| 2012 European Weightlifting Championships | |
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| Venue | Kepez Basket Hall |
| Location | Antalya, Turkey |
| Dates | 9–15 April |
The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships was held at Kepez Basket Hall in Antalya, Turkey from 9 April to 15 April 2012. It was the 91st edition of the event.
+ Doping test: [1]
13 weightlifters (one or multiple prohibited anabolic steroids):
Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)
After doping: [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 |  Moldova (MDA) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 |  Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Albania (ALB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 |  Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 32 | 39 | 38 | 109 | |
Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | |
The competition days were split in A and B groups. [3]
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 56 kg | Snatch | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 125 kg | | 121 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 116 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 155 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 146 kg | Asen Muradov (BUL) | 136 kg | |
| Total | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 280 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 262 kg | | 257 kg | |
| – 62 kg | Snatch | | 142 kg | Florin Croitoru (ROU) | 131 kg | | 130 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Stoyan Enev (BUL) | 160 kg | | 159 kg | | 158 kg | |
| Total | | 301 kg | | 288 kg | Stoyan Enev (BUL) | 282 kg | |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Oleg Chen (RUS) | 158 kg | Bernardin Matam (FRA) | 145 kg | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | 145 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | 178 kg | Sergei Cechir (MDA) | 175 kg | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 175 kg | |
| Total | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | 321 kg | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 318 kg | Bernardin Matam (FRA) | 318 kg | |
| – 77 kg | Snatch | | 159 kg | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | 158 kg | Dmitry Ivanenko (RUS) | 155 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | | 188 kg | Alexandr Spac (MDA) | 187 kg | Semih Yağcı (TUR) | 186 kg | |
| Total | | 347 kg | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | 345 kg | Alexandr Spac (MDA) | 340 kg | |
| – 85 kg | Snatch | | 166 kg | | 165 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 164 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tom Schwarzbach (GER) | 201 kg | | 200 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 195 kg | |
| Total | | 365 kg | | 359 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 359 kg | |
| – 94 kg | Snatch | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 178 kg | Ibrahim Arat (TUR) | 171 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 170 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 224 kg | Intigam Zairov (AZE) | 213 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 212 kg | |
| Total | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 402 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 382 kg | Ibrahim Arat (TUR) | 380 kg | |
| – 105 kg | Snatch | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 185 kg | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 185 kg | Serhiy Tahirov (UKR) | 180 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 220 kg | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 216 kg | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | 212 kg | |
| Total | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 405 kg | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 401 kg | Serhiy Tahirov (UKR) | 390 kg | |
| + 105 kg | Snatch | | 195 kg | Hayk Hakobyan (ARM) | 195 kg | Peter Nagy (HUN) | 192 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Albegov (RUS) | 238 kg | Jiří Orság (CZE) | 235 kg | Andrey Kozlov (RUS) | 235 kg | |
| Total | Ruslan Albegov (RUS) | 429 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 424 kg | | 423 kg | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg | Snatch | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 85 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 81 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 78 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 102 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 100 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 97 kg | |
| Total | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 187 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 177 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 175 kg | |
| – 53 kg | Snatch | | 91 kg | Alena Chychkan (BLR) | 88 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 88 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | | 116 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 113 kg | Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS) | 113 kg | |
| Total | | 207 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 201 kg | Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS) | 201 kg | |
| – 58 kg | Snatch | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 102 kg | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 98 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 95 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 117 kg | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 117 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 116 kg | |
| Total | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 215 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 215 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 211 kg | |
| – 63 kg | Snatch | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 100 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 94 kg | Liudmila Bril (BLR) | 93 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 125 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 116 kg | Neslihan Okumuş (TUR) | 115 kg | |
| Total | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 225 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 210 kg | Neslihan Okumuş (TUR) | 208 kg | |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | | 115 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 115 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 110 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | | 143 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 142 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 137 kg | |
| Total | | 258 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 252 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 252 kg | |
| – 75 kg | Snatch | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 117 kg | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 115 kg | Rumyana Petkova (BUL) | 100 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 150 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 143 kg | | 125 kg | |
| Total | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 265 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 260 kg | | 223 kg | |
| + 75 kg | Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 145 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 123 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 121 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 183 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 153 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 150 kg | |
| Total | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 328 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 274 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 273 kg | |
275 athletes from 36 countries will participate in the championship. [4]
Albania (12) Armenia (3) Azerbaijan (8) Belarus (8)
Belgium (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) Bulgaria (14)
Croatia (5) Cyprus (2) Czech Republic (12)
Denmark (2)
Estonia (2)
Finland (12) France (12) Georgia (4) Germany (11)
Greece (14) Hungary (10)
Ireland (6)
Israel (2) Italy (15)
Kosovo (1)
Latvia (3)
Lithuania (8) Moldova (10)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (1) Poland (15) Romania (10) Russia (15)
Slovakia (10) Spain (10)
Sweden (5) Turkey (15) Ukraine (1)
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