What is the world record for Olympic weightlifting?

What is the world record for Olympic weightlifting?

Georgian strong man Lasha Talakhadze broke his own world record to retain the title in the men’s heaviest weight class at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday with a combined lift of 488 kg, or 1,076 pounds.

What is the heaviest weight ever lifted in the Olympics?

Hossein Rezazadeh: 263.5 kilograms (580.9 pounds) The Iranian weightlifter made this monstrous clean & jerk at the 2004 Athens Olympics. To this day, it’s the heaviest lift ever made at an Olympic event.

What is the national record in weightlifting?

Men

Event Record Athlete
55 kg
Snatch 141 kg Achinta Sheuli
Clean & Jerk 172 kg Achinta Sheuli
Total 313 kg Achinta Sheuli

What is the heaviest weight ever lifted by a human?

6,270 lb
The Guinness Book of World Records (1985 edition) lists his feat of lifting 6,270 lb (2,840 kg) in a back lift as “the greatest weight ever raised by a human being”.

Who holds the world record for weightlifting?

Lasha Talakhadze
Weightlifting-Georgia’s Talakhadze breaks world record to conquer men’s super heavyweight class. TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Georgian strong man Lasha Talakhadze broke his own world record to retain the title in the men’s heaviest weight class at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday with a combined lift of 488 kg.

What is the heaviest deadlift record?

501 kg
The heaviest deadlift is 501 kg (1,104.5 lb), and was achieved by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Iceland) at Thor’s Power Gym, Kópavogur, Iceland, on 2 May 2020.

Who holds the weight lifting record?

The world’s strongest man? It’s still Georgian super heavyweight Lasha Talakhadze, who capped the world weightlifting championships by breaking his own world record, totaling 484 kilograms (1,067 pounds) between the snatch and clean and jerk.

Who is considered the strongest man ever?

Louis Cyr

Louis Cyr
Known for being ‘The Strongest Man Who Ever Lived’
Sports career
Personal information
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in)