W.A.K.O. European Championships 1986

In the men's Full-Contact category at Athens there were ten weight classes ranging from 54 kg/118.8 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs, with all of the bouts fought under Full-Contact rules - more detail on Full-Contact rules can be found on the W.A.K.O. website, although they may have changed slightly since 1986.[2] Notable winners included the ever-present Ferdinand Mack who won his seventh gold at a W.A.K.O. championships (European and World), Michael Kuhr who won his third gold and local fighter Georgios Stefanopoulos who would also go on to have a successful amateur boxing career. West Germany was the most successful nation in Full-Contact, winning four golds, one silver and one bronze.[3]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-54 kg	Darren Evans	Gabriel Damm	No Bronze medallists recorded
-57 kg	Rudolf Kainer	Paul Monty	No Bronze medallists recorded
-60 kg	Michael Kuhr	Bogdan Sawicki	No Bronze medallists recorded
-63.5 kg	George Kotsis	Joannis Zachos	No Bronze medallists recorded
-67 kg	Mario Dimitroff	Chris McNeesh	No Bronze medallists recorded
-71 kg	Martin Manderville	Kostas Gogos	Angelo Ciarafoni Joachim Mainka
-75 kg	Ferdinand Mack	Mick McCue	Mario Pisk N. Papatheas
-80 kg	Keith Wilson	Peter Lowrie	Raffaello Molino Rudolf Dusan
-91 kg	Georgios Stefanopoulos	Miljenco Sarac	Franco Mondolo
+91 kg	Mladen Carevic	No Silver medallist recorded	No Bronze medallists recorded

Semi-Contact differed from Full-Contact in that fighters were won by points given due to technique, skill and speed, with physical force limited - more information on Semi-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website, although the rules will have changed since 1986.[4] There were fewer weight divisions in men's Semi-Contact when compared to Full-Contact with seven ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 84 kg/+184.8 lbs. As with Full-Contact the top nation in men's Semi-Contact was West Germany who won four golds and two silver medals.[5]

Women's kickboxing had been introduced at the London and Budapest world championships of 1985, but Athens was the first European championships to host women's Semi-Contact. There were four women's weight divisions ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 60 kg/132 lbs). By the end of the championships West Germany was the strongest nation in women's Semi-Contact as well, winning two golds, one silver and one bronze medal.[6]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Piotr Siegoczynski	Jurgen Jakob	No Bronze medallists recorded
-63 kg	Walter Lange	Bogdan Rudkowski	Nikos Memos Carlton Abbey
-69 kg	Reiner Walter	Spiros Velios	Artur Piekarz Evelyn Dwyer
-74 kg	Ralf Kunzler	Carl Reynolds	Vassilios Kapatais George McKenzie
-79 kg	Steve French	Andreas Lindemann	Basilio Basile Irenevsz Jakubiak
-84 kg	Alfie Lewis	D. Muratithis	Peter Opasca M. Markesina
+84 kg	Peter Hainke	Andrew Boyce	M. Zapior

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-50 kg	Chris Ganzmann	Ewa Lysiak	No Bronze medallist recorded
-55 kg	Gerda Mack	Anna Pietryka	No Bronze medallist recorded
-60 kg	Margareta Niania	Lisa Oliver	Ute Bernhard Jane Grey
+60 kg	Diane Grimmer	Dagmar Einwag	M. Tzeffrakov Monik Maughan

• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site