This is a list of world records progression in men's weightlifting from 1998 to 2018. 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 restructured its weight classes in 1998, nullifying earlier records and again in 2018.
56 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard135.01 January 1998—— Halil Mutlu135.514 April 1999European ChampionshipsA Coruña136.022 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus137.5138.016 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney138.54 November 2001World ChampionshipsAntalya Wu Jingbiao13921 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard165.01 January 1998—— Lan Shizhang165.59 May 1998Szekszárd CupSzekszárd Halil Mutlu166.022 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus166.525 April 2000European ChampionshipsSofia167.516 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney168.024 April 2001European ChampionshipsTrenčín Om Yun-chol16915 September 2013Asian Interclub ChampionshipsPyongyang17020 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon17121 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard300.01 January 1998—— Halil Mutlu302.522 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus305.016 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Long Qingquan3077 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro
62 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard145.01 January 1998—— Leonidas Sabanis147.511 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Shi Zhiyong148.04 July 1999World Junior ChampionshipsSavannah150.0152.53 May 2000Asian ChampionshipsOsaka153.028 June 2002World University Championshipsİzmir Kim Un-guk15421 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard180.01 January 1998—— Le Maosheng180.523 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Henadzi Aliashchuk181.05 November 2001World ChampionshipsAntalya Le Maosheng182.52 October 2002Asian GamesBusan Chen Lijun18322 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard325.01 January 1998—— Zhang Jie32628 April 2008Asian ChampionshipsKanazawa Kim Un-guk32730 July 2012Olympic GamesLondon32821 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon332 Chen Lijun33322 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston
69 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard157.51 January 1998—— Wan Jianhui158.012 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Plamen Zhelyazkov160.0 Galabin Boevski160.524 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus162.5 Georgi Markov165.020 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Liao Hui16610 November 2014World ChampionshipsAlmaty
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard190.01 January 1998—— Kim Hak-bong195.09 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Galabin Boevski196.024 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus196.520 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Zhang Guozheng197.511 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao Liao Hui 19821 September 2010World ChampionshipsAntalya Liao Hui19823 October 2013World ChampionshipsWrocław
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard347.51 January 1998—— Plamen Zhelyazkov350.012 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Galabin Boevski352.516 April 1999European ChampionshipsA Coruña357.524 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Liao Hui 35821 September 2010World ChampionshipsAntalya Liao Hui35823 October 2013World ChampionshipsWrocław35910 November 2014World ChampionshipsAlmaty
77 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard167.51 January 1998—— Giorgi Asanidze168.012 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan168.516 April 1999European ChampionshipsA Coruña Plamen Zhelyazkov170.025 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan170.5 Plamen Zhelyazkov172.527 March 2002Qatar Grand PrixDoha Sergey Filimonov173.04 October 2002Asian GamesBusan173.59 April 2004Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty Lü Xiaojun17424 November 2009World ChampionshipsGoyang1751 August 2012Olympic GamesLondon17624 October 2013World ChampionshipsWrocław17710 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard205.01 January 1998—— Idalberto Aranda205.55 August 1999Pan American GamesWinnipeg Zhan Xugang206.02 September 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan Zlatan Vanev207.528 April 2000European ChampionshipsSofia Oleg Perepetchenov210.027 April 2001European ChampionshipsTrenčín Nijat Rahimov 21410 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard372.51 January 1998—— Oleg Perepetchenov375.027 April 2001European ChampionshipsTrenčín Plamen Zhelyazkov377.527 March 2002Qatar Grand PrixDoha Lü Xiaojun37824 November 2009World ChampionshipsGoyang3791 August 2012Olympic GamesLondon38024 October 2013World ChampionshipsWrocław
85 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard177.51 January 1998—— Pyrros Dimas178.013 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Georgi Gardev180.017 April 1999European ChampionshipsA Coruña Pyrros Dimas180.526 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Giorgi Asanidze181.029 April 2000European ChampionshipsSofia Andrei Rybakou182.52 June 2002World Junior ChampionshipsHavířov18314 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha1851866 May 2006European ChampionshipsWładysławowo18722 September 2007World ChampionshipsChiang Mai
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard217.51 January 1998—— Zhang Yong218.025 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan Kianoush Rostami22031 May 2016Fajr CupTehran
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard395.01 January 1998—— Andrei Rybakou 39322 September 2007World ChampionshipsChiang Mai Andrei Rybakou 39415 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing Lu Yong 39415 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing Kianoush Rostami39531 May 2016Fajr CupTehran39612 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro
94 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard187.51 January 1998—— Akakios Kakiasvilis188.027 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Sohrab Moradi18925 August 2018Asian GamesJakarta
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard230.01 January 1998—— Szymon Kołecki232.529 April 2000European ChampionshipsSofia Ilya Ilyin 2334 August 2012Olympic GamesLondon Sohrab Moradi2333 December 2017World ChampionshipsAnaheim
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard417.51 January 1998—— Akakios Kakiasvilis 412.527 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Ilya Ilyin 4134 August 2012Olympic GamesLondon418 Sohrab Moradi41323 September 2017Asian Indoor & Martial Arts GamesAshgabat4173 December 2017World ChampionshipsAnaheim
105 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard197.51 January 1998—— Vladimir Smorchkov198.010 November 2001World ChampionshipsAntalya Marcin Dołęga198.54 June 2002World Junior ChampionshipsHavířov1997 May 2006European ChampionshipsWładysławowo Andrei Aramnau20018 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard242.51 January 1998—— Alan Tsagaev 237.525 April 2004European ChampionshipsKyiv David Bedzhanyan23817 December 2011President's CupBelgorod Ruslan Nurudinov23915 November 2014World ChampionshipsAlmaty David Bedzhanyan240 Ilya Ilyin24224612 December 2015President's CupGrozny
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard440.01 January 1998—— Denys Hotfrid 430.028 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Andrei Aramnau43618 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing Ilya Ilyin43712 December 2015President's CupGrozny
+105 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard205.01 January 1998—— Ronny Weller205.53 May 1998European ChampionshipsRiesa Hossein Rezazadeh206.028 November 1999World ChampionshipsPiraeus Ashot Danielyan 207.526 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Ronny Weller210.026 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Hossein Rezazadeh212.5213.014 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao Behdad Salimi21413 November 2011World ChampionshipsParis Lasha Talakhadze21516 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro Behdad Salimi216 Lasha Talakhadze2178 April 2017European ChampionshipsSplit2205 December 2017World ChampionshipsAnaheim
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard262.51 January 1998—— Hossein Rezazadeh263.026 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw263.525 August 2004Olympic GamesPiraeus Aleksey Lovchev 26428 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard462.51 January 1998—— Ronny Weller465.03 May 1998European ChampionshipsRiesa Hossein Rezazadeh467.526 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney472.5 Aleksey Lovchev 47528 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston Lasha Talakhadze47316 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro4775 December 2017World ChampionshipsAnaheim
Notes Not a world record at the time of the competition, became a world record when IWF decided to eliminate the world standards from the list of World Records on 24 June 2008. Andrei Rybakou's record of 394 kilograms from 15 August 2008 was rescinded on 26 October 2016 following disqualification for banned drug use; which could make Lu Yong the world record holder. By that time, however, it had been surpassed by Kianoush Rostami. Rescinded for anti-doping violations.
See also World record progression men's weightlifting World record progression women's weightlifting World record progression women's weightlifting (1998–2018) World record progression men's weightlifting (1993–1997)
References
External links IWF official website World Record progressions