This is a list of European Championships medalists in Weightlifting from 1997 to 2018. The list, in order to be complete, miss medalists between 1896 and 1996.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Split |  Diana Mstieva |  Valentyna Kisil |  Tatev Hakobyan |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Split | Tatiana Kashirina | Anastasiya Lysenko |  Krisztina Magát |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 Dresden |  Moritz Becker | Max Seyfert |  Adolf Welz |
| 1910–1911 | not included in the program | ||
| 1912 Vienna | Emil Kliment | Gustav Kubu | Rudolf Tamme |
| 1913 Brno | Emil Kliment | Jozef Wecht | Hugo Gold |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 Dresden | Rudolf Gross | Max Kempe | Kurt Dininger |
| 1910–1911 | not included in the program | ||
| 1912 Vienna | Josef Kammerer | Franz Zuba | Karl Hübner |
| 1913–1992 | not included in the program | ||
| 1993 Sofia |  Yoto Yotov |  Waldemar Kosiński | Ramzan Musayev |
| 1994 Sokolov | Yoto Yotov |  Fedail Guler | Ergun Batmaz |
| 1995 Warsaw | Fedail Guler | Waldemar Kosiński | Attila Feri |
| 1996 Stavanger | Zlatan Vanev | Plamen Zhelyazkov | Ergün Batmaz |
| 1997 Rijeka | Ergun Batmaz | Zlatan Vanev | Plamen Zhelyazkov |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 Brno | Franz Zuba | Karl Swoboda II | Jiri Bailei |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 Vienna | | | |
| 1908 Malmö | |||
| 1909 Dresden | |||
| 1910 Budapest | |||
| 1911 Leipzig | |||
| 1912 Vienna |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 Vienna | |||
| 1908 Malmö | |||
| 1909 Dresden | |||
| 1910 Budapest | |||
| 1911 Leipzig | |||
| 1912 Vienna |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Rotterdam | |||
| 1897 Vienna | |||
| 1898 Amsterdam | |||
| 1900 Rotterdam | |||
| 1901 Rotterdam | |||
| 1902 The Hague | |||
| 1903 Amsterdam | |||
| 1904 Amsterdam | |||
| 1905 The Hague | |||
| 1906 Copenhagen | |||
| 1907 Vienna | |||
| 1908–1912 | not included in the program | ||
| 1913 Brno | |||
| 1914 Vienna | |||
| 1921 Offenbach | |||
| 1924 Neunkirchen | |||
| 1929 Vienna | |||
| 1930 Munich | |||
| 1931 Luxembourg | |||
| 1933 Essen | |||
| 1934 Genoa | |||
| 1935 Paris | |||
| 1947 Helsinki | |||
| 1948 London | |||
| 1949 The Hague | |||
| 1950 Paris | |||
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Donka Mincheva |  Estefania Juan | Esma Can |
| 1997 Sevilla | Estefania Juan | Lyubov Averianova | Donka Mincheva |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Izabela Dragneva | Silka Stoyeva | Csilla Földi |
| 1997 Sevilla | Esma Can | Izabela Dragneva | Rebeca Sires Rodriguez |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Neshlian Demiroz | Neli Yankova |  Ioanna Chatzioannou |
| 1997 Sevilla | Neli Yankova | Neshlian Demiroz |  Dagmar Danekova |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Fatma Kabadayi | Maria Christoforidou | Hatice Demiroz |
| 1997 Sevilla | Fatma Kabadayi | Maria Christoforidou | Josefa Perez |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Gergana Kirillova | Ioanna Chatzioannou | Tatyana Tesikova |
| 1997 Sevilla | Ioanna Chatzioannou | Erzsébet Márkus | Tatyana Tesikova |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Sule Sahbaz | Aysel Özgür | Irina Kasimova |
| 1997 Sevilla | Sule Sahbaz | Irina Kasimova | Ilona Dankó |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Mária Takács | Derya Açıkgöz | Panagiota Antonopoulou |
| 1997 Sevilla | Aysel Özgür | Mária Takács | Monica Carrio |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Albina Khomich |  Monique Riesterer |  Karolina Lundaahl |
| 1997 Sevilla | Derya Açıkgöz | Albina Khomich | Monique Riesterer |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Prague | Nurcihan Gonul |  Sylvia Iskin | Erika Takács |
| 1997 Sevilla | Nurcihan Gonul | Stamatia Bontozi | Katarina Sederholm |
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