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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.
International Weightlifting Federation; Sinclair Calculator - calculate sinclair points from kg or lbs; Alberta Weightlifting Association. "The Sinclair Coefficients for the Olympiad January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020 For Men's and Women's Olympic Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation.
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead.
He is also the current senior world record holder for both the clean and jerk and the total in his weight class. Liu won a gold medal in the men's 102 kg category at the 2024 Summer Olympics by lifting total of 406 kg. He became the first male weightlifting Olympic champion from China that weighed more than 100 kg. [4]
In 2021, Haack set a record in the 90 kilogram weight class, managing a total of 1,005.5 kg (340 kg squat, 263 kg bench press, 402.5 kg deadlift). This record set by Haack surpassed the 100 kilogram weight class (972.5 kg by Yury Belkin), and the 110 kilogram weight class (1,000 kg by Jamal Browner) total records.
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. In the 102kg category no ...
Weight class Year Hometown/Team Total Gabe Chhum 61 kg 2023 Max Kane Barbell 270 kg Hampton Morris 67 kg 2023 Unaffiliated 298 kg Travis Cooper 73 kg 2023 Rising Tide Weightlifting 309 kg Edward Ginnan 81 kg 2023 Myriad Weightlifting 321 kg Brandon Victorian 89 kg 2023 Blue Wave Weightlifting 342 kg Layne Palm 96 kg 2023 Bexar Barbell 334 kg
Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; Georgian pronunciation: [laʃa tʼalaχadze]; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021.