2012 European Weightlifting Championships Explained

Competition:	2012 European Weightlifting Championships
Size:	170
Dates:	9–15 April
Venue:	Kepez Basket Hall
Location:	Antalya, Turkey
Prev:	Kazan 2011
Next:	Tirana 2013

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

+ Doping test:^[1]

13 weightlifters (one or multiple prohibited anabolic steroids):

1. Hysen Pulaku (Albania)
2. Hanna Batsiushka (Belarus)
3. Dimitris Minasidis (Cyprus)
4. Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia)
5. Rauli Tsirekidze (Georgia)
6. Cristina Iovu (Moldova)
7. Florin Ionut Croitoru (Romania)
8. Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania)
9. Oxana Slivenko (Russia)
10. Gokhan Kilic (Turkey)
11. Bunyami Sezer (Turkey)
12. Hatice Yilmaz (Turkey)
13. Fatih Baydar (Turkey)

Medals tables

Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)

After doping:^[2]

Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals

Schedule

The competition days were split in A and B groups.^[3]

Date	Time	Round
9 April 2012	11:30	Women's 48 kg Group B
	14:00	Men's 56 kg Group B
	16:30	Opening ceremony
	17:30	Women's 48 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 56 kg Group A
10 April 2012	11:30	Women's 53 kg Group B
	15:00	Men's 62 kg Group B
	17:30	Women's 53 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 62 kg Group A
11 April 2012	11:30	Women's 58 kg Group B
	15:00	Men's 69 kg Group B
	17:30	Women's 58 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 69 kg Group A
12 April 2012	11:30	Women's 63 kg Group B
	15:00	Men's 77 kg Group B
	17:30	Women's 63 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 77 kg Group A

Date	Time	Round
13 April 2012	10:00	Women's 69 kg Group B
	11:45	Men's 94 kg Group B
	14:30	Men's 85 kg Group B
	17:30	Women's 69 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 85 kg Group A
14 April 2012	10:00	Women's 75 kg/+ 75 kg Group B
	11:30	Men's 105 kg Group B
	14:30	Women's 75 kg Group A
	17:30	Men's 94 kg Group A
	20:00	Men's 105 kg Group A
15 April 2012	10:00	Men's + 105 kg Group B
	13:00	Women's + 75 kg Group A
	15:30	Men's + 105 kg Group A

Medal overview

Men

width=80	Event !	width=80		bgcolor=gold align="center" colspan=2 width=250	Gold	bgcolor=silver align="center" colspan=2 width=250	Silver	bgcolor=#cc9966 colspan=2 align="center" width=250	Bronze
- 56 kg	Snatch		125 kg		121 kg		116 kg
	Clean & Jerk		155 kg		146 kg		136 kg
	Total		280 kg		262 kg		257 kg
- 62 kg	Snatch		142 kg		131 kg		130 kg
	Clean & Jerk		160 kg		159 kg		158 kg
	Total		301 kg		288 kg		282 kg
- 69 kg	Snatch		158 kg		145 kg		145 kg
	Clean & Jerk		178 kg		175 kg		175 kg
	Total		321 kg		318 kg		318 kg
- 77 kg	Snatch		159 kg		158 kg		155 kg
	Clean & Jerk		188 kg		187 kg		186 kg
	Total		347 kg		345 kg		340 kg
- 85 kg	Snatch		166 kg		165 kg		164 kg
	Clean & Jerk		201 kg		200 kg		195 kg
	Total		365 kg		359 kg		359 kg
- 94 kg	Snatch		178 kg		171 kg		170 kg
	Clean & Jerk		224 kg		213 kg		212 kg
	Total		402 kg		382 kg		380 kg
- 105 kg	Snatch		185 kg		185 kg		180 kg
	Clean & Jerk		220 kg		216 kg		212 kg
	Total		405 kg		401 kg		390 kg
+ 105 kg	Snatch		195 kg		195 kg		192 kg
	Clean & Jerk		238 kg		235 kg		235 kg
	Total		429 kg		424 kg		423 kg

Women

width=80	Event !	width=80		bgcolor=gold align="center" colspan=2 width=250	Gold	bgcolor=silver align="center" colspan=2 width=250	Silver	bgcolor=#cc9966 colspan=2 align="center" width=250	Bronze
- 48 kg	Snatch		85 kg		81 kg		78 kg
	Clean & Jerk		102 kg		100 kg		97 kg
	Total		187 kg		177 kg		175 kg
- 53 kg	Snatch		91 kg		88 kg		88 kg
	Clean & Jerk		116 kg		113 kg		113 kg
	Total		207 kg		201 kg		201 kg
- 58 kg	Snatch		102 kg		98 kg		95 kg
	Clean & Jerk		117 kg		117 kg		116 kg
	Total		215 kg		215 kg		211 kg
- 63 kg	Snatch		100 kg		94 kg		93 kg
	Clean & Jerk		125 kg		116 kg		115 kg
	Total		225 kg		210 kg		208 kg
- 69 kg	Snatch		115 kg		115 kg		110 kg
	Clean & Jerk		143 kg		142 kg		137 kg
	Total		258 kg		252 kg		252 kg
- 75 kg	Snatch		117 kg		115 kg		100 kg
	Clean & Jerk		150 kg		143 kg		125 kg
	Total		265 kg		260 kg		223 kg
+ 75 kg	Snatch		145 kg		123 kg		121 kg
	Clean & Jerk		183 kg		153 kg		150 kg
	Total		328 kg		274 kg		273 kg

Participating countries

275 athletes from 36 countries will participate in the championship.^[4]

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External links

• • Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts 13 rule violations against weightlifters following a re-analysis campaign of 2012 samples.
2. Web site: International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts 13 rule violations against weightlifters following a re-analysis campaign of 2012 samples.
3. Web site: Event schedule . 2012-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120416220821/http://www.ewf.sm/files/ANTALYA2012_TIMESCHEDULE.pdf . 2012-04-16 . dead .
4. Web site: Entries . 2012-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120416220850/http://www.ewf.sm/files/antalya2012_final_entries.pdf . 2012-04-16 . dead .