1998 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Riesa
Country	GER
Held	28 April – 3 May 1998
Competitors	62
Countries	17

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	BUL	20	6	5	31
2	Germany	GER	11	1	0	12
3	Hungary	HUN	6	5	6	17
4	Russia	RUS	5	10	5	20
5	Greece	GRE	1	4	7	12
6	Poland	POL	1	4	5	10
7	Armenia	ARM	1	0	3	4
8	Turkey	TUR	0	7	3	10
9	Slovakia	SVK	0	3	0	3
10	Belarus	BLR	0	2	1	3
11	Georgia	GEO	0	2	0	2
12	Spain	ESP	0	1	5	6
13	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	0	1	1
=	Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
=	Romania	ROU	0	0	1	1
=	Sweden	SWE	0	0	1	1
=	Ukraine	UKR	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	Sedat Artuç bodyweight: 55.20 kg	TUR	Adrian Ioan Jigău bodyweight: 55.60 kg	ROU
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	Sedat Artuç bodyweight: 55.20 kg	TUR	Nayden Rusev bodyweight: 55.70 kg	BUL
-56 kg Total, Men	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 55.80 kg	BUL	Sedat Artuç bodyweight: 55.20 kg	TUR	Nayden Rusev bodyweight: 55.70 kg	BUL
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.40 kg	GRE	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 61.35 kg	BUL	Zoltán Farkas bodyweight: 61.60 kg	HUN
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 61.35 kg	BUL	Mücahit Yağcı bodyweight: 61.10 kg	TUR	Elxan Süleymanov bodyweight: 61.60 kg	AZE
-62 kg Total, Men	Stefan Georgiev bodyweight: 61.35 kg	BUL	Leonidas Sampanis bodyweight: 61.40 kg	GRE	Mücahit Yağcı bodyweight: 61.10 kg	TUR
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.60 kg	BUL	Siarhei Laurenau bodyweight: 68.25 kg	BLR	Ergün Batmaz bodyweight: 68.90 kg	TUR
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Andrey Matveyev bodyweight: 68.85 kg	RUS	Fedail Güler bodyweight: 68.60 kg	TUR	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.60 kg	BUL
-69 kg Total, Men	Plamen Zhelyazkov bodyweight: 68.60 kg	BUL	Ergün Batmaz bodyweight: 68.90 kg	TUR	Siarhei Laurenau bodyweight: 68.25 kg	BLR
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan bodyweight: 76.40 kg	ARM	Giorgi Asanidze bodyweight: 76.65 kg	GEO	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.05 kg	BUL
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.05 kg	BUL	Oleg Perepechonov bodyweight: 76.70 kg	RUS	Attila Feri bodyweight: 74.85 kg	HUN
-77 kg Total, Men	Zlatаn Vasilev bodyweight: 76.05 kg	BUL	Giorgi Asanidze bodyweight: 76.65 kg	GEO	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan bodyweight: 76.40 kg	ARM
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.05 kg	GER	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.10 kg	GRE	Georgi Gardev bodyweight: 84.15 kg	BUL
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.05 kg	GER	Dursun Sevinç bodyweight: 84.75 kg	TUR	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.10 kg	GRE
-85 kg Total, Men	Marc Huster bodyweight: 84.05 kg	GER	Pyrros Dimas bodyweight: 84.10 kg	GRE	Dursun Sevinç bodyweight: 84.75 kg	TUR
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 93.65 kg	GER	Ivan Chakarov bodyweight: 93.20 kg	BUL	Stanislav Rybalchenko bodyweight: 93.80 kg	UKR
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 93.65 kg	GER	Leonidas Kokas bodyweight: 91.40 kg	GRE	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 92.95 kg	GRE
-94 kg Total, Men	Oliver Caruso bodyweight: 93.65 kg	GER	Ivan Chakarov bodyweight: 93.20 kg	BUL	Akakios Kakiasvili bodyweight: 92.95 kg	GRE
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Vyacheslav Ivanovsky bodyweight: 104.20 kg	RUS	Uladzimir Yemelianou bodyweight: 104.35 kg	BLR	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.45 kg	RUS
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vyacheslav Ivanovsky bodyweight: 104.20 kg	RUS	Dariusz Osuch bodyweight: 104.40 kg	POL	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.45 kg	RUS
-105 kg Total, Men	Vyacheslav Ivanovsky bodyweight: 104.20 kg	RUS	Yevgeny Shishlyannikov bodyweight: 104.45 kg	RUS	Dariusz Osuch bodyweight: 104.40 kg	POL
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Ronny Weller bodyweight: 142.60 kg	GER	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 173.00 kg	RUS	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 122.10 kg	LAT
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ronny Weller bodyweight: 142.60 kg	GER	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 173.00 kg	RUS	Ara Vardanyan bodyweight: 125.60 kg	ARM
+105 kg Total, Men	Ronny Weller bodyweight: 142.60 kg	GER	Andrey Chemerkin bodyweight: 173.00 kg	RUS	Ara Vardanyan bodyweight: 125.60 kg	ARM
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Donka Mincheva bodyweight: 47.70 kg	BUL	Siyka Stoeva bodyweight: 47.70 kg	BUL	Anikó Ajkai bodyweight: 47.30 kg	HUN
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Donka Mincheva bodyweight: 47.70 kg	BUL	Anikó Ajkai bodyweight: 47.30 kg	HUN	Snezhana Popova bodyweight: 47.60 kg	RUS
-48 kg Total, Women	Donka Mincheva bodyweight: 47.70 kg	BUL	Siyka Stoeva bodyweight: 47.80 kg	BUL	Anikó Ajkai bodyweight: 47.30 kg	HUN
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.00 kg	BUL	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.00 kg	SVK	Maria Bohm bodyweight: 52.30 kg	SWE
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.00 kg	BUL	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.00 kg	SVK	Anna Stroubou bodyweight: 52.50 kg	GRE
-53 kg Total, Women	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 52.00 kg	BUL	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.00 kg	SVK	Anna Stroubou bodyweight: 52.50 kg	GRE
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Neli Yankova bodyweight: 54.15 kg	BUL	Dominika Misterska bodyweight: 57.45 kg	POL	Galina Aristova bodyweight: 57.60 kg	RUS
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Neli Yankova bodyweight: 54.15 kg	BUL	Dominika Misterska bodyweight: 57.45 kg	POL	Maria Christoforidou bodyweight: 57.20 kg	GRE
-58 kg Total, Women	Neli Simova bodyweight: 54.15 kg	BUL	Dominika Misterska bodyweight: 57.45 kg	POL	Maria Christoforidou bodyweight: 57.20 kg	GRE
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Gergana Kirilova bodyweight: 62.45 kg	BUL	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.80 kg	RUS	Josefa Pérez bodyweight: 62.50 kg	ESP
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.80 kg	RUS	Gergana Kirilova bodyweight: 62.45 kg	BUL	Josefa Pérez bodyweight: 62.50 kg	ESP
-63 kg Total, Women	Gergana Kirilova bodyweight: 62.45 kg	BUL	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 62.80 kg	RUS	Josefa Pérez bodyweight: 62.50 kg	ESP
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 67.35 kg	HUN	Olga Glaz bodyweight: 68.25 kg	RUS	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 66.00 kg	RUS
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 67.35 kg	HUN	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 66.00 kg	RUS	Beata Prei bodyweight: 68.40 kg	POL
-69 kg Total, Women	Erzsébet Márkus bodyweight: 67.35 kg	HUN	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 66.00 kg	RUS	Beata Prei bodyweight: 68.40 kg	POL
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Ilona Dankó bodyweight: 71.25 kg	HUN	Mónica Carrió bodyweight: 73.80 kg	ESP	Mária Takács bodyweight: 73.15 kg	HUN
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Mária Takács bodyweight: 73.15 kg	HUN	Ilona Dankó bodyweight: 71.25 kg	HUN	Mónica Carrió bodyweight: 73.80 kg	ESP
-75 kg Total, Women	Mária Takács bodyweight: 73.15 kg	HUN	Ilona Dankó bodyweight: 71.25 kg	HUN	Mónica Carrió bodyweight: 73.80 kg	ESP
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Monique Riesterer bodyweight: 86.55 kg	GER	Erika Takács bodyweight: 99.90 kg	HUN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.00 kg	POL
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.00 kg	POL	Monique Riesterer bodyweight: 86.55 kg	GER	Erika Takács bodyweight: 99.90 kg	HUN
+75 kg Total, Women	Monique Riesterer bodyweight: 86.55 kg	GER	Erika Takács bodyweight: 99.90 kg	HUN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.00 kg	POL