European Judo Championships 1978
The European Judo Championships 1978 for men took place from 5th to 7th May at the Finnish Helsinki instead. The judoka of the German Judo Association of the GDR won five of the eight gold medals. All participating GDR judoka achieved a medal rank.
Results
Men
| Weight class | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Super light weight (up to 60 kg) |
 Felice Mariani
|
 Ferenc Szabó
|
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|
|
Half light weight (up to 65 kg) |
Torsten Reissmann
|
Nikolai Solodukhin
|
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|
|
Lightweight (up to 71 kg) |
Günter Kruger
|
 Engelbert Dörbandt
|
 Neil Adams Károly Molnar
|
|
Medium weight (up to 78 kg) |
Harald Heinke
|
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|
 Bernard Tchoullouyan Jurek Jatowitt
|
|
Middle weight (up to 86 kg) |
Aleksandrs Jackēvičs
|
Detlef Ultsch
|
Wolfgang Frank Jürg Röthlisberger
|
|
Light heavyweight (up to 95 kg) |
Dietmar Lorenz
|
Angelo Parisi
|
 Robert Van de Walle Vladimir Gurin
|
|
Heavy weight (over 95 kg) |
 Peter Adelaar
|
Imre Varga
|
Jean-Luc Rougé Sergei Novikov
|
| Open class |
Dietmar Lorenz
|
Jean-Luc Rougé
|
Imre Varga Dzhibilo Nizharadze
|
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
German Democratic Republic
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 7th |
| 2 |
Soviet Union
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 6th |
| 3 |
Italy
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
|
Netherlands
|
1 | - | - | 1 | |
| 5 |
Hungary
|
- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6th |
France
|
- | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| 7th |
BR Germany
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8th |
Poland
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 9 |
Yugoslavia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
|
United Kingdom
|
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
|
Austria
|
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
|
Switzerland
|
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
|
Belgium
|
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8th | 8th | 16 | 32 |