1983 European Weightlifting Championships

The 62nd European Men's Weightlifting Championships took place from October 22 to 31, 1983 in the Izmailovo Sports Palace in the Soviet capital, Moscow , and were integrated into the 57th World Weightlifting Championships .

Results

Class up to 52 kg (fly weight)

Saturday: October 22, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Bulgaria 1971 Neno Tersijski	115.0 kg	Poland 1980 Jacek Gutowski	112.5 kg	Hungary 1957 Béla Oláh	107.5 kg
Bump	Bulgaria 1971 Neno Tersijski	145.0 kg 000	Poland 1980 Stefan Leletko	140.0 kg	Poland 1980 Jacek Gutowski	137.5 kg
Duel	Bulgaria 1971 Neno Tersijski	260.0 kg	Poland 1980 Jacek Gutowski	250.0 kg	Poland 1980 Stefan Leletko	247.5 kg

Terziyski managed to push 150.0 kg in an additional attempt.

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

Sunday: October 23, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Bulgaria 1971 Naum Suleymanov	130.0 kg	Soviet Union Oksen Mirsojan	127.5 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Letz	120.0 kg
Bump	Soviet Union Oksen Mirsojan	165.0 kg 000	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Letz	160.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Naum Suleymanov	160.0 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Oksen Mirsojan	292.5 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Naum Suleymanov	290.0 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Letz	280.0 kg

Andreas Letz improved his own world record to 161.0 kg in pushing, but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 160.0 kg were included in the rating. Oksen Mirsojan then increased the world record to 165.0 kg and then to 167.0 kg .

Class up to 60 kg (feather weight)

Monday: October 24, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Soviet Union Jurik Sarkisjan	137.5 kg 000	Poland 1980 Marek Seweryn	135.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Stefan Topurow	132.5 kg
Bump	Bulgaria 1971 Stefan Topurow	180.0 kg	Soviet Union Jurik Sarkisjan	175.0 kg	Romania 1965 Gelu Radu	162.5 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Jurik Sarkisjan	312.5 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Stefan Topurow	312.5 kg	Romania 1965 Gelu Radu	292.5 kg

Sarkisjan set a new world record in snatch with 137.5 kg, the Seweryn in an additional attempt on 138.0 kg. improved.

Class up to 67.5 kg (lightweight)

Tuesday: October 25, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Bulgaria 1971 Yanko Russew	145.0 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Behm	145.0 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Joachim Kunz	145.0 kg
Bump	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Joachim Kunz	195.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Yanko Russew	192.5 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Behm	192.5 kg
Duel	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Joachim Kunz	340.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Yanko Russew	337.5 kg	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Andreas Behm	337.5 kg

Class up to 75 kg (middle weight)

Wednesday: October 26, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Soviet Union Vladimir Kuznetsov	167.5 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Alexander Varbanov	160.0 kg	Romania 1965 Dragomir Cioroslan	157.5 kg
Bump	Bulgaria 1971 Alexander Varbanov	210.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Sdravko Stoychkov	207.5 kg	Soviet Union Vladimir Kuznetsov	202.5 kg
Duel	Bulgaria 1971 Alexander Varbanov	370.0 kg	Soviet Union Vladimir Kuznetsov	370.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Sdravko Stoychkov	362.5 kg

Class up to 82.5 kg (light-heavy weight)

Thursday: October 27, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Bulgaria 1971 Assen Slatew	180.0 kg	Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan	180.0 kg	Hungary 1957 László Barsi	165.0 kg
Bump	Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan	212.5 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Assen Slatew	210.0 kg	Czechoslovakia Lubomír Vymazal	210.0 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Jurik Vardanyan	392.5 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Assen Slatew	390.0 kg	Hungary 1957 László Barsi	370.0 kg

In the second attempt to tear, Vardanyan set a new world record with 180.5 kg , but due to the 2.5 kg rule, 180.0 kg were included in the rating.

Class up to 90 kg (medium weight)

Friday: October 28, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Bulgaria 1971 Blagoy Blagoev	190.0 kg	Soviet Union Viktor Solodov	185.0 kg	Poland 1980 Andrzej Piotrowski	170.0 kg
Bump	Bulgaria 1971 Blagoy Blagoev	227.5 kg	Soviet Union Viktor Solodov	225.0 kg	Poland 1980 Andrzej Piotrowski	212.5 kg
Duel	Bulgaria 1971 Blagoy Blagoev	417.5 kg	Soviet Union Viktor Solodov	410.0 kg	Poland 1980 Andrzej Piotrowski	382.5 kg

Solodow managed to push 230.0 kg in an additional attempt.

Class up to 100 kg (1st heavyweight)

Saturday: October 29, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Soviet Union Alexander Popov	187.5 kg	Soviet Union Pavel Kuznetsov	182.5 kg	Romania 1965 Vasile Groapa	180.0 kg
Bump	Soviet Union Pavel Kuznetsov	240.0 kg	Soviet Union Alexander Popov	235.0 kg	Poland 1980 Andrzej Komar	227.5 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Pavel Kuznetsov	422.5 kg	Soviet Union Alexander Popov	422.5 kg	Poland 1980 Andrzej Komar	407.5 kg

Class up to 110 kg (2nd heavyweight)

Sunday: October 30, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Klokov	192.5 kg 000	Hungary 1957 József Jacsó	185.0 kg	Romania 1965 Ștefan Taşnadi	182.5 kg
Bump	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Klokov	247.5 kg	Hungary 1957 József Jacsó	225.0 kg	Czechoslovakia Anton Baraniak	220.0 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Klokov	440.0 kg	Hungary 1957 József Jacsó	410.0 kg	Czechoslovakia Anton Baraniak	400.0 kg

Klokow set a new world record with 245.0 kg in his second attempt to push, which he then improved to 247.5 kg.

Class over 110 kg (super heavyweight)

Monday: October 31, 1983

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Soviet Union Anatoly Pyssarenko	205.0 kg	Soviet Union Alyaksandr Kurlowitsch	205.0 kg	Czechoslovakia Pavel Khek	197.5 kg
Bump	Soviet Union Anatoly Pyssarenko	245.0 kg	Soviet Union Alyaksandr Kurlowitsch	245.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Antonio Krastew	237.5 kg
Duel	Soviet Union Anatoly Pyssarenko	450.0 kg	Soviet Union Alyaksandr Kurlowitsch	450.0 kg	Bulgaria 1971 Antonio Krastew	427.5 kg

literature

New Germany . No. 248-258 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1983, ISSN 0323-3375 .
Manfred Seifert: Sport83. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1983, ISSN 0232-203X , p. 241 .