1997 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City Rijeka
Country CRO
Held 19 – 26 May 1997
Competitors 40
Countries 12

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-54 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-54 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-59 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-59 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-59 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-64 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-64 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-64 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-70 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-70 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-76 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-76 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-76 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-83 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-91 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-91 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-91 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-99 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-108 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-108 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-108 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
+108 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Turkey TUR 11 3 1 15
2 Ukraine UKR 6 1 4 11
3 Bulgaria BUL 5 7 6 18
4 Germany GER 3 5 2 10
5 Russia RUS 2 5 6 13
6 Hungary HUN 1 5 1 7
7 Greece GRE 1 2 0 3
8 Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
9 Latvia LAT 0 1 4 5
10 Slovakia SVK 0 1 1 2
11 Romania ROU 0 0 3 3
12 Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-54 kg Snatch, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Sevdalin Minchev BUL Mikhail Shevchenko RUS
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Sevdalin Minchev BUL Mikhail Shevchenko RUS
-54 kg Total, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Sevdalin Minchev BUL Mikhail Shevchenko RUS
-59 kg Snatch, Men Leonidas Sampanis GRE Nikolaj Pešalov BUL Stefan Georgiev BUL
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nikolaj Pešalov BUL Leonidas Sampanis GRE Stefan Georgiev BUL
-59 kg Total, Men Nikolaj Pešalov BUL Leonidas Sampanis GRE Stefan Georgiev BUL
-64 kg Snatch, Men Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR Zoltán Farkas HUN Marian-Nicolae Dodita ROU
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR Zoltán Farkas HUN Marian-Nicolae Dodita ROU
-64 kg Total, Men Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR Zoltán Farkas HUN Marian-Nicolae Dodita ROU
-70 kg Snatch, Men Vasil Vanev BUL Ergün Batmaz TUR Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Ergün Batmaz TUR Vasil Vanev BUL Adrián Popa HUN
-70 kg Total, Men Ergün Batmaz TUR Zlatаn Vasilev BUL Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL
-76 kg Snatch, Men Mehmet Yılmaz TUR Georgi Gardev BUL Yoto Yotov BUL
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yoto Yotov BUL Ingo Steinhöfel GER Ruslan Savchenko UKR
-76 kg Total, Men Yoto Yotov BUL Ingo Steinhöfel GER Ruslan Savchenko UKR
-83 kg Snatch, Men Yury Myshkovets RUS Marc Huster GER Andrzej Cofalik POL
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Marc Huster GER Dursun Sevinç TUR Yury Myshkovets RUS
-83 kg Total, Men Marc Huster GER Dursun Sevinç TUR Yury Myshkovets RUS
-91 kg Snatch, Men Sunay Bulut TUR Maksim Agapitov RUS Oliver Caruso GER
-91 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Oleh Chumak UKR Oliver Caruso GER Sunay Bulut TUR
-91 kg Total, Men Sunay Bulut TUR Oliver Caruso GER Oleh Chumak UKR
-99 kg Snatch, Men Igor Sadykov GER Norair Pogosyan RUS Stanislav Rybalchenko UKR
-99 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stanislav Rybalchenko UKR Martin Tešovič SVK Dmitry Smirnov RUS
-99 kg Total, Men Stanislav Rybalchenko UKR Dmitry Smirnov RUS Martin Tešovič SVK
-108 kg Snatch, Men Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Denys Hotfrid UKR Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
-108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Denys Hotfrid UKR Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Dimitri Prochorow GER
-108 kg Total, Men Denys Hotfrid UKR Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
+108 kg Snatch, Men Stian Grimseth NOR Tibor Stark HUN Raimonds Bergmanis LAT
+108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vadim Chemelyov UKR Tibor Stark HUN Raimonds Bergmanis LAT
+108 kg Total, Men Tibor Stark HUN Raimonds Bergmanis LAT Stian Grimseth NOR