World record progression women's weightlifting (1998–2018)

This is a list of world records progression in women's weightlifting from 1998 and 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 2018, nullifying earlier records.

48 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard82.51 January 1998—— Li Zhuo83.016 September 1998Asian Junior ChampionshipsChongqing Liu Xiuhua83.57 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Li Zhuo84.029 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan Donka Mincheva85.025 April 2000European ChampionshipsSofia Liu Xiuhua85.59 June 2000World University ChampionshipsMontreal87.5 Wang Mingjuan88.030 May 2002World Junior ChampionshipsHavířov90.090.519 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw92.5 Li Zhuo93.011 July 2003World University ChampionshipsPavia93.510 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao Nurcan Taylan95.014 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens97.5 Yang Lian981 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo

Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard107.51 January 1998—— Li Xuezhao108.024 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan112.5 Li Zhuo113.029 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan Donka Mincheva113.521 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Li Zhuo115.028 June 2002World University Championshipsİzmir Wang Mingjuan115.519 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw Li Zhuo116.011 July 2003World University ChampionshipsPavia116.510 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao Yang Lian11730 October 2005East Asian GamesMacau Wang Mingjuan1189 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Yang Lian1191 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo Chen Xiexia12021 April 2007Asian ChampionshipsTai'an Nurcan Taylan12117 September 2010World ChampionshipsAntalya

Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard190.01 January 1998—— Li Xuezhao192.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan Li Zhuo195.029 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan Liu Xiuhua197.59 June 2000World University ChampionshipsMontreal Wang Mingjuan200.030 May 2002World Junior ChampionshipsHavířov202.519 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw205.0207.5 Nurcan Taylan210.014 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens Wang Mingjuan2119 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha213 Yang Lian2141 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo217

53 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard90.01 January 1998—— Guo Huibing90.519 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia92.5 Chang Xixiang95.017 September 1998Asian Junior ChampionshipsChongqing Meng Xianjuan95.51 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba97.5 Li Feng-ying98.018 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Yang Xia100.0 Ri Song-hui102.51 October 2002Asian GamesBusan Li Ping10314 November 2010Asian GamesGuangzhou

Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard112.51 January 1998—— Guo Huibing113.019 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia Wang Xiufen115.010 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti117.5 Yang Xia118.08 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok120.0 Meng Xianjuan120.51 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Li Feng-ying121.030 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan121.521 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Yang Xia122.518 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney125.0 Ri Song-hui125.520 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw Li Xuejiu127.5 Qiu Hongxia1282 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo Li Ping12922 April 2007Asian ChampionshipsTai'an Zulfiya Chinshanlo1306 November 2011World ChampionshipsParis Zulfiya Chinshanlo13129 July 2012Olympic GamesLondon Zulfiya Chinshanlo13221 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon13310 November 2014World ChampionshipsAlmaty134

Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard202.51 January 1998—— Guo Huibing205.019 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia Chang Xixiang207.517 September 1998Asian Junior ChampionshipsChongqing Wang Xiufen210.010 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Yang Xia212.58 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Meng Xianjuan215.01 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba217.5 Yang Xia222.518 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney225.0 Qiu Hongxia2262 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo Li Ping23014 November 2010Asian GamesGuangzhou Hsu Shu-ching23321 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon

58 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard95.01 January 1998—— Chen Yanqing95.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan97.598.09 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Song Zhijuan98.51 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Chen Yanqing100.04 July 1999World Junior ChampionshipsSavannah102.5105.022 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Sun Caiyan105.528 June 2002World University Championshipsİzmir Song Zhijuan106.05 October 2002BorsodChem Grand PrixKazincbarcika Wang Li107.510 August 2003Asian Junior ChampionshipsBali110.0 Chen Yanqing1113 December 2006Asian GamesDoha Boyanka Kostova11223 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston

Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard120.01 January 1998—— Chen Yanqing120.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan122.5 Xiu Xiongying123.020 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia Chen Yanqing123.59 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Ri Song-hui125.0 Song Zhijuan125.51 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Chen Yanqing130.04 July 1999World Junior ChampionshipsSavannah Ri Song-hui131.022 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens131.53 May 2000Asian ChampionshipsOsaka Zhou Yan132.525 April 2002Asian Junior ChampionshipsKhon Kaen Sun Caiyan133.028 June 2002World University Championshipsİzmir Wandee Kameaim13510 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Gu Wei136139 Chen Yanqing1403 December 2006Asian GamesDoha Qiu Hongmei14123 April 2007Asian ChampionshipsTai'an Kuo Hsing-chun14221 August 2017UniversiadeTaipei

Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard215.01 January 1998—— Chen Yanqing217.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan220.0 Song Zhijuan222.51 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Chen Yanqing227.54 July 1999World Junior ChampionshipsSavannah232.5235.022 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Sun Caiyan237.528 June 2002World University Championshipsİzmir Wang Li240.010 August 2003Asian Junior ChampionshipsBali Gu Wei24110 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Chen Yanqing2423 December 2006Asian GamesDoha248251 Boyanka Kostova25223 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston

63 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard100.01 January 1998—— Diao Weiwei100.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan102.5 Xiong Meiying103.018 September 1998Asian Junior ChampionshipsChongqing Lei Li105.010 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok107.5108.02 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba110.0 Chen Xiaomin112.519 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Ouyang Xiaofang113.010 August 2003Asian Junior ChampionshipsBali Hanna Batsiushka113.518 November 2003World ChampionshipsVancouver115.018 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens Pawina Thongsuk11612 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Svetlana Tsarukaeva1178 November 2011World ChampionshipsParis

Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard127.51 January 1998—— Diao Weiwei128.024 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan Hou Kangfeng128.521 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia Lei Li129.02 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Chen Jui-lien130.023 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Xiong Meiying132.5 Nataliya Skakun133.03 July 2001World Junior ChampionshipsThessaloniki135.025 April 2002European ChampionshipsAntalya Liu Xia135.53 October 2002Asian GamesBusan Anastasia Tsakiri136.021 November 2002World ChampionshipsWarsaw Liu Xia137.512 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao Nataliya Skakun138.018 November 2003World ChampionshipsVancouver Svetlana Shimkova13912 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Pawina Thongsuk140 Svetlana Shimkova1413 May 2006European ChampionshipsWładysławowo Pawina Thongsuk1424 December 2006Asian GamesDoha Maiya Maneza14320 September 2010World ChampionshipsAntalya Deng Wei14423 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon Lin Tzu-chi145 Deng Wei14625 November 2015World ChampionshipsHouston1479 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro

Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard227.51 January 1998—— Diao Weiwei230.024 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan Lei Li232.510 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok235.02 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba237.5 Chen Jui-lien240.023 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Chen Xiaomin242.519 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Liu Xia245.012 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao247.5 Pawina Thongsuk25112 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha256 Liu Haixia25723 September 2007World ChampionshipsChiang Mai Lin Tzu-chi25923 September 2014Asian GamesIncheon261 Deng Wei2629 August 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro

69 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard105.01 January 1998—— Tang Weifang105.524 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan110.0110.513 November 1998World ChampionshipsLahti Sun Tianni111.011 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Liu Dongping111.56 July 2000World Junior ChampionshipsPrague Erzsébet Márkus112.519 September 2000Olympic GamesSydney Valentina Popova113.51 September 2001Goodwill GamesBrisbane115.08 November 2001World ChampionshipsAntalya Liu Chunhong115.56 October 2002Asian GamesBusan Pawina Thongsuk116.012 July 2003World University ChampionshipsPavia Liu Chunhong117.512 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao118.019 November 2003World ChampionshipsVancouver120.0122.519 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens Oxana Slivenko1234 October 2006World ChampionshipsSanto Domingo Liu Chunhong12513 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing128

Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard132.51 January 1998—— Tang Weifang133.024 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan Shang Shichun133.522 May 1998World Junior ChampionshipsSofia Sun Tianni135.011 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Milena Trendafilova135.516 April 1999European ChampionshipsA Coruña Sun Tianni136.02 May 1999World University ChampionshipsChiba Lin Weining137.56 July 1999World Junior ChampionshipsSavannah138.529 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan142.5 Sun Tianni143.024 November 1999World ChampionshipsAthens Valentina Popova143.51 September 2001Goodwill GamesBrisbane Liu Chunhong144.03 June 2002World Junior ChampionshipsHavířov147.5148.06 October 2002Asian GamesBusan148.512 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao150.019 November 2003World ChampionshipsVancouver150.59 April 2004Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty152.5153.019 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens Liu Haixia15413 November 2005World ChampionshipsDoha Zarema Kasaeva157 Liu Chunhong15813 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing

Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceRefWorld Standard237.51 January 1998—— Tang Weifang240.024 April 1998World University ChampionshipsRamat Gan242.5 Sun Tianni245.011 December 1998Asian GamesBangkok Lin Weining247.529 August 1999Asian ChampionshipsWuhan252.5 Valentina Popova255.01 September 2001Goodwill GamesBrisbane257.58 November 2001World ChampionshipsAntalya Liu Chunhong260.06 October 2002Asian GamesBusan262.5265.012 September 2003Asian ChampionshipsQinhuangdao267.519 November 2003World ChampionshipsVancouver270.0275.019 August 2004Olympic GamesAthens Oxana Slivenko27624 September 2007World ChampionshipsChiang Mai Liu Chunhong27713 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing286

75 kg Snatch