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The following are the records of the United States in Olympic weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the USA Weightlifting Federation.
Current records
Men
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
55 kg
|
Snatch
|
110 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
134 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
242 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
61 kg
|
Snatch
|
123 kg
|
Derrick Johnson
|
15 February 2019
|
Pan American Championships Trials
|
Lombard, United States
|
[1]
|
Clean & Jerk
|
153 kg
|
Christopher LeRoux
|
6 December 1991
|
American Open
|
Blaine, United States
|
[2]
|
Total
|
272.5 kg
|
Bryan Jacob
|
30 May 1992
|
|
Baton Rouge, United States
|
|
67 kg
|
Snatch
|
139 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean & Jerk
|
178 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
312 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
73 kg
|
Snatch
|
154 kg
|
CJ Cummings
|
27 June 2019
|
Pan American Junior Championships
|
Havana, Cuba
|
[3]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
193 kg
|
CJ Cummings
|
27 June 2019
|
Pan American Junior Championships
|
Havana, Cuba
|
[3]
|
Total
|
347 kg
|
CJ Cummings
|
27 June 2019
|
Pan American Junior Championships
|
Havana, Cuba
|
[3]
|
81 kg
|
Snatch
|
163 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
200 kg
|
Harrison Maurus
|
5 November 2018
|
World Championships
|
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
|
[4]
|
Total
|
357 kg
|
Harrison Maurus
|
5 November 2018
|
World Championships
|
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
|
|
89 kg
|
Snatch
|
170 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
207 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
370 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
96 kg
|
Snatch
|
174 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
213 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
380 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
102 kg
|
Snatch
|
175 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
218 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
387 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
109 kg
|
Snatch
|
177 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
223 kg
|
Wesley Kitts
|
26 April 2019
|
Pan American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
|
Total
|
399 kg
|
Wesley Kitts
|
26 April 2019
|
Pan American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
|
+109 kg
|
Snatch
|
197.5 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
26 November 2002
|
World Championships
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
237.5 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
25 August 2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
|
Total
|
430 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
25 August 2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
|
Women
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
45 kg
|
Snatch
|
82 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
94 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
181 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
49 kg
|
Snatch
|
87 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
27 January 2020
|
World Cup
|
Rome, Italy
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
108 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
27 January 2020
|
World Cup
|
Rome, Italy
|
|
Total
|
195 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
27 January 2020
|
World Cup
|
Rome, Italy
|
|
55 kg
|
Snatch
|
91 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
15 February 2019
|
Pan American Championships Trials
|
Lombard, United States
|
[5]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
116 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
24 April 2019
|
Pan American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
|
Total
|
207 kg
|
Jourdan Delacruz
|
24 April 2019
|
Pan American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
|
59 kg
|
Snatch
|
95 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
118 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
213 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
64 kg
|
Snatch
|
102 kg
|
Mattie Sasser
|
29 July 2019
|
Pan American Games
|
Lima, Peru
|
[6]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
130 kg
|
Mattie Sasser
|
29 July 2019
|
Pan American Games
|
Lima, Peru
|
[6]
|
Total
|
232 kg
|
Mattie Sasser
|
29 July 2019
|
Pan American Games
|
Lima, Peru
|
[6]
|
71 kg
|
Snatch
|
112 kg
|
Katherine Nye
|
23 September 2019
|
World Championships
|
Pattaya, Thailand
|
[7]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
137 kg
|
Katherine Nye
|
5 June 2019
|
Junior World Championships
|
Suva, Fiji
|
[8]
|
Total
|
248 kg
|
Katherine Nye
|
23 September 2019
|
World Championships
|
Pattaya, Thailand
|
[9]
|
76 kg
|
Snatch
|
109 kg
|
Shacasia Johnson
|
9 December 2019
|
American Open Finals
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
139 kg
|
Jenny Arthur
|
16 September 2018
|
America Open Series - Event 3
|
Las Vegas, United States
|
[10]
|
Total
|
245 kg
|
Jenny Arthur
|
16 September 2018
|
America Open Series - Event 3
|
Las Vegas, United States
|
[10]
|
81 kg
|
Snatch
|
109 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
141 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
248 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
87 kg
|
Snatch
|
110 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
142 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
250 kg
|
Standard
|
|
|
|
|
+87 kg
|
Snatch
|
128 kg
|
Cheryl Haworth
|
18 May 2003
|
National Championships
|
Chattanooga, United States
|
[11]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
162 kg
|
Sarah Robles
|
16 September 2018
|
America Open Series - Event 3
|
Las Vegas, United States
|
[12]
|
Total
|
290 kg
|
Sarah Robles
|
10 November 2018
|
World Championships
|
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
|
|
Historical records
Men (1998–2018)
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
56 kg
|
Snatch
|
112 kg
|
Darren Barnes
|
12 December 2014
|
American Open
|
Washington, United States
|
[13]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
136 kg
|
Darren Barnes
|
21 September 2015
|
IWF Grand Prix
|
Fuzhou, China
|
[14]
|
Total
|
245 kg
|
Darren Barnes
|
2 April 2014
|
|
Reno, United States
|
|
62 kg
|
Snatch
|
125 kg
|
Derrick Johnson
|
8 December 2017
|
American Open
|
Anaheim, United States
|
|
Clean & Jerk
|
153 kg
|
Clarence Cummings
|
19 July 2014
|
National Championships
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[15]
|
Total
|
273 kg
|
Derrick Johnson
|
8 December 2017
|
American Open
|
Anaheim, United States
|
|
69 kg
|
Snatch
|
144 kg
|
Clarence Cummings
|
15 May 2018
|
Pan American Championships
|
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
|
Clean & Jerk
|
185 kg
|
Clarence Cummings
|
7 April 2017
|
Youth World Championships
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
[16]
|
Total
|
324 kg
|
Clarence Cummings
|
15 May 2018
|
Pan American Championships
|
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
|
77 kg
|
Snatch
|
157.5 kg
|
Oscar Chaplin III
|
21 July 1999
|
|
New Orleans, United States
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
193 kg
|
Harrison Maurus
|
2 December 2017
|
World Championships
|
Anaheim, United States
|
[17]
|
Total
|
348 kg
|
Harrison Maurus
|
2 December 2017
|
World Championships
|
Anaheim, United States
|
[18]
|
85 kg
|
Snatch
|
166 kg
|
Oscar Chaplin III
|
7 December 2002
|
American Open
|
Savannah, United States
|
[19]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
203 kg
|
Kendrick Farris
|
23 May 2010
|
Pan American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
|
Total
|
362 kg
|
Kendrick Farris
|
15 August 2008
|
Olympic Games
|
Beijing, China
|
[20]
|
94 kg
|
Snatch
|
173 kg
|
Colin Burns
|
11 December 2016
|
American Open Championships
|
Orlando, United States
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
211 kg
|
Kendrick Farris
|
12 July 2013
|
Summer Universiade
|
Kazan, Russia
|
[21]
|
Total
|
377 kg
|
Kendrick Farris
|
7 May 2016
|
National Championships
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[22]
|
105 kg
|
Snatch
|
176 kg
|
Wes Kitts
|
4 December 2017
|
World Championships
|
Anaheim, United States
|
[23]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
220 kg
|
Wes Barnett
|
28 November 1999
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
[24]
|
Total
|
390 kg
|
Wes Barnett
|
28 November 1999
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
[25]
|
+105 kg
|
Snatch
|
197.5 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
26 November 2002
|
World Championships
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Clean and Jerk
|
237.5 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
25 August 2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
|
Total
|
430 kg
|
Shane Hamman
|
25 August 2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
|
Women (1998–2018)
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
48 kg
|
Snatch
|
83 kg
|
Morghan King
|
6 August 2016
|
Olympic Games
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
[26]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
102.5 kg
|
Tara Nott
|
21 July 2000
|
USA Olympic Tryouts
|
New Orleans, United States
|
[27]
|
Total
|
185 kg
|
Tara Nott
|
21 July 2000
|
USA Olympic Tryouts
|
New Orleans, United States
|
[28]
|
53 kg
|
Snatch
|
87 kg
|
Cortney Batchelor
|
17 March 2017
|
American Open Series I
|
Reno, United States
|
[29]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
113 kg
|
Melanie Kosoff
|
24 April 1998
|
National Championships
|
Flagstaff, United States
|
[30]
|
Total
|
194 kg
|
Caitlin Hogan
|
30 November 2017
|
World Championships
|
Anaheim, United States
|
[31]
|
58 kg
|
Snatch
|
93 kg
|
Jessica Lucero
|
7 May 2016
|
National Championships
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[32]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
116 kg
|
Jessica Lucero
|
12 May 2017
|
National Championships
|
Chicago, United States
|
|
Total
|
208 kg
|
Jessica Lucero
|
7 May 2016
|
National Championships
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[33]
|
63 kg
|
Snatch
|
100 kg
|
Natalie Woolfolk
|
25 June 2005
|
Pan American Championships
|
Shreveport, United States
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
125 kg
|
Geralee Vega
|
28 October 2013
|
World Championships
|
Wrocław, Poland
|
[34]
|
Total
|
225 kg
|
Geralee Vega
|
28 October 2013
|
World Championships
|
Wrocław, Poland
|
[35]
|
69 kg
|
Snatch
|
106 kg
|
Mattie Rogers
|
7 May 2016
|
National Championships
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[36]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
134 kg
|
Mattie Rogers
|
13 May 2017
|
National Championships
|
Chicago, United States
|
[37]
|
Total
|
239 kg
|
Mattie Rogers
|
8 June 2016
|
Pan American Championships
|
Cartagena, Colombia
|
[38]
|
75 kg
|
Snatch
|
108 kg
|
Quiana Welch
|
10 December 2017
|
American Open
|
Anaheim, United States
|
|
Clean and Jerk
|
138 kg
|
Jenny Arthur
|
27 November 2015
|
World Championships
|
Houston, United States
|
[39]
|
Total
|
244 kg
|
Jenny Arthur
|
27 November 2015
|
World Championships
|
Houston, United States
|
[40]
|
90 kg
|
Snatch
|
110 kg
|
Record standard
|
1 January 2017
|
|
|
[41]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
142 kg
|
Record standard
|
1 January 2017
|
|
|
[42]
|
Total
|
251 kg
|
Record standard
|
1 January 2017
|
|
|
[43]
|
+90 kg
|
Snatch
|
128 kg
|
Cheryl Haworth
|
18 May 2003
|
National Championships
|
Chattanooga, United States
|
[44]
|
Clean and Jerk
|
161 kg
|
Cheryl Haworth
|
27 June 2005
|
Pan American Championships
|
Shreveport, United States
|
|
Total
|
287 kg
|
Cheryl Haworth
|
27 June 2005
|
Pan American Championships
|
Shreveport, United States
|
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References
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