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, 2018 and 2025, nullifying earlier records.
60 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1411 June 2025——
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1721 June 2025—— Theerapong Silachai17313 December 2025SEA GamesChonburi Pang Un-chol17411 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3071 June 2025——
65 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1481 June 2025—— He Yueji14924 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya152
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1801 June 2025—— Hampton Morris18114 July 2025Pan American ChampionshipsCali He Yueji18313 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3221 June 2025—— Muhammed Furkan Özbek3244 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde He Yueji32513 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar329
70 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1531 August 2026—— Masanori Miyamoto15426 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1881 August 2026—— Ri Won-ju19226 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya198
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3361 August 2026—— Masanori Miyamoto33726 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Ri Won-ju338 Masanori Miyamoto342 Ri Won-ju343349
75 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1591 August 2026—— Weeraphon Wichuma16026 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Ri Chong-song162
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1951 August 2026—— Weeraphon Wichuma20026 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Rahmat Erwin Abdullah201 Weeraphon Wichuma205 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah206
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3491 August 2026—— Ri Chong-song35726 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Weeraphon Wichuma360 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah361 Weeraphon Wichuma365 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah366
85 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1711 August 2026—— Abdelrahman Younes1721 September 2026Mediterranean GamesSan Giorgio Ionico Alexey Churkin17328 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2081 August 2026—— Chen Shunnan21128 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Ro Kwang-ryol214
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3741 August 2026—— Abdelrahman Younes3771 September 2026Mediterranean GamesSan Giorgio Ionico Alexey Churkin37828 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya Ro Kwang-ryol379
95 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1811 August 2026——
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2201 August 2026——
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3951 August 2026—— Ali Alipour39828 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya
110 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1951 June 2025—— Akbar Djuraev19610 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde19729 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2371 June 2025——
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard4271 June 2025—— Akbar Djuraev42810 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde
+110 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2181 June 2025—— Ali Ammar21929 September 2026Asian GamesNagoya
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2601 June 2025—— Alireza Yousefi26117 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard4771 June 2025——
June 2025 – August 2026 records Following the introduction of the new bodyweight categories from 1 August 2026, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the new World Standards for the new weights but kept the records for those bodyweight categories that remained unchanged from the previous revision.
71 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1561 June 2025—— He Yueji1575 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde160
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1901 June 2025—— Sebastián Olivares19115 July 2025Pan American ChampionshipsCali Yusuf Fehmi Genç1925 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde Masanori Miyamoto193 Weeraphon Wichuma19419514 December 2025SEA GamesChonburi Ri Won-ju19714 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3401 June 2025—— He Yueji3415 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde344 Masanori Miyamoto345 Weeraphon Wichuma34634714 December 2025SEA GamesChonburi Ri Won-ju34814 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar351
79 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1651 June 2025—— Abdelrahman Younes16610 November 2025Islamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2021 June 2025—— Rahmat Erwin Abdullah2036 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde Rizki Juniansyah20420515 December 2025SEA GamesChonburi Ri Ryong-hyon20614 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3611 June 2025—— Abdelrahman Younes36210 November 2025Islamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh Rizki Juniansyah36515 December 2025SEA GamesChonburi
88 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1751 June 2025—— Yeison López17616 July 2025Pan American ChampionshipsCali1777 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde17829 April 2026Pan American ChampionshipsPanama City181 Abdelrahman Younes18215 May 2026African ChampionshipsIsmailia
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2141 June 2025—— Ro Kwang-ryol2157 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde Yeison López21629 April 2026Pan American ChampionshipsPanama City Ro Kwang-ryol21715 May 2026Asian ChampionshipsGandhinagar220
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3831 June 2025—— Yeison López3877 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde39729 April 2026Pan American ChampionshipsPanama City
94 kg Snatch AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard1811 June 2025—— Alireza Moeini1829 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde
Clean & Jerk AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard2211 June 2025—— Karlos Nasar2229 October 2025World ChampionshipsFørde
Total AthleteRecord (kg)DateMeetPlaceWorld Standard3961 June 2025——
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
External links IWF official website