1968  | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Dates | 17–19 May 1968 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 1968 European Judo Championships were the 17th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Lausanne, Switzerland from 17 to 19 May 1968. [1] Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 kg |  Piruz Martkoplishvili | Sergey Suslin |  Serge Feist Denis Pylypiw |
| 70 kg | Roin Magaltadze | Otari Natelashvili |  Czeslaw Kur  Allan Wood |
| 80 kg |  Wolfgang Hofmann | Ahmed Khan |  Horst Leupold Ferdi Miebach |
| 93 kg | Peter Herrmann | Helmut Howiller |  Ernst Eugster Paul Barth |
| 93+ kg | Klaus Glahn | Anzor Kiknadze | Alfred Meier  Erich Butka |
| Open class | Vladimir Saunin |  Radovan Krajinovic | Guenther Monczyk Klaus Hennig |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | French team: Serge Feist | Soviet team: Sergey Suslin | West German team: Harry Utzat |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | East Germany (DDR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
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