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The 1997 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Rijeka, Croatia for the men. [1] The women competition were held in Sevilla, Spain. It was the 76th edition of the men event, and the 10th for the women. [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 54 kg |  Halil Mutlu |  Sevdalin Angelov |  Mikhail Shevchenko |
| – 59 kg | Nikolay Peshalov |  Leonidas Sabanis | Stefan Georgiev |
| – 64 kg | Hafız Süleymanoğlu |  Zoltán Farkas |  Marian-Nicolae Dodita |
| – 70 kg | Ergün Batmaz | Zlatan Vanev | Plamen Zhelyazkov |
| – 76 kg | Yoto Yotov |  Ingo Steinhoefel |  Ruslan Savchenko |
| – 83 kg | Marc Huster | Dursun Sevinc | Yury Myshkovets |
| – 91 kg | Sunay Bulut | Oliver Caruso | Oleh Chumak |
| – 99 kg | Stanislav Rybalchenko | Dmitry Smirnov |  Martin Tesovic |
| – 108 kg | Denys Hotfrid | Evgeny Chichliannikov |  Viktors Ščerbatihs |
| + 108 kg | Tibor Stark | Raimonds Bergmanis |  Stian Grimseth |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 46 kg |  Estefania Juan | Lyubov Averianova | Donka Mincheva |
| – 50 kg | Esma Can | Izabela Dragneva | Rebeca Sires Rodriguez |
| – 54 kg | Neli Yankova | Neshlian Demiroz | Dagmar Danekova |
| – 59 kg | Fatma Kabadayi | Maria Christoforidou | Josefa Perez |
| – 64 kg | Ioanna Chatziioannou | Erzsébet Márkus | Tatyana Tesikova |
| – 70 kg | Sule Sahbaz | Irina Kasimova | Ilona Dankó |
| – 76 kg | Aysel Özgür | Mária Takács | Monica Carrio |
| – 83 kg | Deriya Acikgöz | Albina Khomich | Monique Riesterer |
| + 83 kg | Nurcihan Gonul | Stamatia Bontozi |  Katarina Sederholm |