1985 European Weightlifting Championships

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The 1985 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Katowice, Poland from May 21 to May 26, 1985. This was the 64th edition of the event. There were 120 men in action from 22 nations.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Romania	105.0 kg	Hungary	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	140.0 kg	Poland	130.0 kg	Hungary	127.5 kg
Total	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	250.0 kg	Hungary	227.5 kg	Romania	225.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Frank Mavius  East Germany	122.5 kg	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union	117.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	147.5 kg
Total	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	280.0 kg	Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union	270.0 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	270.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Naum Shalamanov  Bulgaria	140.0 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Constantin Chiru  Romania	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Naum Shalamanov  Bulgaria	172.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Andreas Letz  East Germany	167.5 kg
Total	Naum Shalamanov  Bulgaria	312.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	297.5 kg	Andreas Letz  East Germany	287.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Marek Seweryn  Poland	150.0 kg	Andreas Behm  East Germany	150.0 kg	Bulgaria	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mikhail Petrov  Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Andreas Behm  East Germany	195.0 kg	East Germany	182.5 kg
Total	Andreas Behm  East Germany	345.0 kg	Mikhail Petrov  Bulgaria	342.5 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	330.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	155.0 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	195.0 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	190.0 kg
Total	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria	360.0 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	350.0 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	345.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Hungary	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	215.0 kg	Zdravko Stoichkov  Bulgaria	215.0 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	210.0 kg
Total	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	392.5 kg	Zdravko Stoichkov  Bulgaria	382.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	380.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Viktor Solodov  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Andrzej Piotrowski  Poland	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Bulgaria	222.5 kg	Viktor Solodov  Soviet Union	222.5 kg	Poland	215.0 kg
Total	Viktor Solodov  Soviet Union	402.5 kg	Bulgaria	400.0 kg	Poland	390.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Nicu Vlad  Romania	185.0 kg	Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	217.5 kg	Nicu Vlad  Romania	215.0 kg	East Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Nicu Vlad  Romania	400.0 kg	Soviet Union	392.5 kg	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	390.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Anton Baraniak  Czechoslovakia	180.0 kg	Milos Ciernik  Czechoslovakia	177.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	222.5 kg	Anton Baraniak  Czechoslovakia	222.5 kg	Milos Ciernik  Czechoslovakia	217.5 kg
Total	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	407.5 kg	Anton Baraniak  Czechoslovakia	402.5 kg	Milos Ciernik  Czechoslovakia	395.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Gunyashev  Soviet Union	192.5 kg	Robert Skolimowski  Poland	190.0 kg	Senno Salzwedel  East Germany	187.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Senno Salzwedel  East Germany	227.5 kg	Aleksandr Gunyashev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg
Total	Aleksandr Gunyashev  Soviet Union	417.5 kg	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	415.0 kg	Senno Salzwedel  East Germany	415.0 kg

Medal table[]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	3	0	8
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	2	9
3	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	3	5
4	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
7	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 nations)		10	10	10	30

References[]

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• Панорама спортивного года 1985 / Сост. В. Л. Штейнбах — М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1986. (in Russian)