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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 | 132 | Riga |
| Flyweight (52kg) |  |
Charlie DEPHTIOS Indonesia |
Clean and Jerk | 132.5 | Munich |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 118 | Ulm/Inn |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 120 | Ulm/Inn |
| Flyweight (52kg) | |
Adam GNATOV Soviet Union |
Press | 120.5 | Riga |
| Flyweight (52kg) |  |
Zygmunt SMALCERZ Poland |
Snatch | 103 | Constanta |
| Flyweight (52kg) |  |
Gyi AUNG Burma |
Snatch | 105 | Munich |
| Bantamweight (56kg) |  |
Imre FOLDI Hungary |
Total3 (kg) | 377.5 | Munich |
| Bantamweight (56kg) | |
Rafael BELENKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 127.5 | Erevan |
| Bantamweight (56kg) | |
Rafael BELENKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 128 | Tallinn |
| Bantamweight (56kg) |  |
Mohammad NASSIRI Iran |
Press | 128.5 | Teheran |
| Bantamweight (56kg) |  |
Koji MIKI Japan |
Snatch | 115 | Kagoschima |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Dito SHANIDZE Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 402.5 | Tallinn |
| Featherweight (60kg) |  |
Yury GOLUBTSOV China |
Clean and Jerk | 155 | Ulm |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Erkin KARIMOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 155.5 | Minsk |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Dito SHANIDZE Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 156 | Constanta |
| Featherweight (60kg) |  |
Norair NURIKIAN Bulgaria |
Clean and Jerk | 157.5 | Munich |
| Featherweight (60kg) | |
Imre FOLDI Hungary |
Press | 137.5 | Ulm |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mukharby KIRZHINOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | - | |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Total3 (kg) | - | |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mukharby KIRZHINOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 455 | Munchen |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mukharby KIRZHINOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 460 | Munchen |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Petr KOROL Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 175 | Tallinn |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mukharby KIRZHINOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 176.5 | Riga |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mukharby KIRZHINOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 177.5 | Munchen |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 153.5 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 154 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Vladimir DREKSLER Soviet Union |
Press | 154.5 | Tallinn |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 155 | Constanta |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 155.5 | Sofia |
| Lightweight (67.5kg) | |
Mladen KUCHEV Bulgaria |
Press | 157.5 | Munchen |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Yordan BIKOV Bulgaria |
Total3 (kg) | 485 | Munchen |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Alexander KOLODKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 163.5 | Voroshilovgrad |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Alexander KOLODKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 166.5 | Bollnas |
| Middleweight (75kg) |  |
Mohamed TRABOULSI Lebanon |
Snatch | 145.5 | Beirut |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Mohamed TRABOULSI Lebanon |
Snatch | 146 | Amman |
| Middleweight (75kg) | |
Mohamed TRABOULSI Lebanon |
Snatch | 147.5 | Beirut |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total2 (kg) | 355 | Sochi |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Boris PAVLOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 512.5 | Halmstad |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Boris PAVLOV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 515 | Tallinn |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 522.5 | Moscow |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 527.5 | Moscow |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Boris PAVLOV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 198 | Halmstad |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 201 | Sochi |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Igor KALASHNIKOV Soviet Union |
Press | 177.5 | Tallinn |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Press | 178 | Moscow |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Gennady IVANCHENKO Soviet Union |
Press | 178.5 | Riga |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) |  |
Kaarlo KANGASNIEMI Finland |
Snatch | 155.5 | Helsinki |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Rumen RUSEV Bulgaria |
Snatch | 156 | Budapest |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Snatch | 156.5 | Riga |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Valery SHARY Soviet Union |
Snatch | 158.5 | Riga |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
Vladimir RYZHENKOV Soviet Union |
Snatch | 159.5 | Sochi |
| Light Heavyweight (82.5kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 160 | Sochi |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 555 | Tallinn |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 557.5 | Constanta |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 560 | Riga |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 562.5 | Riga |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
Yevgeny PENKOVSKI Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 208 | Moscow |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 210 | Tallinn |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) |  |
Hans BETTEMBOURG Sweden |
Press | 195.5 | Ojebyn |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Press | 198 | Riga |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 165.5 | Tallinn |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 166 | Constanta |
| Middle Heavyweight (90kg) | |
David RIGERT Soviet Union |
Snatch | 167.5 | Riga |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 587.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 590 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Valery YAKUBOVSKI Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 590 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 218 | Imatra |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 218.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 220 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 220.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 221 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 222.5 | Constanta |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Valery YAKUBOVSKI Soviet Union |
Press | 206.5 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Press | 207.5 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Press | 208 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Valery YAKUBOVSKI Soviet Union |
Press | 210 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Press | 210.5 | Moscow |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Jaan TALTS Soviet Union |
Press | 211 | Constanta |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Yury KOZIN Soviet Union |
Press | 213.5 | Riga |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 171 | Ulm |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 173 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 175 | Tallinn |
| Heavyweight (110kg) | |
Pavel PERVUSHIN Soviet Union |
Snatch | 175.5 | Sochi |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total2 (kg) | 415 | Performance |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 642.5 | Tallinn |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Total3 (kg) | 645 | Tallinn |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 236 | Tallinn |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 237.5 | Tallinn |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Clean and Jerk | 238 | Donetsk |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) |  |
Rudolf MANG West Germany |
Press | 230.5 | Ulm |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 231.5 | Bollnas |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 235.5 | Bollnas |
| Super Heavyweight (110+kg) | |
Vasily ALEXEEV Soviet Union |
Press | 236.5 | Tallinn |
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