Other sportsWeightlifting world record
49 kg total, women
215 kg
474 lb
- Holder
- Ri Song-gum
- Date
- Place
- Nagoya, Japan
- Standing since
- 2026
What to remember
At the Asian Games in Nagoya, North Korea's Ri Song-gum lifted a 215 kg total in the 49 kg class on September 23, 2026. In weightlifting the total adds the best snatch to the best clean and jerk.
The lift was part of a strong meet for her: at those 2026 Asian Games, Ri Song-gum set three world records and took gold. A 49 kg specialist, she has competed at several World Championships and Asian Games.
The records of this sport come with a twist. Whenever the International Weightlifting Federation reshuffled its weight classes, as it did in 1993, 1998 and 2018 and again in 2025 and 2026, the earlier marks were wiped out. Every class keeps three records: snatch, clean and jerk, and total.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in Olympic weightlifting” (revision used 1379474075). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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