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World Records since 1919
| Weight Class | Nation | Athlete | Lift Type | Result | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52kg) |  |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 130.5 | Voroshilovgrad |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 131 | Erevan |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 114.5 | Rostov/Don |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 115 | Moscow |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 115.5 | Voroshilovgrad |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 116 | Goteborg |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 116.5 | Erevan |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 117.5 | Erevan |
| Flyweight (52kg) |  |
Takeshi HORIKOSHI Japan |
Snatch | 102.5 | Sapporo |
| Bantamweight (56kg) | |
Gennady CHETIN Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 375 | Moscow |
| Bantamweight (56kg) |  |
Sandor HOLCZREITER Hungary |
Press | 126 | Budapest |
| Featherweight (60kg) |  |
Jan WOJNOWSKI Poland |
Total2 (kg) | Columbus | |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Dito SHANIDZE Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 153.5 | Rostov |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Yury GOLUBTSOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 154.5 | Voroshilovgrad |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Imre FOLDI Hungary |
Press | 137 | Budapest |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI Poland |
Total3 (kg) | 447.5 | Lublin |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI Poland |
Total3 (kg) | 450 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Petr KOROL Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 171 | Rostov/Don |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI Poland |
Clean and Jerk | 172.5 | Lublin |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI Poland |
Clean and Jerk | 173 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Petr KOROL Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 173.5 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) |  |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 146.5 | Paris |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 147 | Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Joseph MATHE Hungary |
Press | 147.5 | Budapest |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 148.5 | Balkhash |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 149.5 | Moscow |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 152.5 | Moscow |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 153 | Voroshilovgrad |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI Poland |
Snatch | 137.5 | Lublin |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Alexander KOLODKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 163 | Balkhash |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Alexander KOLODKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 165.5 | Zhdanow |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 510 | Erevan |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Boris PAVLOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 193 | Podolsk |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) |  |
Juhani AVELLAN Finland |
Clean and Jerk | 193.5 | Heinola |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Felix NANIEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 194 | Cherepovets |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Gennady IVANCHENKO Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 195.5 | Riga |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Czeslaw PATERKA Poland |
Press | 177 | Bydgoszcz |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Gennady IVANCHENKO Soviet Union |
Snatch | 153 | Paris |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Juhani AVELLAN Finland |
Snatch | 153.5 | Heinola |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Kaarlo KANGASNIEMI Finland |
Snatch | 155 | Pori |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Vasily KOLOTOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 540 | Paris |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 542.5 | Rostov/Don |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 545 | Taganrog |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 547.5 | Erevan |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 552.5 | Erevan |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 203 | Rostov/Don |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 203.5 | Taganrog |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 205 | Sofia |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 205.5 | Moscow |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) |  |
Bo JOHANSSON Sweden |
Clean and Jerk | 206.5 | Sundbyberg |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 207.5 | Erevan |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Hans BETTEMBOURG Sweden |
Press | 187.5 | Bollnas |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Bo JOHANSSON Sweden |
Press | 190.5 | Stockholm |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Hans BETTEMBOURG Sweden |
Press | 193 | Falun |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Bo JOHANSSON Sweden |
Press | 193.5 | Kil |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 162.5 | Moscow |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Vasily KOLOTOV Soviet Union |
Snatch | 163 | Moscow |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 165 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Valery YAKUBOVSKI Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 567.5 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 570 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 582.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 585 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 216 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 217.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Press | 201.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Press | 203 | Paris |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Valery YAKUBOVSKI Soviet Union |
Press | 203.5 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Press | 204 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Press | 206 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Kauko KANGASNIEMI Finland |
Snatch | 166 | Kotka |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 168 | Odessa |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Karl UTSAR Soviet Union |
Snatch | 168.5 | Rostov/Don |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 170 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 170.5 | Erevan |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 627.5 | Sofia |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 630 | Sofia |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 632.5 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 637.5 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 640 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 230 | Paris |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 230.5 | Taganrog |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 231 | Sofia |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 232.5 | Sofia |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 233 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 235 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 235.5 | Lima |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 222.5 | Paris |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 223 | Wienn |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 223.5 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 225 | Sofia |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 225.5 | Moscow |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 227 | Lima |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) |  |
Serge REDING Belgium |
Press | 228 | Lima |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 230 | Lima |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Snatch | 177.5 | Paris |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Kalevi LAHDENRANTA Finland |
Snatch | 178 | Lahti |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Snatch | 180 | Moscow |
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