1970 European Judo Championships

1970 European Judo Championships
Venue	Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle
Location	East Berlin, East Germany
Dates	21–24 May 1970
Competitors	200 from 20 nations
Competition at external databases
Links	JudoInside
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The 1970 European Judo Championships were the 19th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in East Berlin, East Germany from 21 to 24 May 1970. The championships were divided into six individual competitions and a separate team competition.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
63 kg	Jean-Jacques Mounier	Sergey Suslin	Dieter Scholz Karl-Heinz Werner
70 kg	Rudolf Hendel	Dietmar Hoetger	Engelbert Dörbandt Edward Mullen
80 kg	Brian Jacks	Martin Poglajen	Horst Leupold Otto Smirat
93 kg	Vladimir Pokataev	Uwe Stock	Pierre Albertini Evgeny Solodukhin
93+ kg	Klaus Glahn	Willem Ruska	Dirk Eveleens Heinz Schulze
Open class	Klaus Hennig	Willem Ruska	Jean-Claude Brondani Sergey Novikov

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Sergey Suslin David Rudman Anatoly Bondarenko Vladimir Pokatayev Givi Onashvili	Dutch team: Jan Gietelinck Eddy van der Poel Jan Snijders Peter Snijders Willem Ruska	Austrian team: Erich Butka Gerold Jungwirth Lutz Lischka Eduard Aellig Heinrich Mayerhofer  French team: Serge Feist Patrick Vial Guy Auffray Jean-Paul Coche Pierre Albertini Jean-Claude Brondani

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	2	5	9
2	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
3	France	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
	West Germany	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	0	3	1	4
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	12	24

• Modric, Zarko (October 1970). "Who Could Stop The Soviet Judo Bear?". Black Belt. 8 (10): 48–53.
• Results of the 1970 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)

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