# 1981 European Judo Championships

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.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg | Andrzej Dziemianiuk | Arpad Szabo | 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 |

### Medal table

| 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

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

| 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 |

#### 65 kg

| 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 |

#### 71 kg

| 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 |

#### 78 kg

| 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 |

#### 86 kg

| 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 |

#### 95 kg

| 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 |

#### 95+ kg

| 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 |

#### Open class

| 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 |