European Women's Judo Championships 1978

The 1978 European Judo Championships for women took place in Cologne on November 11th .

With four champions, the team from the host country had one fewer than last year at the European Championships in Arlon. Ingrid Berg won her second title in a row, Christiane Kieburg her third title and Edith Hrovat won the fourth European Championships for the fourth time.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Jane Bridge	Annie Vial	Christine Jankowski Maria Luisa Iglesias
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Edith Hrovat	Sacramento Moyano	Thérèse Nguyen Christiane Herzog
Lightweight (up to 56 kg)	Gerda Winklbauer	Dawn Netherwood	Rebecca Ljungbergh Elisabetta Ricciato
Medium weight (up to 61 kg)	Ingrid Berg	Martine Rottier	Jeannine Peeters Gloria Monti
Middle weight (up to 66 kg)	Karin Kruger	Verena Rothacher	Paulette Fouillet Marie-France Mill
Light heavyweight (up to 72 kg)	Barbara Claßen	Catherine Pierre	El Vermeer Avril Malley
Heavy weight (over 72 kg)	Christiane Kieburg	Margit Schmutzer	Giovanna Parenti Muriel Samery
Open class	Verena Rothacher	Jocelyne Triadou	Marie-France Mill Avril Malley

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	BR Germany	4th	-	1	5
2	Austria	2	1	-	3
3	United Kingdom	1	1	2	4th
4th	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
5	France	-	4th	3	7th
6th	Spain	-	1	1	2
7th	Italy	-	-	3	3
	Belgium	-	-	3	3
9	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1
	Total	8th	8th	16	32

Web links

• Results of the 1978 European Championships on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de