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| Host city |  Helsinki, Finland |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 21–23, 1995. |
The 1995 European Karate Championships , the 30th edition, was held in Helsinki, Finland from May 21 to 23, 1995. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Michaël Milon |  Luis-María Sanz |  Pasquale Acri |
| Kumite -60 kg | Damien Dovy |  Hakan Yagli |  Patrik Eriksson David Luque Camacho |
| Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti |  Dragan Leiler | Bahattin Kandaz Daniele Simmi |
| Kumite -70 kg | Massimiliano Oggianu | Reza Mohseni | Michael Braun Harri Pakarinen |
| Kumite -75 kg |  Wayne Otto | Gennaro Talarico | Ricardo Cedillo  Aleksandr Zokov |
| Kumite -80 kg | Davide Benetello |  Pascal Peeters | Kim Waenerberg George Petermann |
| Kumite + 80 kg |  Enver Idrizi | Oscar Olivares |  Reto Kern [3]  Hans Roovers |
| Open Kumite | Christophe Pinna | David Lanna |  Andrey Anikin  Balázs Hecker |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | France | Spain | Italy |
| Kumite | France | England | Finland Spain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Marcela Remiášová |  Schahrzad Mansouri | Cinzia Colaiacomo |
| Kumite -53 kg | Michela Nanni | Jillian Toney | Milica Aljinović Sari Laine |
| Kumite -60 kg | Sonia Pallin | Julliet Toney | Carmen Garcia Leya Gedik |
| Kumite +60 kg | Taru Tuulijärvi | Rosa Ortega | Nurhan Firat Sophie Jean-Pierre |
| Kumite Open kg | Sari Laine | Rosa Ortega | Patricia Duggin Nurhan Firat |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Spain | France | Italy |
| Kumite | Finland | France | Italy Spain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | England (ENG) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 | |
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