1974 European Weightlifting Championships

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The 1974 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Verona, Italy from May 27 to June 6, 1974. This was the 53rd edition of the event. There were 162 men in action from 26 nations.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	100.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	97.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	132.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	130.0 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	127.5 kg
Total	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	230.0 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	227.5 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	227.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Anikin  Soviet Union	110.0 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Włodzimierz Jakub  Poland	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	140.0 kg	Vladimir Anikin  Soviet Union	137.5 kg
Total	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	257.5 kg	Vladimir Anikin  Soviet Union	247.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	245.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	120.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	120.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	152.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	150.0 kg
Total	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	272.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	272.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	265.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	132.5 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	127.5 kg	Walter Legel  Austria	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	165.0 kg	Henryk Rum  Poland	160.0 kg
Total	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	300.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	297.5 kg	Walter Legel  Austria	280.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	145.0 kg	András Stark  Hungary	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	182.5 kg
Total	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	340.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	327.5 kg	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	325.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	197.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	187.5 kg
Total	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	347.5 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	345.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	David Rigert  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	212.5 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	210.0 kg	Peter Petzold  East Germany	200.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	385.0 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky  Soviet Union	362.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	165.0 kg	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	227.5 kg	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	220.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	205.0 kg
Total	Valery Ustyuzhin  Soviet Union	390.0 kg	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	387.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	370.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	175.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	235.0 kg	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	235.0 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	225.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	402.5 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	400.0 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	2	2	9
2	Bulgaria	3	3	3	9
3	Poland	1	1	0	2
4	East Germany	0	2	1	3
5	Hungary	0	1	0	1
6	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27

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