European Weightlifting Championships


European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation. 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
11896Rotterdam1
21897 AustriaVienna1
31898Amsterdam1
41900Rotterdam1
51901Rotterdam1
61902The Hague1
71903Amsterdam1
81904Amsterdam1
91905The Hague1
101906Copenhagen1
111907 AustriaVienna2
121908Malmö1
131909 GermanyDresden2
141910 HungaryBudapest4
151911 GermanyLeipzig2
161912 AustriaVienna4
171913 AustriaBrno4
181914 AustriaVienna5
191921Offenbach5
201924Neunkirchen7
211929Vienna5
221930Munich5
231931Luxembourg5
241933Germany|Nazi

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.
  • 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.

    All-time medal table (1914–2025)

Ranking by Big medals: