1979 World Sambo Championships

1979 World Sambo Championships

The 1979 World Sambo Championships were held in Madrid, Spain on December 11 to 14 1979. Championships were organized by FILA.

Medal overview

men Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Dunkhüügiin Tegshee (MGL) Nurislam Khaliulin (URS)RUS Ivan Paraskov (BUL)
-52 kg Yury Kruglov (URS)RUS Georgi Yusev (BUL) K. Saito (JPN)
-57 kg Khalim Gareyev (URS)RUS Yandzhmaagiin Dorj (MGL) A. Andopov (BUL)
-62 kg Yevgeny Yesin (URS)RUS Galdangiin Jamsran (MGL) Valentin Minev (BUL)
-68 kg Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) Konstantin Gerasimov (URS)RUS Georgi Tsvetkov (BUL)
-74 kg Nikolay Baranov (URS)RUS Ravdangiin Davaadalay (MGL) J. Watanabe (JPN)
-82 kg José Antonio Cecchini (ESP) Georgi Petrov (BUL) Dan Lewis (USA)
-90 kg Alexander Pushnitsa (URS)RUS Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush (MGL) G. Chervenkov (BUL)
-100 kg Gennady Malenkin (URS)RUS Miguel Tejera (ESP) Delcho Kolev (BUL)
+100 kg Vladimir Shkalov (URS)RUS Dimitar Zapryanov (BUL) Carl Dambman (USA)