1963 European Judo Championships

The 1963 European Judo Championships were the 12th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 and 11 May 1963. The Championships were held in two separate categories: amateur (five events) and professional (four events). The amateur contests were subdivided into four individual competitions, and a separate team competition. The Soviet and other Socialist judokas were allowed to compete professionally but on a strictly non-profit basis. As before, more than one representative of a single national team were allowed to qualify for participation in each event.

Medal overview[]

Amateurs[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	André Bourreau	Bruno Carmeni	Gerhard Zotter
80 kg	Jacques Le Berre	Otto Smirat
80+ kg	Klaus Glahn		Herbert Niemann
Open class	Karl Nitz	Nicola Tempesta	Anthony Sweeney

Amateur medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
4	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
5	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		4	4	8	16

Professionals[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	Aron Bogolyubov
80 kg		George Kerr	David Barnard
80+ kg	Anton Geesink	Willem Dadema
Open class	Anton Geesink		Helmut Howiller

Professional medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	0	4
2	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	2	4
5	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 nations)		4	4	8	16

Teams[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Anzor Kiknadze Oleg Stepanov Genrikh Shults	West German team: Matthias Schießleder	French team: André Bourreau Lionel Grossain Jacques Le Berre  Belgian team: Marcel Clause

Overall medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	0	4	7
2	Netherlands	2	2	0	4
3	East Germany	1	1	3	5
4	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
5	West Germany	1	0	1	2
6	United Kingdom	0	2	3	5
7	Italy	0	2	0	2
8	Austria	0	0	1	1
8	Poland	0	0	1	1
8	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	16	32

References[]

• Results of the 1963 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)