1968 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Leningrad
Country URS
Held 19 – 25 June 1968
Competitors 21
Countries 8

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 2
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men Medal 3 2
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 4 2 1 7
2 Poland POL 2 3 1 6
3 Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
4 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
6 East Germany GDR 0 0 3 3
7 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men Imre Földi HUN Walter Szołtysek POL Aleksey Vakhonin URS
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Mieczysław Nowak POL Dito Shanidze URS Rudolf Kozłowski POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Waldemar Baszanowski POL Marian Zieliński POL Kostadin Tilev BUL
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Viktor Kurentsov URS Yevgeny Smirnov URS Werner Dittrich GDR
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Boris Selitsky URS Norbert Ozimek POL Karl Arnold GDR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Jaan Talts URS Bo Johansson SWE Kaarlo Kangasniemi FIN
heavyweight +90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Leonid Zhabotinsky URS Serge Reding BEL Manfred Rieger GDR