1997 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Rijeka
Country	CRO
Held	19 – 26 May 1997
Competitors	39
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 bodyweight: 53.90 kg	TUR	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 53.90 kg	BUL	Mikhail Shevchenko bodyweight: 53.90 kg	RUS
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 53.90 kg	TUR	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 53.90 kg	BUL	Mikhail Shevchenko bodyweight: 53.90 kg	RUS
-54 kg Total, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 53.90 kg	TUR	Sevdalin Minchev bodyweight: 53.90 kg	BUL	Mikhail Shevchenko bodyweight: 53.90 kg	RUS
-59 kg Snatch, Men	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 58.90 kg	GRE	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 58.90 kg	GRE	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL
-59 kg Total, Men	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 58.90 kg	GRE	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 58.90 kg	BUL
-64 kg Snatch, Men	Hafız Süleymanoğlu bodyweight: 63.10 kg	TUR	Zoltán Farkas bodyweight: 63.75 kg	HUN	Marian-Nicolae Dodita bodyweight: 63.70 kg	ROU
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Hafız Süleymanoğlu bodyweight: 63.10 kg	TUR	Zoltán Farkas bodyweight: 63.75 kg	HUN	Marian-Nicolae Dodita bodyweight: 63.70 kg	ROU
-64 kg Total, Men	Hafız Süleymanoğlu bodyweight: 63.10 kg	TUR	Zoltán Farkas bodyweight: 63.75 kg	HUN	Marian-Nicolae Dodita bodyweight: 63.70 kg	ROU
-70 kg Snatch, Men	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 69.80 kg	BUL	Ergün Batmaz bodyweight: 69.90 kg	TUR	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 70.00 kg	BUL
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ergün Batmaz bodyweight: 69.90 kg	TUR	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 69.80 kg	BUL	Adrián Popa bodyweight: 69.70 kg	HUN
-70 kg Total, Men	Ergün Batmaz bodyweight: 69.90 kg	TUR	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 69.80 kg	BUL	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 70.00 kg	BUL
-76 kg Snatch, Men	Mehmet Yılmaz bodyweight: 75.60 kg	TUR	Georgi Gardev bodyweight: 75.60 kg	BUL	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 75.80 kg	BUL
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 75.80 kg	BUL	Ingo Steinhöfel bodyweight: 75.80 kg	GER	Ruslan Savchenko bodyweight: 76.00 kg	UKR
-76 kg Total, Men	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 75.80 kg	BUL	Ingo Steinhöfel bodyweight: 75.80 kg	GER	Ruslan Savchenko bodyweight: 76.00 kg	UKR
-83 kg Snatch, Men	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 81.90 kg	RUS	Marc Huster bodyweight: 82.80 kg	GER	Andrzej Cofalik bodyweight: 82.50 kg	POL
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 82.80 kg	GER	Dursun Sevinç bodyweight: 82.90 kg	TUR	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 81.90 kg	RUS
-83 kg Total, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 82.80 kg	GER	Dursun Sevinç bodyweight: 82.90 kg	TUR	Yury Myshkovets bodyweight: 81.90 kg	RUS
-91 kg Snatch, Men	Sunay Bulut bodyweight: 90.90 kg	TUR	Maksim Agapitov bodyweight: 90.70 kg	RUS	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 90.80 kg	GER
-91 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Oleh Chumak bodyweight: 90.40 kg	UKR	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 90.80 kg	GER	Sunay Bulut bodyweight: 90.90 kg	TUR
-91 kg Total, Men	Sunay Bulut bodyweight: 90.90 kg	TUR	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 90.80 kg	GER	Oleh Chumak bodyweight: 90.40 kg	UKR
-99 kg Snatch, Men	Igor Sadykov bodyweight: 98.50 kg	GER	Norair Pogosyan bodyweight: 98.90 kg	RUS	Stanislav Rybalchenko bodyweight: 99.00 kg	UKR
-99 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Stanislav Rybalchenko bodyweight: 99.00 kg	UKR	Martin Tešovič bodyweight: 96.40 kg	SVK	Dmitry Smirnov bodyweight: 98.60 kg	RUS
-99 kg Total, Men	Stanislav Rybalchenko bodyweight: 99.00 kg	UKR	Dmitry Smirnov bodyweight: 98.60 kg	RUS	Martin Tešovič bodyweight: 96.40 kg	SVK
-108 kg Snatch, Men	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 106.90 kg	RUS	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.30 kg	UKR	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 107.70 kg	LAT
-108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.30 kg	UKR	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 106.90 kg	RUS	Dimitri Prochorow bodyweight: 106.80 kg	GER
-108 kg Total, Men	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.30 kg	UKR	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 106.90 kg	RUS	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 107.70 kg	LAT
+108 kg Snatch, Men	Stian Grimseth bodyweight: 143.70 kg	NOR	Tibor Stark bodyweight: 133.70 kg	HUN	Raimonds Bergmanis bodyweight: 133.70 kg	LAT
+108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vadim Chemelyov bodyweight: 128.70 kg	UKR	Tibor Stark bodyweight: 133.70 kg	HUN	Raimonds Bergmanis bodyweight: 133.70 kg	LAT
+108 kg Total, Men	Tibor Stark bodyweight: 133.70 kg	HUN	Raimonds Bergmanis bodyweight: 133.70 kg	LAT	Stian Grimseth bodyweight: 143.70 kg	NOR