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The 1969 European Weightlifting Championships were held at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland from September 20 to September 28, 1969. This was the 48th edition of the event. There were 108 men in action from 19 nations. This tournament was a part of 1969 World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	112.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	110.0 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	105.0 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	102.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	100.0 kg	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	130.0 kg	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	127.5 kg
Total	Vladislav Krishchishin  Soviet Union	337.5 kg WR	Vladimir Smetanin  Soviet Union	337.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	335.0 kg
56 kg
Press	Imre Földi  Hungary	125.0 kg	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	112.5 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	107.5 kg
Snatch	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	107.5 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	105.0 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Zoltan Fiat  Romania	127.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	125.0 kg
Total	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	347.5 kg	Zoltan Fiat  Romania	330.0 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	317.5 kg
60 kg
Press	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	130.0 kg	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	122.5 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	120.0 kg
Snatch	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	115.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	115.0 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	150.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	145.0 kg	Mieczysław Nowak  Poland	145.0 kg
Total	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	380.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	380.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	140.0 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	135.0 kg
Snatch	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	135.0 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	130.0 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	170.0 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	167.5 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	162.5 kg
Total	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	445.0 kg WR	János Bagócs  Hungary	430.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	425.0 kg
75 kg
Press	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Juhani Mursu  Finland	145.0 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	142.5 kg
Snatch	Aimé Terme  France	140.0 kg	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	137.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	135.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	175.0 kg	Juhani Mursu  Finland	165.0 kg
Total	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	467.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	440.0 kg	Juhani Mursu  Finland	437.5 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	162.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Károly Bakos  Hungary	160.0 kg
Snatch	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	145.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	142.5 kg	Károly Bakos  Hungary	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Károly Bakos  Hungary	185.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	182.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Total	Károly Bakos  Hungary	487.5 kg	Boris Selitsky  Soviet Union	482.5 kg	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	475.0 kg
90 kg
Press	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	175.0 kg	Karl Arnold  East Germany	170.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	165.0 kg
Snatch	Bo Johansson  Sweden	150.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	150.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Géza Tóth  Hungary	190.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	190.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	185.0 kg
Total	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	515.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	500.0 kg	Géza Tóth  Hungary	495.0 kg
110 kg
Press	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Eivind Rekustad  Norway	175.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	172.5 kg
Snatch	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	155.0 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	155.0 kg	Jean-Paul Fouletier  France	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	212.5 kg WR	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	190.0 kg	Robert Wójcik  Poland	190.0 kg
Total	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	547.5 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	507.5 kg	Robert Wójcik  Poland	500.0 kg
+110 kg
Press	Serge Reding  Belgium	202.5 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	192.5 kg	Ivan Atanasov  Bulgaria	192.5 kg
Snatch	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Leonid Zhabotinsky  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Serge Reding  Belgium	215.0 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	212.5 kg	Manfred Rieger  East Germany	205.0 kg
Total	Serge Reding  Belgium	570.0 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	570.0 kg	Manfred Rieger  East Germany	537.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	4	0	7
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	1	3
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	2	2	5
4	Finland (FIN)	1	1	1	3
5	Poland (POL)	1	0	4	5
6	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
7	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
9	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

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

• European Weightlifting Championships
• 1969 in weightlifting
• 1969 in Polish sport
• International weightlifting competitions hosted by Poland
• Sports competitions in Warsaw
• 1960s in Warsaw