1981 European Judo Championships

1981 European Judo Championships
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The 1981 European Judo Championships were the 30th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 17 May 1981.

Medal overview[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 kg		Arpad Szabo[1]	Pavel Petřikov
65 kg	Constantin Niculae	Thierry Rey	Josef Reiter
71 kg	Karl-Heinz Lehmann		Iliyan Nedkov
78 kg		Roman Novotny	Andrzej Sądej Shota Khabareli
86 kg			Wolfgang Frank János Gyáni
95 kg	Roger Vachon	Tengiz Khubuluri	Robert Van de Walle
95+ kg	Grigory Verichev	Dimitar Zapryanov	Alexander Von der Groeben Laurent Del Colombo
Open class	Wojciech Reszko	Willy Wilhelm	Arthur Schnabel

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
2	Poland (POL)	2	0	1	3
3	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
5	East Germany (DDR)	1	0	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
7	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
10	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	3	3
11	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		8	8	16	32

Results overview[]

Men[]

60 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.		Poland
2.	Ferenc Szabó	Hungary
3.		France
3.	Pavel Petřikov	Czechoslovakia
5.	Tibor Kincses	Hungary
5.		Soviet Union

65 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Constantin Niculae	Romania
2.	Thierry Rey	France
3.	Josef Reiter	Austria
3.		Spain
5.		Soviet Union
5.		Hungary

71 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Karl-Heinz Lehmann	East Germany
2.		Hungary
3.	Iliyan Nedkov	Bulgaria
3.		Romania
5.	Stanislav Tuma	Czechoslovakia
5.		Germany

78 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.		Bulgaria
2.	Roman Novotny	Czechoslovakia
3.	Andrzej Sądej	Poland
3.	Shota Khabareli	Soviet Union
5.	Neil Adams	Great Britain
5.	Michel Nowak	France

86 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.		Soviet Union
2.		France
3.	Wolfgang Frank	Germany
3.	János Gyáni	Hungary
5.	Krzysztof Kurczyna	Poland
5.		Netherlands

95 kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Roger Vachon	France
2.	Tengiz Khubuluri	Soviet Union
3.	Robert Van de Walle	Belgium
3.		East Germany
5.		Poland
5.	Mark Chittenden	Great Britain

95+ kg[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Grigory Verichev	Soviet Union
2.	Dimitar Zapryanov	Bulgaria
3.	Alexander Von der Groeben	West Germany
3.	Laurent Del Colombo	France
5.		East Germany
5.	Clemens Jehle	Switzerland

Open class[]

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Wojciech Reszko	Poland
2.	Willy Wilhelm	Netherlands
3.	Arthur Schnabel	West Germany
3.		Hungary
5.	Robert Van de Walle	Belgium
5.	Vladimir Kocman	Czechoslovakia

References[]

• Results of the 1981 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)