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The 1998 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Riesa, Germany in April 1998. It was the 77th edition of the European Weightlifting Championships. There were a total number of 144 competing athletes from 29 nations.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 56 kg |  Ivan Ivanov |  Sedat Artuç | Naiden Russev |
| – 62 kg | Stefan Georgiev |  Leonidas Sabanis | Mücahit Yağcı |
| – 69 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov | Ergün Batmaz |  Sergey Lavrenov |
| – 77 kg | Zlatan Vanev |  Giorgi Asanidze |  Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan |
| – 85 kg |  Marc Huster | Pyrros Dimas | Dursun Sevinç |
| – 94 kg | Oliver Caruso | Ivan Chakarov | Kakhi Kakhiashvili |
| – 105 kg |  Viacheslav Ivanovski | Evgeny Chichliannikov |  Dariusz Osuch |
| + 105 kg | Ronny Weller | Andrei Chemerkin | Ara Vardanyan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg | Donka Mincheva | Siyka Stoyeva |  Aniko Ajkai |
| – 53 kg | Izabela Dragneva |  Dagmar Daneková | Anna Stroubou |
| – 58 kg | Neli Simova | Dominika Misterska | Maria Christoforidou |
| – 63 kg | Gergana Kirilova | Valentina Popova |  Josefa Pérez |
| – 69 kg | Erzsébet Márkus | Svetlana Kabirova | Beata Prei |
| – 75 kg | Mária Takács | Ilona Danko | Mónica Carrio |
| + 75 kg | Monique Riesterer | Erika Takács | Agata Wróbel |
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