1964 European Judo Championships

The 1964 European Judo Championships were the 13th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in East Berlin on 25–26 April. The Championships were held in three separate categories: junior (3 events,) amateur (5 events,) professional (4 events.) Amateur contests were subdivided into 4 individual competitions, and a separate team competition, which was held in East Berlin on 18 May. The Soviet and other Socialist judokas were allowed to compete professionally but on a strictly non-profit basis. As before, more than one representative of a single national team were allowed to qualify for participation in each event. Soviet judokas won the judo crown, leading the overall medal table.

Medal overview

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	Jacques Tanguy	Tino Hoogendijk	Kakanović  Nadas
80 kg	Brian Jacks	Radek Vaňátko	Wolf  Philippe Baudin
80+ kg	Patrick Rychkoff	Matjaž Smolnikar	Knoch  Martin Segers

Junior medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	2	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		3	3	6	12

Amateurs

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	André Bourreau	Anton Linskens	Günther Wiesner  Eric Hänni
80 kg	Anatoly Bondarenko	Ilya Tsipursky	Jan Snijders  Otto Smirat
80+ kg	Herbert Niemann	Parnaoz Chikviladze	Jean-Claude Brondani  Tony McConnell
Open class	Anzor Kiknadze	Jean-Pierre Dessailly	Alphonse Lemoine  Helmut Howiller

Amateur medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	0	4
2	France (FRA)	1	1	2	4
3	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	3	4
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		4	4	8	16

Professionals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	Aron Bogolyubov	Karl Reisinger	Brian Jacks  Michel Lesturgeon
80 kg	Lionel Grossain	Jacques Noris	Peter Snijders  George Kerr
80+ kg	Anton Geesink	Johan Schaeffer	Anthony Sweeney  Marcel Lenormand
Open class	Anton Geesink	Martin Poglajen	Michel Franceschi  Frank Gonschorek

Professional medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	1	5
2	France (FRA)	1	1	3	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
4	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	3	3
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		4	4	8	16

Teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Aron Bogolyubov Anatoli Bondarenko Parnaoz Chikviladze Alfred Karatschuk Anzor Kiknadze Oleg Stepanov	Dutch team: Coos Bonte Anton Geesink Manfred Kuypers Jaap Mackay Willem Ruska Jan Snijders	French team: Michel Bourgoin André Bourreau Lionel Grossain Jacques Le Berre Michel Lesturgeon Mathieu Vallauri  East German team: Manfred Birkholz Helmut Howiller Herbert Niemann Otto Smirat Günther Wiesner Erich Zielke

Overall medal table

Note: Excluding the junior and team championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	2	0	5
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	2	7
3	France (FRA)	2	2	5	9
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	4	5
5	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	4	4
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		8	8	16	32

References

• "Russia wins European judo crown". Black Belt. 2 (5): 51. September 1964.
• "World Wide Tournaments' Results: 1964 European Judo Championships". Black Belt. 2 (6): 46–47. November 1964.
• Results of the 1964 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)
• Results of the 1964 European Junior Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)