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.
| - 56 kg | Ivan Ivanov | Sedat Artuç | Naiden Russev | |
| - 62 kg | Stefan Georgiev | Leonidas Sabanis | Mücahit Yağcı | |
| - 69 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov | Ergün Batmaz | Sergey Lavrenov | |
| - 77 kg | Zlatan Vanev | Giorgi Asanidze | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan | |
| - 85 kg | Marc Huster | Pyrros Dimas | Dursun Sevinç | |
| - 94 kg | Oliver Caruso | Ivan Chakarov | Kakhi Kakhiashvili | |
| - 105 kg | Viacheslav Ivanovski | Evgeny Chichliannikov | Dariusz Osuch | |
| + 105 kg | Ronny Weller | Andrei Chemerkin | Ara Vardanyan |
| - 48 kg | Donka Mincheva | Siyka Stoyeva | Aniko Ajkai |
| - 53 kg | Izabela Dragneva | Dagmar Daneková | Anna Stroubou |
| - 58 kg | Neli Simova | Dominika Misterska | Maria Christoforidou |
| - 63 kg | Gergana Kirilova | Valentina Popova | Josefa Pérez |
| - 69 kg | Erzsébet Márkus | Svetlana Kabirova | Beata Prei |
| - 75 kg | Mária Takács | Ilona Danko | Mónica Carrio |
| + 75 kg | Monique Riesterer| Erika Takács| Agata Wróbel|} References |