1978 European Judo Championships

The 1978 European Judo Championships were the 28th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Helsinki, Finland from 5 to 7 May 1978. The victors were East Germany. The 1978 European Team Championships took place in Paris on 21 and 22 October 1978. The team event also being organized separately from this year edition onwards. The European Women's Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany, in November of the same year.

1978
Judo
Judo
European Judo Championships
LocationFinland Helsinki, Finland
Dates5–7 May 1978
Competition at external databases
LinksJudoInside

Medal overview

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 kg Felice Mariani Arpad Szabo[1] Reinhard Arndt
Evgeny Pogorelov
65 kg Torsten Reißmann Nikolay Solodukhin József Tuncsik
Dragan Kosic
71 kg Günter Krüger Engelbert Dörbandt Neil Adams
Károly Molnar
78 kg Harald Heinke Adam Adamczyk Bernard Choullouyan
Jerzy Jatowtt
86 kg Alexander Yatskevich Detlef Ultsch Wolfgang Frank
Jürgen Roethlisberger
95 kg Dietmar Lorenz Angelo Parisi Robert Van De Walle
Vladimir Gurin
95+ kg Peter Adelaar Imre Varga Jean-Luc Rougé
Sergey Novikov
Open class Dietmar Lorenz Jean-Luc Rougé Imre Varga
Dzhibilo Nizharadze

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (DDR)5117
2  Soviet Union (URS)1146
3  Italy (ITA)1001
 Netherlands (NED)1001
5  Hungary (HUN)0235
6  France (FRA)0224
7  West Germany (FRG)0112
8  Poland (POL)0101
9  Austria (AUT)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (13 entries)881632

References