| 2010 European Weightlifting Championships | |
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| Location | Minsk, Belarus |
| Dates | 2–11 April |
The 2010 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Minsk, Belarus from 2 April to 11 April 2010. It was the 89th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.
Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)
* Host nation (Belarus)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 15 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 |  Armenia (ARM) | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 |  Turkey (TUR) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 |  Belarus (BLR)* | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 |  Romania (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 |  Albania (ALB) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 13 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | |
Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals
* Host nation (Belarus)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Armenia (ARM) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR)* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 44 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 56 kg | Snatch | Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | 118 kg | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 116 kg | Iuri Dudoglo (MDA) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Smbat Margaryan (ARM) | 146 kg EJR | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 139 kg | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 138 kg | |
| Total | Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | 256 kg | Smbat Margaryan (ARM) | 255 kg | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 254 kg | |
| – 62 kg | Snatch | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 139 kg | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 136 kg | Henadzi Makhveyenia (BLR) | 136 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Antoniu Buci (ROU) | 165 kg | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 165 kg | Oleg Sirghi (MDA) | 160 kg | |
| Total | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 304 kg | Antoniu Buci (ROU) | 300 kg | Henadzi Makhveyenia (BLR) | 291 kg | |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Ninel Miculescu (ROU) | 153 kg | Mete Binay (TUR) | 149 kg | Mikhail Gobeev (RUS) | 148 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ninel Miculescu (ROU) | 180 kg | Mikhail Gobeev (RUS) | 171 kg | Alexandru Spac (MDA) | 168 kg | |
| Total | Ninel Miculescu (ROU) | 333 kg | Mikhail Gobeev (RUS) | 319 kg | Mete Binay (TUR) | 314 kg | |
| – 77 kg | Snatch | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 165 kg | Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) | 160 kg | Samet Keles (TUR) | 158 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 195 kg | Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) | 191 kg | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | 190 kg | |
| Total | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 360 kg | Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) | 351 kg | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | 344 kg | |
| – 85 kg | Snatch | Mikalai Novikau (BLR) | 171 kg | İzzet İnce (TUR) | 170 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 165 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Gevorik Poghosyan (ARM) | 204 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 203 kg | Yuriy Chykyda (UKR) | 197 kg | |
| Total | Gevorik Poghosyan (ARM) | 369 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 368 kg | Mikalai Novikau (BLR) | 367 kg | |
| – 94 kg | Snatch | Artem Ivanov (UKR) | 180 kg | Arsen Kasabiev (POL) | 176 kg | Evgheni Bratan (MDA) | 170 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Arsen Kasabiev (POL) | 216 kg | Antolii Ciricu (MDA) | 208 kg | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | 205 kg | |
| Total | Arsen Kasabiev (POL) | 392 kg | Artem Ivanov (UKR) | 383 kg | Antolii Ciricu (MDA) | 376 kg | |
| – 105 kg | Snatch | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | 193 kg | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | 185 kg | Mykola Hordiychuk (UKR) | 180 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | 224 kg | Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) | 221 kg | Artur Babayan (ARM) | 216 kg | |
| Total | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | 409 kg | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | 408 kg | Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) | 396 kg | |
| +105 kg | Snatch | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 205 kg | Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) | 195 kg | Almir Velagic (GER) | 190 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) | 237 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 236 kg | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 235 kg | |
| Total | Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) | 440 kg | Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) | 432 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 426 kg | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg | Snatch | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 90 kg | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 83 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 79 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 118 kg ER | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 96 kg | Şaziye Okur (TUR) | 95 kg | |
| Total | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 208 kg | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 179 kg | Şaziye Okur (TUR) | 173 kg | |
| – 53 kg | Snatch | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 88 kg | Valiantsi Liakhavets (BLR) | 87 kg | Boyanka Kostova (BUL) | 87 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 120 kg ER | Boyanka Kostova (BUL) | 112 kg | Valiantsi Liakhavets (BLR) | 111 kg | |
| Total | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 208 kg | Boyanka Kostova (BUL) | 199 kg | Valiantsi Liakhavets (BLR) | 198 kg | |
| – 58 kg | Snatch | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 105 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 96 kg | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | 96 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 133 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 111 kg | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | 110 kg | |
| Total | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 238 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 207 kg | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | 206 kg | |
| – 63 kg | Snatch | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 114 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 110 kg | Marina Shainova (RUS) | 100 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 134 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 130 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 130 kg | |
| Total | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 244 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 244 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 229 kg | |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 117 kg | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 115 kg | Yuliya Artemova (UKR) | 111 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 145 kg | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 145 kg | Yuliya Artemova (UKR) | 131 kg | |
| Total | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 262 kg | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 260 kg | Yuliya Artemova (UKR) | 242 kg | |
| – 75 kg | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 129 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 127 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 156 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 155 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 140 kg | |
| Total | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 285 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 282 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 255 kg | |
| +75 kg | Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 135 kg | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 117 kg | Volha Kniazhyshcha (BLR) | 116 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 162 kg | Volha Kniazhyshcha (BLR) | 141 kg | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 140 kg | |
| Total | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 297 kg | Volha Kniazhyshcha (BLR) | 257 kg | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 257 kg | |
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