European Women's Judo Championships 1979

The 1979 European Women's Judo Championships took place in Kerkrade on April 5th and 6th .

The team from the host country won two silver medals after a bronze medal last year. Gerda Winklbauer and Barbara Claßen won their second title in a row, Christiane Kieburg their fourth title and Edith Hrovat won the fifth European Championships for the fifth time.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Edith Bouthemy	José Homminga	Heidi Grimm Paola Napolitano
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Edith Hrovat	Hennie Matteman	Bridgette McCarthy Sacramento Moyano
Lightweight (up to 56 kg)	Gerda Winklbauer	Elisabetta Ricciato	Rebecca Ljungbergh Sylviane Trucios
Medium weight (up to 61 kg)	Brigitte Deydier	Dawn Netherwood	Laura Di Toma Ingrid Berg
Middle weight (up to 66 kg)	Marie-France Mill	Maureen Bennett	Karin Kruger Muriel Iglesias
Light heavyweight (up to 72 kg)	Jocelyne Triadou	Judith Salzmann	Susanne Litscher Barbara Claßen
Heavy weight (over 72 kg)	Christiane Kieburg	Margherita De Cal	Margit Schmutzer Muriel Samery
Open class	Barbara Claßen	Catherine Pierre	Giovanna Parenti Avril Malley

Medal table

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

literature

• Oon Oon Yeoh: Great Judo Championships of the World . Ippon Books, London 1993 ISBN 1-874572-20-8 p. 160

Web links

• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de