List of world records in weightlifting

"Weightlifting" pictogram

This list shows the current world records in weightlifting as well as the records that have since been deleted and a comparison of these. Records can currently be set in snatching, pushing and dueling, until 1972 this was possible in pushing, snapping, pushing and three-way combat.

Development of the records

The world records in weightlifting did not develop continuously. Due to several changes in weight classes, old world records were no longer recognized. Instead, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) set so-called standards in 1998, based on the previous best performances that had to be surpassed.

However, because some of these burdens could no longer be met, the IMF abolished these standards in 2008 and retrospectively declared the highest burdens raised to be world records.

In addition, the introduction of the 1-kilogram rule at the beginning of 2005, which states that all records must be a multiple of 1 kg, required the correction of some values. So it may be that the record load was originally 0.5 kg higher and was rounded off with the new rule. Before the introduction of the 1-kilogram rule, the 2.5-kilogram rule applied, according to which only that part of the result achieved was included in the rating that was completely divisible by 2.5. With these two rules it is possible that world records are currently in existence that have never actually been set with these loads.

Men's records (as of October 31, 2018)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-56 kg	Tear	139 kg	Wu Jingbiao	People's Republic of China	11/21/2015	Houston
	Bump	171 kg	Om Yun-chol	North Korea	11/21/2015	Houston
	Duel	307 kg	Long Quingquan	People's Republic of China	08/07/2016	Rio de Janeiro
-62 kg	Tear	154 kg	Kim Un-guk	North Korea	09/21/2014	Incheon
	Bump	183 kg	Chen Lijun	People's Republic of China	11/22/2015	Houston
	Duel	333 kg	Chen Lijun	People's Republic of China	11/22/2015	Houston
-69 kg	Tear	166 kg	Liao Hui	People's Republic of China	11/10/2014	Almaty
	Bump	198 kg	Liao Hui	People's Republic of China	23/10/2013	Wroclaw
	Duel	359 kg	Liao Hui	People's Republic of China	11/10/2014	Almaty
-77 kg	Tear	177 kg	Lu Xiaojun	People's Republic of China	08/10/2016	Rio de Janeiro
	Bump	214 kg	Niyat Rahimov	Kazakhstan	08/10/2016	Rio de Janeiro
	Duel	380 kg	Lu Xiaojun	People's Republic of China	October 24, 2013	Wroclaw
-85 kg	Tear	187 kg	Andrei Rybakou	Belarus	09/22/2007	Chiang Mai
	Bump	220 kg	Kianoush Rostami	Iran	05/31/2016	Tehran
	Duel	396 kg	Kianoush Rostami	Iran	08/12/2016	Rio de Janeiro
-94 kg	Tear	189 kg	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	08/25/2018	Jakarta
	Bump	233 kg	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	December 03, 2017	Anaheim
	Duel	417 kg	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	December 03, 2017	Anaheim
-105 kg	Tear	200 kg	Andrej Aramnau	Belarus	08/18/2008	Beijing
	Bump	246 kg	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	12/12/2015	Grozny
	Duel	437 kg	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	12/12/2015	Grozny
105+ kg	Tear	220 kg	Lasha Talachadze	Georgia	09/25/2019	Pattaya
	Bump	264 kg	Lasha Talachadze	Georgia
	Duel	484 kg	Lasha Talachadze	Georgia

Women's records (as of October 31, 2018)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-48 kg	Tear	098 kg	Yang Lian	People's Republic of China	10/01/2006	Santo Domingo
	Bump	121 kg	Nurcan Taylan	Turkey	09/17/2010	Antalya
	Duel	217 kg	Yang Lian	People's Republic of China	10/01/2006	Santo Domingo
-53 kg	Tear	103 kg	Li ping	People's Republic of China	11/14/2010	Dongguan
	Bump	134 kg	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	Kazakhstan	11/10/2014	Almaty
	Duel	233 kg	Hsu Shu-ching	Chinese Taipei	09/21/2014	Incheon
-58 kg	Tear	112 kg	Boyanka Kostova	Azerbaijan	11/23/2015	Houston
	Bump	142 kg	Kuo Hsing-Chun	Chinese Taipei	08/21/2017	Taipei
	Duel	252 kg	Boyanka Kostova	Azerbaijan	11/23/2015	Houston
-63 kg	Tear	117 kg	Svetlana Zarukayeva	Russia	11/08/2011	Paris
	Bump	147 kg	Deng Wei	People's Republic of China	08/09/2016	Rio de Janeiro
	Duel	262 kg	Deng Wei	People's Republic of China	08/09/2016	Rio de Janeiro
-69 kg	Tear	123 kg	Oksana Slivenko	Russia	04/10/2006	Santo Domingo
	Bump	157 kg	Sarema Kassayeva	Russia	11/13/2005	Doha
	Duel	276 kg	Oksana Slivenko	Russia	09/24/2007	Chiang Mai
-75 kg	Tear	135 kg	Natalia Sabolotnaya	Russia	December 17, 2011	Belgorod
	Bump	164 kg	Kim Un-ju	North Korea	09/25/2014	Incheon
	Duel	296 kg	Natalia Sabolotnaya	Russia	December 17, 2011	Belgorod
-90 kg	Tear	130 kg	Viktoria Shaimardanova	Ukraine	08/21/2004	Athens
	Bump	160 kg	Hripsime Khurschudjan	Armenia	09/25/2010	Antalya
	Duel	283 kg	Hripsime Khurschudjan	Armenia	09/25/2010	Antalya
90+ kg	Tear	155 kg	Tatiana Kashirina	Russia	11/16/2014	Almaty
	Bump	193 kg	Tatiana Kashirina	Russia	11/16/2014	Almaty
	Duel	348 kg	Tatiana Kashirina	Russia	11/16/2014	Almaty

Old men's records

Due to the changes in weight classes in weightlifting, some records are no longer held as world records, even though their loads were higher than the current world records, often with the athlete's body weight being lower.

Note : Small differences sources (weightlifter, world record, date and place).

Records until 1992

Class up to 52 kg (fly weight)

• 1969-72 (-52 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-52 kg	To press	120.5 kg	Adam Gnatow	Soviet Union	07/11/1972	Riga
	Tear	105.0 kg	Gyi Aung	Burma	08/27/1972	Munich
	Bump	132.5 kg	Charlie Depthios	Indonesia	08/27/1972	Munich
	Triathlon	342.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter	Hungary	09/12/1970	Columbus

• 1973-92 (-52 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-52 kg	Tear	121.0 kg	Hey Zhuoqiang	People's Republic of China	05/29/1992	Cardiff
	Bump	155.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov	Bulgaria	09/27/1991	Donaueschingen
	Duel	272.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov	Bulgaria	09/16/1989	Athens

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

• 1947–1968 (-56 kg)
• 1969–1972 (52–56 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-56 kg	To press	128.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	03/04/1972	Tehran
	Tear	115.0 kg	Koji Miki	Japan	October 23, 1972	Kagoshima
	Bump	150.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	10/13/1968	Mexico city
	Triathlon	377.5 kg	Imre Foldi	Hungary	08/28/1972	Munich

• 1973–1992 (52–56 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-56 kg	Tear	135.0 kg	Liu Shoubin	People's Republic of China	09/27/1991	Donaueschingen
	Bump	171.0 kg	Neno Tersijski	Bulgaria	08/08/1987	Ostrava
	Duel	300.0 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	Bulgaria	xx.xx.1984	Varna

Class up to 60 kg (feather weight)

• 1913-1946 (-60 kg)
• 1947–1972 (56–60 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-60 kg	To press	137.5 kg	Imre Foldi	Hungary	03/04/1972	Ulm
	Tear	125.5 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake	Japan	10/28/1969	Matsuura
	Bump	157.5 kg	Norair Nurikjan	Bulgaria	08/29/1972	Munich
	Triathlon	402.5 kg	Ditto Shanidze	Bulgaria	05/15/1972	Tallinn

• 1973–1992 (56–60 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-60 kg	Tear	152.5 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	Turkey	09/18/1988	Seoul
	Bump	190.0 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	Turkey	09/18/1988	Seoul
	Duel	342.5 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	Turkey	09/18/1988	Seoul

Class up to 67.5 kg (lightweight)

• 1913–1972 (60–67.5 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-67.5 kg	To press	157.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev	Bulgaria	08/30/1972	Munich
	Tear	137.5 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	Poland	04/23/1971	Athens
	Bump	177.5 kg	Mucharbi Kirschinow	Soviet Union	08/30/1972	Munich
	Triathlon	460.0 kg	Mucharbi Kirschinow	Soviet Union	08/30/1972	Munich

• 1973–1992 (60–67.5 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-67.5 kg	Tear	160.0 kg	Israjel Militosjan	Soviet Union	09/18/1989	Athens
	Bump	200.5 kg	Mikhail Petrov	Bulgaria	09/18/1987	Ostrava
	Duel	355.0 kg	Mikhail Petrov	Bulgaria	05.12.1987	Seoul

Class up to 70 kg (lightweight)

• 1905–1913 (–70 kg): no information

Class up to 75 kg (middle weight)

• 1913–1972 (67.5–75 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-75 kg	To press	166.5 kg	Alexander Kolodkov	Soviet Union	March 19, 1972	Bollnas
	Tear	147.5 kg	Mohamed Tarabulsi	Lebanon	11/11/1972	Miskolc
	Bump	187.5 kg	Viktor Kurentsov	Soviet Union	10/16/1968	Seoul
	Triathlon	485.0 kg	Jordan Bikow	Bulgaria	08/31/1972	Munich

• 1973–1992 (67.5–75 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-75 kg	Tear	170.0 kg	Angel Gentschew	Bulgaria	12/11/1987	Miskolc
	Bump	215.5 kg	Alexander Varbanov	Bulgaria	05.12.1987	Seoul
	Duel	382.5 kg	Alexander Varbanov	Bulgaria	02/20/1988	Plovdiv

Class up to 80 kg (middle weight)

• 1905–1913 (70–80 kg): no information

Class over 80 kg (heavyweight)

• 1905–1913 (80+ kg): no information

Class up to 82.5 kg (light heavyweight)

• 1913–1972 (75–82.5 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-82 kg	To press	178.5 kg	Gennady Ivanchenko	Soviet Union	05/18/1972	Riga
	Tear	160.0 kg	Dawid Rigert	Soviet Union	December 24, 1972	Sochi
	Bump	201.0 kg	Dawid Rigert	Soviet Union	December 24, 1972	Sochi
	Triathlon	527.5 kg	Valeryj Sharyj	Soviet Union	05/14/1972	Moscow

• 1973–1992 (75–82.5 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-82.5 kg	Tear	183.0 kg	Assen Slatew	Bulgaria	12/14/1986	Melbourne
	Bump	225.0 kg	Assen Slatew	Bulgaria	11/12/1986	Sofia
	Duel	405.0 kg	Jurik Vardanyan	Soviet Union	09/14/1984	Varna

Class over 82.5 kg (heavyweight)

• 1913–1950 (82.5+ kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
82.5+ kg	To press	152.0 kg	John Davis	United States	05/13/1948	Chicago
	Tear	148.0 kg	John Davis	United States	06/27/1950	York
	Bump	177.5 kg	John Davis	United States	11/08/1949	London
	Triathlon	462.5 kg	John Davis	United States	October 15, 1950	Paris

Class up to 90 kg (medium weight)

• 1951–1972 (82.5–90 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-90 kg	To press	198.0 kg	Dawid Rigert	Soviet Union	07/13/1972	Riga
	Tear	167.5 kg	Dawid Rigert	Soviet Union	07/13/1972	Riga
	Bump	210.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov	Soviet Union	07/13/1972	Riga
	Triathlon	562.5 kg	Dawid Rigert	Soviet Union	07/13/1972	Riga

• 1973–1992 (82.5–90 kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-90 kg	Tear	195.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev	Bulgaria	05/01/1983	Varna
	Bump	235.0 kg	Anatoly Chrapaty	Soviet Union	04/29/1988	Cardiff
	Duel	422.5 kg	Viktor Solodov	Soviet Union	09/15/1984	Varna

Class over 90 kg (heavyweight)

• 1951–1968 (90+ kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
90+ kg	To press	209.5 kg	Joe Dube	United States	08/11/1968	York
	Tear	176.0 kg	Leonid Shabotinsky	Soviet Union	06/25/1968	Leningrad
	Bump	220.5 kg	Bob Bednarski	United States	06/09/1968	York
	Triathlon	590.0 kg	Leonid Shabotinsky	Soviet Union	06/18/1967	Sofia

Class up to 100 kg

• 1977–1992 (100–110 kg) (heavyweight)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-100 kg	Tear	200.5 kg	Nicu Vlad	Romania	11/14/1986	Sofia
	Bump	242.5 kg	Alexander Popov	Soviet Union	05.03.1988	Tallinn
	Duel	440.0 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	Soviet Union	10/09/1983	Odessa

Class up to 110 kg

• 1969–1972 (90–110 kg) (heavyweight)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-110 kg	To press	213.5 kg	Yuri Kosin	Soviet Union	07/14/1972	Riga
	Tear	175.5 kg	Pavel Pervushin	Soviet Union	December 25, 1972	Sochi
	Bump	222.5 kg	Jaan Talts	Soviet Union	05/20/1972	Constanța
	Triathlon	590.0 kg	Valery Jakubowski	Soviet Union	05/14/1972	Moscow

• 1973–1976 (90–110 kg) (heavyweight)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-110 kg	Tear	185.0 kg	Valentin Christow	Bulgaria	04/10/1976	Berlin
	Bump	237.5 kg	Valentin Christow	Bulgaria	09/22/1975	Moscow
	Duel	417.5 kg	Valentin Christow	Bulgaria	09/22/1975	Moscow

• 1977–1992 (100–110 kg) (2nd heavyweight)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-110 kg	Tear	210.0 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	Soviet Union	09/27/1988	Seoul
	Bump	250.5 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	Soviet Union	04/30/1988	Cardiff
	Duel	455.0 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	Soviet Union	09/27/1988	Seoul

Class over 110 kg (super heavyweight)

• 1969–1972 (110+ kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
110+ kg	To press	236.5 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	Soviet Union	04/15/1972	Tallinn
	Tear	180.0 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	Soviet Union	07/24/1971	Moscow
	Bump	237.5 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	Soviet Union	04/15/1972	Tallinn
	Triathlon	645.0 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	Soviet Union	04/15/1972	Tallinn

• 1973–1992 (110+ kg)

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
110+ kg	Tear	216.0 kg	Antonio Krastew	Bulgaria	09/13/1987	Ostrava
	Bump	266.0 kg	Leanid Taranenka	Soviet Union	11/26/1988	Canberra
	Duel	475.0 kg	Leanid Taranenka	Soviet Union	11/26/1988	Canberra

Records from 1993 to 1997

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-54 kg	Tear	132.5 kg	Halil Mutlu	Turkey	07/20/1996	Atlanta
	Bump	160.5 kg	Lan Shizhang	People's Republic of China	December 06, 1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	290.0 kg	Halil Mutlu	Turkey	11/18/1994	Istanbul
-59 kg	Tear	140.0 kg	Hafiz Suleymanoglu	Turkey	05/03/1995	Warsaw
	Bump	170.0 kg	Nikolai Peschalov	Bulgaria	05/03/1995	Warsaw
	Duel	307.5 kg	Tang Lingsheng	People's Republic of China	07/21/1996	Atlanta
-64 kg	Tear	150.0 kg	Wang Guohua	People's Republic of China	05/12/1997	Busan
	Bump	187.5 kg	Valerios Leonidis	Greece	07/22/1996	Atlanta
	Duel	335.0 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	Turkey	07/22/1996	Atlanta
-70 kg	Tear	163.0 kg	Wan Jianhui	People's Republic of China	07/09/1997	Yangzhou
	Bump	195.5 kg	Zhan Xugang	People's Republic of China	07/12/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	357.5 kg	Zhan Xugang	People's Republic of China	07/23/1996	Atlanta
-76 kg	Tear	170.0 kg	Ruslan Savchenko	Ukraine	11/16/1993	Melbourne
	Bump	208.0 kg	Pablo Lara	Cuba	04/20/1996	Szekszárd
	Duel	372.5 kg	Pablo Lara	Cuba	04/20/1996	Szekszárd
-83 kg	Tear	180.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas	Greece	07/26/1996	Atlanta
	Bump	214.0 kg	Zhang Yong	People's Republic of China	07/12/1997	Yangzhou
	Duel	392.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas	Greece	07/26/1996	Atlanta
-91 kg	Tear	187.5 kg	Alexei Petrov	Russia	07/26/1996	Atlanta
	Bump	228.5 kg	Akakios Kachiasvilis	Greece	05/06/1995	Warsaw
	Duel	412.5 kg	Alexei Petrov	Russia	05/07/1994	Sokolov
-99 kg	Tear	192.5 kg	Sergei Syrtsov	Russia	11/25/1994	Istanbul
	Bump	235.0 kg	Akakios Kachiasvilis	Greece	07/28/1996	Atlanta
	Duel	420.0 kg	Akakios Kachiasvilis	Greece	07/28/1996	Atlanta
-108 kg	Tear	200.0 kg	Tymur Taimazov	Ukraine	11/26/1994	Istanbul
	Bump	236.0 kg	Tymur Taimazov	Ukraine	07/29/1996	Atlanta
	Duel	435.0 kg	Tymur Taimazov	Ukraine	11/26/1994	Istanbul
108+ kg	Tear	205.0 kg	Alyaksandr Kurlowitsch	Belarus	11/27/1994	Istanbul
	Bump	262.5 kg	Andrei Tschemerkin	Russia	12/14/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	462.5 kg	Andrei Tschemerkin	Russia	12/14/1997	Chiang Mai

Old women's records

Records until 1992

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-44 kg	Tear	077.5 kg	Xing Fen	People's Republic of China	December 21, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	102.5 kg	Xing Fen	People's Republic of China	December 21, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	180.0 kg	Xing Fen	People's Republic of China	December 21, 1992	Chiang Mai
-48 kg	Tear	083.0 kg	Lioa Suping	People's Republic of China	December 21, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	105.5 kg	Lioa Suping	People's Republic of China	December 21, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	187.5 kg	Liu Xiuhua	People's Republic of China	05/17/1992	Varna
-52 kg	Tear	087.5 kg	Peng Liping	People's Republic of China	05/18/1992	Varna
	Bump	115.0 kg	Peng Liping	People's Republic of China	05/18/1992	Varna
	Duel	202.5 kg	Peng Liping	People's Republic of China	05/18/1992	Varna
-56 kg	Tear	095.0 kg	Zhang Juhua	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	120.0 kg	Zhang Juhua	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	215.0 kg	Zhang Juhua	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
-60 kg	Tear	100.0 kg	Su Yuanghong	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	125.0 kg	Li Hongyun	People's Republic of China	05/20/1992	Varna
	Duel	222.5 kg	Li Hongyun	People's Republic of China	05/20/1992	Varna
-67.5 kg	Tear	105.0 kg	Su Yuanghong	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	132.5 kg	Lei Li	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	237.5 kg	Lei Li	People's Republic of China	12/22/1992	Chiang Mai
-75 kg	Tear	107.5 kg	Hua Ju	People's Republic of China	05/22/1992	Varna
	Bump	140.0 kg	Xing Shuwen	People's Republic of China	December 23, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	242.5 kg	Zhang Xiaoli	People's Republic of China	10/03/1991	Donaueschingen
-82.5 kg	Tear	110.5 kg	Zang Lina	People's Republic of China	December 23, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Bump	145.0 kg	Zang Lina	People's Republic of China	December 23, 1992	Chiang Mai
	Duel	255.0 kg	Zang Lina	People's Republic of China	December 23, 1992	Chiang Mai
82.5+ kg	Tear	115.0 kg	Li Yajuan	People's Republic of China	05/24/1992	Varna
	Bump	150.0 kg	Li Yajuan	People's Republic of China	05/24/1992	Varna
	Duel	265.0 kg	Li Yajuan	People's Republic of China	05/24/1992	Varna

Records from 1993 to 1997

discipline		Weight	Surname	country	date	place
-46 kg	Tear	081.5 kg	Jiang Yinsu	People's Republic of China	05/11/1997	Busan
	Bump	105.5 kg	Xing Fen	People's Republic of China	07/08/1997	Yangzhou
	Duel	185.0 kg	Hong Guan	People's Republic of China	04/04/1996	Yachiyo
-50 kg	Tear	088.0 kg	Jiang Baoyu	People's Republic of China	07/03/1995	Busan
	Bump	110.5 kg	Liu Xiuhua	People's Republic of China	10/03/1994	Hiroshima
	Duel	197.5 kg	Liu Xiuhua	People's Republic of China	10/03/1994	Hiroshima
-54 kg	Tear	093.5 kg	Yang Xia	People's Republic of China	07/09/1997	Yangzhou
	Bump	117.5 kg	Meng Xianjuan	People's Republic of China	07/07/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	207.5 kg	Yang Xia	People's Republic of China	07/09/1997	Yangzhou
-59 kg	Tear	100.0 kg	Zou Feie	People's Republic of China	05/13/1997	Busan
	Bump	125.0 kg	Khassaraporn Suta	Thailand	10/13/1997	Jakarta
	Duel	220.0 kg	Chen Xiaomin	People's Republic of China	04/10/1994	Hiroshima
-64 kg	Tear	107.5 kg	Chen Xiaomin	People's Republic of China	07/10/1997	Yangzhou
	Bump	131.0 kg	Chen Yanqing	People's Republic of China	12/10/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	235.0 kg	Li Hongyun	People's Republic of China	11/22/1994	Istanbul
-70 kg	Tear	105.5 kg	Xiang Fenglan	People's Republic of China	12/11/1997	Chiang Mai
	Bump	130.5 kg	Xiang Fenglan	People's Republic of China	12/11/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	235.0 kg	Xiang Fenglan	People's Republic of China	12/11/1997	Chiang Mai
-76 kg	Tear	107.5 kg	Hua Ju	People's Republic of China	12/12/1997	Chiang Mai
	Bump	140.5 kg	Hua Ju	People's Republic of China	12/12/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	247.5 kg	Hua Ju	People's Republic of China	12/12/1997	Chiang Mai
-83 kg	Tear	117.5 kg	Tang Weifang	People's Republic of China	12/13/1997	Chiang Mai
	Bump	143.0 kg	Tang Weifang	People's Republic of China	12/13/1997	Chiang Mai
	Duel	260.0 kg	Tang Weifang	People's Republic of China	12/13/1997	Chiang Mai
83+ kg	Tear	112.5 kg	Wang Yanmei	People's Republic of China	07/14/1997	Yangzhou
	Bump	155.0 kg	Li Yajuan	People's Republic of China	11/20/1993	Melbourne
	Duel	260.0 kg	Li Yajuan	People's Republic of China	11/20/1993	Melbourne

In addition to these records, there are several athletes who have exceeded the current world records. The web link at the end of the page gives a detailed overview.

Absolute records in the current weight classes

In order to better evaluate the current world records, this list assigns the highest loads ever moved to the current weight classes.

In the case of women, all absolute records were set after 1998, so that the list corresponds to that of the current world records .

discipline		Weight	Surname	class	country	date	place
-56 kg	Tear	139.0 kg	Wu Jingbiao	-56 kg	People's Republic of China	11/21/2015	Houston
	Bump	171.0 kg	Neno Tersijski -------------- Om Yun-chol	-56 kg	Bulgaria --------- North Korea	08/08/1987 21/11/2015	Ostrava ------- Houston
	Duel	307.0 kg	Long Quingquan	-56 kg	People's Republic of China	08/07/2016	Rio de Janeiro
-62 kg	Tear	154.0 kg	Kim Un-guk	-62 kg	North Korea	09/21/2014	Incheon
	Bump	190.0 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	-60 kg	Turkey	09/18/1988	Seoul
	Duel	342.5 kg	Naim Suleymanoglu	-60 kg	Turkey	09/18/1988	Seoul
-69 kg	Tear	166 kg	Liao Hui	-69 kg	People's Republic of China	11/10/2014	Almaty
	Bump	200.5 kg	Mikhail Petrov	-67.5 kg	Bulgaria	09/18/1987	Ostrava
	Duel	359 kg	Liao Hui	-69 kg	People's Republic of China	11/10/2014	Almaty
-77 kg	Tear	177.0 kg	Lu Xiaojun	-77 kg	People's Republic of China	08/10/2016	Rio de Janeiro
	Bump	215.5 kg	Alexander Varbanov	-75 kg	Bulgaria	05.12.1987	Seoul
	Duel	382.5 kg	Alexander Varbanov	-75 kg	Bulgaria	02/20/1988	Plovdiv
-85 kg	Tear	187.0 kg	Andrei Rybakou	-85 kg	Belarus	09/22/2007	Chiang Mai
	Bump	225.0 kg	Assen Slatew	-82.5 kg	Bulgaria	11/12/1986	Sofia
	Duel	405.0 kg	Jurik Vardanyan	-82.5 kg	Soviet Union	09/14/1984	Varna
-94 kg	Tear	195.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev	-90 kg	Bulgaria	05/01/1983	Varna
	Bump	235.0 kg	Anatoli Chrapaty --------- Akakios Kachiasvilis	-90 kg	Soviet Union -------- United team	04/29/1988 08/01/1992	Cardiff ------- Barcelona
	Duel	422.5 kg	Viktor Solodov	-90 kg	Soviet Union	09/15/1984	Varna
-105 kg	Tear	200.5 kg	Nicu Vlad	-100 kg	Romania	11/14/1986	Sofia
	Bump	246.0 kg	Ilya Ilyin	-105 kg	Kazakhstan	12/12/2015	Grozny
	Duel	440.0 kg	Yuri Sakharevich	-100 kg	Soviet Union	10/09/1983	Odessa
105+ kg	Tear	220.0 kg	Lasha Talachadze	105+ kg	Georgia	05.12.2017	Anaheim
	Bump	266.0 kg	Leanid Taranenka	110+ kg	Soviet Union	11/26/1988	Canberra
	Duel	477.0 kg	Lasha Talachadze	105+ kg	Georgia	05.12.2017	Anaheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IMF eliminates World Standards from World Record list , June 24, 2008 (accessed December 27, 2008).
2. ↑ IMF adopts 1kg rule ( memento of February 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), February 13, 2005 (accessed December 27, 2008).

1. ↑ The lifted load was actually 0.5 kg heavier, but was rounded down with the introduction of the 1 kg rule.

swell

• International Weightlifting Federation. World records: current ( Memento of May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 6, 2011).
• World records in old categories until December 31, 1997 ( Memento from August 13, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed May 5, 2011).
• Lift up. World Records since 1919: Clean and Jerk, Super Heavyweight (accessed February 23, 2011).
• World Records since 1919: Press, Super Heavyweight (accessed August 20, 2009).
• World Records since 1919: Snatch, Super Heavyweight (accessed August 20, 2009).
• World Records since 1919: Total (Press + Snatch + Clean and Jerk, KG), Super Heavyweight (accessed August 20, 2009).
• World Records since 1919: Total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk, KG), Super Heavyweight (accessed August 20, 2009).
• Weightlifting Exchange. World records from 1896 - 1972 ( memento of October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed February 23, 2011).
• World records from 1972 - 1992 ( memento of October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed February 23, 2011).

Web links

• Official world record list of the IMF ( Memento of May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Development of Records on Lift Up (English)

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2017 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Accessed December 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Competition results - Institute for Applied Training Science. Retrieved June 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Competition results - Institute for Applied Training Science. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .