# European Weightlifting Championships

European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held as one event.

## Format

1896-1924: Different combined events until 1924
1896-1907: No bodyweight categories
Triathlon and Duathlon 1929 - 1992
1929 - 1972 the competed triathlon included the exercises press, snatch and clean & jerk. Except 1933 - left hand snatch, right hand snatch, two hand press, two hand snatch, two hand clean & jerk. From 1973 onwards, it is reduced to a duathlon after deletion of press. Since 1969, there are also European Championship medals awarded in the single exercises.
In 1993, the IWF introduced new bodyweight categories.

## Editions

Results:
| No. M | No. W | Edition | Host Country | Host City | Events |
| 1 | | 1896 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 1 |
| 2 | | 1897 | Austria | Vienna | 1 |
| 3 | | 1898 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 1 |
| 4 | | 1900 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 1 |
| 5 | | 1901 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 1 |
| 6 | | 1902 | Netherlands | The Hague | 1 |
| 7 | | 1903 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 1 |
| 8 | | 1904 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 1 |
| 9 | | 1905 | Netherlands | The Hague | 1 |
| 10 | | 1906 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 1 |
| 11 | | 1907 | Austria | Vienna | 2 |
| 12 | | 1908 | Sweden | Malmö | 1 |
| 13 | | 1909 | Germany | Dresden | 2 |
| 14 | | 1910 | Hungary | Budapest | 4 |
| 15 | | 1911 | Germany | Leipzig | 2 |
| 16 | | 1912 | Austria | Vienna | 4 |
| 17 | | 1913 | Austria | Brno | 4 |
| 18 | | 1914 | Austria | Vienna | 5 |
| 19 | | 1921 | Germany | Offenbach | 5 |
| 20 | | 1924 | Germany | Neunkirchen | 7 |
| 21 | | 1929 | Austria | Vienna | 5 |
| 22 | | 1930 | Germany | Munich | 5 |
| 23 | | 1931 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 5 |
| 24 | | 1933 | Germany | Essen | 5 |
| 25 | | 1934 | Italy | Genoa | 5 |
| 26 | | 1935 | France | Paris | 5 |
| 27 | | 1947 | Finland | Helsinki | 6 |
| 28 | | 1948 | United Kingdom | London | 6 |
| 29 | | 1949 | Netherlands | The Hague | 6 |
| 30 | | 1950 | France | Paris | 6 |
| 31 | | 1951 | Italy | Milan | 7 |
| 32 | | 1952 | Finland | Helsinki | 7 |
| 33 | | 1953 | Sweden | Stockholm | 7 |
| 34 | | 1954 | Austria | Vienna | 7 |
| 35 | | 1955 | West Germany | Munich | 7 |
| 36 | | 1956 | Finland | Helsinki | 7 |
| 37 | | 1957 | Poland | Katowice | 7 |
| 38 | | 1958 | Sweden | Stockholm | 7 |
| 39 | | 1959 | Poland | Warsaw | 7 |
| 40 | | 1960 | Italy | Milan | 7 |
| 41 | | 1961 | Austria | Vienna | 7 |
| 42 | | 1962 | Hungary | Budapest | 7 |
| 43 | | 1963 | Sweden | Stockholm | 7 |
| 44 | | 1964 | Soviet Union | Moscow | 7 |
| 45 | | 1965 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 7 |
| 46 | | 1966 | East Germany | Berlin | 7 |
| 47 | | 1968 | Soviet Union | Leningrad | 7 |
| 48 | | 1969 | Poland | Warsaw | 36 |
| 49 | | 1970 | Hungary | Szombathely | 36 |
| 50 | | 1971 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 36 |
| 51 | | 1972 | Romania | Constanţa | 36 |
| 52 | | 1973 | Spain | Madrid | 27 |
| 53 | | 1974 | Italy | Verona | 27 |
| 54 | | 1975 | Soviet Union | Moscow | 27 |
| 55 | | 1976 | East Germany | Berlin | 27 |
| 56 | | 1977 | West Germany | Stuttgart | 30 |
| 57 | | 1978 | Czechoslovakia | Havířov | 30 |
| 58 | | 1979 | Bulgaria | Varna | 30 |
| 59 | | 1980 | Yugoslavia | Belgrade | 30 |
| 60 | | 1981 | France | Lille | 30 |
| 61 | | 1982 | Yugoslavia | Ljubljana | 30 |
| 62 | | 1983 | Soviet Union | Moscow | 30 |
| 63 | | 1984 | Spain | Vitoria | 30 |
| 64 | | 1985 | Poland | Katowice | 30 |
| 65 | | 1986 | East Germany | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 30 |
| 66 | | 1987 | France | Reims | 30 |
| 67 | | 1988 | United Kingdom | Cardiff | 30 |
| – | 1 | 1988 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 27 |
| 68 | | 1989 | Greece | Athens | 30 |
| – | 2 | 1989 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 27 |
| 69 | | 1990 | Denmark | Ålborg | 30 |
| – | 3 | 1990 | Spain | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 27 |
| 70 | | 1991 | Poland | Władysławowo | 30 |
| – | 4 | 1991 | Bulgaria | Varna | 27 |
| 71 | | 1992 | Hungary | Szekszárd | 30 |
| – | 5 | 1992 | Portugal | Loures | 27 |
| 72 | | 1993 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 30 |
| – | 6 | 1993 | Spain | Valencia | 27 |
| 73 | | 1994 | Czechoslovakia | Sokolov | 30 |
| – | 7 | 1994 | Italy | Rome | 27 |
| 74 | | 1995 | Poland | Warsaw | 30 |
| – | 8 | 1995 | Israel | Beer Sheva | 27 |
| 75 | | 1996 | Norway | Stavanger | 30 |
| – | 9 | 1996 | Czech Republic | Prague | 27 |
| 76 | | 1997 | Croatia | Rijeka | 30 |
| – | 10 | 1997 | Spain | Sevilla | 27 |
| 77 | 11 | 1998 | Germany | Riesa | 45 |
| 78 | 12 | 1999 | Spain | A Coruña | 45 |
| 79 | 13 | 2000 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 45 |
| 80 | 14 | 2001 | Slovakia | Trenčín | 45 |
| 81 | 15 | 2002 | Turkey | Antalya | 45 |
| 82 | 16 | 2003 | Greece | Loutraki | 45 |
| 83 | 17 | 2004 | Ukraine | Kyiv | 45 |
| 84 | 18 | 2005 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 45 |
| 85 | 19 | 2006 | Poland | Władysławowo | 45 |
| 86 | 20 | 2007 | France | Strasbourg | 45 |
| 87 | 21 | 2008 | Italy | Lignano Sabbiadoro | 45 |
| 88 | 22 | 2009 | Romania | Bucharest | 45 |
| 89 | 23 | 2010 | Belarus | Minsk | 45 |
| 90 | 24 | 2011 | Russia | Kazan | 45 |
| 91 | 25 | 2012 | Turkey | Antalya | 45 |
| 92 | 26 | 2013 | Albania | Tirana | 45 |
| 93 | 27 | 2014 | Israel | Tel Aviv | 45 |
| 94 | 28 | 2015 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 45 |
| 95 | 29 | 2016 | Norway | Førde | 45 |
| 96 | 30 | 2017 | Croatia | Split | 48 |
| 97 | 31 | 2018 | Romania | Bucharest | 48 |
| 98 | 32 | 2019 | Georgia | Batumi | 60 |
| 99 | 33 | 2021 | Russia | Moscow | 60 |
| 100 | 34 | 2022 | Albania | Tirana | 60 |
| 101 | 35 | 2023 | Armenia | Yerevan | 60 |
| 102 | 36 | 2024 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 60 |
| 103 | 37 | 2025 | Moldova | Chișinău | 60 |

## Team ranking

* History - Team ranking system
* Team ranking was started from 1949
* 1–7 August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
* 2–7 November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
* 3–24 May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
* 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
* 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
* 6- 12–14 January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27 July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
* 7–1 May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
* 10 and 11 December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.
| Year | Host | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Year | Host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | Riesa, Germany | Bulgaria 549 | Russia 530 | Germany 458 | Hungary 514 | Russia 471 | Bulgaria 467 |
| 1999 | Seville, Spain | Turkey 682 | Spain 608 | Russia 524 | Turkey 647 | Greece 586 | Spain 584 |
| 2000 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria 610 | Turkey 525 | Russia 464 | Bulgaria 522 | Russia 438 | Ukraine 343 |
| 2001 | Trenčín, Slovakia | Russia 538 | Turkey 504 | Poland 498 | Russia 492 | Hungary 483 | Spain 400 |
| 2002 | Antalya, Turkey | Bulgaria 599 | Turkey 486 | Russia 368 | Turkey 522 | Russia 496 | Poland 466 |
| 2003 | Loutraki, Greece | Turkey 598 | Russia 553 | Bulgaria 544 | Turkey 521 | Russia 501 | Bulgaria 441 |
| 2004 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Turkey 591 | Bulgaria 442 | Russia 416 | Turkey 478 | Poland 438 | Bulgaria 436 |
| 2005 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria 519 | Turkey 488 | Russia 473 | Russia 567 | Poland 456 | Bulgaria 451 |
| 2006 | Władysławowo, Poland | Belarus 486 | Poland 485 | Bulgaria 435 | Russia 483 | Ukraine 434 | Poland 386 |
| 2007 | Strasbourg, France | Russia 546 | Belarus 523 | Turkey 506 | Russia 486 | Ukraine 459 | Turkey 448 |
| 2008 | Lignano, Italy | Russia 598 | France 457 | Azerbaijan 427 | Ukraine 471 | Russia 454 | Turkey 449 |
| 2009 | Bucharest, Romania | Russia | Turkey | Azerbaijan | Russia | Turkey | Ukraine |
| 2010 | Minsk, Belarus | Turkey 538 | Armenia 496 | Poland 460 | Russia 498 | Turkey 497 | Poland 416 |
| 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Turkey 470 | Poland 467 | Moldova 431 | Russia 559 | Turkey 517 | Poland 413 |
| 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Moldova 500 | Russia 482 | Turkey 473 | Russia 530 | Turkey 441 | Poland 417 |
| 2013 | Tirana, Albania | Russia 638 | Bulgaria 507 | Albania 355 | Poland 469 | France 311 | Italy 310 |
| 2014 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Russia 524 | Bulgaria 535 | Poland 491 | Russia 539 | Ukraine 443 | Poland 443 |
| 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Russia 478 | Armenia 421 | Turkey 416 | Ukraine 478 | Russia 421 | Turkey 416 |
| 2016 | Førde, Norway | Russia 524 | Armenia 503 | Turkey 501 | Armenia 449 | Ukraine 435 | Turkey 399 |
| 2017 | Split, Croatia | Russia 501 | Turkey 462 | Poland 399 | Russia 588 | Ukraine 492 | Spain 464 |
| 2018 | Bucharest, Romania | Georgia 575 | Romania 528 | Poland 451 | Romania 512 | Poland 429 | Italy 412 |
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | Georgia 636 | Belarus 634 | Armenia 596 | Russia 736 | Turkey 575 | Romania 480 |
| 2021 | Moscow, Russia | Bulgaria 685 | Armenia 620 | Georgia 612 | Russia 699 | Turkey 616 | Ukraine 600 |
| 2022 | Tirana, Albania | Bulgaria 746 | Armenia 667 | Georgia 647 | Turkey 690 | Ukraine 686 | Great Britain 381 |
| 2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia 762 | Georgia 695 | Turkey 587 | Turkey 650 | Ukraine 647 | Armenia 554 |
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria 696 | Armenia 669 | Turkey 628 | Ukraine 654 | Turkey 535 | Romania 485 |

## All-time medal table (1914–2024)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 202 | 89 | 34 | 325 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 185 | 142 | 101 | 428 |
| 3 | Russia | 90 | 86 | 51 | 227 |
| 4 | Turkey | 73 | 48 | 58 | 179 |
| 5 | Poland | 50 | 78 | 99 | 227 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 43 | 42 | 38 | 123 |
| 7 | Armenia | 40 | 43 | 39 | 122 |
| 8 | France | 35 | 53 | 46 | 134 |
| 9 | Romania | 35 | 46 | 46 | 127 |
| 10 | Germany | 34 | 53 | 39 | 126 |
| 11 | Hungary | 30 | 61 | 64 | 155 |
| 12 | Belarus | 25 | 19 | 29 | 73 |
| 13 | Italy | 21 | 37 | 35 | 93 |
| 14 | Great Britain | 20 | 23 | 22 | 65 |
| 15 | Georgia | 18 | 29 | 12 | 59 |
| 16 | Greece | 18 | 24 | 27 | 69 |
| 17 | Austria | 13 | 16 | 31 | 60 |
| 18 | Latvia | 13 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 19 | Spain | 11 | 27 | 34 | 72 |
| 20 | Albania | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 21 | East Germany | 7 | 24 | 52 | 83 |
| 22 | Moldova | 7 | 11 | 21 | 39 |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 24 | Finland | 6 | 14 | 25 | 45 |
| 25 | Sweden | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 26 | Unified Team | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 27 | West Germany | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 28 | Denmark | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 29 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 30 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 32 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 15 | 32 | 49 |
| 33 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Lithuania | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 36 | Portugal | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 37 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 41 | Israel | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 42 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (45 entries) | Totals (45 entries) | 1,035 | 1,050 | 1,033 | 3,118 |