1966  | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Dates | 6–7 May 1966 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
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.
| 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 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Soviet team: Anzor Kibrotsashvili | French team: Serge Feist | East German team: Wolfgang Micka |
| 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 | |
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