| Competition: | European Judo Championships |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Location: | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Dates: | 21–24 May 1970 |
| Competitors: | 200 |
| Nations: | 20 |
The 1970 European Judo Championships were the 19th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in East Berlin, East Germany from 21 to 24 May 1970. The championships were divided into six individual competitions and a separate team competition.
| 63 kg |  Jean-Jacques Mounier | Sergey Suslin | Dieter Scholz Karl-Heinz Werner | |
| 70 kg | Rudolf Hendel | Dietmar Hoetger | Engelbert Dörbandt Edward Mullen | |
| 80 kg | Brian Jacks | Martin Poglajen | Horst Leupold Otto Smirat | |
| 93 kg | Vladimir Pokataev | Uwe Stock | Pierre Albertini Evgeny Solodukhin | |
| 93+ kg | Klaus Glahn | Willem Ruska | Dirk Eveleens Heinz Schulze | |
| Open class | Klaus Hennig | Willem Ruska | Jean-Claude Brondani Sergey Novikov |
| Team | Soviet team: Sergey Suslin David Rudman Anatoly Bondarenko Vladimir Pokatayev Givi Onashvili | Dutch team: Jan Gietelinck Eddy van der Poel Jan Snijders Peter Snijders Willem Ruska |  Austrian team:Erich Butka Gerold Jungwirth Lutz Lischka Eduard Aellig Heinrich Mayerhofer---- French team:Serge Feist Patrick Vial Guy Auffray Jean-Paul Coche Pierre Albertini Jean-Claude Brondani |