1957 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Katowice
Country POL
Held 19 – 22 September 1957
Competitors 21
Countries 7

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
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 0 0 6
2 Poland POL 1 2 4 7
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 2 3
4 East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
5 Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Vladimir Vilkhovsky URS Marian Jankowski POL Zbigniew Rusinowicz POL
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani URS István Balogh HUN Georg Miske GDR
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Bakir Farkhutdinov URS Jan Czepułkowski POL Marian Zieliński POL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Hasan Yagly-Ogly URS Marcel Paterni FRA Jan Bochenek POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Matvey Rudman URS Václav Pšenička, Jr. TCH Ireneusz Paliński POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Czesław Białas POL Dieter Göhring GDR Zdeněk Srstka TCH
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Novikov URS Eino Mäkinen FIN Václav Syrový TCH