1966 European Judo Championships

The 1966 European Judo Championships were the 15th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg from 6 to 7 May 1966.[1][2] Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition. Individual events were not discriminated into amateur and professional as before.

1966
Judo
Judo
European Judo Championships
LocationLuxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Dates6–7 May 1966
Competition at external databases
LinksJudoInside

Medal overview edit

Individual edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
63 kg  Sergey Suslin  Jean-Claude Meslaye  Serge Feist
 Theo Klein
70 kg  Oleg Stepanov  Czeslaw Laksa  Joachim Schroeder
 Aron Bogolyubov
80 kg  Peter Snijders  Vladimir Pokatayev  Martin Poglajen
 Georgy Kotik
93 kg  Joop Gouweleeuw  Peter Herrmann  Anzor Kibrotsashvili
 Anatoly Yudin
93+ kg  Willem Ruska  Parnaoz Chikviladze  Guenther Monczyk
 David Peake
Open class  Anzor Kiknadze  Alfred Meier  Klaus Hennig
 Vladimir Saunin

Teams edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team   Soviet team:

Anzor Kibrotsashvili
Anzor Kiknadze
Vladimir Pokatayev
Oleg Stepanov
Sergey Suslin

  French team:

Serge Feist
Armand Desmet
Patrick Clement
Pierre Albertini
Georges Gress

  East German team:

Wolfgang Micka
Herbert Niemann
Dieter Scholz
Otto Smirat
Günther Wiesner


  Dutch team:
Joop Gouweleeuw
Theo Klein
Martin Poglajen
Willem Ruska
Peter Snijders

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)32510
2  Netherlands (NED)3025
3  West Germany (FRG)0213
4  France (FRA)0112
5  Poland (POL)0101
6  East Germany (DDR)0022
7  Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (7 entries)661224

References edit

  1. ^ "1966 European Championships". Judo Inside. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ Gaddi, Pio (1 September 1966). "The Dutch David Hurls a Challenge at the Russian Goliath". Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc. Retrieved 11 January 2018 – via Google Books.