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The 1977 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1977. This was the 56th edition of the event. There were 128 men in action from 24 nations. This tournament was a part of 1977 World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin   Soviet Union	107.5 kg	György Kőszegi   Hungary	102.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz   Poland	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin   Soviet Union	140.0 kg	György Kőszegi   Hungary	132.5 kg	Bela Olah   Hungary	127.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin   Soviet Union	247.5 kg WR	György Kőszegi   Hungary	235.0 kg	Bela Olah   Hungary	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Georgi Todorov   Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk   Poland	110.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa   Poland	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Frank Mavius   East Germany	140.0 kg	Georgi Todorov   Bulgaria	137.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk   Poland	135.0 kg
Total	Georgi Todorov   Bulgaria	247.5 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk   Poland	245.0 kg	Frank Mavius   East Germany	240.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union	122.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura   Poland	122.5 kg	Yanko Rusev   Bulgaria	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Yanko Rusev   Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Ioan Buta   Romania	150.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union	280.0 kg	Yanko Rusev   Bulgaria	277.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura   Poland	270.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Daniel Senet   France	135.0 kg	Werner Schraut   West Germany	132.5 kg	Kazimierz Czarnecki   Poland	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergey Pevsner   Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek   Poland	170.0 kg	Günter Ambraß   East Germany	165.0 kg
Total	Sergey Pevsner   Soviet Union	302.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek   Poland	297.5 kg	Werner Schraut   West Germany	292.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan   Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Peter Wenzel   East Germany	150.0 kg	András Stark   Hungary	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan   Soviet Union	192.5 kg	Günter Schliwka   East Germany	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel   East Germany	187.5 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan   Soviet Union	345.0 kg	Peter Wenzel   East Germany	337.5 kg	Günter Schliwka   East Germany	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Gennady Bessonov   Soviet Union	157.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev   Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Péter Baczakó   Hungary	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Bessonov   Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski   Poland	192.5 kg	Péter Baczakó   Hungary	192.5 kg
Total	Gennady Bessonov   Soviet Union	352.5 kg	Péter Baczakó   Hungary	345.0 kg	Paweł Rabczewski   Poland	337.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Sergey Poltoratsky   Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Rolf Milser   West Germany	162.5 kg	Ferenc Antalovics   Hungary	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser   West Germany	207.5 kg	Sergey Poltoratsky   Soviet Union	207.5 kg	György Rehus-Uzor   Hungary	190.0 kg
Total	Sergey Poltoratsky   Soviet Union	375.0 kg	Rolf Milser   West Germany	370.0 kg	György Rehus-Uzor   Hungary	347.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Michel Broillet   Switzerland	170.0 kg	Anatoly Kozlov   Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Helmut Losch   East Germany	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Kozlov   Soviet Union	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch   East Germany	205.0 kg	Lennart Dahlgren   Sweden	202.5 kg
Total	Anatoly Kozlov   Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Helmut Losch   East Germany	367.5 kg	Michel Broillet   Switzerland	365.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov   Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki   East Germany	172.5 kg	Yury Zaitsev   Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev   Soviet Union	225.0 kg	Valentin Hristov   Bulgaria	225.0 kg	Leif Nilsson   Sweden	220.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov   Bulgaria	405.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev   Soviet Union	395.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki   East Germany	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev   Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser   East Germany	182.5 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev   Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev   Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev   Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser   East Germany	237.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev   Soviet Union	430.0 kg	Aslanbek Yenaldiev   Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser   East Germany	420.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	8	2	0	10
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	0	3
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	4	6
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30

References

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