1981 European Judo Championships
Location	Debrecen, Hungary
Dates	14–17 May 1981
Competition at external databases
Links	JudoInside
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The 1981 European Judo Championships were the 30th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Debrecen, Hungary from 14 to 17 May 1981.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 kg	Andrzej Dziemianiuk	Arpad Szabo[1]	Eric Maurel Pavel Petřikov
65 kg	Constantin Niculae	Thierry Rey	Josef Reiter Sergio Cardell
71 kg	Karl-Heinz Lehmann	Sándor Nagysolymosi	Iliyan Nedkov Simion Toplicean
78 kg	Georghi Petrov	Roman Novotny	Andrzej Sądej Shota Khabareli
86 kg	David Bodaveli	Bernard Choullouyan	Wolfgang Frank János Gyáni
95 kg	Roger Vachon	Tengiz Khubuluri	Robert Van de Walle Ulf Rettig
95+ kg	Grigory Verichev	Dimitar Zapryanov	Alexander Von der Groeben Laurent Del Colombo
Open class	Wojciech Reszko	Willy Wilhelm	Arthur Schnabel András Oszvár

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
2	Poland (POL)	2	0	1	3
3	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
5	East Germany (DDR)	1	0	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
7	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
10	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	3	3
11	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		8	8	16	32

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Andrzej Dziemianiuk	Poland
2.	Arpad Szabo	Hungary
3.	Eric Maurel	France
3.	Pavel Petřikov	Czechoslovakia
5.	Tibor Kincses	Hungary
5.	Mikhail Morgalev	Soviet Union

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Constantin Niculae	Romania
2.	Thierry Rey	France
3.	Josef Reiter	Austria
3.	Sergio Cardell	Spain
5.	Nickolay Solodukhin	Soviet Union
5.	Ferenc Kollar	Hungary

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Karl-Heinz Lehmann	East Germany
2.	Sándor Nagysolymosi	Hungary
3.	Iliyan Nedkov	Bulgaria
3.	Simion Toplicean	Romania
5.	Stanislav Tuma	Czechoslovakia
5.	Willi Mueller	Germany

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Georghi Petrov	Bulgaria
2.	Roman Novotny	Czechoslovakia
3.	Andrzej Sądej	Poland
3.	Shota Khabareli	Soviet Union
5.	Neil Adams	Great Britain
5.	Michel Nowak	France

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	David Bodaveli	Soviet Union
2.	Bernard Choullouyan	France
3.	Wolfgang Frank	Germany
3.	János Gyáni	Hungary
5.	Krzysztof Kurczyna	Poland
5.	Leo van Oosten	Netherlands

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Roger Vachon	France
2.	Tengiz Khubuluri	Soviet Union
3.	Robert Van de Walle	Belgium
3.	Ulf Rettig	East Germany
5.	Zbigniew Bielawski	Poland
5.	Mark Chittenden	Great Britain

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Grigory Verichev	Soviet Union
2.	Dimitar Zapryanov	Bulgaria
3.	Alexander Von der Groeben	West Germany
3.	Laurent Del Colombo	France
5.	Fred Olhorn	East Germany
5.	Clemens Jehle	Switzerland

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Wojciech Reszko	Poland
2.	Willy Wilhelm	Netherlands
3.	Arthur Schnabel	West Germany
3.	Andras Oszvar	Hungary
5.	Robert Van de Walle	Belgium
5.	Vladimir Kocman	Czechoslovakia

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