European Judo Championships for men in 1971

The 1971 European Judo Championships for men took place in Gothenburg from May 22nd to 23rd . It was the first European Judo Championships in Sweden.

The host country team did not win a medal. Jean-Jacques Mounier and Rudolf Hendel were able to successfully defend their titles from the previous year.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Lightweight (up to 63 kg)	Jean-Jacques Mounier	Schengeli Pizchelauri	Karl-Heinz Werner Ferenc Szabó
Medium weight (up to 70 kg)	Rudolf Hendel	Antoni Zajkowski	Valery Dwoinikow Pierre Guichard
Middle weight (up to 80 kg)	Guy Auffray	Guram Gogolauri	Brian Jack's Patrick Clement
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)	Helmut Howiller	Vladimir Pokataev	Ernst Eugster Peter Snijders
Heavy weight (over 93 kg)	Willem Ruska	Valentin Gutsu	Giwi Onashvili Alfred Meier
Open class	Vitaly Kuznetsov	Santiago Ojeda	Reinhard Otto Henk Kruys

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	2	-	2	4th
2	German Democratic Republic	2	-	1	3
3	Soviet Union	1	4th	2	7th
4th	Netherlands	1	-	3	4th
5	Poland	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
7th	BR Germany	-	-	2	2
8th	Hungary	-	-	1	1
	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1
	Total	6th	6th	12	24

Web links

• Results of the European Championships 1971 on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de