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The 1973 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Madrid, Spain from June 10 to June 18, 1973. This was the 52nd edition of the event. There were 130 men in action from 23 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	97.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	90.0 kg	Ion Hortopan  Romania	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	127.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	127.5 kg	Arkadiusz Lipa  Poland	125.0 kg
Total	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	225.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	217.5 kg	Boleslav Pachol  Czechoslovakia	210.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Imre Földi  Hungary	110.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	142.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	142.5 kg
Total	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	255.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	252.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	250.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	122.5 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	122.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	147.5 kg
Total	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	272.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	270.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	267.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	127.5 kg	Jenö Ambrozi  Hungary	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	167.5 kg
Total	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	302.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	295.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	292.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Leif Jenssen  Norway	147.5 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Valentin Mikhailov  Soviet Union	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Valentin Mikhailov  Soviet Union	177.5 kg
Total	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	330.0 kg	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	322.5 kg	Valentin Mikhailov  Soviet Union	320.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	150.0 kg	Frank Zielecke  East Germany	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	190.0 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	190.0 kg
Total	Vladimir Ryzhenkov  Soviet Union	352.5 kg	Rumen Rusev  Bulgaria	335.0 kg	Frank Zielecke  East Germany	332.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	200.0 kg	Vasily Kolotov  Soviet Union	200.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	352.5 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	350.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Pavel Pervushin  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Taito Haara  Finland	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Pavel Pervushin  Soviet Union	222.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	205.0 kg	Dieter Westphal  West Germany	200.0 kg
Total	Pavel Pervushin  Soviet Union	400.0 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	362.5 kg	Dieter Westphal  West Germany	355.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	172.5 kg	Kalevi Lahdenranta  Finland	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	417.5 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	395.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	387.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	1	1	8
2	Bulgaria	2	6	1	9
3	Hungary	1	1	1	3
4	East Germany	0	1	1	2
5	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
	West Germany	0	0	2	2
7	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)