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.

Format 1896-1924: Different combined events until 1924

1896-1907: No bodyweight categories

Triathlon and Duathlon 1929 - 1992

1929 - 1972 the competed triathlon included the exercises press, snatch and clean & jerk. Except 1933 - left hand snatch, right hand snatch, two hand press, two hand snatch, two hand clean & jerk. From 1973 onwards, it is reduced to a duathlon after deletion of press. Since 1969, there are also European Championship medals awarded in the single exercises.

In 1993, 2018 and 2025 the IWF introduced new bodyweight categories.

Editions Results:

No. MNo. WEditionHost countryHost cityEvents 1 1896 Rotterdam 1 2 1897 Austria Vienna 1 3 1898 Amsterdam 1 4 1900 Rotterdam 1 5 1901 Rotterdam 1 6 1902 The Hague 1 7 1903 Amsterdam 1 8 1904 Amsterdam 1 9 1905 The Hague 1 10 1906 Copenhagen 1 11 1907 Austria Vienna 2 12 1908 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 Offenbach 5 20 1924 Neunkirchen 7 21 1929 Vienna 5 22 1930 Munich 5 23 1931 Luxembourg 5 24 1933 Essen 5 25 1934 Genoa 5 26 1935 Paris 5 27 1947 Helsinki 6 28 1948 London 6 29 1949 The Hague 6 30 1950 Paris 6 31 1951 Milan 7 32 1952 Helsinki 7 33 1953 Stockholm 7 34 1954 Vienna 7 35 1955 Munich 7 36 1956 Helsinki 7 37 1957 Katowice 7 38 1958 Stockholm 7 39 1959 Warsaw 7 40 1960 Milan 7 41 1961 Vienna 7 42 1962 Budapest 7 43 1963 Stockholm 7 44 1964 Moscow 7 45 1965 Sofia 7 46 1966 Berlin 7 47 1968 Leningrad 7 48 1969 Warsaw 36 49 1970 Szombathely 36 50 1971 Sofia 36 51 1972 Constanţa 36 52 1973 Madrid 27 53 1974 Verona 27 54 1975 Moscow 27 55 1976 Berlin 27 56 1977 Stuttgart 30 57 1978 Havířov 30 58 1979 Varna 30 59 1980 Belgrade 30 60 1981 Lille 30 61 1982 Ljubljana 30 62 1983 Moscow 30 63 1984 Vitoria 30 64 1985 Katowice 30 65 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt 30 66 1987 Reims 30 67 1988 Cardiff 30 – 1 1988 City of San Marino 27 68 1989 Athens 30 – 2 1989 Manchester 27 69 1990 Ålborg 30 – 3 1990 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 27 70 1991 Władysławowo 30 – 4 1991 Varna 27 71 1992 Szekszárd 30 – 5 1992 Loures 27 72 1993 Sofia 30 – 6 1993 Valencia 27 73 1994 Sokolov 30 – 7 1994 Rome 27 74 1995 Warsaw 30 – 8 1995 Beer Sheva 27 75 1996 Stavanger 30 – 9 1996 Prague 27 76 1997 Rijeka 30 – 10 1997 Sevilla 27 77 11 1998 Riesa 45 78 12 1999 A Coruña 45 79 13 2000 Sofia 45 80 14 2001 Trenčín 45 81 15 2002 Antalya 45 82 16 2003 Loutraki 45 83 17 2004 Kyiv 45 84 18 2005 Sofia 45 85 19 2006 Władysławowo 45 86 20 2007 Strasbourg 45 87 21 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro 45 88 22 2009 Bucharest 45 89 23 2010 Minsk 45 90 24 2011 Kazan 45 91 25 2012 Antalya 45 92 26 2013 Tirana 45 93 27 2014 Tel Aviv 45 94 28 2015 Tbilisi 45 95 29 2016 Førde 45 96 30 2017 Split 48 97 31 2018 Bucharest 48 98 32 2019 Batumi 60 99 33 2021 Moscow 60100 34 2022 Tirana 60101 35 2023 Yerevan 60102 36 2024 Sofia 60103 37 2025 Chișinău 60104 38 2026 Batumi 48105 39 2027 Antalya

Team ranking History - Team ranking system 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.

YearHostMenWomen1 2 31 2 31998 Riesa, Germany 549 530 458 514 471 4671999 Seville, Spain 682 608 524 647 586 5842000 Sofia, Bulgaria 610 525 464 522 438 3432001 Trenčín, Slovakia 538 504 498 492 483 4002002 Antalya, Turkey 599 486 368 522 496 4662003 Loutraki, Greece 598 553 544 521 501 4412004 Kyiv, Ukraine 591 442 416 478 438 4362005 Sofia, Bulgaria 519 488 473 567 456 4512006 Władysławowo, Poland 486 485 435 483 434 3862007 Strasbourg, France 546 523 506 486 459 4482008 Lignano, Italy 598 457 427 471 454 4492009 Bucharest, Romania2010 Minsk, Belarus 538 496 460 498 497 4162011 Kazan, Russia 470 467 431 559 517 4132012 Antalya, Turkey 500 482 473 530 441 4172013 Tirana, Albania 638 507 355 469 311 3102014 Tel Aviv, Israel 524 535 491 539 443 4432015 Tbilisi, Georgia 478 421 416 478 421 4162016 Førde, Norway 524 503 501 449 435 399 2017 Split, Croatia 501 462 399 588 492 4642018 Bucharest, Romania 575 528 451 512 429 4122019 Batumi, Georgia 636 634 596 736 575 4802021 Moscow, Russia 685 620 612 699 616 6002022 Tirana, Albania 746 667 647 690 686 3812023 Yerevan, Armenia 762 695 587 650 647 5542024 Sofia, Bulgaria 696 669 628 654 535 4852025 Chișinău, Moldova 652 648 571 581 569 541 2026 Batumi, Georgia 567 540 539 463 442 424

All-time medal table (1914–2026) Ranking by Big (Total result) medals:

See also List of European Weightlifting Championships medalists European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships

References

External links New site of European Weitlifting Federation Past site of European Weitlifting Federation Wayback Machine International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) European Championships From 1907 to Today @ Lift Up: Search Database Weightlifting IWRP 1990-2021 Results EWF Results Past Results