# 1976 European Judo Championships

The 1976 European Judo Championships were the 25th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Kyiv, Soviet Union from 6 to 9 May 1976. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.

## Medal overview

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 63 kg | József Tuncsik | Oleg Zurabiani | Michel Algisi Yves Delvingt |
| 70 kg | Valery Dvoinikov | Dietmar Hötger | Marian Talaj Aristotel Spirov |
| 80 kg | Jean-Paul Coche | Adam Adamczyk | Antoni Reiter Detlef Ultsch |
| 93 kg | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert Van De Walle | Arthur Schnabel Goran Zuvela |
| 93+ kg | Sergey Novikov | Givi Onashvili | Momir Lucic Mihály Petrovszky |
| Open class | Avel Kazachenkov | Vladimir Novak | Radomir Kovacevic Dzhibilo Nizharadze |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | East Germany (DDR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |

## Results overview
### 63 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | József Tuncsik | Hungary |
| 2. | Oleg Zurabiani | Soviet Union |
| 3. | Michel Algisi | France |
| 3. | Yves Delvingt | France |
| 5. | Konstantin Alexander | Great Britain |
| 5. | Raymond Neenan | Great Britain |

### 70 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Valery Dvoinikov | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Dietmar Hoetger | East Germany |
| 3. | Marian Talaj | Poland |
| 3. | Aristotel Spirov | Soviet Union |
| 5. | Patrick Vial | France |
| 5. | Jiri Dolejs | Czechoslovakia |

### 80 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Jean-Paul Coche | France |
| 2. | Adam Adamczyk | Poland |
| 3. | Antoni Reiter | Poland |
| 3. | Detlef Ultsch | East Germany |
| 5. | Raimund Hargesheimer | West Germany |
| 5. | Mihalache Toma | Romania |

### 93 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Tengiz Khubuluri | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Robert Van De Walle | Belgium |
| 3. | Arthur Schnabel | West Germany |
| 3. | Goran Zuvela | Yugoslavia |
| 5. | Paul Radburn | Great Britain |
| 5. | Johan Schåltz | Sweden |

### 93+ kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Sergey Novikov | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Givi Onashvili | Soviet Union |
| 3. | Momir Lucic | Yugoslavia |
| 3. | Mihály Petrovszky | Hungary |
| 5. | Markku Airio | Finland |
| 5. | Vladimir Novak | Czechoslovakia |

### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Avel Kazachenkov | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Vladimir Novak | Czechoslovakia |
| 3. | Radomir Kovacevic | Yugoslavia |
| 3. | Dzhibilo Nizharadze | Soviet Union |
| 5. | Rainer Kohl | East Germany |
| 5. | Waldemar Zausz | Poland |

### Teams

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | French team: Yves Delvingt Patrick Vial Jean-Pierre Tripet Jean-Paul Coche Rémi Berthet | Soviet team: Gennady Ivshin Valery Dvoinikov Alexey Volosov Ramaz Kharshiladze Shota Chochishvili | East German team: Torsten Reissmann Andre Gerdes Detlef Ultsch Rainer Kohl Wolfgang Zueckschwerdt |