1973 European Weightlifting Championships

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

Events

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