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 19 September 1957 Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men 20 September 1957 Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 September 1957 Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 September 1957 Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 21 September 1957 Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 22 September 1957 Medal 3 3
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 22 September 1957 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
bodyweight: 55.5 kg
URS Marian Jankowski
bodyweight: 55.8 kg
POL Zbigniew Rusinowicz
bodyweight: 55.5 kg
POL
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rapael Chimishk'iani
bodyweight: 59.6 kg
URS István Balogh
bodyweight: 59.6 kg
HUN Georg Miske
bodyweight: 60.0 kg
GDR
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Bakir Farkhutdinov
bodyweight: 67.5 kg
URS Jan Czepułkowski
bodyweight: 67.3 kg
POL Marian Zieliński
bodyweight: 63.4 kg
POL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Hasan Yagly-Ogly
bodyweight: 74.7 kg
URS Marcel Paterni
bodyweight: 74.8 kg
FRA Jan Bochenek
bodyweight: 75.0 kg
POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Matvey Rudman
bodyweight: 82.3 kg
URS Václav Pšenička, Jr.
bodyweight: 82.4 kg
TCH Ireneusz Paliński
bodyweight: 82.2 kg
POL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Czesław Białas
bodyweight: 89.0 kg
POL Dieter Göhring
bodyweight: 83.6 kg
GDR Zdeněk Srstka
bodyweight: 87.4 kg
TCH
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Yevgeny Novikov
bodyweight: 118.8 kg
URS Eino Mäkinen
bodyweight: 110.5 kg
FIN Václav Syrový
bodyweight: 134.5 kg
TCH