# 2008 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| – 56 kg Report | Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 120 kg | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 111 kg | Igor Grabucea (MDA) | 110 kg |
| – 56 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 149 kg | Vito Dellino (ITA) | 135 kg | Vladimır Urumov (BUL) | 133 kg |
| – 56 kg Report | Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 269 kg | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 244 kg | Vladimır Urumov (BUL) | 239 kg |
| – 62 kg Report | Snatch | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 135 kg | Sergey Petrosyan (RUS) | 135 kg | Sardar Hasanov (AZE) | 125 kg |
| – 62 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Sergey Petrosyan (RUS) | 167 kg | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 160 kg | Zulfugar Suleymanov (AZE) | 158 kg |
| – 62 kg Report | Total | Sergey Petrosyan (RUS) | 302 kg | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 295 kg | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 278 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Snatch | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 158 kg | Demir Demirev (BUL) | 146 kg | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | 146 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Venceslas Dabaya (FRA) | 188 kg | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 188 kg | Mehmed Fikretov (BUL) | 175 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Total | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 346 kg | Venceslas Dabaya (FRA) | 333 kg | Mehmed Fikretov (BUL) | 315 kg |
| – 77 kg Report | Snatch | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 165 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 164 kg | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 155 kg |
| – 77 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 200 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 198 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 196 kg |
| – 77 kg Report | Total | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 362 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 361 kg | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 355 kg |
| – 85 kg Report | Snatch | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 172 kg | Vasily Polovnikov (RUS) | 168 kg | İzzet İnce (TUR) | 167 kg |
| – 85 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 205 kg | Vasily Polovnikov (RUS) | 205 kg | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | 200 kg |
| – 85 kg Report | Total | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 377 kg | Vasily Polovnikov (RUS) | 373 kg | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 362 kg |
| – 94 kg Report | Snatch | Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 177 kg | Edgar Gevorgyan (ARM) | 176 kg | Mukhamat Sozaev (RUS) | 174 kg |
| – 94 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 220 kg | Andrey Demanov (RUS) | 213 kg | Kostyantyn Piliyev (UKR) | 212 kg |
| – 94 kg Report | Total | Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 397 kg | Andrey Demanov (RUS) | 385 kg | Mukhamat Sozaev (RUS) | 384 kg |
| – 105 kg Report | Snatch | Dmitry Berestov (RUS) | 190 kg | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | 185 kg | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | 180 kg |
| – 105 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | 220 kg | Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) | 220 kg | Dmitry Berestov (RUS) | 220 kg |
| – 105 kg Report | Total | Dmitry Berestov (RUS) | 410 kg | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | 405 kg | Robert Dolega (POL) | 395 kg |
| + 105 kg Report | Snatch | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 200 kg | Ihor Shymechko (UKR) | 196 kg | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 195 kg |
| + 105 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) | 252 kg | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 247 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 246 kg |
| + 105 kg Report | Total | Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) | 447 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 446 kg | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 442 kg |

### Women

| Event | | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| – 48 kg Report | Snatch | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 88 kg | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) | 87 kg | Sibel Özkan (TUR) | 86 kg |
| – 48 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Sibel Özkan (TUR) | 110 kg | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) | 109 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 106 kg |
| – 48 kg Report | Total | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) | 196 kg | Sibel Özkan (TUR) | 196 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 194 kg |
| – 53 kg Report | Snatch | Nataliya Trotsenko (UKR) | 88 kg | María de la Puente (ESP) | 86 kg | Marioara Munteanu (ROU) | 86 kg |
| – 53 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Nataliya Trotsenko (UKR) | 109 kg | Julia Rohde (GER) | 105 kg | María de la Puente (ESP) | 104 kg |
| – 53 kg Report | Total | Nataliya Trotsenko (UKR) | 197 kg | María de la Puente (ESP) | 190 kg | Julia Rohde (GER) | 188 kg |
| – 58 kg Report | Snatch | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 101 kg | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | 94 kg | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 91 kg |
| – 58 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 121 kg | Roxana Cocos (ROU) | 120 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 111 kg |
| – 58 kg Report | Total | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 212 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 212 kg | Roxana Cocos (ROU) | 209 kg |
| – 63 kg Report | Snatch | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 107 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 105 kg | Ruth Kasirye (NOR) | 101 kg |
| – 63 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 128 kg | Milka Maneva (BUL) | 123 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 121 kg |
| – 63 kg Report | Total | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 235 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 226 kg | Milka Maneva (BUL) | 223 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Snatch | Nazik Avdalyan (ARM) | 106 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 103 kg | Yulia Artemova (UKR) | 101 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Nazik Avdalyan (ARM) | 136 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 136 kg | Slaveyka Ruzhinska (BUL) | 124 kg |
| – 69 kg Report | Total | Nazik Avdalyan (ARM) | 242 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 239 kg | Slaveyka Ruzhinska (BUL) | 219 kg |
| – 75 kg Report | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 123 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 115 kg | Tetyana Zhukova (UKR) | 98 kg |
| – 75 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM) | 141 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 141 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 130 kg |
| – 75 kg Report | Total | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 264 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 245 kg | Yvonne Kranz (GER) | 220 kg |
| +75 kg Report | Snatch | Olha Korobka (UKR) | 127 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (UKR) | 118 kg | Magdalena Ufnal (POL) | 110 kg |
| +75 kg Report | Clean & Jerk | Olha Korobka (UKR) | 150 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (UKR) | 140 kg | Kathleen Schöppe (GER) | 129 kg |
| +75 kg Report | Total | Olha Korobka (UKR) | 277 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (UKR) | 258 kg | Magdalena Ufnal (POL) | 237 kg |

### Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Armenia (ARM) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Armenia (ARM) | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Latvia (LAT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Albania (ALB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |