1970 European Judo Championships

The 1970 European Judo Championships were the 19th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in East Berlin, East Germany on 23 and 24 May 1970. 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	Karl-Heinz Werner
70 kg	Rudolf Hendel		Engelbert Dörbandt Edward Mullen
80 kg	Brian Jacks	Martin Poglajen	Horst Leupold Otto Smirat
93 kg		Uwe Stock	Pierre Albertini
93+ kg	Klaus Glahn	Willem Ruska
Open class	Klaus Hennig	Willem Ruska	Jean-Claude Brondani Sergey Novikov

Teams[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Sergey Suslin David Rudman Givi Onashvili	Dutch team: Jan Snijders Peter Snijders Willem Ruska	Austrian team: Erich Butka Gerold Jungwirth Lutz Lischka Eduard Aellig  French team: Patrick Vial Guy Auffray Jean-Paul Coche Pierre Albertini Jean-Claude Brondani

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	2	5	9
2	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
3	France	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
	West Germany	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	0	3	1	4
Totals (6 nations)		6	6	12	24

References[]

• Modric, Zarko (October 1970). "Who Could Stop The Soviet Judo Bear?". Black Belt. 8 (10): 48–53.
• Results of the 1970 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)