2012 European Weightlifting Championships

Overview

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 Cases

During the championships, 13 weightlifters tested positive for one or multiple prohibited anabolic steroids:

* Hysen Pulaku (Albania)
* Hanna Batsiushka (Belarus)
* Dimitris Minasidis (Cyprus)
* Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia)
* Rauli Tsirekidze (Georgia)
* Cristina Iovu (Moldova)
* Florin Ionut Croitoru (Romania)
* Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania)
* Oxana Slivenko (Russia)
* Gokhan Kilic (Turkey)
* Bunyami Sezer (Turkey)
* Hatice Yilmaz (Turkey)
* Fatih Baydar (Turkey)

Medal Table

### After Doping Cases

The medal table is sorted by the total result (Big) medals:

| Rank | Country | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Russia | |
| 2 | Turkey | |
| 3 | Romania | |

### All Medals

The medal table is sorted by both the total result (Large) and the snatch and clean&jerk results (Small):

| Rank | Country | Total | Snatch | Clean&Jerk |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Russia | | | |
| 2 | Turkey | | | |
| 3 | Romania | | | |

Schedule

The competition days were split into A and B groups.

Participating Countries

A total of 275 athletes from 36 countries participated in the championship:

* (12)
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* (8)
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* (1)
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* (14)
* (5)
* (2)
* (12)
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External Links

* Official website