# 1996 European Judo Championships

The 1996 European Judo Championships were the 7th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in The Hague, Netherlands from 16 to 19 May 1996.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Nigel Donohue | Girolamo Giovinazzo Franck Chambilly |
| 65 kg | Giorgi Revazishvili | Julian Davis | Peter Schlatter Larbi Benboudaoud |
| 71 kg | Danny Kingston | Thomas Schleicher | Christophe Gagliano Ilya Chimchiuri |
| 78 kg | Djamel Bouras | Oleg Cretul | Konstantin Savtchichkine Patrick Reiter |
| 86 kg | Mark Huizinga | Oleg Maltsev | Ryan Birch Sergei Klischin |
| 95 kg | Paweł Nastula | Pedro Soares | Ghislain Lemaire Dmitri Sergeyev |
| +95 kg | David Khakhaleishvili | Serguei Kossorotov | Selim Tataroğlu Rafał Kubacki |
| Open class | Indrek Pertelson | Selim Tataroğlu | Harry Van Barneveld Ramaz Chochosvili |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Yolanda Soler | Jana Perlberg | Laura Moise Giovanna Tortora |
| 52 kg | Sharon Rendle | Alessandra Giungi | Nicole Flagothier Marie-Claire Restoux |
| 56 kg | Jessica Gal | Mária Pékli | Magali Baton Isabel Fernández |
| 61 kg | Gella Vandecaveye | Cathérine Fleury-Vachon | Jenny Gal Diane Bell |
| 66 kg | Claudia Zwiers | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Anja Von Rekowski Helena Štusáková |
| 72 kg | Ulla Werbrouck | Karin Kienhuis | Hannah Ertel Estha Essombe |
| +72 kg | Angelique Seriese | Johanna Hagn | Svetlana Goundarenko Michelle Rogers |
| Open class | Monique van der Lee | Donata Burgatta | Simona Richter Irina Rodina |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### 60 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Georgia |
| 2. | Nigel Donohue | Great Britain |
| 3. | Girolamo Giovinazzo | Italy |
| 3. | Franck Chambilly | France |
| 5. | Nikolay Oyegin | Russia |
| 5. | Natik Bagirov | Belarus |
| 7. | Ulduz Sultanov | Azerbaijan |
| 7. | Marek Matuszek | Slovakia |

#### 65 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Giorgi Revazishvili | Georgia |
| 2. | Julian Davis | Great Britain |
| 3. | Peter Schlatter | Germany |
| 3. | Larbi Benboudaoud | France |
| 5. | Islam Matsiev | Russia |
| 5. | Jarosław Lewak | Poland |
| 7. | Philip Laats | Belgium |
| 7. | Bektaş Demirel | Turkey |

#### 71 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Danny Kingston | Great Britain |
| 2. | Thomas Schleicher | Austria |
| 3. | Christophe Gagliano | France |
| 3. | Ilya Chimchiuri | Ukraine |
| 5. | Davor Vlaskovac | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 5. | Jorma Korhonen | Finland |
| 7. | Ralf Akoto | Germany |
| 7. | Vardan Moivsisian | Armenia |

#### 78 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Djamel Bouras | France |
| 2. | Oleg Cretul | Moldova |
| 3. | Konstantin Savtchichkine | Russia |
| 3. | Patrick Reiter | Austria |
| 5. | Irakli Uznadze | Turkey |
| 5. | Siarhei Kukharenka | Belarus |
| 7. | Karen Balayan | Ukraine |
| 7. | Bronisław Wołkowicz | Poland |

#### 86 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Mark Huizinga | Netherlands |
| 2. | Oleg Maltsev | Russia |
| 3. | Ryan Birch | Great Britain |
| 3. | Sergei Klischin | Austria |
| 5. | Ruslan Mashurenko | Ukraine |
| 5. | Adrian Croitoru | Romania |
| 7. | Algimantas Merkevičius | Lithuania |
| 7. | León Villar | Spain |

#### 95 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Paweł Nastula | Poland |
| 2. | Pedro Soares | Portugal |
| 3. | Ghislain Lemaire | France |
| 3. | Dmitri Sergeyev | Russia |
| 5. | Leonid Svirid | Belarus |
| 5. | Ben Sonnemans | Netherlands |
| 7. | Mevlud Lobzhanidze | Georgia |
| 7. | Antal Kovács | Hungary |

#### +95 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | David Khakhaleishvili | Georgia |
| 2. | Serguei Kossorotov | Russia |
| 3. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 3. | Rafał Kubacki | Poland |
| 5. | Ralf Koser | Germany |
| 5. | Imre Csösz | Hungary |
| 7. | Denny Ebbers | Netherlands |
| 7. | Igor Mueller | Luxembourg |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |
| 2. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 3. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 3. | Ramaz Chochosvili | Ukraine |
| 5. | Alexander Davitashvili | Georgia |
| 5. | Valeriu Perdivara | Romania |
| 7. | Volker Heyer | Germany |
| 7. | Igor Mueller | Luxembourg |

### Women
#### 48 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Yolanda Soler | Spain |
| 2. | Jana Perlberg | Germany |
| 3. | Laura Moise | Romania |
| 3. | Giovanna Tortora | Italy |
| 5. | Sylvie Meloux | France |
| 5. | Tatiana Moskvina | Belarus |
| 7. | Tatiana Kouvchinova | Russia |
| 7. | Justina Pinheiro | Portugal |

#### 52 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Sharon Rendle | Great Britain |
| 2. | Alessandra Giungi | Italy |
| 3. | Nicole Flagothier | Belgium |
| 3. | Marie-Claire Restoux | France |
| 5. | Ewa Larysa Krause | Poland |
| 5. | Almudena Muñoz | Spain |
| 7. | Alexa Von Schwichow | Germany |
| 7. | Marina Kovriguina | Russia |

#### 56 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Jessica Gal | Netherlands |
| 2. | Mária Pékli | Hungary |
| 3. | Magali Baton | France |
| 3. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 5. | Beata Kucharzewska | Poland |
| 5. | Zulfiyya Huseinova | Azerbaijan |
| 7. | Nicola Fairbrother | Great Britain |
| 7. | Francesca Campanini | Italy |

#### 61 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
| 2. | Cathérine Fleury-Vachon | France |
| 3. | Jenny Gal | Italy |
| 3. | Diane Bell | Great Britain |
| 5. | Sara Álvarez | Spain |
| 5. | Ilknur Kobaş | Turkey |
| 7. | Susann Singer | Germany |
| 7. | Andreia Cavalleri | Portugal |

#### 66 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Claudia Zwiers | Netherlands |
| 2. | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Italy |
| 3. | Anja Von Rekowski | Germany |
| 3. | Helena Štusáková | Czech Republic |
| 5. | Heidi Rakels | Belgium |
| 5. | Rowena Sweatman | Great Britain |
| 7. | Catarina Rodrigues | Portugal |
| 7. | R Kotelnikova | Russia |

#### 72 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Ulla Werbrouck | Belgium |
| 2. | Karin Kienhuis | Netherlands |
| 3. | Hannah Ertel | Germany |
| 3. | Estha Essombe | France |
| 5. | Kate Howey | Great Britain |
| 5. | Cristina Curto | Spain |
| 7. | Tetyana Belajeva | Ukraine |
| 7. | Doris Pöllhuber | Austria |

#### +72 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Angelique Seriese | Netherlands |
| 2. | Johanna Hagn | Germany |
| 3. | Svetlana Goundarenko | Russia |
| 3. | Michelle Rogers | Great Britain |
| 5. | Éva Granicz | Hungary |
| 5. | Mara Kovačević | Yugoslavia |
| 7. | Christine Cicot | France |
| 7. | Beata Maksymow | Poland |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Monique van der Lee | Netherlands |
| 2. | Donata Burgatta | Italy |
| 3. | Simona Richter | Romania |
| 3. | Irina Rodina | Russia |
| 5. | Sandra Köppen | Germany |
| 5. | Josephine Horton | Great Britain |
| 7. | Gaëlle Potel | France |
| 7. | Tsvetana Bozhilova | Bulgaria |