The 2005 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 19 to April 24, 2005. It was the 84th edition of the event. There were a total number of 185 athletes competing, from 30 nations.

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 56 kg	Sedat Artuç	Erol Bilgin	Vitali Dzerbianiou
– 62 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	Adrian Jigau	Stefan Georgiev
– 69 kg	Demir Demirev	Ferit Sen	Mehmed Fikretov
– 77 kg	Taner Sağır	Sebastian Dogariu	Ivan Stoitsov
– 85 kg	Ruslan Novikov	Valeriu Calancea	Arsen Melikyan
– 94 kg	Hakan Yilmaz	Andrey Skorobogatov	Kostiantyn Pipiyev
– 105 kg	Vladimir Smorchkov	Bünyamin Sudaş	Ramūnas Vyšniauskas
+ 105 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	Evgeny Chigishev	Ashot Danielyan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg	Svetlana Ulyanova	Rebecca Sires Rodrigez	Donka Mincheva
– 53 kg	Nastassia Novikava	Marioara Munteanu	Nataliya Trotsenko
– 58 kg	Marina Shainova	Aleksandra Klejnowska	Marieta Gotfryd
– 63 kg	Svetlana Shimkova	Dominika Misterska	Gergana Kirilova
– 69 kg	Zarema Kasayeva	Olga Kiseleva	Nataliya Davydova
– 75 kg	Svetlana Podobedova	Valentina Popova	Rumyana Petkova
+ 75 kg	Viktoriya Shaimardanova	Yuliya Dovhal	Yordanka Apostolova

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	4	0	10
2	Turkey	3	3	0	6
3	Bulgaria	2	0	7	9
4	Belarus	2	0	1	3
5	Ukraine	1	1	3	5
6	Latvia	1	0	0	1
7	Romania	0	4	0	4
8	Poland	0	2	1	3
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
10	Armenia	0	0	2	2
11	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		15	15	15	45

References

• Results (sports123)