| Competition: | European Judo Championships |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Location: |  Madrid, Spain |
| Dates: | 12–13 May 1973 |
The 1973 European Judo Championships were the 22nd edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 12 to 13 May 1973. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.
| 63 kg | Sergey Melnichenko | Shengeli Pitskhelauri |  Michel AlgisiKarl-Heinz Werner | |
| 70 kg | Dietmar Hoetger | Engelbert Dörbandt |  Franco Novasconi Vacinuff Morrison | |
| 80 kg | Brian Jacks | Guy Auffray | Bernd Look Guram Gogolauri | |
| 93 kg | Jean-Luc Rougé | David Starbrook | Evgeny Solodukhin Amiran Muzaev | |
| 93+ kg | Santiago Ojeda | Keith Remfry | Peter Adelaar Dzhibilo Nizharadze | |
| Open class | Sergey Novikov | Shota Chochishvili | Dietmar Lorenz Wolfgang Zueckschwerdt |
| Team | Soviet team: Shengeli Pitskhelauri Vladimir Nevzorov Guram Gogolauri Evgeny Solodukhin Anatoliy Novikov Sergey Novikov | French team: Jean-Jacques Mounier Gérard Gautier Guy Auffray Jean-Luc Rougé Jean-Pierre Tripet François Besson | British team: Constantine Alexander Vas Morrison Brian Jacks John Hindley David Starbrook Angelo Parisi---- West German team: Rainer Rutter Engelbert Dörbandt Fred Marhenke Paul Barth Klaus Glahn Kurt Pilger |