1955 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City München
Country FRG
Held 12 – 16 October 1955
Competitors 21
Countries 10

World Championships

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 6 1 0 7
2 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
3 France FRA 0 2 0 2
4 Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
5 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= Germany GER 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
8 Austria AUT 0 0 3 3
9 Poland POL 0 0 2 2
10 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Stogov URS Marc Marcombe FRA Herbert Gruber AUT
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS Ivan Udodov URS Sebastiano Mannironi ITA
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Nikolay Kostylev URS Luciano De Genova ITA Josef Tauchner AUT
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Fyodor Bogdanovsky URS Ingemar Franzén SWE Krzysztof Beck POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vasīlijs Stepanovs URS Václav Pšenička, Jr. TCH Czesław Białas POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Arkady Vorobyov URS Jean Debuf FRA Ivan Veselinov BUL
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Eino Mäkinen FIN Theo Aaldering GER Franz Hölbl AUT