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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]
Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, [1] with seven weight classes. Weight class 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
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.
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.
On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the ...
Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [32] Clean & Jerk 102.5 kg Tara Nott: 21 July 2000 USA Olympic Tryouts New Orleans, United States [33] Total 185 kg Tara Nott: 21 July 2000 USA Olympic Tryouts New Orleans, United States [34] 53 kg Snatch 87 kg Cortney Batchelor: 17 March 2017 American Open Series I Reno, United States [35] Clean & Jerk 113 kg
This article details the qualifying phase for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 [1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The competition at these Games includes 196 athletes. Each competing nation is allowed to enter a maximum of 8 competitors, 4 men and 4 women. [2] The IWF released its qualification list on 28 June 2021 ...
This is the list of world records progression in women'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 2018, nullifying earlier records.