1983 European Wrestling Championships
# 1983 European Wrestling Championships

The 1983 European Wrestling Championships was held from 17 to 24 April 1983 in Budapest, Hungary.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Medal summary

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Ali Mejmedov Bulgaria | László Bíró Hungary | Jan Falandys Poland |
| 52 kg | Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria | Shaban Tërstena Yugoslavia | Władysław Stecyk Poland |
| 57 kg | Stefan Ivanov Bulgaria | Ruslan Karayev Soviet Union | Jozef Schwendtner Czechoslovakia |
| 62 kg | Simeon Shterev Sr. Bulgaria | Ivan Grigoriev Soviet Union | József Orbán Hungary |
| 68 kg | Kamen Penev Bulgaria | Fevzi Şeker Turkey | David Guigauri Soviet Union |
| 74 kg | Shaban Sejdiu Yugoslavia | Pekka Rauhala Finland | Vladimir Dzugutov Soviet Union |
| 82 kg | Reşit Karabacak Turkey | Efraim Kamberov Bulgaria | Gueorgui Makasarishvili Soviet Union |
| 90 kg | Piotr Naniyev Soviet Union | Gueorgui Yanchev Bulgaria | Uwe Neupert East Germany |
| 100 kg | Magomed Magomedov Soviet Union | Roland Gehrke East Germany | Július Strnisko Czechoslovakia |
| +100 kg | József Balla Hungary | Nikola Slatev Bulgaria | Boris Bigayev Soviet Union |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Bratan Tsenov Bulgaria | Vasili Anikin Soviet Union | Csaba Vadász Hungary |
| 52 kg | Lajos Rácz Hungary | Sergey Diudiayev Soviet Union | Roman Kierpacz Poland |
| 57 kg | Emil Ivanov Bulgaria | Charalambos Cholidis Greece | Vasili Fomin Soviet Union |
| 62 kg | Zhivko Vangelov Bulgaria | Constantin Uță Romania | Aleksandr Litvinov Soviet Union |
| 68 kg | Guennadi Ermilov Soviet Union | Jerzy Kopański Poland | Tapio Sipilä Finland |
| 74 kg | Ferenc Kocsis Hungary | Andrzej Supron Poland | Ştefan Rusu Romania |
| 82 kg | Teimuraz Apkhazava Soviet Union | Ion Draica Romania | Andrzej Malina Poland |
| 90 kg | Igor Kanygin Soviet Union | Atanas Komchev Bulgaria | Ilie Matei Romania |
| 100 kg | Andrey Dimitrov Bulgaria | Tamás Gáspár Hungary | Viktor Avdyshev Soviet Union |
| +100 kg | Nikola Dinev Bulgaria | József Nagy Hungary | Yevgueni Artiujin Soviet Union |
