This is a list of the current men’s senior world records in the sport of Weightlifting. We also have a page of Women’s records.
Linked to each world record is a video of the lift as well as the athlete’s Instagram page or Wikipedia page.
These world records cover the Robi era, which began with the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships in Ashgabat. Throughout the history of our sport world records have been wiped from the books in conjunction with the creation of new weight classes (1973, 1992, 1998, 2018). Records for other eras are available from our weightlifting records page.
When the new categories were introduced, world standards were set for each category. These must be surpassed for a lift to count as a new world record.
Men’s 55 kg
| Snatch | 135 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | |
| Clean & Jerk | 166 kg | OM Yun Chol | PRK | 18.09.2019, Pattaya | (watch) |
| Total | 294 kg | OM Yun Chol | PRK | 18.09.2019, Pattaya | . |
Men’s 61 kg
Men’s 67 kg
Men’s 73 kg
Men’s 81 kg
Men’s 89 kg
| Snatch | 179 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
| Clean & Jerk | 216 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
| Total | 387 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
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Men’s 96 kg
Men’s 102 kg
| Snatch | 191 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
| Clean & Jerk | 231 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
| Total | 412 kg | World Standard | . | 01.11.2018, World Standard | . |
Men’s 109 kg
Men’s +109 kg