1996 European Weightlifting Championships

1996 European Championships

The 1996 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Stavanger, Norway for the men. The women competition were held in Prague, Czech Republic. It was the 75th edition of the men event, and the 9th for the women.

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 54 kg	Halil Mutlu	Stefan Georgiev	Traian Ciharean
– 59 kg	Leonidas Sabanis	Sevdalin Minchev	Marius Ciharean
– 64 kg	Valerios Leonidis	Petar Petrov	Ilian Iliev II
– 70 kg	Zlatan Vanev	Plamen Zhelyazkov	Ergün Batmaz
– 76 kg	Waldemar Kosiński	Sergey Filimonov	Victor Mitrou
– 83 kg	Yury Myshkovets	Bidzina Mikiashvili	Dursun Sevinc
– 91 kg	Sunay Bulut	Oliver Caruso	Plamen Bratoychev
– 99 kg	Akakios Kakiasvilis	Dmitry Smirnov	Viacheslav Ivanovski
– 108 kg	Evgeny Chichliannikov	Nicu Vlad	Vladimir Yemelyanov
+ 108 kg	Leonid Taranenko	Alexey Krusevich	Axel Franz

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 46 kg	Donka Mincheva	Estefania Juan	Esma Can
– 50 kg	Izabela Dragneva	Siyka Stoyeva	Csilla Földi
– 54 kg	Neslihan Demiroz	Neli Yankova	Evdokia Chatziavramidou
– 59 kg	Fatma Kabadayi	Maria Christoforidou	Hatice Demiroz
– 64 kg	Gergana Kirilova	Ioanna Chatziioannou	Tatyana Tesikova
– 70 kg	Sule Sahbaz	Aysel Özgür	Irina Kasimova
– 76 kg	Mária Takács	Derya Açıkgöz	Panagiota Antonopoulou
– 83 kg	Albina Khomich	Monique Riesterer	Karoliina Lundahl
+ 83 kg	Nurcihan Gonul	Sylvia Iskin	Erika Takacs