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.

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

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 [1]
• 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 nations)		883	881	879	2643

See also

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

References

1. "History - International Weightlifting FederationInternational Weightlifting Federation". Iwf.net. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

External links

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