1963 European Judo Championships

The 1963 European Judo Championships were the 12th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Geneva, Switzerland on 10–11 May 1963. The Championships were held in two separate categories: amateur (5 events,) professional (4 events.) Amateur contests were subdivided into 4 individual competitions, and a separate team competition. In the 1963 the Soviet and other Socialist judokas were allowed to compete professionally but on a strictly non-profit basis. As before, more than one representative of a single national team were allowed to qualify for participation in each event.

Medal overview

Amateurs

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	André Bourreau	Bruno Carmeni	Jan Okroj  Gerhard Zotter
80 kg	Jacques Le Berre	Otto Smirat	Peter Herrmann  Stojan Stojaković
80+ kg	Klaus Glahn	Anzor Kibrotsashvili	Boris Mishchenko  Herbert Niemann
Open class	Karl Nitz	Nicola Tempesta	Georges Gress  Anthony Sweeney

Amateur medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
4	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
5	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		4	4	8	16

Professionals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
68 kg	Aron Bogolyubov	Richard Bowen	Robert Forestier  Robert Dzhgamadze
80 kg	Jacques Noris	George Kerr	David Barnard  Marcel Nottola
80+ kg	Anton Geesink	Willem Dadema	Douglas Young  Armin Lindner
Open class	Anton Geesink	Henk Warmerdam	Michel Yacoubovitch  Helmut Howiller

Professional medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	0	4
2	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	2	4
5	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 nations)		4	4	8	16

Teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet team: Robert Dzhgamadze Alfred Karatschuk Anzor Kiknadze Vladimir Pankratov Oleg Stepanov Genrikh Shults	West German team: Wolfgang Ehler Peter Herrmann Kurt Leise Ferdinand Miebach Günter Monczyk Matthias Schießleder	French team: André Bourreau Jean-Pierre Dessailly Georges Gress Lionel Grossain Jacques Le Berre Michel Lesturgeon  Belgian team: Pierre Brouha Marcel Clause Henri Dewandeleer Max Deweer Désiré Durieux Marcel Etienne

Overall medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	0	4	7
2	Netherlands	2	2	0	4
3	East Germany	1	1	3	5
4	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
5	West Germany	1	0	1	2
6	United Kingdom	0	2	3	5
7	Italy	0	2	0	2
8	Austria	0	0	1	1
8	Poland	0	0	1	1
8	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	16	32

References

• Results of the 1963 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)