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This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
Guys in their 20s and 30s weigh 196.9 pounds on average, men in their 40s and 50s are 200.9 pounds on average, and men over 60 measure in at 194.7 pounds on average.
This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games , so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [ 1 ]
This is the list of world records progression in men's weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
A men's Olympic barbell weighs 20 kg (44 lbs) with a shaft diameter of 28 mm and a length of 2200 mm, whereas a women's Olympic barbell weighs 15 kg (33 lbs) and has a shaft diameter of 25 mm with a length of 2010 mm. [20] [21] The distance between the sleeves, however, is the same for the men's and the women's bars at 1310 mm.
Now weighing over 340 lb (154 kg), Anderson finally crossed the 1,100 lb mark on February 12, 1955. On April 15, he became the first person to clean and press more than 400 lb (181.4 kg), with a lift of 402 lb (182.3 kg), along with a snatch of 315 lb (142.9 kg) and clean and jerk of 425.25 (192.9 kg) for a total of 1,142.25 lb (518.1 kg).
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting. Current program. Men ... –60 kg (1920–1936) 56–60 kg (1948–1992) 59–64 kg (1996)
2.1 Men (1998–2018) 2.2 ... The following are the records of the United States in Olympic weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the ...