1978 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Havířov
Country TCH
Held 10 – 18 June 1978
Competitors 39
Countries 12

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-100 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
+110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 23 3 1 27
2 Bulgaria BUL 3 4 9 16
3 Poland POL 2 2 3 7
4 Hungary HUN 1 9 5 15
5 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 3 1 5
6 East Germany GDR 0 4 5 9
7 Romania ROU 0 2 1 3
8 Germany GER 0 2 0 2
9 Switzerland SUI 0 1 1 2
10 Sweden SWE 0 0 2 2
11 France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Greece GRE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Béla Oláh HUN György Kőszegi HUN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS György Kőszegi HUN Béla Oláh HUN
-52 kg Total, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS György Kőszegi HUN Béla Oláh HUN
-56 kg Snatch, Men Marek Seweryn POL Karel Prohl TCH Stefan Dimitrov BUL
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Karel Prohl TCH Marek Seweryn POL Stefan Dimitrov BUL
-56 kg Total, Men Marek Seweryn POL Karel Prohl TCH Stefan Dimitrov BUL
-60 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS László Száraz HUN Grzegorz Cziura POL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Valentin Todorov BUL Marek Sachmaciński POL
-60 kg Total, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS László Száraz HUN Valentin Todorov BUL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Ioan Buta ROU Jaroslav Rutter TCH
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL Ioan Buta ROU
-67.5 kg Total, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Ioan Buta ROU Zbigniew Kaczmarek POL
-75 kg Snatch, Men András Stark HUN Vardan Militosyan URS Zahari Todorov BUL
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vardan Militosyan URS Zahari Todorov BUL Peter Wenzel GDR
-75 kg Total, Men Vardan Militosyan URS Zahari Todorov BUL András Stark HUN
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Péter Baczakó HUN Krasimir Drandarov BUL
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Péter Baczakó HUN Krasimir Drandarov BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Péter Baczakó HUN Krasimir Drandarov BUL
-90 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Andon Nikolov BUL György Rehus-Uzor HUN
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men David Rigert URS Rolf Milser GER Nikos Iliadis GRE
-90 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Rolf Milser GER Andon Nikolov BUL
-100 kg Snatch, Men Sergey Arakelov URS Michel Broillet SUI Igor Nikitin URS
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sergey Arakelov URS Igor Nikitin URS Pierre Gourrier FRA
-100 kg Total, Men Sergey Arakelov URS Igor Nikitin URS Michel Broillet SUI
-110 kg Snatch, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR Leif Nilsson SWE
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zaytsev URS György Szalai HUN Jürgen Ciezki GDR
-110 kg Total, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Jürgen Ciezki GDR Leif Nilsson SWE
+110 kg Snatch, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Rudolf Strejček TCH Jürgen Heuser GDR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR Gerd Bonk GDR
+110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Jürgen Heuser GDR Gerd Bonk GDR