1997 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1997 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Rijeka, Croatia for the men. The women competition were held in Sevilla, Spain. It was the 76th edition of the men event, and the 10th for the women.

1997 European Championships

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Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 54 kg details	Halil Mutlu	Sevdalin Angelov	Mikhail Shevchenko
– 59 kg details	Nikolay Peshalov	Leonidas Sabanis	Stefan Georgiev
– 64 kg details	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	Zoltán Farkas	Marian-Nicolae Dodita
– 70 kg details	Ergün Batmaz	Zlatan Vanev	Plamen Zhelyazkov
– 76 kg details	Yoto Yotov	Ingo Steinhoefel	Ruslan Savchenko
– 83 kg details	Marc Huster	Dursun Sevinc	Yury Myshkovets
– 91 kg details	Sunay Bulut	Oliver Caruso	Oleh Chumak
– 99 kg details	Stanislav Rybalchenko	Dmitry Smirnov	Martin Tesovic
– 108 kg details	Denys Hotfrid	Evgeny Chichliannikov	Viktors Ščerbatihs
+ 108 kg details	Tibor Stark	Raimonds Bergmanis	Stian Grimseth

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 46 kg details	Estefania Juan	Lyubov Averianova	Donka Mincheva
– 50 kg details	Esma Can	Izabela Dragneva	Rebeca Sires Rodriguez
– 54 kg details	Neli Yankova	Neshlian Demiroz	Dagmar Danekova
– 59 kg details	Fatma Kabadayi	Maria Christoforidou	Josefa Perez
– 64 kg details	Ioanna Chatziioannou	Erzsébet Márkus	Tatyana Tesikova
– 70 kg details	Sule Sahbaz	Irina Kasimova	Ilona Dankó
– 76 kg details	Aysel Özgür	Mária Takács	Monica Carrio
– 83 kg details	Deriya Acikgöz	Albina Khomich	Monique Riesterer
+ 83 kg details	Nurcihan Gonul	Stamatia Bontozi	Katarina Sederholm