The 1972 European Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Voorburg, Netherlands from 12 to 14 May 1972.

Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.

Sergey Melnichenko Anatoly Novikov Sergey Suslin Guram Gogolauri Evgeny Solodukhin Vitali Kuznetsov Jean-Jacques Mounier Patrick Vial Guy Auffray Jean-Luc Rougé François Besson Jan Gietelinck Theo Schneider Martin Poglajen Ernst Eugster Willem Ruska Leo Heynen British team: Edward Mullen John Sullivan Brian Jacks David Starbrook Keith Remfry