1974 London European Championships - 2nd to 5th May

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The 1974 Europeans program front cover.	Keith Remfry GBR takes advantage of the situation in his contest with Djibilo Nijeradze URS during the heavyweight event.	Amiran Muzaev URS
Amiran Muzaev URS throws Markku Ario FIN for ippon.	Guram Gogalauri URS throws Slavko Obadov YUG with a left handed belt grabbing throw typical of the Georgian.	Guram Gogalauri URS is thrown by Slavko Obadov YUG but the Georgian won the contest.
	Guram Gogalauri URS (left) against Bob Diebelius GBR in the repercharge final which he lost.
Shota Chochosvili URS catches Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt DDR with left hizagaruma to reach the final.	Gold: Serguei Melnichenko URS, Silver: Danny DaCosta GBR, Bronze: Chengely Pitzekhelauri URS & Michel Algisi FRA	Gold: Sergei Novikov URS, Silver: Shota Chochosvili URS (right)
Amiran Muzaev URS attacks David Starbrook GBR in the team finals.	Amiran Muzaev URS attacks David Starbrook GBR in the team finals.	Russian Team; L to r: Serguei Novikov, Amiran Muezaev, Andrei Tsupachenko, Valery Dvoinikov, Serguei Melnichenko
Russian Team; (back to front) : Serguei Novikov, Amiran Muezaev, Andrei Tsupachenko, Valery Dvoinikov, Serguei Melnichenko	Jean-Paul Coche FRA wins the 80kgs gold medal with an ippon from seoinage against Peter Reiter POL	Keith Remfry after winning the final match by ippon and levelling the score for a rematch.
Keith Remfry extraordinarily threw the Russian heavyweight in the Team Finals to level the score and warrant a re-match between the teams.	The British team faces the Russian team before the bow. Left to right: Keith Remfry (Budokwai), David Starbrook (Renshuden), Brian Jacks (Budokwai), Vass Morrison (Budokwai) and Ray Neenan (Budokwai).	The winning teams, Britain left and Russia, the eventual gold medallists
Alexander GBR tries to strangle his Russian opponent while the referee studies the technique very closely.	The legendary Brian Jacks GBR, in cat-like fashion, avoids a determined attack by Tsupochenko of the Soviet Union during the team re-match.	Keith Remfry GBR. Keith was later to win the 1976 Olympic silver medal at Montreal, Canada.