What is the world record for weightlifting?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

Weightlifting

"The total record in the men's 56 kg class is 305 kg, in the 105+ kg class it is 472.5 kg. The current official record for the clean and jerk in the men's +105 kg class is held by Hossein Rezazadeh of Iran, who clean and jerked 263.5 kg (580.9 lb) at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. He snatched 213.0 kg (469.6 lb) in September 2003 at Qinhuangdao. Rezazadeh scored a record total of 472.5 kg at both the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. The current record for the clean and jerk in the women's 75+ kg class is held by Jang Mi-Ran of South Korea, who lifted 186 kg (410.07 lb) at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Due to the restructuring of the competitive weight classes that took place in 1993 and 1998, the following lifts are no longer recognized as the official world records. However, these remain the highest figures ever posted in competition. Yevgeny Sypko lifted in the Druzhba Cup Meet, on March 4, 1990, at 130.65kg and snatched 216.5kg (477.3 lb), the highest competitive snatch in history, although it is not recognized as a world record because the meet wasn't officially drug tested. However, it did count as a Soviet Record. The heaviest 'official' snatch of all time is 216.0 kg (476.2 lb), lifted by Antonio Krastev of Bulgaria in 1987. That year Antonio's training produced a world record exceeding snatch of 222.5kg (490.5 lb). The heaviest clean and jerk of all time is 266.0 kg (586.4 lb) lifted by Leonid Taranenko in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988. In the same event, Taranenko set a world record of 475 kg (1047.2 lb) in the total."

Answer 2

I'm not exactly sure there is a documented answer to this question, however I max at about 720 lbs. Most people I know max at about 540 lbs. The highest is probably going to be close to 900-1200 lbs. I assume that's about where most dedicated college athletes aim to be at... Sorry all I can give is a guess, but there ya go! :)

Answer 3

the world record is 1,000,000 pounds and the lifter of that 1 million pounds is Barack Obama!

he is wrong.it is actually 138,480kg

Answer 4

if your 14 and you can leg press 1,000 ur doing great

Answer 5

The leg press record belongs not to Clinton Sharpe, but to Hermann Goerner, who in 1921, leg pressed 4,123 lb.

Answer 6

I doubt the idea of it being a recorded feat.