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European Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Summary

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	European Weightlifting Championships
status	Active
genre	Sports Event
date	Usually April
begins	1896
frequency	Annual
location	Various
first	1896
founder_name	EWF
last	Sofia 2024
prev	Sofia 2024
next	Chisinau 2025
participants	49 Countries
area	Europe
activity	Weightlifting
organised	EWF
member	46 Full Members
3 Affiliated Members
website	https://ewf.sport/

3 Affiliated Members

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. M	No. W	Edition	Host country	Host city	Events
1		1896		Rotterdam	1
2		1897	[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg	22 px]] 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	[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg	22 px]] Austria	Vienna	2
12		1908		Malmö	1
13		1909	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22 px]] Germany	Dresden	2
14		1910	[[File:Hungary flag 1867.png	22 px]] Hungary	Budapest	4
15		1911	[[File:Flag of the German Empire.svg	22 px]] Germany	Leipzig	2
16		1912	[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg	22 px]] Austria	Vienna	4
17		1913	[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg	22 px]] Austria	Brno	4
18		1914	[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg	22 px]] 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	GER	Essen	5
25		1934	ITA	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	POL	Katowice	7
38		1958		Stockholm	7
39		1959	POL	Warsaw	7
40		1960		Milan	7
41		1961		Vienna	7
42		1962		Budapest	7
43		1963		Stockholm	7
44		1964	URS	Moscow	7
45		1965	BUL	Sofia	7
46		1966		Berlin	7
47		1968	URS	Leningrad	7
48		1969	POL	Warsaw	36
49		1970		Szombathely	36
50		1971	BUL	Sofia	36
51		1972	ROM	Constanţa	36
52		1973	ESP	Madrid	27
53		1974		Verona	27
54		1975	URS	Moscow	27
55		1976		Berlin	27
56		1977		Stuttgart	30
57		1978		Havířov	30
58		1979	BUL	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	SMR	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	BLR	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	60
100	34	2022		Tirana	60
101	35	2023		Yerevan	60
102	36	2024		Sofia	60
103	37	2025		Chișinău	60
104	38	2026		Batumi	60

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.

Year	Host	Men	Women	1		width=150
1998	GER Riesa, Germany	549	530	458	514
1999	ESP Seville, Spain	682	608	524	647
2000	BUL Sofia, Bulgaria	610	525	464	522
2001	SVK Trenčín, Slovakia	538	504	498	492
2002	TUR Antalya, Turkey	599	486	368	522
2003	GRE Loutraki, Greece	598	553	544	521
2004	UKR Kyiv, Ukraine	591	442	416	478
2005	BUL Sofia, Bulgaria	519	488	473	567
2006	POL Władysławowo, Poland	486	485	435	483
2007	FRA Strasbourg, France	546	523	506	486
2008	ITA Lignano, Italy	598	457	427	471
2009	ROU Bucharest, Romania
2010	BLR Minsk, Belarus	538	496	460	498
2011	RUS Kazan, Russia	470	467	431	559
2012	TUR Antalya, Turkey	500	482	473	530
2013	ALB Tirana, Albania	638	507	355	469
2014	ISR Tel Aviv, Israel	524	535	491	539
2015	GEO Tbilisi, Georgia	478	421	416	478
2016	NOR Førde, Norway	524	503	501	449
2017	CRO Split, Croatia		501	462	399	588
2018	ROU Bucharest, Romania	575	528	451	512
2019	GEO Batumi, Georgia	636	634	596	736
2021	RUS Moscow, Russia	685	620	612	699
2022	ALB Tirana, Albania	746	667	647	690
2023	ARM Yerevan, Armenia	762	695	587	650
2024	BUL Sofia, Bulgaria		696	669	628

All-time medal table (1914–2025)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals:

References

"HALTEROPEDIA - Championnats d'Europe - Europe Senior".
"European Championships From 1907 to Today @ Lift Up: Search".
https://sport-record.de/schwerathletik/schwerathletik-overview.html {{Bare URL inline. (August 2024)
https://sport-record.de/gewichtheben/weightlifting-ewf-comp-h.html {{Bare URL inline. (August 2024)
https://sport-record.de/gewichtheben/weightlifting-ewf-comp.html {{Bare URL inline. (August 2024)
"History - International Weightlifting FederationInternational Weightlifting Federation". Iwf.net.

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