1978 European Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City Athina
Country GRE
Held 15 – 22 July 1978
Competitors 36
Countries 8

World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 14 12 1 27
2 Bulgaria BUL 12 6 9 27
3 East Germany GDR 2 4 10 16
4 Hungary HUN 2 4 4 10
5 Poland POL 1 0 0 1
6 Romania ROU 0 2 5 7
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
8 Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 51.60 kg
Jan Matura
bodyweight: 51.60 kg
URS
POL
Zhenya Sarandaliev
bodyweight: 51.20 kg
BUL
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Zhenya Sarandaliev
bodyweight: 51.20 kg
BUL Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 51.60 kg
URS Ion Bălaș
bodyweight: 51.70 kg
ROU
-52 kg Total, Men Zhenya Sarandaliev
bodyweight: 51.20 kg
BUL Yurik Sarkisyan
bodyweight: 51.60 kg
URS Ion Bălaș
bodyweight: 51.70 kg
ROU
-56 kg Snatch, Men Dmitry Pospelov
bodyweight: 55.30 kg
URS Vasile Roșu
bodyweight: 55.75 kg
ROU Cristian Mateeș
bodyweight: 55.35 kg
ROU
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Dmitry Pospelov
bodyweight: 55.30 kg
URS Anton Kodzhabashev
bodyweight: 55.50 kg
BUL Cristian Mateeș
bodyweight: 55.35 kg
ROU
-56 kg Total, Men Dmitry Pospelov
bodyweight: 55.30 kg
URS Cristian Mateeș
bodyweight: 55.35 kg
ROU Vasile Roșu
bodyweight: 55.57 kg
ROU
-60 kg Snatch, Men Beloslav Manolov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL István Lénárt
bodyweight: 59.70 kg
HUN Redzheb Redzhebov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men István Lénárt
bodyweight: 59.70 kg
HUN Redzheb Redzhebov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL Beloslav Manolov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL
-60 kg Total, Men István Lénárt
bodyweight: 59.70 kg
HUN Beloslav Manolov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL Redzheb Redzhebov
bodyweight: 59.00 kg
BUL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev
bodyweight: 67.00 kg
BUL Joachim Kunz
bodyweight: 66.20 kg
GDR Georgi Petrikov
bodyweight: 66.90 kg
BUL
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yanko Rusev
bodyweight: 67.00 kg
BUL Lajos Dobó
bodyweight: 67.00 kg
HUN Georgi Petrikov
bodyweight: 66.90 kg
BUL
-67.5 kg Total, Men Yanko Rusev
bodyweight: 67.00 kg
BUL Georgi Petrikov
bodyweight: 66.90 kg
BUL Lajos Dobó
bodyweight: 67.00 kg
HUN
-75 kg Snatch, Men Valery Talayev
bodyweight: 74.60 kg
URS Peter Körner
bodyweight: 73.90 kg
GDR Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 74.40 kg
BUL
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 74.40 kg
BUL Valery Talayev
bodyweight: 74.60 kg
URS Peter Körner
bodyweight: 73.90 kg
GDR
-75 kg Total, Men Valery Talayev
bodyweight: 74.60 kg
URS Stanimir Bayraktarov
bodyweight: 74.40 kg
BUL Peter Körner
bodyweight: 73.90 kg
GDR
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Gruzdiev
bodyweight: 80.20 kg
URS Rumen Aleksandrov
bodyweight: 82.00 kg
BUL Frank Hinkler
bodyweight: 81.30 kg
GDR
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rumen Aleksandrov
bodyweight: 82.00 kg
BUL Nikolay Gruzdiev
bodyweight: 80.20 kg
URS Lubomir Usherov
bodyweight: 81.30 kg
BUL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Rumen Aleksandrov
bodyweight: 82.00 kg
BUL Nikolay Gruzdiev
bodyweight: 80.20 kg
URS Lubomir Usherov
bodyweight: 81.30 kg
BUL
-90 kg Snatch, Men Viktor Sots
bodyweight: 88.40 kg
URS Yevgeny Veremienko
bodyweight: 88.90 kg
URS Michael Persson
bodyweight: 88.80 kg
SWE
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yevgeny Veremienko
bodyweight: 88.90 kg
URS Viktor Sots
bodyweight: 88.40 kg
URS Detlef Jahnel
bodyweight: 88.30 kg
GDR
-90 kg Total, Men Yevgeny Veremienko
bodyweight: 88.90 kg
URS Viktor Sots
bodyweight: 88.40 kg
URS Detlef Jahnel
bodyweight: 88.30 kg
GDR
-100 kg Snatch, Men Hennadiy Klymenchukov
bodyweight: 92.00 kg
URS Ferenc Sinkovics
bodyweight: 99.50 kg
HUN Werner Trützschler
bodyweight: 96.60 kg
GDR
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Hennadiy Klymenchukov
bodyweight: 92.00 kg
URS Werner Trützschler
bodyweight: 96.60 kg
GDR Ferenc Sinkovics
bodyweight: 99.50 kg
HUN
-100 kg Total, Men Hennadiy Klymenchukov
bodyweight: 92.00 kg
URS Werner Trützschler
bodyweight: 96.60 kg
GDR Ferenc Sinkovics
bodyweight: 99.50 kg
HUN
-110 kg Snatch, Men Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 100.20 kg
URS Pavel Khek
bodyweight: 109.00 kg
TCH René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 100.60 kg
GDR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 100.60 kg
GDR Mihály Balázs
bodyweight: 109.60 kg
HUN Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 100.20 kg
URS
-110 kg Total, Men René Wyßuwa
bodyweight: 100.60 kg
GDR Sergey Gnezdilov
bodyweight: 100.20 kg
URS Mihály Balázs
bodyweight: 109.60 kg
HUN
+110 kg Snatch, Men Rumen Milchev
bodyweight: 115.60 kg
BUL Anatoly Pisarenko
bodyweight: 110.50 kg
URS Heiner Winkler
bodyweight: 119.80 kg
GDR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rumen Milchev
bodyweight: 115.60 kg
BUL Anatoly Pisarenko
bodyweight: 110.50 kg
URS Heiner Winkler
bodyweight: 119.80 kg
GDR
+110 kg Total, Men Rumen Milchev
bodyweight: 115.60 kg
BUL Anatoly Pisarenko
bodyweight: 110.50 kg
URS Heiner Winkler
bodyweight: 119.80 kg
GDR