The 1998 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Riesa, Germany in April 1998. It was the 77th edition of the European Weightlifting Championships. There were a total number of 144 competing athletes from 29 nations.

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 56 kg details	Ivan Ivanov	Sedat Artuç	Naiden Russev
– 62 kg details	Stefan Georgiev	Leonidas Sabanis	Mücahit Yağcı
– 69 kg details	Plamen Zhelyazkov	Ergün Batmaz	Sergey Lavrenov
– 77 kg details	Zlatan Vanev	Giorgi Asanidze	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
– 85 kg details	Marc Huster	Pyrros Dimas	Dursun Sevinç
– 94 kg details	Oliver Caruso	Ivan Chakarov	Kakhi Kakhiashvili
– 105 kg details	Viacheslav Ivanovski	Evgeny Chichliannikov	Dariusz Osuch
+ 105 kg details	Ronny Weller	Andrei Chemerkin	Ara Vardanyan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg details	Donka Mincheva	Siyka Stoyeva	Aniko Ajkai
– 53 kg details	Izabela Dragneva	Dagmar Daneková	Anna Stroubou
– 58 kg details	Neli Simova	Dominika Misterska	Maria Christoforidou
– 63 kg details	Gergana Kirilova	Valentina Popova	Josefa Pérez
– 69 kg details	Erzsébet Márkus	Svetlana Kabirova	Beata Prei
– 75 kg details	Mária Takács	Ilona Danko	Mónica Carrio
+ 75 kg details	Monique Riesterer	Erika Takács	Agata Wróbel