European Weightlifting Championships

European Weightlifting Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	usually April
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1896 (1896)
Organised by	EWF

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.

Championships

No. M	No. W	Edition	Host country	Host city	Events
1		1896	Netherlands	Rotterdam
2		1897	Austria	Vienna
3		1898	Netherlands	Amsterdam
4		1900	Netherlands	Rotterdam
5		1901	Netherlands	Rotterdam
6		1902	Netherlands	The Hague
7		1903	Netherlands	Amsterdam
8		1904	Netherlands	Amsterdam
9		1905	Netherlands	The Hague
10		1906	Denmark	Copenhagen
11		1907	Austria	Vienna
12		1908	Sweden	Malmö
13		1909	Germany	Dresden
14		1910	Hungary	Budapest
15		1911	Germany	Leipzig
16		1912	Austria	Vienna
17		1913	Austria	Brno
18		1914	Austria	Vienna
19		1921	Germany	Offenbach
20		1924	Germany	Neunkirchen
21		1929	Austria	Vienna
22		1930	Germany	Munich
23		1931	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
24		1933	Germany	Essen
25		1934	Italy	Genoa
26		1935	France	Paris
27		1947	Finland	Helsinki
28		1948	United Kingdom	London
29		1949	Netherlands	The Hague
30		1950	France	Paris
31		1951	Italy	Milan
32		1952	Finland	Helsinki
33		1953	Sweden	Stockholm
34		1954	Austria	Vienna
35		1955	West Germany	Munich
36		1956	Finland	Helsinki
37		1957	Poland	Katowice
38		1958	Sweden	Stockholm
39		1959	Poland	Warsaw
40		1960	Italy	Milan
41		1961	Austria	Vienna	7 (28)
42		1962	Hungary	Budapest	7 (28)
43		1963	Sweden	Stockholm	7 (28)
44		1964	Soviet Union	Moscow	7 (28)
45		1965	Bulgaria	Sofia	7 (28)
46		1966	East Germany	Berlin	7 (28)
47		1968	Soviet Union	Leningrad	7 (28)
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

No. M	No. W	Edition	Host country	Host city	Events
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	Kiev	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	2020	Russia	Moscow (will be relocated)	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			Women
		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	Kiev, 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 Sabbiadoro, Italy	Russia 598	France 457	Azerbaijan 427	Ukraine 471	Russia 454	Turkey 449
2009	Bucharest, Romania
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

All-time medal table (1914–2018)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	202	89	34	325
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	165	135	93	393
3	Russia (RUS)	90	81	47	218
4	Turkey (TUR)	65	39	43	147
5	Poland (POL)	47	77	94	218
6	Germany (GER)	38	55	41	134
7	Hungary (HUN)	30	61	64	155
8	Ukraine (UKR)	28	26	28	82
9	Romania (ROU)	19	40	37	96
10	Armenia (ARM)	19	22	15	56
11	Belarus (BLR)	18	11	24	53
12	Greece (GRE)	16	24	26	66
13	France (FRA)	15	23	41	79
14	Great Britain (GBR)	14	19	14	47
15	Georgia (GEO)	14	7	4	25
16	Austria (AUT)	13	16	28	57
17	Spain (ESP)	10	18	27	55
18	Italy (ITA)	9	24	28	61
19	East Germany	7	24	52	83
20	Moldova (MDA)	7	8	14	29
21	Azerbaijan (AZE)	7	4	6	17
22	Latvia (LAT)	7	3	5	15
23	Finland (FIN)	6	14	24	44
24	Unified Team	6	3	3	12
25	Sweden (SWE)	5	9	12	26
26	Albania (ALB)	4	9	9	22
27	Denmark (DEN)	4	4	1	9
28	Egypt (EGY)	4	0	2	6
29	Czechoslovakia	2	15	32	49
30	Belgium (BEL)	2	2	6	10
31	Croatia (CRO)	2	1	1	4
32	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
33	Lithuania (LTU)	1	4	4	9
34	Portugal (POR)	1	3	2	6
35	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	4	7
36	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	2	5
37	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	1	0	2
38	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	5	6
39	Norway (NOR)	0	3	1	4
40	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	2	3
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	2	3
42	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
43	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		883	881	879	2,643

See also

• List of European Weightlifting Championships medalists
• European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships

External links

• European Weitlifting Federation
• International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
• European Championships From 1907 to Today @ Lift Up: Search
• Database Weightlifting
• IWRP