1969 European Judo Championships Explained

Competition:	European Judo Championships
Year:	1969
Location:	Ostend, Belgium
Dates:	15–18 May 1969

The 1969 European Judo Championships were the 18th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Ostend, Belgium from 15 to 18 May 1969.^[1] Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.

Medal overview

Individual

63 kg	Serge Feist	Dieter Scholz	Jean-Jacques Mounier Stanko Topolcnik
70 kg	David Rudman	Antoni Zajkowski	Czeslaw Kur Patrick Vial
80 kg	Anatoly Bondarenko	Otto Smirat	Martin Poglajen Jan Snijders
93 kg	Peter Snijders	Vladimir Pokataev	Martin Segers Pierre Guichard
93+ kg	Willem Ruska	Givi Onashvili	Erich Butka Vitaly Kuznetsov
Open class	Willem Ruska	Anzor Kibrotsashvili	Dirk Eveleens Vladimir Saunin

Teams

Team

West German team: Harry Utzat Gerd Egger Wolfgang Hofmann Peter Herrmann Alfred Meier

Dutch team: Jan Gietelinck Eddy van der Poel Martin Poglajen Peter Snijders Willem Ruska

Soviet team: Sergey Suslin Roin Magaltadze Anatoly Bondarenko Viktor Kairis Vladimir Pokatayev Vitali Kuznetsov---- French team: Serge Feist Pierre Guichard Jacques Noris Jean-Luc Rougé François Besson

Medal table

References

• Results of the 1969 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)

Notes and References

1. Geesink Out / Ruska In. Black Belt. 1 October 1969. 23. Active Interest Media, Inc.. 14 January 2018. Google Books.