W.A.K.O. European Championships 1984
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 1984
Promotion	W.A.K.O.
Date	22 September 1984
City	Graz, Austria
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1983 W.A.K.O. European Championships 1984 W.A.K.O. World Championships 1985 London

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1984 were the seventh European kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by Peter Land. The championships were open to amateur men based in Europe with each country allowed only one competitor per weight division, with the styles on offer being Full-Contact and Semi-Contact kickboxing. Regular European leaders West Germany were the top nation by the end of the championships, followed by Italy in second and hosts Austria in third. The event was held in Graz, Austria on Saturday, 22 September 1984.^[1]

Full-Contact had been absent at the last European championships, but returned in 1984. There were now ten weight classes ranging from 54 kg/118.8 lbs to over 87 kg/191.4 lbs, with the 54 kg division being newly introduced and the two heaviest divisions being changed slightly from the last world championships. All of the bouts were fought under Full-Contact rules, and more detail can be found on the W.A.K.O. website – although the rules may have changed slightly since 1984.^[2] The most notable winner was Ferdinand Mack who won his sixth W.A.K.O. gold medal (Euro and world). By the end of the championships, West Germany once more were the top nation in Europe in Full-Contact winning four gold and two silver medals.^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-54 kg	Jurgen Jakob	Bogdan Stoijkovic	Patrick Cammalleri Livio Carité
-57 kg	Kumur Raj	E. Muhlberger	Gerhard Poms Vladimir Sitar
-60 kg	Gerry Kidd	Michael Duhs	Branco Morellini Zadravec Certomiz
-63.5 kg	Sasha Stojanovich	Andreas Richter	Gaetano Scarpetta Bruno Ferretti
-67 kg	Massimo Liberati	Erich Gsellmann	Aco Serafinovski
-71 kg	Ferdinand Mack	Derrick Edwards	Wolfgang Muller Paolo Liberati
-75 kg	Alexander Zotl	Alfonso Sgarro	Moreno Gallego Gill Kashmir
-80 kg	Pino Bosco	Laurence White	Maurizio Callegari Otmar Felsberger
-87 kg	Ernest Ingdorr	Stefano Bortoloni	Alex Brodmann Vasilikos Kirarisson
+87 kg	Martin Roetzer	Manfred Hammerl	Mladen Stanimirovic Bruno Campiglia

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 1984.^[4] There were fewer weight divisions when compared to Full-Contact with seven ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 84 kg/+184.8 lbs. By the championships end the top nation in Semi-Contact were West Germany who won three golds, one silver and three bronze medals.^[5]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Gerhard Walde	Ozkan Kadir	Peter Muller Istvan Fodoz
-63 kg	Walter Lange	Manfred Frohwein	G. DePablo Pedro Kevin Green
-69 kg	Massimo Casula	Rudolf Soos	S. Bajraktarevic Reiner Walter
-74 kg	Johann Heidinger	Leonardo Pavoni	Wolfgang Muller Mark Aston
-79 kg	Ludger Dietze	Clive Parkinson	Dejan Bancic Herald Raimond
-84 kg	Robert Jung	Alvin Mighty	Barnabas Katowa Martin Golob
+84 kg	Neville Wray	Italo Piras	Vojislav Car Roland Bleich

Ranking	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	West Germany	7	3	3
2	Italy	3	4	4
3	Austria	2	5	4
4	Great Britain	1	4	3
5	Yugoslavia	1	0	7

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

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine