1966 European Judo Championships

1966 Judo European Judo Championships
Location	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Dates	6–7 May 1966
Competition at external databases
Links	JudoInside
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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.

Medal overview

Individual

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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union  (URS)	3	2	5	10
2	Netherlands  (NED)	3	0	2	5
3	West Germany  (FRG)	0	2	1	3
4	France  (FRA)	0	1	1	2
5	Poland  (POL)	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany  (DDR)	0	0	2	2
7	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	12	24

References

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.