The 1971 European Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Gothenburg, Sweden on 21 and 22 May 1971. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.

Medal overview

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
63 kg	Jean-Jacques Mounier	Shengeli Pitskhelauri	Ferenc Szabó Karl-Heinz Werner
70 kg	Rudolf Hendel	Antoni Zajkowski	Pierre Guichard Valery Dvoinikov
80 kg	Guy Auffray	Guram Gogolauri	Brian Jacks Patrick Clement
93 kg	Helmut Howiller	Vladimir Pokataev	Ernst Eugster Peter Snijders
93+ kg	Willem Ruska	Valentin Gutsu	Alfred Meier Givi Onashvili
Open class	Vitaly Kuznetsov	Santiago Ojeda	Henk Kruys Reinhard Otto

Teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	British team: David Lawrence Edward Cassidy David Starbrook Keith Remfry Angelo Parisi	Dutch team: Jan Gietelinck Eddy van der Poel Martin Poglajen Ernst Eugster Willem Ruska	Soviet team: Shengeli Pitskhelauri Valeriy Dvoynikov Guram Gogolauri Vladimir Pokatayev Valentin Gutsu Vitali Kuznetsov  French team: Jean-Jacques Mounier Pierre Guichard Guy Auffray Pierre Albertini Jean-Claude Brondani François Besson

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	0	2	4
2	East Germany	2	0	1	3
3	Soviet Union	1	4	2	7
4	Netherlands	1	0	3	4
5	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
7	West Germany	0	0	2	2
8	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	12	24

References

• Results of the 1971 European Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)