The 1972 European Sambo Championships was the first International Sambo competition of its kind and it was held in Riga, Latvia.
Medal overview men Gold Silver Bronze -58kg (MGL) Parvan Parvanov (BUL) (BUL) -62kg (URS)RUS (BUL) K. Saito (JPN) -66kg (URS)RUS (MGL) (BUL) -70kg Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)RUS (MGL) (BUL) -75kg (MGL) Koji Kuramoto (JPN) (BUL) -80kg Česlovas Jezerskas (URS)RUS (MGL) (JPN) -86kg (ESP) (BUL) (USA) -90kg Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) Valery Rukhledev (URS) (BUL) -100kg Serhiy Novikov (URS)RUS Miguel Tejera (ESP) (BUL) +100kg Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)RUS (BUL) (USA)
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