The 1978 European Wrestling Championshipswere held in the men's Freestyle style in Sofia Bulgaria 5 – 7 May 1979; the Greco-Romane style in Oslo Norway 8 – 11 April 1981.^[1][2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	7	5	1	13
2	Bulgaria	5	4	4	13
3	Romania	4	5	4	13
4	Hungary	1	2	6	9
5	Poland	1	1	3	5
6	East Germany	1	0	1	2
7	Sweden	1	0	0	1
8	Turkey	0	1	1	2
9	Finland	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		20	20	20	60

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria	Gheorghe Rașovan  Romania	Mihály Gyulai  Hungary
52 kg	Nermedin Selimov  Bulgaria	Telman Pashayev  Soviet Union	Władysław Stecyk  Poland
57 kg	Buzai Ibraguimov  Soviet Union	Aurel Neagu  Romania	Ivan Tsochev  Bulgaria
62 kg	Miho Dukov  Bulgaria	Saypulla Absaidov  Soviet Union	Zoltán Szalontai  Hungary
68 kg	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria	Ijaku Gaidarbekov  Soviet Union	Dariusz Czichowski  Poland
74 kg	Pyotr Marta  Soviet Union	Marin Pîrcălabu  Romania	Reşit Karabacak  Turkey
82 kg	Shukri Ajmedov  Bulgaria	Adolf Seger  West Germany	Tiberiu Seregelyi  Romania
90 kg	Uwe Neupert  East Germany	Ivan Guinov  Bulgaria	Vladimir Batnia  Soviet Union
100 kg	Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union	Mehmet Güçlü  Turkey	Vasile Pușcașu  Romania
+100 kg	Boris Bigayev  Soviet Union	József Balla  Hungary	Marin Guerchev  Bulgaria

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Constantin Alexandru  Romania	Anatoli Bozin  Soviet Union	Dietmar Hinz  East Germany
52 kg	Vajtang Blaguidze  Soviet Union	Lajos Rácz  Hungary	Nicu Gingă  Romania
57 kg	Vladimir Pogudin  Soviet Union	Mihai Boţilă  Romania	Józef Lipień  Poland
62 kg	Kazimierz Lipień  Poland	Ion Păun  Romania	Tamás Tóth  Hungary
68 kg	Ștefan Rusu  Romania	Nikolai Dimov  Bulgaria	Károly Gaál  Hungary
74 kg	Ferenc Kocsis  Hungary	Anatoly Bykov  Soviet Union	Yanko Shopov  Bulgaria
82 kg	Ion Draica  Romania	Jan Dołgowicz  Poland	Savo Jristov  Bulgaria
90 kg	Frank Andersson  Sweden	Keijo Manni  Finland	Petre Dicu  Romania
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin  Soviet Union	Georgi Raykov  Bulgaria	József Farkas  Hungary
+100 kg	Roman Codreanu  Romania	Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria	József Nagy  Hungary

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