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The 1978 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Havířov, Czechoslovakia from June 10 to June 18, 1978. This was the 57th edition of the event. There were 128 men in action from 25 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	105.0 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	105.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	132.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	132.5 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	130.0 kg
Total	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	237.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	237.5 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	235.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Marek Seweryn  Poland	117.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	115.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	142.5 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	142.5 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	140.0 kg
Total	Marek Seweryn  Poland	260.0 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	257.5 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	255.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	125.0 kg	László Száraz  Hungary	125.0 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Valentin Todorov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Marek Sachmaciński  Poland	152.5 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	290.0 kg	László Száraz  Hungary	275.0 kg	Valentin Todorov  Bulgaria	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Ioan Buta  Romania	135.0 kg	Jaroslav Rutter  Czechoslovakia	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	172.5 kg	Ioan Buta  Romania	170.0 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	312.5 kg	Ioan Buta  Romania	305.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	302.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	András Stark  Hungary	150.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	147.5 kg	Zahari Todorov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Zahari Todorov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	182.5 kg
Total	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	342.5 kg	Zahari Todorov  Bulgaria	330.0 kg	András Stark  Hungary	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	157.5 kg	Krasimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	200.0 kg	Krasimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	190.0 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	372.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	357.5 kg	Krasimir Drandarov  Bulgaria	340.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	György Rehus-Uzor  Hungary	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	217.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	215.0 kg	Nikolaos Iliadis  Greece	192.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	397.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	375.0 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	352.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	165.0 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Pierre Gourrier  France	197.5 kg
Total	Sergey Arakelov  Soviet Union	387.5 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	362.5 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	355.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	170.0 kg	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg	György Szalai  Hungary	215.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	210.0 kg
Total	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	402.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	380.0 kg	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	375.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	177.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	235.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	232.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	230.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	407.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	402.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	8	1	0	9
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	4	6
3	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	2	5
5	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	1	3
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)

• European Weightlifting Championships
• 1978 in weightlifting
• 1978 in Czechoslovak sport
• June 1978 sports events in Europe
• International sports competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia
• Sport in Havířov