1973 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Madrid
Country ESP
Held 10 – 18 June 1973
Competitors 39
Countries 11

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
flyweight -52 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 2
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
flyweight -52 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
bantamweight -56 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
featherweight -60 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total Men Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
middleweight -75 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total Men Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total Men Medal 3 2
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Total Men Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch Men Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk Men Medal 3 2
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total Men Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 17 2 5 24
2 Bulgaria BUL 5 16 1 22
3 Hungary HUN 4 4 3 11
4 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
5 Germany GER 0 2 4 6
6 East Germany GDR 0 2 3 5
7 Finland FIN 0 1 1 2
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 4 4
= Poland POL 0 0 4 4
10 Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men Lajos Szűcs HUN György Kőszegi HUN Ion Hortopan ROU
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Lajos Szűcs HUN György Kőszegi HUN Arkadiusz Lipa POL
flyweight -52 kg Total, Men Lajos Szűcs HUN György Kőszegi HUN Boleslav Pachol TCH
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men Imre Földi HUN Georgi Todorov BUL Karel Prohl TCH
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Georgi Todorov BUL Karel Prohl TCH
bantamweight -56 kg Total, Men Atanas Kirov BUL Georgi Todorov BUL Karel Prohl TCH
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men Norayr Nurikyan BUL János Benedek HUN Dito Shanidze URS
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Dito Shanidze URS Norayr Nurikyan BUL Jan Wojnowski POL
featherweight -60 kg Total, Men Dito Shanidze URS Norayr Nurikyan BUL János Benedek HUN
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Mladen Kuchev BUL Jenő Ambrózi HUN
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Mladen Kuchev BUL Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Total, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov URS Mladen Kuchev BUL Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men Leif Jensen NOR Nedelcho Kolev BUL Valentin Mikhaylov URS
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nedelcho Kolev BUL Yordan Bikov BUL Valentin Mikhaylov URS
middleweight -75 kg Total, Men Nedelcho Kolev BUL Yordan Bikov BUL Valentin Mikhaylov URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Rumen Rusev BUL Frank Zielecke GDR
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Rolf Milser GER György Horváth HUN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total, Men Vladimir Ryzhenkov URS Rumen Rusev BUL Frank Zielecke GDR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Andon Nikolov BUL Bo Johansson SWE
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men David Rigert URS Atanas Shopov BUL Vasily Kolotov URS
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Andon Nikolov BUL Atanas Shopov BUL
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Taito Haara FIN Helmut Losch GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Helmut Losch GDR Dieter Westphal GER
heavyweight -110 kg Total, Men Pavel Pervushin URS Helmut Losch GDR Dieter Westphal GER
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Rudolf Mang GER Kalevi Lahdenranta FIN
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Stanislav Batishchev URS Rudolf Mang GER
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Stanislav Batishchev URS Rudolf Mang GER