USSR Championships

**1979 Championship**
**Official Part of the VII SPARTAKIADE of the USSR**
7/25/1979 - 8/3/1979
**Host:** Leningrad, Russia **Arena:** Yubileynyi Sports Hall
**Number of Athletes:** 227
**Main Referee:** A. Medvedev **Secretary:** V. Pankov

**GOLD MEDALS**
Weight	Class	Name	Total (kg)
52	Flyweight	Alexander VORONIN, Trud Kemerovo	240
52	Flyweight	Gyong-Si HAN, North Korea	242.5
56	Bantamweight	Viktor VERETENNIKOV, Trud Volgograd	262.5
60	Featherweight	Nikolay KOLESNIKOV, Dynamo Bugulma	282.5
67.5	Lightweight	Vyacheslav ANDREEV, Dynamo Kokchetav	312.5
67.5	Lightweight	Valentin TODOROV, Bulgaria	322.5
75	Middleweight	Valery SMIRNOV, Army Leningrad	335
82.5	Light Heavyweight	Yurik VARDANYAN, Lokomotiv Leninakan	390
90	Middle Heavyweight	Valery SHARY, Army Minsk	380
100	Sub Heavyweight	Pavel SYRCHIN, Trud Krasnokamsk	395
110	Heavyweight	Leonid TARANENKO, Urozhay Minsk	410
110+	Super Heavyweight	Sultan RAKHMANOV, Avangard Dnepropetrovsk	420

Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.

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