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 on 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=	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
18=	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1

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

References

• Results of the 1996 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)