European Weightlifting Championships facts for kids
Quick facts for kids European Weightlifting Championships |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sports Event |
Date(s) | Usually April |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 1896 |
Organised by | EWF |
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, the IWF introduced new bodyweight categories.
Editions
Results:
No. M | No. W | Edition | Host Country | Host City | Events |
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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 | |
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 |
103 | 37 | 2025 | Moldova | Chișinău | 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.
All-time medal table (1914–2024)
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 202 | 89 | 34 | 325 |
2 | Bulgaria | 185 | 142 | 101 | 428 |
3 | Russia | 90 | 86 | 51 | 227 |
4 | Turkey | 73 | 48 | 58 | 179 |
5 | Poland | 50 | 78 | 99 | 227 |
6 | Ukraine | 43 | 42 | 38 | 123 |
7 | Armenia | 40 | 43 | 39 | 122 |
8 | Romania | 35 | 46 | 46 | 127 |
9 | Germany | 34 | 53 | 39 | 126 |
10 | Hungary | 30 | 61 | 64 | 155 |
11 | Belarus | 25 | 19 | 29 | 73 |
12 | Italy | 21 | 37 | 35 | 93 |
13 | France | 21 | 26 | 46 | 93 |
14 | Georgia | 20 | 29 | 10 | 59 |
15 | Great Britain | 20 | 23 | 22 | 65 |
16 | Greece | 18 | 24 | 27 | 69 |
17 | Austria | 13 | 16 | 31 | 60 |
18 | Latvia | 13 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
19 | Spain | 11 | 27 | 34 | 72 |
20 | Albania | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
21 | East Germany | 7 | 24 | 52 | 83 |
22 | Moldova | 7 | 11 | 21 | 39 |
23 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
24 | Finland | 6 | 14 | 25 | 45 |
25 | Sweden | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
26 | Unified Team | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
27 | West Germany | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
28 | Denmark | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
29 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
30 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
31 | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
42 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
43 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
44 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
45 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (45 entries) | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,031 | 3,077 |
See also
In Spanish: Campeonato Europeo de Halterofilia para niños
- List of European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships