List of Nepalese records in Olympic weightlifting explained

The following are the national records in Olympic weightlifting in Nepal. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the Nepal Weight Lifting Association.

Current records

Men

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55 kg
Snatch	80 kg	Mahato Tularam	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[1]
Clean & Jerk	98 kg	Mahato Tularam	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[2]
Total	178 kg	Mahato Tularam	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[3]
61 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
67 kg
Snatch	112 kg	Adhikari Kamal Bahadur	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[4]
Clean & Jerk	140 kg	Adhikari Kamal Bahadur	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[5]
Total	252 kg	Adhikari Kamal Bahadur	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[6]
73 kg
Snatch	115 kg	K.C. Prakash	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[7]
Clean and Jerk	150 kg	K.C. Prakash	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[8]
Total	265 kg	K.C. Prakash	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[9]
81 kg
Snatch	124 kg	Bikash Bhatt	10 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[10]
Clean and Jerk	148 kg	Bikash Bhatt	10 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[11]
Total	272 kg	Bikash Bhatt	10 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[12]
89 kg
Snatch	124 kg	Bhatt Bikash	20 September 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal
Clean and Jerk	147 kg	Bhatt Bikash	20 September 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal
Total	271 kg	Bhatt Bikash	20 September 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal
96 kg
Snatch	133 kg	Vishal Sing Bist	5 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China
Clean and Jerk	168 kg	Vishal Sing Bist	5 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China
Total	301 kg	Vishal Sing Bist	5 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China
102 kg
Snatch	100 kg	Gurung Sandesh	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[13]
Clean and Jerk	135 kg	Gurung Sandesh	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[14]
Total	235 kg	Gurung Sandesh	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[15]
109 kg
Snatch	128 kg	Sagar Bhandari	16 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[16]
Clean and Jerk	163 kg	Sagar Bhandari	16 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[17]
Total	291 kg	Sagar Bhandari	16 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[18]
+109 kg
Snatch	134 kg	Sagar Bhandari	11 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[19]
Clean & Jerk	172 kg	Sagar Bhandari	11 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[20]
Total	306 kg	Sagar Bhandari	11 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[21]

Women

width=9%	Event	width=6%	Record	width=16%	Athlete	width=13%	Date	width=20%	Meet	width=20%	Place	width=3%	Ref
45 kg
Snatch	57 kg	Rai Sangita	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[22]
Clean and Jerk	70 kg	Rai Sangita	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[23]
Total	127 kg	Rai Sangita	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[24]
49 kg
Snatch	59 kg	Sangita Rai	13 August 2019	Nepal’s Strongest Sunil Lal Joshi Memorial Weightlifting Championships	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[25]
Clean and Jerk	76 kg	Sangita Rai	13 August 2019	Nepal’s Strongest Sunil Lal Joshi Memorial Weightlifting Championships	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[26]
Total	135 kg	Sangita Rai	13 August 2019	Nepal’s Strongest Sunil Lal Joshi Memorial Weightlifting Championships	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[27]
55 kg
Snatch	70 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	22 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo, China
Clean and Jerk	90 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	22 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo, China
Total	160 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	22 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo, China
59 kg
Snatch	74 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[28]
Clean & Jerk	97 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[29]
Total	171 kg	Sanju Chaudhary	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[30]
64 kg
Snatch	73 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	^[31]
Clean and Jerk	93 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	^[32]
Total	166 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	^[33]
71 kg
Snatch	67 kg	Thapa Rajlaxmi	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[34]
Clean and Jerk	83 kg	Thapa Rajlaxmi	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[35]
Total	150 kg	Thapa Rajlaxmi	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[36]
76 kg
Snatch	75 kg	Pun Tara Devi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[37]
Clean and Jerk	97 kg	Pun Tara Devi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[38]
Total	172 kg	Pun Tara Devi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[39]
81 kg
Snatch	60 kg	Ban Laxmi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[40]
Clean and Jerk	80 kg	Ban Laxmi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[41]
Total	140 kg	Ban Laxmi	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[42]
87 kg
Snatch	60 kg	Kumal Mankumari	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[43]
Clean and Jerk	76 kg	Kumal Mankumari	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[44]
Total	136 kg	Kumal Mankumari	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[45]
+87 kg
Snatch	60 kg	Rai Ashmita	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[46]
Clean and Jerk	65 kg	Rai Ashmita	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[47]
Total	125 kg	Rai Ashmita	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[48]

Historical records

Men (1998–2018)

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56 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
62 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
69 kg
Snatch	100 kg	K C Prakash	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[49]
Clean and jerk	125 kg	K C Prakash	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[50]
Total	225 kg	K C Prakash	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[51]
77 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
85 kg
Snatch	125 kg	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari	27 April 2017	Asian Championships	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[52]
Clean and jerk	160 kg	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari	27 April 2017	Asian Championships	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[53]
Total	285 kg	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari	27 April 2017	Asian Championships	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[54]
94 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
105 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
+105 kg
Snatch	124 kg	Pukar Gurung	28 December 2016	National Games	Rajbiraj, Nepal	^[55]
Clean and jerk
Total

Women (1998–2018)

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48 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
53 kg
Snatch	63 kg	Devi Kumari Chaudhary	25 December 2016	National Games	Rajbiraj, Nepal	^[56]
Clean and jerk		Devi Kumari Chaudhary
Total
58 kg
Snatch	68 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[57]
Clean and jerk	80 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[58]
Total	148 kg	Kamala Shrestha	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[59]
63 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
69 kg
Snatch	73 kg	Tara Pun	2010	Open Grand Prix	Nepal
Clean and jerk	91 kg	Tara Pun	29 February 2012	6th National Games	Mahendranagar, Nepal	^[60]
Total	157 kg	Tara Pun	29 February 2012	6th National Games	Mahendranagar, Nepal	^[61]
75 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
+75 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk	77 kg	Ram Maya	29 February 2012	6th National Games	Mahendranagar, Nepal	^[62]
Total	127 kg	Ram Maya	29 February 2012	6th National Games	Mahendranagar, Nepal	^[63]

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