROU