1961 European Judo Championships

Host City Milan
Country ITA
Held 13 May 1961
Competitors 41
Countries 10

Men

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-68 kg Men Medal 4 3
-80 kg Men Medal 4 3
+80 kg Men Medal 4 4
Open Men Medal 4 4
Team Men Medal 21 4
1 Dan Men Medal 4 4
2 Dan Men Medal 4 4
3 Dan Men Medal 4 4
4 Dan Men Medal 4 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Netherlands NED 4 1 1 6
2 France FRA 2 5 1 8
3 East Germany GDR 1 1 1 3
4 Germany GER 1 0 3 4
5 Italy ITA 1 0 2 3
6 Belgium BEL 0 1 2 3
7 Austria AUT 0 1 1 2
8 Great Britain GBR 0 0 4 4
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 2 2
10 Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-68 kg, Men Claude Mezembourg FRA André Bourreau FRA František Kuna
Luigi Fiocchi
TCH
ITA
-80 kg, Men Heinrich Metzler GER Paul Kunisch AUT Ferdinand Miebach
Michel Franceschi
GER
FRA
+80 kg, Men Anton Geesink NED Herbert Niemann GDR Borivoje Cvejić
Franz Sineck
YUG
GER
Open, Men Anton Geesink NED Michel Bourgoin FRA John Ryan
Karl Nitz
GBR
GDR
Team, Men Netherlands NED France FRA Great Britain
Italy
GBR
ITA
1 Dan, Men Herbert Niemann GDR Yves Reymond FRA Benno Rigger
Josef Novotný
AUT
TCH
2 Dan, Men Jan Van Ierland NED Lionel Grossain FRA Anthony Sweeney
Georges Bouvier
GBR
BEL
3 Dan, Men Jean-Pierre Dessailly FRA Willem Dadema NED Heinrich Metzler
John Ryan
GER
GBR
4 Dan, Men Nicola Tempesta ITA Theodor Guldemont BEL Daniel Outelet
Hein Essink
BEL
NED