1980 European Wrestling Championships
| Host City |
Prievidza |
| Country |
 SVK |
| Held |
20 – 27 April 1980 |
| Competitors |
60 |
| Countries |
13 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
10 |
7 |
2 |
19 |
| 2 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
7 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
| 3 |
Poland |
 POL |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
| 4 |
Romania |
 ROU |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| 5 |
Germany |
 GER |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 6 |
Sweden |
 SWE |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| 7 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 8 |
Finland |
 FIN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 9 |
Hungary |
 HUN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 10 |
Austria |
 AUT |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Belgium |
 BEL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
France |
 FRA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Yugoslavia |
 YUG |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Greco-Roman -48 kg, Men |
Roman Kierpacz
|
POL
|
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov
|
URS
|
Totio Andonov
|
BUL
|
| Greco-Roman -52 kg, Men |
Vakht'ang Balavadze
|
URS
|
Rolf Krauß
|
GER
|
Mladen Mladenov
|
BUL
|
| Greco-Roman -57 kg, Men |
Vitaly Konstantinov
|
URS
|
Benni Ljungbeck
|
SWE
|
Julien Mewis
|
BEL
|
| Greco-Roman -62 kg, Men |
Nelson Davidyan
|
URS
|
Ryszard Świerad
|
POL
|
Ion Păun
|
ROU
|
| Greco-Roman -68 kg, Men |
Ștefan Rusu
|
ROU
|
Anatoly Kravchenko
|
URS
|
Tapio Sipilä
|
FIN
|
| Greco-Roman -74 kg, Men |
Nedelcho Nedev
|
BUL
|
Mikko Huhtala
|
FIN
|
Vyacheslav Mkrtychev
|
URS
|
| Greco-Roman -82 kg, Men |
Gennady Korban
|
URS
|
Leif Andersson
|
SWE
|
Pavel Pavlov
|
BUL
|
| Greco-Roman -90 kg, Men |
Igor Kanygin
|
URS
|
Frank Andersson
|
SWE
|
Stoyan Nikolov
|
BUL
|
| Greco-Roman +100 kg, Men |
Nikola Dinev
|
BUL
|
Yevgeny Artyukhin
|
URS
|
Prvoslav Ilić
|
YUG
|
| Greco-Roman -100 kg, Men |
Georgi Raykov
|
BUL
|
Vasile Andrei
|
ROU
|
József Farkas
|
HUN
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Rumen Yordanov
|
BUL
|
Arshak Sanoyan
|
URS
|
Władysław Olejnik
|
POL
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Nermedin Selimov
|
BUL
|
Iragi Shugayev
|
URS
|
Władysław Stecyk
|
POL
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Gurgen Bagdasaryan
|
URS
|
Ivan Tsochev
|
BUL
|
Aurel Neagu
|
ROU
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Magomedgasan Abushev
|
URS
|
Simeon Shterev
|
BUL
|
Zoltán Szalontai
|
HUN
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Saypulla Absaidov
|
URS
|
Ivan Yankov
|
BUL
|
Stanisław Chiliński
|
POL
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Martin Knosp
|
GER
|
Otto Steingräber
|
GDR
|
Georgy Makasarashvili
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Ismail Abilov
|
BUL
|
Oleg Kaloyev
|
URS
|
Günter Busarello
|
AUT
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Sanasar Oganisyan
|
URS
|
Uwe Neupert
|
GDR
|
Christophe Andanson
|
FRA
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Magomed Magomedov
|
URS
|
Slavcho Chervenkov
|
BUL
|
Harald Büttner
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle +100 kg, Men |
Petar Ivanov
|
BUL
|
Salman Khasimikov
|
URS
|
Adam Sandurski
|
POL
|