1962 European Judo Championships

Dates	May 12–13

The 1962 European Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Essen, West Germany on 12–13 May 1962. The Championships were held in two separate categories: amateur (9 events,) professional (4 events.) Amateur contests were subdivided into weight classes (4 events,) experience classes (4 events,) and a separate team competition (1 event.) Professional contests were subdivided only into weight classes. As it was the first ever edition of the European Judo Championships hosting judokas from the Socialist countries (Eastern European and Soviet) though they didn't participate in the professional contests as professional sports were banned there. Contrary to modern Olympic-based practice of one athlete per weight class, more than one representative of a single national team were allowed to qualify for participation in each event. The professional category (then called the "open category") was established for those, who were teaching judo and hence, were not consideted amateurs in the Olympics' category. This later costed Anton Geesink his participation at the judo event of the 1964 Olympics.

Medal overview

Amateurs

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Experience-based events
1st dan	Marcel Etienne	Boris Mishchenko	Tamas David  Peter Herrmann
2nd dan	Anzor Kibrotsashvili	Remo Venturelli	Borivoje Cvejić  Wolfgang Ehler
3rd dan	Alan Petherbridge	Theo van Ierland	Michel Franceschi  John Ryan
4th dan	Jean-Pierre Dessailly	Nicola Tempesta	Michel Bourgoin
Weight-based events
68 kg	André Bourreau	Erich Zielke	Frantisek Kuna  Michel Lesturgeon
80 kg	Lionel Grossain	Jaap Mackay	Otto Smirat  Alfred Karatchuk
80+ kg	Herbert Niemann	Willem Dadema	Karl Nitz  Adri Smits
Open class	Anzor Kiknadze	Michail Lukatchev	Theo van Ierland  Beludze

Amateur medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	3	0	3	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	0	4
3	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	3	5
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	2	5
7	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
8	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		8	8	15	31

Professionals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	Jan Snijders	Roger Forestier	Franz-Hermann Fischer  Kurt Leise
80 kg	Henri Courtine	Gerd Stamer	Romain Pacalier  Lange
80+ kg	Anton Geesink	Mathieu Vallauri	Roussey  Pierre Brouha
Open class	Anton Geesink	George Kerr	Kenneth Maynard  André Leclerc

Professional medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	3	0	1	4
2	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
3	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	2	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
5	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	7	15

Teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	French team: Michel Bourgoin Jean-Pierre Dessailly André Iriart Mathieu Vallauri André Leclerc	Dutch team: Willem Dadema Anton Geesink Jaap Mackaay Gerard Stroess Theo van Ierland	Soviet team: Zurab Beruachvili Anzor Kibrotsashvili Anzor Kiknadze Michail Kukasevitch Genrikh Shults  Italian team: Giuseppe Guerriero Romano Polverari Nicola Tempesta Remo Venturelli Gino Zanchetti

Overall medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	2	5	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	3	3	3	9
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	0	4
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	3	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	2	4
6	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
7	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
8	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	4	5
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	22	46

References

• Results of the 1963 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)