World record progression men's weightlifting explained

See main article: List of world records in Olympic weightlifting. 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 weightlifter has yet surpassed the "World standard" specified as the minimum acceptable new record after the former records were discarded.

55 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	135	1 November 2018	—	—

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	161	1 November 2018	—	—
	162	2 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	166	18 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	293	1 November 2018	—	—
	294	18 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya

61 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	144	1 November 2018	—	—
Li Fabin	145	19 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	146	2 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket	^[1]

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	173	1 November 2018	—	—
	174	3 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
Li Fabin	175	7 December 2022	World Championships	Bogotá	^[2]
Hampton Morris	176	2 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	312	1 November 2018	—	—
	313	3 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	317
Li Fabin	318	19 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya

67 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	153	1 November 2018	—	—
Chen Lijun	154	21 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo
Huang Minhao	155	6 July 2019	Olympics Test Event	Tokyo

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	184	1 November 2018	—	—
Chen Lijun	185	21 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo
	187	20 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
Pak Jong-ju	188
Ri Won-ju	189	4 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	331	1 November 2018	—	—
Chen Lijun	332	4 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	339	21 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo

73 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	160	1 November 2018	—	—
	161	4 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	164
	165	22 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo
	168
	169	20 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	194	1 November 2018	—	—
	195	4 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	196
	197	21 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	198	10 December 2019	World Cup	Tianjin
	200	9 December 2022	World Championships	Bogotá	^[3]
	201	3 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou	^[4]
	202	6 February 2024	Asian Championships	Tashkent	^[5]
	204

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	348	1 November 2018	—	—
	352	4 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	360
	362	22 April 2019	Asian Championships	Ningbo
	363	21 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	364	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	^[6]
Rizki Juniansyah	365	4 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket

81 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	170	1 November 2018	—	—
	172	5 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	173
	174	21 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent
	175

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	206	1 November 2018	—	—
Lü Xiaojun	207	22 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
Karlos Nasar	208	12 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent	^[7]
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah	209	11 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh	^[8]

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	368	1 November 2018	—	—
	369	5 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	373
	374
Li Dayin	375	24 February 2019	World Cup	Fuzhou
Lü Xiaojun	376	22 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
Li Dayin	377
Lü Xiaojun	378

89 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	179	1 November 2018	—	—
	180	10 May 2023	Asian Championships	Jinju	^[9]
	181	6 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket
Yeison López	182

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	216	1 November 2018	—	—
	217	2 June 2022	European Championships	Tirana
	220	11 December 2022	World Championships	Bogotá	^[10]
	221	20 April 2023	European Championships	Yerevan	^[11]
	222	10 May 2023	Asian Championships	Jinju
	223	10 December 2023	IWF Grand Prix	Doha	^[12]
	224	9 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris	^[13]

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	387	1 November 2018	—	—
	392	2 June 2022	European Championships	Tirana
	395	20 April 2023	European Championships	Yerevan	^[14]
	396	10 May 2023	Asian Championships	Jinju
	404	9 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris

96 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	185	1 November 2018	—	—
	186	7 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	187	14 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	225	1 November 2018	—	—
	226	7 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	230
	231	7 July 2019	Olympics Test Event	Tokyo

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	401	1 November 2018	—	—
Sohrab Moradi	409	7 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	416

102 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	191	1 November 2018	—	—

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	231	1 November 2018	—	—
Liu Huanhua	232	8 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	412	1 November 2018	—	—
Liu Huanhua	413	8 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket

109 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	196	1 November 2018	—	—
Yang Zhe	197	26 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
Andrei Aramnau	198
Simon Martirosyan	199
Yang Zhe	200	24 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	237	1 November 2018	—	—
Simon Martirosyan	240	9 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
Ruslan Nurudinov	241	24 April 2021	Asian Championships	Tashkent

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	424	1 November 2018	—	—
Simon Martirosyan	425	9 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	435

+109 kg

Snatch

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	210	1 November 2018	—	—
Lasha Talakhadze	212	10 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	217
	218	13 April 2019	European Championships	Batumi
	220	27 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	222	11 April 2021	European Championships	Moscow
	223	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	^[15]
	225	17 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent

Clean & Jerk

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	250	1 November 2018	—	—
Lasha Talakhadze	252	10 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	257
	260	13 April 2019	European Championships	Batumi
	264	27 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	265	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo
	267	17 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent

Total

width=20%	Athlete	width=8%	Record (kg)	width=12%	Date	width=18%	Meet	width=11%	Place	width=3%	Ref
World Standard	453	1 November 2018	—	—
Lasha Talakhadze	462	10 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat
	469
	474
	478	13 April 2019	European Championships	Batumi
	484	27 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya
	485	11 April 2021	European Championships	Moscow
	488	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo
	492	17 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent

See also

• World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)
• World record progression men's weightlifting (1993–1997)
• World record progression women's weightlifting
• World record progression women's weightlifting (1998–2018)

References

• Web site: 2018 World Standards. IWF. 26 Oct 2018.

External links

• IWF official website
• World Record progressions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 IWF World Cup Phuket Results. IWF. 1 April 2024.
2. Web site: 2022 IWF World Championships Results. IWF. 13 December 2022.
3. Web site: 2022 IWF World Championships Results. IWF. 13 December 2022.
4. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 73 kg – Results. 2022 Asian Games Organizing Committee. 3 October 2023. 3 October 2023.
5. Web site: Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73KG) Lifts 204KG World Record Clean & Jerk at 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships. barbend.com. Jake Dickson. 6 February 2024. 13 February 2024.
6. Web site: Men's 73 kg Results. TOCOG. 28 July 2021. 23 August 2021. 28 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728124231/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM73KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: 2021 IWF World Championships. IWF. 17 December 2021.
8. Web site: 2023 IWF World Championships. IWF. 11 September 2023.
9. Web site: 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships. 10 May 2023. IWF.
10. Web site: 2022 IWF World Championships Results. IWF. 13 December 2022.
11. Web site: Men's 89kg Group A Results. easywl.com. 20 April 2023. 23 April 2023.
12. Web site: 2023 IWF Grand Prix II Results. IWF. 10 December 2023.
13. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 89kg – Results. olympics.com . COJOP2024. 9 August 202. 9 August 2024 .
14. Web site: Men's 89kg Group A Results. easywl.com. 20 April 2023. 23 April 2023.
15. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's +109kg – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021. 23 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804123740/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.