1972 European Judo Championships

1972 European Judo Championships
Location	Voorburg, Netherlands
Dates	12–14 May 1972
Competition at external databases
Links	JudoInside
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The 1972 European Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Voorburg, Netherlands from 12 to 14 May 1972. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.

Medal overview

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
63 kg	Jean-Jacques Mounier	Sergey Suslin	Sergey Melnichenko Karl-Heinz Werner
70 kg	Dietmar Hötger	Anatoly Novikov	Marian Talaj Albert Verhulsdonk
80 kg	Jean-Paul Coche	Guram Gogolauri	László Ipacs Andrey Tsyupachenko
93 kg	Angelo Parisi	Jan Bosman	Ernst Eugster Evgeny Solodukhin
93+ kg	Willem Ruska	Givi Onashvili	Vitaly Kuznetsov Santiago Ojeda
Open class	Willem Ruska	Jean-Claude Brondani	Klaus Hennig Sergey Novikov

Teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Sergey Melnichenko Anatoly Novikov Sergey Suslin Guram Gogolauri Evgeny Solodukhin Vitali Kuznetsov	French team: Jean-Jacques Mounier Patrick Vial Guy Auffray Jean-Luc Rougé François Besson	Dutch team: Jan Gietelinck Theo Schneider Martin Poglajen Ernst Eugster Willem Ruska Leo Heynen  British team: Edward Mullen John Sullivan Brian Jacks David Starbrook Keith Remfry

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	1	0	4
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	4
3	East Germany	1	0	2	3
4	Soviet Union	0	4	5	9
5	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	12	24

External links

• 1972 European Judo Championships at JudoInside.com