1979 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Varna
Country BUL
Held 19 – 27 May 1979
Competitors 41
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 2
-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 13 4 3 20
2 Bulgaria BUL 10 10 2 22
3 East Germany GDR 2 6 7 15
4 Germany GER 2 0 0 2
5 Poland POL 1 6 5 12
6 Hungary HUN 1 4 6 11
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 4 5
8 Romania ROU 0 0 3 3

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Stefan Leletko POL Tadeusz Golik POL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Béla Oláh HUN Stefan Leletko POL
-52 kg Total, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Stefan Leletko POL Béla Oláh HUN
-56 kg Snatch, Men Tadeusz Dembończyk POL Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Leszek Skorupa POL
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Tadeusz Dembończyk POL Imre Stefanovics HUN
-56 kg Total, Men Anton Kodzhabashev BUL Tadeusz Dembończyk POL Imre Stefanovics HUN
-60 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Georgi Todorov BUL Marek Seweryn POL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS László Száraz HUN Marian Grigoras ROU
-60 kg Total, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Georgi Todorov BUL Marian Grigoras ROU
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Joachim Kunz GDR Gunter Ambraß GDR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Gunter Ambraß GDR Joachim Kunz GDR
-67.5 kg Total, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Joachim Kunz GDR Gunter Ambraß GDR
-75 kg Snatch, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL Peter Wenzel GDR
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL Dragomir Cioroslan ROU
-75 kg Total, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL Peter Wenzel GDR
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Paweł Rabczewski POL András Stark HUN
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Blagoy Blagoev BUL Paweł Rabczewski POL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Blagoy Blagoev BUL Paweł Rabczewski POL Dušan Poliačik TCH
-90 kg Snatch, Men Péter Baczakó HUN Valery Shary URS Ferenc Antalovics HUN
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rolf Milser GER Péter Baczakó HUN Valery Shary URS
-90 kg Total, Men Rolf Milser GER Péter Baczakó HUN Valery Shary URS
-100 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Pavel Syrchin URS Plamen Asparuhov BUL
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men David Rigert URS Pavel Syrchin URS János Sólyomvári HUN
-100 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Pavel Syrchin URS Plamen Asparuhov BUL
-110 kg Snatch, Men Pavel Khek TCH Krasimir Drandarov BUL Yury Zaytsev URS
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Krasimir Drandarov BUL Peter Käks GDR
-110 kg Total, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Krasimir Drandarov BUL Peter Käks GDR
+110 kg Snatch, Men Sultanbay Rakhmanov URS Gerd Bonk GDR Rudolf Strejček TCH
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Jürgen Heuser GDR Gerd Bonk GDR Rudolf Strejček TCH
+110 kg Total, Men Gerd Bonk GDR Jürgen Heuser GDR Rudolf Strejček TCH