1977 European Weightlifting Championships

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The 1977 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1977. This was the 56th edition of the event. There were 128 men in action from 24 nations. This tournament was a part of 1977 World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	102.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	140.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	132.5 kg	Bela Olah  Hungary	127.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	247.5 kg WR	György Kőszegi  Hungary	235.0 kg	Bela Olah  Hungary	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	110.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Frank Mavius  East Germany	140.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	135.0 kg
Total	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	247.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	245.0 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	240.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	122.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	122.5 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Romania	150.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	280.0 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	277.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Daniel Senet  France	135.0 kg	Werner Schraut  West Germany	132.5 kg	Kazimierz Czarnecki  Poland	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	170.0 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	165.0 kg
Total	Soviet Union	302.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	297.5 kg	Werner Schraut  West Germany	292.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	150.0 kg	András Stark  Hungary	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	192.5 kg	Günter Schliwka  East Germany	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	187.5 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	337.5 kg	Günter Schliwka  East Germany	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	192.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	192.5 kg
Total	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	352.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	345.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski  Poland	337.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	162.5 kg	Ferenc Antalovics  Hungary	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	207.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	György Rehus-Uzor  Hungary	190.0 kg
Total	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	375.0 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	370.0 kg	György Rehus-Uzor  Hungary	347.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	170.0 kg	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	205.0 kg	Lennart Dahlgren  Sweden	202.5 kg
Total	Anatoly Kozlov  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	367.5 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	365.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	172.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson  Sweden	220.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	405.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	395.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	182.5 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	237.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	430.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	420.0 kg

Medal table[]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	8	2	0	10
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	0	3
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	4	6
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		10	10	10	30

References[]

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