List of Olympic records in weightlifting explained

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,^[2] with seven weight classes that have not changed since.

Current records

Men

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of 10 August 2024.

width=9%	Event	width=7%	Record	width=18%	Athlete	width=13%	Nation	width=13%	Games	width=13%	Date	width=5%	Ref
61 kg
Snatch	143 kg	Li Fabin		2024 Paris	7 August 2024	^[3]
Clean & Jerk	172 kg	Li Fabin		2020 Tokyo	25 July 2021	^[4]
Total	313 kg	Li Fabin		2020 Tokyo	25 July 2021
67 kg
Snatch	151 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk	187 kg	Chen Lijun		2020 Tokyo	25 July 2021	^[5]
Total	332 kg	Chen Lijun		2020 Tokyo	25 July 2021
73 kg
Snatch	166 kg	Shi Zhiyong		2020 Tokyo	28 July 2021	^[6]
Clean & Jerk	199 kg	Rizki Juniansyah		2024 Paris	8 August 2024	^[7]
Total	364 kg	Shi Zhiyong		2020 Tokyo	28 July 2021
81 kg
Snatch	170 kg	Lü Xiaojun		2020 Tokyo	31 July 2021	^[8]
Clean & Jerk	204 kg	Lü Xiaojun		2020 Tokyo	31 July 2021
Total	374 kg	Lü Xiaojun		2020 Tokyo	31 July 2021
89 kg
Snatch	180 kg	Olympic Standard
Clean & Jerk	♦224 kg	Karlos Nasar		2024 Paris	9 August 2024	^[9]
Total	♦404 kg	Karlos Nasar		2024 Paris	9 August 2024
96 kg
Snatch	183 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk	225 kg	Fares El-Bakh		2020 Tokyo	31 July 2021	^[10]
Total	402 kg	Fares El-Bakh		2020 Tokyo	31 July 2021
102 kg
Snatch	186 kg	Olympic Standard
Clean & Jerk	226 kg	Olympic Standard
Total	410 kg	Olympic Standard
109 kg
Snatch	195 kg	Simon Martirosyan		2020 Tokyo	3 August 2021	^[11]
Clean & Jerk	237 kg	Akbar Djuraev		2020 Tokyo	3 August 2021
Total	430 kg	Akbar Djuraev		2020 Tokyo	3 August 2021
+109 kg
Snatch	223 kg	Lasha Talakhadze		2020 Tokyo	4 August 2021	^[12]
Clean & Jerk	265 kg	Lasha Talakhadze		2020 Tokyo	4 August 2021
Total	488 kg	Lasha Talakhadze		2020 Tokyo	4 August 2021

Women

width=9%	Event	width=7%	Record	width=18%	Athlete	width=13%	Nation	width=13%	Games	width=13%	Date	width=5%	Ref
49 kg
Snatch	94 kg	Hou Zhihui		2020 Tokyo	24 July 2021	^[13]
Clean & Jerk	117 kg	Hou Zhihui		2024 Paris	7 August 2024	^[14]
Total	210 kg	Hou Zhihui		2020 Tokyo	24 July 2021
55 kg
Snatch	98 kg	Muattar Nabieva		2020 Tokyo	26 July 2021	^[15]
Clean & Jerk	127 kg	Hidilyn Diaz		2020 Tokyo	26 July 2021
Total	224 kg	Hidilyn Diaz		2020 Tokyo	26 July 2021
59 kg
Snatch	107 kg	Luo Shifang		2024 Paris	8 August 2024	^[16]
Clean & Jerk	134 kg	Luo Shifang		2024 Paris	8 August 2024
Total	241 kg	Luo Shifang		2024 Paris	8 August 2024
64 kg
Snatch	108 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk	134 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Total	242 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
71 kg
Snatch	117 kg	Olivia Reeves		2024 Paris	9 August 2024	^[17]
Clean & Jerk	148 kg	Olympic Standard
Total	265 kg	Olympic Standard
76 kg
Snatch	121 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk	149 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Total	270 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
81 kg
Snatch	122 kg	Olympic Standard
Clean & Jerk	154 kg	Solfrid Koanda		2024 Paris	10 August 2024	^[18]
Total	275 kg	Solfrid Koanda		2024 Paris	10 August 2024
87 kg
Snatch	130 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk	159 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
Total	289 kg	Olympic Standard			1 November 2018
+87 kg
Snatch	140 kg	Li Wenwen		2020 Tokyo	2 August 2021	^[19]
Clean & Jerk	180 kg	Li Wenwen		2020 Tokyo	2 August 2021
Total	320 kg	Li Wenwen		2020 Tokyo	2 August 2021

Historical records

Men (1998–2018)

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of 31 October 2018.

width=9%	Event	width=7%	Record	width=18%	Athlete	width=13%	Nation	width=13%	Games	width=13%	Date	width=5%	Ref
56 kg
Snatch	138 kg	Halil Mutlu		2000 Sydney	16 September 2000
Clean & Jerk	170 kg	Long Qingquan		2016 Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016	^[20]
Total	♦307 kg	Long Qingquan		2016 Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016
62 kg
Snatch	153 kg	Kim Un-guk		2012 London	30 July 2012	^[21]
Clean & Jerk	177 kg	Óscar Figueroa		2012 London	30 July 2012
Total	327 kg	Kim Un-guk		2012 London	30 July 2012
69 kg
Snatch	165 kg	Georgi Markov		2000 Sydney	20 September 2000
Clean & Jerk	196 kg	Galabin Boevski		2000 Sydney	20 September 2000
Total	357 kg	Galabin Boevski		2000 Sydney	20 September 2000
77 kg
Snatch	♦177 kg	Lü Xiaojun		2016 Rio de Janeiro	10 August 2016	^[22]
Clean & Jerk	207 kg	Zhan Xugang		2000 Sydney	22 September 2000
Total	379 kg	Lü Xiaojun		2012 London	1 August 2012	^[23]
85 kg
Snatch	180 kg	Giorgi Asanidze		2000 Sydney	23 September 2000
Clean & Jerk	217 kg	Tian Tao		2016 Rio de Janeiro	12 August 2016	^[24]
Total	♦396 kg	Kianoush Rostami		2016 Rio de Janeiro	12 August 2016	^[25]
94 kg
Snatch	187 kg	Kourosh Bagheri		2000 Sydney	24 September 2000
Clean & Jerk	224 kg	Szymon Kołecki		2008 Beijing	17 August 2008
Total	407 kg	Milen Dobrev		2004 Athens	23 August 2004
105 kg
Snatch	♦200 kg	Andrei Aramnau		2008 Beijing	18 August 2008	^[26]
Clean & Jerk	237 kg	Ruslan Nurudinov		2016 Rio de Janeiro	15 August 2016	^[27]
Total	436 kg	Andrei Aramnau		2008 Beijing	18 August 2008
+105 kg
Snatch	216 kg	Behdad Salimi		2016 Rio de Janeiro	16 August 2016	^[28]
Clean & Jerk	♦263 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh		2004 Athens	25 August 2004
Total	473 kg	Lasha Talakhadze		2016 Rio de Janeiro	16 August 2016	^[29]

Men (1993–1997)

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of 1 January 1998.

width=9%	Event	width=7%	Record	width=18%	Athlete	width=13%	Nation	width=13%	Games	width=13%	Date	width=5%	Ref
54 kg
Snatch	♦132.5 kg	Halil Mutlu		1996 Atlanta	20 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	155.0 kg	Halil Mutlu		1996 Atlanta	20 July 1996
Total	287.5 kg	Halil Mutlu		1996 Atlanta	20 July 1996
59 kg
Snatch	137.5 kg	Leonidas Sabanis		1996 Atlanta	21 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	170.0 kg	Tang Lingsheng		1996 Atlanta	21 July 1996
Total	307.5 kg	Tang Lingsheng		1996 Atlanta	21 July 1996
64 kg
Snatch	147.5 kg	Naim Süleymanoğlu		1996 Atlanta	22 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	♦187.5 kg	Valerios Leonidis		1996 Atlanta	22 July 1996
Total	♦335.0 kg	Naim Süleymanoğlu		1996 Atlanta	22 July 1996
70 kg
Snatch	162.5 kg	Zhan Xugang		1996 Atlanta	23 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	195.0 kg	Zhan Xugang		1996 Atlanta	23 July 1996
Total	♦357.5 kg	Zhan Xugang		1996 Atlanta	23 July 1996
76 kg
Snatch	162.5 kg	Jon Chol-ho		1996 Atlanta	24 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	205.0 kg	Pablo Lara		1996 Atlanta	24 July 1996
Total	367.5 kg	Pablo Lara		1996 Atlanta	24 July 1996
83 kg
Snatch	♦180.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	213.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
Total	♦392.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
91 kg
Snatch	♦187.5 kg	Aleksey Petrov		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	215.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
Total	402.5 kg	Aleksey Petrov		1996 Summer	26 July 1996
99 kg
Snatch	187.5 kg	Denys Gotfrid		1996 Summer	28 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	♦235.0 kg	Akakios Kakiasvilis		1996 Summer	28 July 1996
Total	♦420.0 kg	Akakios Kakiasvilis		1996 Summer	28 July 1996
108 kg
Snatch	197.5 kg	Nicu Vlad		1996 Summer	29 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	♦236.0 kg	Timur Taymazov		1996 Summer	29 July 1996
Total	430.0 kg	Timur Taymazov		1996 Summer	29 July 1996
+108 kg
Snatch	200.0 kg	Stefan Botev		1996 Summer	30 July 1996
Clean & Jerk	260.0 kg	Andrey Chemerkin		1996 Summer	30 July 1996
Total	457.5 kg	Andrey Chemerkin		1996 Summer	30 July 1996

Women (1998–2018)

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of 31 October 2018.

width=9%	Event	width=7%	Record	width=18%	Athlete	width=13%	Nation	width=13%	Games	width=13%	Date	width=5%	Ref
48 kg
Snatch	97 kg	Nurcan Taylan		2004 Athens	14 August 2004
Clean & Jerk	115 kg	Aree Wiratthaworn		2004 Athens	14 August 2004
Total	212 kg	Chen Xiexia		2008 Beijing	9 August 2008
53 kg
Snatch	101 kg	Li Yajun		2016 Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016	^[30]
Clean & Jerk	126 kg	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon		2008 Beijing	10 August 2008
Total	225 kg	Yang Xia		2000 Sydney	18 September 2000
58 kg
Snatch	110 kg	Sukanya Srisurat		2016 Rio de Janeiro	8 August 2016	^[31]
Clean & Jerk	138 kg	Chen Yanqing		2008 Beijing	11 August 2008
Total	246 kg	Li Xueying		2012 London	30 July 2012	^[32]
63 kg
Snatch	115 kg	Hanna Batsiushka		2004 Athens	18 August 2004
Clean & Jerk	♦147 kg	Deng Wei		2016 Rio de Janeiro	9 August 2016	^[33]
Total	♦262 kg	Deng Wei		2016 Rio de Janeiro	9 August 2016
69 kg
Snatch	122 kg	Liu Chunhong		2004 Athens	19 August 2004
Clean & Jerk	153 kg	Liu Chunhong		2004 Athens	19 August 2004
Total	275 kg	Liu Chunhong		2004 Athens	19 August 2004
75 kg
Snatch	125 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya		2004 Athens	20 August 2004
Clean & Jerk	153 kg	Rim Jong-sim		2016 Rio de Janeiro	12 August 2016
Total	274 kg	Rim Jong-sim		2016 Rio de Janeiro	12 August 2016
+75 kg
Snatch	151 kg	Tatiana Kashirina		2012 London	5 August 2012	^[34]
Clean & Jerk	187 kg	Zhou Lulu		2012 London	5 August 2012
Total	333 kg	Zhou Lulu		2012 London	5 August 2012

See also

• List of Paralympic records in powerlifting

References

Further reading

• Web site: Weightlifting – Current Olympic Records – Men . 1 October 2004 . International Olympic Committee . 27 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060831210816/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_827.pdf . 31 August 2006 .
• Web site: Weightlifting – Current Olympic Records – Women . 1 October 2004 . International Olympic Committee . 27 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070419085005/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_826.pdf . 19 April 2007 .
• Web site: IWF – World Records and World Standards . International Weightlifting Federation . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080325113518/http://www.iwf.net/iwf/events/wr/record_olympic.php . 25 March 2008 . dead .
• Book: Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Three: Results . Weightlifting . 30–31 . Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games . 2001 . 0-9579616-1-8 . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025616/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/wl/WLresults.pdf . 9 April 2008 . dead .
• Book: Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad . Weightlifting Official Results Book . Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 . August 2004 . 960-88101-7-5 . 36–38 . 27 March 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Concise History of Weightlifting at the Summer Olympic Games. fatvox.com. en-US. 31 March 2017.
2. Web site: Ali. Qaiser Mohammad. The Golden Bronze. Outlook. 14 September 2016.
3. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 61kg – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 7 August 2024. 7 August 2024.
4. Web site: Men's 61 kg Results. TOCOG. 25 July 2021. 26 July 2021. 9 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135224/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM61KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Men's 67 kg Results. TOCOG. 25 July 2021. 26 July 2021. 9 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135215/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM67KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Men's 73 kg Results. TOCOG. 28 July 2021. 28 July 2021. 28 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728151516/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM73KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 73 kg – Results. International Olympic Committee. Olympics.com. live. 8 August 2024. 8 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240808202105/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_C73_WLFM73KG--------------FNL-000100--.pdf.
8. Web site: Men's 81 kg Results. TOCOG. 31 July 2021. 1 August 2021. 9 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135323/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM81KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
9. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 89kg – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024.
10. Web site: Men's 96 kg Results. TOCOG. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731125757/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM96KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
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15. Web site: Women's 55 kg Results. TOCOG. 26 July 2021. 26 July 2021. 26 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726145835/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW55KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
16. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 59kg – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 8 August 2024. 8 August 2024.
17. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 71kg – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024.
18. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 81kg – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 10 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
19. Web site: Women's +87kg Results. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
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31. Web site: Women's 58kg Results. Rio 2016 official website. 8 August 2016. 8 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919203734/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLW058000_Results_2016_08_08_120af0f5_0130_4669_a52c_ba0889f7dc7e.pdf. 19 September 2016.
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