Weightlifting World Records

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World records in weightlifting - the highest results shown by athletes in individual exercises and in the amount of exercises in competitions that meet all the requirements of the International Weightlifting Federation .

Until 1973, records were recorded in the bench press , jerk , jerk, and the total eventing. Since 1972, after exclusion from the program of weightlifting competitions of the bench, records are recorded in the jerk, jerk and in the amount of biathlon. In 1993, 1998 and 2018, in connection with the change in the boundaries of the weight categories, the registration of current world records began anew ^[1] ^[2] .

Current records (since 2018)

Men

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date
Up to 55 kg	Jerk	135
	Push	162	Om Yoon Chol	DPRK	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/02/2018
	Amount	293

Up to 61 kg	Jerk	144
	Push	174	Eco Yuli Iravan	Indonesia	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/03/2018
	Amount	317	Eco Yuli Iravan	Indonesia	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/03/2018

Up to 67 kg	Jerk	153
	Push	184
	Amount	332	Chen Lijun	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018

Up to 73 kg	Jerk	164	Shi Zhiyong	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Push	196	Shi Zhiyong	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Amount	360	Shi Zhiyong	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018

Up to 81 kg	Jerk	173	Mohammed Mahmoud	Egypt	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/05/2018
	Push	206
	Amount	374	Lu xiaojun	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/05/2018

Up to 89 kg	Jerk	179
	Push	216
	Amount	387

Up to 96 kg	Jerk	186	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/07/2018
	Push	230	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/07/2018
	Amount	416	Sohrab Moradi	Iran	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/07/2018

Up to 102 kg	Jerk	191
	Push	231
	Amount	412

Up to 109 kg	Jerk	196
	Push	240	Simon Martirosyan	Armenia	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/09/2018
	Amount	435	Simon Martirosyan	Armenia	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/09/2018

Over 109 kg	Jerk	218	Lasha Talakhadze	Georgia	Europe championship	Batumi	04/13/2019
	Push	260	Lasha Talakhadze	Georgia	Europe championship	Batumi	04/13/2019
	Amount	478	Lasha Talakhadze	Georgia	Europe championship	Batumi	04/13/2019

Women

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date
Up to 45 kg	Jerk	85
	Push	108
	Amount	191

Up to 49 kg	Jerk	93	Sopita Tanasan	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/03/2018
	Push	120	Chautra Pramongol	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/03/2018
	Amount	209	Chautra Pramongol	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/03/2018

Up to 55 kg	Jerk	105	Sukania Srisurat	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Push	127	Sukania Srisurat	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Amount	235	Sukania Srisurat	Thailand	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018

Up to 59 kg	Jerk	105	Guo Xinzhun	Chinese taipei	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Push	133	Chen Guiming	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018
	Amount	237	Guo Xinzhun	Chinese taipei	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/04/2018

Up to 64 kg	Jerk	112	Dan wei	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/05/2018
	Push	140	Dan wei	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/05/2018
	Amount	252	Dan wei	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/05/2018

Up to 71 kg	Jerk	117
	Push	152	Zhang Wangli	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/06/2018
	Amount	267	Zhang Wangli	China	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/06/2018

Up to 76 kg	Jerk	122
	Push	153
	Amount	272

Up to 81 kg	Jerk	127
	Push	158
	Amount	283

Up to 87 kg	Jerk	132
	Push	164
	Amount	294

Over 87 kg	Jerk	146	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	Europe championship	Batumi	04/13/2019
	Push	185	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	World Championship	Ashgabat	11/10/2018
	Amount	331	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	Europe championship	Batumi	04/13/2019

Historical records

Men (1998—2018)

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date
Up to 56 kg	Jerk	139	Wu Jingbao	China	World Championship	Houston	11/21/2015
	Push	171	Om Yoon Chol	DPRK	World Championship	Houston	11/21/2015
	Amount	307	Long Qingquan	China	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/07/2016

Up to 62 kg	Jerk	154	Kim Eun Guk	DPRK	Asian Games	Incheon	09/21/2014
	Push	183	Chen Lijun	China	World Championship	Houston	11/22/2015
	Amount	333	Chen Lijun	China	World Championship	Houston	11/22/2015

Up to 69 kg	Jerk	166 ^[3]	Liao Hui	China	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/10/2014
	Push	198	Liao Hui	China	World Championship	Wroclaw	10/23/2013
	Amount	359	Liao Hui	China	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/10/2014

Up to 77 kg	Jerk	177	Lu xiaojun	China	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/10/2016
	Push	214	Nijat Rakhimov	Kazakhstan	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/07/2016
	Amount	380	Lu xiaojun	China	World Championship	Wroclaw	10.24.2013

Up to 85 kg	Jerk	187	Andrey Rybakov	Belarus	World Championship	Chiang mai	09/22/2007
	Push	220	Kianush Rostov	Iran	Fajra Cup	Tehran	05/31/2016
	Amount	396	Kianush Rostov	Iran	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/12/2016

Up to 94 kg	Jerk	188	Akakios Kakiashvilis	Greece	World Championship	Athens	11/27/1999
	Push	233	Sohrab Moradi	Iran Iran	World Championship	Anaheim	12/03/2017
	Amount	417	Sohrab Moradi	Iran Iran	World Championship	Anaheim	12/03/2017

Up to 105 kg	Jerk	200	Andrey Aramnov	Belarus	Olympic Games	Beijing	08/18/2008
	Push	246	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	President’s Cup	The terrible	12/12/2015
	Amount	437	Ilya Ilyin	Kazakhstan	President’s Cup	The terrible	12/12/2015

Over 105 kg	Jerk	220	Lasha Talakhadze	Georgia	World Championship	Anaheim	12/05/2017
	Push	263	Hussein Rezazade	Iran	Olympic Games	Athens	08/25/2004
	Amount	477	Lasha Talakhadze	Georgia	World Championship	Anaheim	12/05/2017

Women (1998—2018)

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date
Up to 48 kg	Jerk	98	Yang Lian	China	World Championship	Santo Domingo	10/01/2006
	Push	121	Nurjan Taylan	Turkey	World Championship	Antalya	09/17/2010
	Amount	217	Yang Lian	China	World Championship	Santo Domingo	10/01/2006

Up to 53 kg	Jerk	103	Li Ping	China	Asian Games	Guangzhou	11/14/2010
	Push	134	Zulfia Chinshanlo	Kazakhstan	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/10/2014
	Amount	233	Xu Shujing	Chinese taipei	Asian Games	Incheon	09/21/2014

Up to 58 kg	Jerk	112	Boyanka Kostova	Azerbaijan	World Championship	Houston	11/24/2015
	Push	142	Guo Xinzhun	Chinese taipei	Summer Universiade	Taipei	08.21.2017
	Amount	252	Boyanka Kostova	Azerbaijan	World Championship	Houston	11/24/2015

Up to 63 kg	Jerk	117	Svetlana Tsarukaeva	Russia	World Championship	Paris	11/08/2011
	Push	147	Dan wei	China	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/09/2016
	Amount	262	Dan wei	China	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	08/09/2016

Up to 69 kg	Jerk	123	Oksana Slivenko	Russia	World Championship	Santo Domingo	10/04/2006
	Push	157	Zarema Kasaeva	Russia	World Championship	Doha	11/13/2005
	Amount	276	Oksana Slivenko	Russia	World Championship	Chiang mai	09/24/2007

Up to 75 kg	Jerk	135 ^[4]	Natalya Zabolotnaya	Russia	President’s Cup	Belgorod	12/17/2011
	Push	164	Kim Eun Joo	DPRK	Asian Games	Incheon	09/25/2014
	Amount	296 ^[5]	Natalya Zabolotnaya	Russia	President’s Cup	Belgorod	12/17/2011

Up to 90 kg	Jerk	130		Ukraine	Olympic Games	Athens	08.21.2004
	Push	160	Hripsime Khurshudyan	Armenia	World Championship	Antalya	09/25/2010
	Amount	283	Hripsime Khurshudyan	Armenia	World Championship	Antalya	09/25/2010

Over 90 kg	Jerk	155	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/16/2014
	Push	193	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/16/2014
	Amount	348	Tatyana Kashirina	Russia	World Championship	Alma-ata	11/16/2014

Men (1993-1997)

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date
Up to 54 kg	Jerk	132.5	Khalil Mutlu		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/20/1996
	Push	160,5	Doe Shizhan		World Championship	Chiang mai	12/06/1997
	Amount	290	Khalil Mutlu		World Championship	Istanbul	11/18/1994

Up to 59 kg	Jerk	140	Hafiz Suleymanov		Europe championship	Warsaw	05/03/1995
	Push	170	Nikolay Peshalov		Europe championship	Warsaw	05/03/1995
	Amount	307.5	Tan Lingsheng		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/21/1996

Up to 64 kg	Jerk	150	Van guohua			Busan	05/12/1997
	Push	187.5	Valerios Leonidis		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/22/1996
	Amount	335	Naim Suleimanoglu		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/22/1996

Up to 70 kg	Jerk	163	Wan Jianhui		Asian Championship	Yangzhou	07/09/1997
	Push	195.5	Zhan Xuyang		World Championship	Chiang mai	12/09/1997
	Amount	357.5	Zhan Xuyang		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/23/1996

Up to 76 kg	Jerk	170	Ruslan Savchenko		World Championship	Melbourne	11/16/1993
	Push	208	Pablo Lara			Szekszard	04/20/1996
	Amount	372.5	Pablo Lara			Szekszard	04/20/1996

Up to 83 kg	Jerk	180	Pyrros Dimas		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/26/1996
	Push	214	Zhang Yong		Asian Championship	Yangzhou	07/12/1997
	Amount	392.5	Pyrros Dimas		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/26/1996

Up to 91 kg	Jerk	187.5	Alexey Petrov		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/26/1996
	Push	228.5	Akakios Kakiashvilis		Europe championship	Warsaw	05/06/1995
	Amount	412.5	Alexey Petrov		Europe championship	Sokolov	05/07/1994

Up to 99 kg	Jerk	192.5	Sergey Syrtsov		World Championship	Istanbul	11/25/1994
	Push	235	Akakios Kakiashvilis		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/28/1996
	Amount	420	Akakios Kakiashvilis		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/28/1996

Up to 108 kg	Jerk	200	Timur Taymazov		World Championship	Istanbul	11/26/1994
	Push	236	Timur Taymazov		Olympic Games	Atlanta	07/29/1996
	Amount	435	Timur Taymazov		World Championship	Istanbul	11/26/1994

Over 108 kg	Jerk	205	Alexander Kurlovich		World Championship	Istanbul	11/27/1994
	Push	262.5	Andrey Chemerkin		World Championship	Chiang mai	12/14/1997
	Amount	462.5	Andrey Chemerkin		World Championship	Chiang mai	12/14/1997

Women (1993-1997)

Men (1973-1992)

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set			References
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date	References

Up to 52 kg	Jerk	120.5	Zhang Zaizhong		World Championship	Donaueschingen	09/27/1991
	Push	155.5	Ivan Ivanov		World Championship	Donaueschingen	09/27/1991
	Amount	272.5	Ivan Ivanov		World Championship	Athens	09/16/1989

Up to 56 kg	Jerk	135	Liu Shoubin		World Championship	Donaueschingen	09/28/1991
	Push	173	Naum Shalamanov		world Cup	Sarajevo	1984
	Amount	305	Naum Shalamanov		world Cup	Sarajevo	1984

Up to 60 kg	Jerk	152.5	Naim Suleimanoglu		Olympic Games	Seoul	09/20/1988
	Push	190	Naim Suleimanoglu		Olympic Games	Seoul	09/20/1988	YouTube video
	Amount	342.5	Naim Suleimanoglu		Olympic Games	Seoul	09/20/1988

Up to 67.5 kg	Jerk	160	Israel Militosyan		World Championship	Athens	09/18/1989
	Push	200.5	Mikhail Petrov		World Championship	Ostrava	09/08/1987
	Amount	355	Mikhail Petrov			Seoul	05/12/1987

Up to 75 kg	Jerk	170	Angel Genchev			Miskolc	11/12/1987
	Push	215.5	Alexander Vyrbanov			Seoul	05/12/1987
	Amount	382.5	Alexander Vyrbanov			Plovdiv	02/20/1988

Up to 82.5 kg	Jerk	183	Asen Zlatev			Melbourne	12/07/1986
	Push	225	Asen Zlatev		World Championship	Sofia	11/12/1986
	Amount	405	Yurik Vardanyan		Friendship-84	Varna	09/14/1984	YouTube video

Up to 90 kg	Jerk	195.5	Good Blagoev			Varna	05/01/1983
	Push	235	Anatoly Khrapaty		Europe championship	Cardiff	04/29/1988
	Amount	422.5	Victor Solodov		Friendship-84	Varna	09/15/1984

Up to 100 kg	Jerk	200.5	Niku Vlad		World Championship	Sofia	11/14/1986
	Push	242.5	Alexander Popov		Friendship Cup	Tallinn	03/05/1988
	Amount	440	Yuri Zakharevich		Friendship Cup	Odessa	03/04/1983

Up to 110 kg	Jerk	210	Yuri Zakharevich		Olympic Games	Seoul	09/27/1988	YouTube video
	Push	250,5	Yuri Zakharevich		Europe championship	Cardiff	04/30/1988
	Amount	455	Yuri Zakharevich		Olympic Games	Seoul	09/27/1988	YouTube video

Over 110 kg	Jerk	216	Antonio Krastev		World Championship	Ostrava	09/13/1987	YouTube video
	Push	266	Leonid Taranenko		“Heavyweight Cup”	Canberra	11/26/1988	YouTube video
	Amount	475	Leonid Taranenko		“Heavyweight Cup”	Canberra	11/26/1988	YouTube video

Women (1988-1992)

Men (1920-1972)

Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Sportsman		Record set			References
Category	Exercise	Result, kg	Name	A country	Competition	A place	date	References

Up to 52 kg	Bench press	120.5	Adam Gnatov		Baltic Cup	Riga	07/11/1972
	Jerk	105.0	Aung Ji		Olympic Games	Munich	08/27/1972
	Push	132.5	Charlie deptios		Olympic Games	Munich	08/27/1972
	Amount	342.5	Sandor Holzreiter		World Championship	Columbus	09/12/1970

Up to 56 kg	Bench press	128.5	Mohammad Nasiri			Tehran	07/10/1972
	Jerk	115.0	Koji Miki			Kagoshima	10/23/1972
	Push	150.0	Mohammad Nasiri		Olympic Games	Mexico city	10/13/1968
	Amount	377.5	Imre Feldi		Olympic Games	Munich	08/28/1972

Up to 60 kg	Bench press	137.5	Imre Feldi		Pre-Olympic competitions	Ulm	03/04/1972
	Jerk	125.5	Yoshinobu Miyake			Matsuura	10/23/1972
	Push	157.5	Norair Nurikyan		Olympic Games	Munich	08/29/1972
	Amount	402.5	Dito Shanidze		USSR Championship	Tallinn	04/12/1972

Up to 67.5 kg	Bench press	157.5	Mladen Kuchev		Olympic Games	Munich	08/30/1972
	Jerk	137.5	Waldemar Bashanovsky		Championship of Poland	Lublin	04/23/1971
	Push	177.5	Mukharbiy Kirzhinov		Olympic Games	Munich	08/30/1972
	Amount	460.0	Mukharbiy Kirzhinov		Olympic Games	Munich	08/30/1972

Notes

↑ History of weightlifting. Olympic annals. Part 3 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 20, 2010. Archived April 10, 2012.
↑ 10 new weight categories introduced in weightlifting
↑ New world record in Almaty !!! Archived November 10, 2014 on the Wayback Machine website of the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships
↑ Weightlifter Zabolotnaya set a new world record in a jerk (unopened) (inaccessible link) . RIA Novosti (12/17/2011). Archived on April 10, 2012.
↑ David Bejanyan and Natalya Zabolotnaya set world records in the “Cup of the President of Russia” in weightlifting (neopr.) . Sports Information Agency "All Sport" (12/17/2011). Archived on April 10, 2012.

Links

International Weightlifting Federation
International Weightlifting Federation. World records. Men (neopr.) . Date of treatment June 27, 2016. (English)
International Weightlifting Federation. World records. Women (neopr.) . Date of treatment June 27, 2016. (English)
Lift up World records since 1919 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 20, 2010. Archived April 10, 2012. (eng.)
Weightlifting Exchange. World records from 1972 to 1992 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 20, 2010. (English)
Weightlifting Exchange. World records from 1993 to 1997 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 20, 2010. (English)

[1] History of weightlifting. Olympic annals. Part 3 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 20, 2010. Archived April 10, 2012.

[2] 10 new weight categories introduced in weightlifting

[3] New world record in Almaty !!! Archived November 10, 2014 on the Wayback Machine website of the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships

[4] Weightlifter Zabolotnaya set a new world record in a jerk (unopened) (inaccessible link) . RIA Novosti (12/17/2011). Archived on April 10, 2012.

[Rep17-12-5] David Bejanyan and Natalya Zabolotnaya set world records in the “Cup of the President of Russia” in weightlifting (neopr.) . Sports Information Agency "All Sport" (12/17/2011). Archived on April 10, 2012.