1986 European Men's Judo Championships

The 1986 European Judo Championships for men took place in Belgrade from May 8th to 11th .

It was the only European Judo Championship to be held in Yugoslavia . The Yugoslav judoka won no medal in front of their home crowd. The best-placed Yugoslav was Dragan Kusmuk as fifth in the open class.

In the light heavyweight division, Belgian Robert Van De Walle was able to successfully defend his title from last year.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 60 kg)	József Csák	Peter Jupke	Chasret Tlezeri Patrick Roux
Half light weight (up to 65 kg)	Yuri Sokolov	Joachim Brenner	Janusz Pawlowski Marc Alexandre
Lightweight (up to 71 kg)	Bertalan Hajtós	Kerrith Brown	Ezio Gamba Wiesław Błach
Medium weight (up to 78 kg)	Frank Wieneke	Marcel Pietri	Ramon Pink Waldemar Legien
Middle weight (up to 86 kg)	Peter Seisenbacher	Ben Spijkers	János Gyáni Fabien Canu
Light heavyweight (up to 95 kg)	Robert Van de Walle	Roger Vachon	Jiří Sosna Jerzy Kolanowski
Heavy weight (over 95 kg)	Willy Wilhelm	Henry Stöhr	Clemens Jehle Grigori Weritschew
Open class	Henry Stöhr	Peter Seisenbacher	Roger Vachon Grigori Werichev

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	2	-	1	3
2	BR Germany	1	2	-	3
3	German Democratic Republic	1	1	1	3
4th	Austria	1	1	-	2
	Netherlands	1	1	-	2
6th	Soviet Union	1	-	3	4th
7th	Belgium	1	-	-	1
8th	France	-	2	4th	6th
9	United Kingdom	-	1	-	1
10	Poland	-	-	4th	4th
11	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	Total	8th	8th	16	32

Web links

• Results of the European Championships 1986 on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de