1987  | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Paris, France |
| Dates | 7–10 May 1987 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 1987 European Judo Championships were the seventeenth edition of the European Judo Championships, held in Paris, France, from 7 to 10 May 1987. [1] Medallists included Irene de Kok, [2] Ingrid Berghmans, [3] and Grigory Verichev. [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Patrick Roux (FRA) |  Khazret Tletseri (URS) |  Neil Eckersley (GBR) |
 Helmut Dietz (FRG) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−65 kg) | Jean-Pierre Hansen (FRA) |  Dragomir Bečanović (YUG) | Sergei Kosmynin (URS) |
 Tamás Bujkó (HUN) | |||
| Lightweight (−71 kg) |  Wiesław Błach (POL) | Richard Melillo (FRA) | Steffen Stranz (FRG) |
 Sven Loll (GDR) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−78 kg) | Bashir Varaev (URS) | Jean-Michel Berthet (FRA) |  Peter Reiter (AUT) |
| Andrzej Sądej (POL) | |||
| Middleweight (−86 kg) | Fabien Canu (FRA) | Densign White (GBR) | Viktor Poddubnyi (URS) |
| Peter Seisenbacher (AUT) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−95 kg) | Koba Kurtanidze (URS) | Roger Vachon (FRA) |  Robert Van de Walle (BEL) |
| Marc Meiling (FRG) | |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) |  Mihai Cioc (ROU) |  Clemens Jehle (SUI) | Alexander von der Groeben (FRG) |
| Akaki Kibordzalidze (URS) | |||
| Openweight | Grigory Verichev (URS) | Christian Vachon (FRA) | Andrzej Basik (POL) |
| Jochen Plate (FRG) |
Source results: [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Karen Briggs (GBR) | Anna Chodakowska (POL) |  Anita van der Pas (NED) |
| Martine Dupond (FRA) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Dominique Maaoui-Brun (FRA) | Edith Hrovat (AUT) |  Alessandra Giungi (ITA) |
| Sharon Rendle (GBR) | |||
| Lightweight (−56 kg) | Catherine Arnaud (FRA) | Ann Hughes (GBR) | Regina Philips (FRG) |
| Maria Gontowicz-Szałas (POL) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−61 kg) | Bogusława Olechnowicz (POL) | Chita Gross (NED) | Gabi Ritschel (FRG) |
| Diane Bell (GBR) | |||
| Middleweight (−66 kg) | Chantal Han (NED) | Karin Krueger (FRG) | Jolanta Adamczyk (POL) |
| Michèle Lionnet (FRA) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−72 kg) | Irene de Kok (NED) | Ingrid Berghmans (BEL) | Stefania Drzewicka (POL) |
| Annamaria Colagrossi (ITA) | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Isabelle Paque (FRA) | Angelique Seriese (NED) |  Angela Medina (ESP) |
| Karin Kutz (FRG) | |||
| Openweight | Ingrid Berghmans (BEL) | Regina Sigmund (FRG) | Irene de Kok (NED) |
| Laetitia Meignan (FRA) |
Source results: [1]
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA)* | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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