# 1962 European Judo Championships

The 1962 European Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Essen, West Germany on 12 and 13 May 1962. The Championships were held in two separate categories: amateur (nine events) and professional (four events). The amateur contests were subdivided into weight classes (four events), experience classes (four events), and a separate team competition (one event). The professional contests were subdivided only into weight classes. It was the first edition of the European Judo Championships to host judokas from the Socialist countries (Eastern European and Soviet), though they did not participate in the professional contests as professional sports were banned in those countries. Contrary to the modern Olympic-based practice of entering one athlete per weight class, more than one representative of a single national team was allowed to qualify for participation in each event. The professional category (then called the "open category") was established for those teaching judo, and hence not considered amateurs in the Olympics' category. This later precluded Anton Geesink from participating in the amateur weight classes at the judo event of the 1964 Olympics.

## Medal overview
### Amateurs

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Experience-based events ||||
| 1st dan | Marcel Etienne | Boris Mishchenko | Tamas David Peter Herrmann |
| 2nd dan | Anzor Kibrotsashvili | Remo Venturelli | Borivoje Cvejić Wolfgang Ehler |
| 3rd dan | Alan Petherbridge | Theo van Ierland | Michel Franceschi John Ryan |
| 4th dan | Jean-Pierre Dessailly | Nicola Tempesta | Michel Bourgoin |
| Weight-based events ||||
| 68 kg | André Bourreau | Erich Zielke | Frantisek Kuna Michel Lesturgeon |
| 80 kg | Lionel Grossain | Jaap Mackay | Otto Smirat Alfred Karatchuk |
| 80+ kg | Herbert Niemann | Willem Dadema | Karl Nitz Adri Smits |
| Open class | Anzor Kiknadze | Michail Lukatchev | Theo van Ierland Beludze |

#### Amateur medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 8 | 15 | 31 |

### Professionals

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 68 kg | Jan Snijders | Roger Forestier | Franz-Hermann Fischer Kurt Leise |
| 80 kg | Henri Courtine | Gerd Stamer | Romain Pacalier Lange |
| 80+ kg | Anton Geesink | Mathieu Vallauri | Roussey Pierre Brouha |
| Open class | Anton Geesink | George Kerr | Kenneth Maynard André Leclerc |

#### Professional medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |

### Teams

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | French team: Michel Bourgoin Jean-Pierre Dessailly André Iriart Mathieu Vallauri André Leclerc | Dutch team: Willem Dadema Anton Geesink Jaap Mackaay Gerard Stroess Theo van Ierland | Soviet team: Zurab Beruachvili Anzor Kibrotsashvili Anzor Kiknadze Michail Kukasevitch Genrikh Shults  Italian team: Giuseppe Guerriero Romano Polverari Nicola Tempesta Remo Venturelli Gino Zanchetti |

## Overall medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 22 | 46 |