1981 European Judo Championships

Host City Debrecen
Country HUN
Held 14 – 17 May 1981
Competitors 32
Countries 13

Men

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-60 kg Men Medal 4 4
-65 kg Men Medal 4 4
-71 kg Men Medal 4 4
-78 kg Men Medal 4 4
-86 kg Men Medal 4 3
-95 kg Men Medal 4 4
+95 kg Men Medal 4 4
Open Men Medal 4 4

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 2 2 1 5
2 Poland POL 2 0 1 3
3 France FRA 1 1 2 4
4 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
= Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
6 East Germany GDR 1 0 1 2
7 Hungary HUN 0 1 2 3
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
9 Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
10 Germany GER 0 0 3 3
11 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-60 kg, Men Andrzej Dziemianiuk POL Arpad Szabo ROU Éric Maurel
Pavel Petřikov
FRA
TCH
-65 kg, Men Constantin Niculae ROU Thierry Rey FRA Pepi Reiter
Sergio Cardell
AUT
ESP
-71 kg, Men Karl-Heinz Lehmann GDR Sándor Nagysolymosi HUN Iliyan Nedkov
Simion Toplicean
BUL
ROU
-78 kg, Men Georgi Petrov BUL Roman Novotný TCH Andrzej Sądej
Shota Khabareli
POL
URS
-86 kg, Men David Bodaveli URS Bernard Tchoullouyan URS János Gyáni
Wolfgang Frank
HUN
GER
+95 kg, Men Grigory Verichev URS Dimitar Zapryanov BUL Alexander von der Groeben
Laurent del Colombo
GER
FRA
-95 kg, Men Roger Vachon FRA Tengiz Khubuluri URS Robert Van de Walle
Ulf Rettig
BEL
GDR
Open, Men Wojciech Reszko POL Willy Wilhelm NED András Ozsvár
Arthur Schnabel
HUN
GER