European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held as one event.

Editions

Results:^[1][2]

No. M No. W Edition Host country Host city Events 1 1896  Netherlands Rotterdam 1 2 1897 Austria Vienna 1 3 1898  Netherlands Amsterdam 1 4 1900  Netherlands Rotterdam 1 5 1901  Netherlands Rotterdam 1 6 1902  Netherlands The Hague 1 7 1903  Netherlands Amsterdam 1 8 1904  Netherlands Amsterdam 1 9 1905  Netherlands The Hague 1 10 1906  Denmark Copenhagen 1 11 1907 Austria Vienna 2 12 1908  Sweden Malmö 1 13 1909 Germany Dresden 2 14 1910 Hungary Budapest 4 15 1911 Germany Leipzig 2 16 1912 Austria Vienna 4 17 1913 Austria Brno 4 18 1914 Austria Vienna 5 19 1921  Germany Offenbach 5 20 1924  Germany Neunkirchen 7 21 1929  Austria Vienna 5 22 1930  Germany Munich 5 23 1931  Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 24 1933  Germany Essen 5 25 1934  Italy Genoa 5 26 1935  France Paris 5 27 1947  Finland Helsinki 6 28 1948  United Kingdom London 6 29 1949  Netherlands The Hague 6 30 1950  France Paris 6 31 1951  Italy Milan 7 32 1952  Finland Helsinki 7 33 1953  Sweden Stockholm 7 34 1954  Austria Vienna 7 35 1955  West Germany Munich 7 36 1956  Finland Helsinki 7 37 1957  Poland Katowice 7 38 1958  Sweden Stockholm 7 39 1959  Poland Warsaw 7 40 1960  Italy Milan 7 41 1961  Austria Vienna 7 42 1962  Hungary Budapest 7 43 1963  Sweden Stockholm 7 44 1964  Soviet Union Moscow 7 45 1965  Bulgaria Sofia 7 46 1966  East Germany Berlin 7 47 1968  Soviet Union Leningrad 7 48 1969  Poland Warsaw 36 49 1970  Hungary Szombathely 36 50 1971  Bulgaria Sofia 36 51 1972  Romania Constanţa 36 52 1973  Spain Madrid 27 53 1974  Italy Verona 27 54 1975  Soviet Union Moscow 27 55 1976  East Germany Berlin 27 56 1977  West Germany Stuttgart 30 57 1978  Czechoslovakia Havířov 30 58 1979  Bulgaria Varna 30 59 1980  Yugoslavia Belgrade 30 60 1981  France Lille 30

No. M No. W Edition Host country Host city Events 61 1982  Yugoslavia Ljubljana 30 62 1983  Soviet Union Moscow 30 63 1984  Spain Vitoria 30 64 1985  Poland Katowice 30 65 1986  East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt 30 66 1987  France Reims 30 67 1988  United Kingdom Cardiff 30 – 1 1988  San Marino City of San Marino 27 68 1989  Greece Athens 30 – 2 1989  United Kingdom Manchester 27 69 1990  Denmark Ålborg 30 – 3 1990  Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife 27 70 1991  Poland Władysławowo 30 – 4 1991  Bulgaria Varna 27 71 1992  Hungary Szekszárd 30 – 5 1992  Portugal Loures 27 72 1993  Bulgaria Sofia 30 – 6 1993  Spain Valencia 27 73 1994  Czechoslovakia Sokolov 30 – 7 1994  Italy Rome 27 74 1995  Poland Warsaw 30 – 8 1995  Israel Beer Sheva 27 75 1996  Norway Stavanger 30 – 9 1996  Czech Republic Prague 27 76 1997  Croatia Rijeka 30 – 10 1997  Spain Sevilla 27 77 11 1998  Germany Riesa 45 78 12 1999  Spain A Coruña 45 79 13 2000  Bulgaria Sofia 45 80 14 2001  Slovakia Trenčín 45 81 15 2002  Turkey Antalya 45 82 16 2003  Greece Loutraki 45 83 17 2004  Ukraine Kyiv 45 84 18 2005  Bulgaria Sofia 45 85 19 2006  Poland Władysławowo 45 86 20 2007  France Strasbourg 45 87 21 2008  Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro 45 88 22 2009  Romania Bucharest 45 89 23 2010  Belarus Minsk 45 90 24 2011  Russia Kazan 45 91 25 2012  Turkey Antalya 45 92 26 2013  Albania Tirana 45 93 27 2014  Israel Tel Aviv 45 94 28 2015  Georgia Tbilisi 45 95 29 2016  Norway Førde 45 96 30 2017  Croatia Split 48 97 31 2018  Romania Bucharest 48 98 32 2019  Georgia Batumi 60 99 33 2021  Russia Moscow 60 100 34 2022  Albania Tirana 60 101 35 2023  Armenia Yerevan 60 102 36 2024  Bulgaria Sofia 60

Team ranking

• History - Team ranking system ^[3]
• Team ranking was started from 1949
• 1–7 August 1948 FIH Congress, London : For the team classification 5-3-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 3rd place.
• 2–7 November 1957 FIHC Congress, Teheran : For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place.
• 3–24 May 1958 Tokyo : For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.
• 4- 1973 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place (only for the total).
• 5- 1977 : For the team classification 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 10th place for the individual lifts and the total.
• 6- 12–14 January 1984 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Herzogenaurach. 27 July, IWF Congress, Los Angeles: For the team classification 16-14-13-12-11-10-9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 15th place.
• 7–1 May 1996 IWF Executive Board Meeting, Warsaw : For the team classification 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place.
• 10 and 11 December 1996, IWF Congress, Athens: Two-Year-Suspension for a first doping offence.

Year	Host		Men				Women
			1	2	3		1	2	3
1998	Riesa, Germany		Bulgaria 549	Russia 530	Germany 458		Hungary 514	Russia 471	Bulgaria 467
1999	Seville, Spain		Turkey 682	Spain 608	Russia 524		Turkey 647	Greece 586	Spain 584
2000	Sofia, Bulgaria		Bulgaria 610	Turkey 525	Russia 464		Bulgaria 522	Russia 438	Ukraine 343
2001	Trenčín, Slovakia		Russia 538	Turkey 504	Poland 498		Russia 492	Hungary 483	Spain 400
2002	Antalya, Turkey		Bulgaria 599	Turkey 486	Russia 368		Turkey 522	Russia 496	Poland 466
2003	Loutraki, Greece		Turkey 598	Russia 553	Bulgaria 544		Turkey 521	Russia 501	Bulgaria 441
2004	Kyiv, Ukraine		Turkey 591	Bulgaria 442	Russia 416		Turkey 478	Poland 438	Bulgaria 436
2005	Sofia, Bulgaria		Bulgaria 519	Turkey 488	Russia 473		Russia 567	Poland 456	Bulgaria 451
2006	Władysławowo, Poland		Belarus 486	Poland 485	Bulgaria 435		Russia 483	Ukraine 434	Poland 386
2007	Strasbourg, France		Russia 546	Belarus 523	Turkey 506		Russia 486	Ukraine 459	Turkey 448
2008	Lignano, Italy		Russia 598	France 457	Azerbaijan 427		Ukraine 471	Russia 454	Turkey 449
2009	Bucharest, Romania		Russia	Turkey	Azerbaijan		Russia	Turkey	Ukraine
2010	Minsk, Belarus		Turkey 538	Armenia 496	Poland 460		Russia 498	Turkey 497	Poland 416
2011	Kazan, Russia		Turkey 470	Poland 467	Moldova 431		Russia 559	Turkey 517	Poland 413
2012	Antalya, Turkey		Moldova 500	Russia 482	Turkey 473		Russia 530	Turkey 441	Poland 417
2013	Tirana, Albania		Russia 638	Bulgaria 507	Albania 355		Poland 469	France 311	Italy 310
2014	Tel Aviv, Israel		Russia 524	Bulgaria 535	Poland 491		Russia 539	Ukraine 443	Poland 443
2015	Tbilisi, Georgia		Russia 478	Armenia 421	Turkey 416		Ukraine 478	Russia 421	Turkey 416
2016	Førde, Norway		Russia 524	Armenia 503	Turkey 501		Armenia 449	Ukraine 435	Turkey 399
2017	Split, Croatia		Russia 501	Turkey 462	Poland 399		Russia 588	Ukraine 492	Spain 464
2018	Bucharest, Romania		Georgia 575	Romania 528	Poland 451		Romania 512	Poland 429	Italy 412
2019	Batumi, Georgia		Georgia 636	Belarus 634	Armenia 596		Russia 736	Turkey 575	Romania 480
2021	Moscow, Russia		Bulgaria 685	Armenia 620	Georgia 612		Russia 699	Turkey 616	Ukraine 600
2022	Tirana, Albania		Bulgaria 746	Armenia 667	Georgia 647		Turkey 690	Ukraine 686	Great Britain 381
2023	Yerevan, Armenia		Armenia 762	Georgia 695	Turkey 587		Turkey 650	Ukraine 647	Armenia 554

All-time medal table (1914–2023)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	202	89	34	325
2	Bulgaria	184	142	101	427
3	Russia	90	86	51	227
4	Turkey	72	45	55	172
5	Poland	49	77	98	224
6	Ukraine	41	40	38	119
7	Armenia	36	40	36	112
8	Germany	34	53	36	123
9	Romania	33	46	46	125
10	Hungary	30	61	64	155
11	Belarus	25	19	29	73
12	France	21	25	46	92
13	Georgia	20	27	9	56
14	Italy	19	35	35	89
15	Great Britain	19	23	22	64
16	Greece	18	24	27	69
17	Austria	13	16	31	60
18	Latvia	13	5	10	28
19	Spain	11	27	33	71
20	Albania	9	12	12	33
21	East Germany	7	24	52	83
22	Moldova	7	10	20	37
23	Finland	6	14	24	44
24	Sweden	6	9	15	30
25	Azerbaijan	6	4	7	17
26	Unified Team	6	3	3	12
27	West Germany	4	8	8	20
28	Denmark	4	4	1	9
29	Egypt	4	0	2	6
30	Belgium	3	4	9	16
31	Norway	3	3	2	8
32	Czechoslovakia	2	15	32	49
33	Croatia	2	1	1	4
34	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
35	Lithuania	1	4	4	9
36	Portugal	1	3	2	6
37	Slovakia	1	2	4	7
38	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
39	Luxembourg	1	1	0	2
40	Switzerland	1	0	5	6
41	Israel	0	1	3	4
42	Cyprus	0	1	2	3
43	Estonia	0	1	1	2
44	Serbia	0	0	2	2
Totals (44 entries)		1007	1006	1014	3027