African records in Olympic weightlifting
The following are the African records 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 Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).
Men
Event |
Record |
Athlete |
Nation |
Date |
Meet |
Place |
Ref |
56 kg |
Snatch |
132 kg |
Khalil El-Maaoui |
Tunisia |
29 July 2012 |
Olympic Games |
London, Great Britain |
[1] |
Clean & Jerk |
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62 kg |
Snatch |
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69 kg |
Snatch |
152,5 kg |
Youssef Sbai |
Tunisia |
21 November 2002 |
World Championships |
Warsaw, Poland |
[2] |
Clean & Jerk |
187,5 kg |
Mohamed El-Tantawy |
Egypt |
21 November 2002 |
World Championships |
Warsaw, Poland |
[3] |
Total |
335 kg |
Youssef Sbai |
Tunisia |
21 November 2002 |
World Championships |
Warsaw, Poland |
[4] |
77 kg |
Snatch |
162 kg |
Mohamed Ihab |
Egypt |
24 November 2015 |
World Championships |
Houston, United States |
[5] |
Clean & Jerk |
201 kg |
Mohamed Ihab |
Egypt |
24 November 2015 |
World Championships |
Houston, United States |
[6] |
Total |
363 kg |
Mohamed Ihab |
Egypt |
24 November 2015 |
World Championships |
Houston, United States |
[7] |
85 kg |
Snatch |
165 kg |
Samir Ghachem |
Tunisia |
25 November 1999 |
World Championships |
Athens, Greece |
[8] |
Clean & Jerk |
210 kg |
Tarek Yehia Abdelazim |
Egypt |
3 August 2012 |
Olympic Games |
London, Great Britain |
[9] |
Total |
375 kg |
Tarek Yehia Abdelazim |
Egypt |
3 August 2012 |
Olympic Games |
London, Great Britain |
[10] |
94 kg |
Snatch |
173 kg |
Ragab Abdelhay |
Egypt |
26 October 2013 |
World Championships |
Wrocław, Poland |
[11] |
Clean & Jerk |
211 kg |
Ragab Abdelhay |
Egypt |
26 October 2013 |
World Championships |
Wrocław, Poland |
[12] |
Total |
384 kg |
Ragab Abdelhay |
Egypt |
26 October 2013 |
World Championships |
Wrocław, Poland |
[13] |
105 kg |
Snatch |
182 kg |
Ibrahim Moursi |
Egypt |
14 November 2005 |
World Championships |
Doha, Qatar |
[14] |
Clean & Jerk |
218 kg |
Ibrahim Moursi |
Egypt |
14 November 2005 |
World Championships |
Doha, Qatar |
[15] |
Total |
400 kg |
Ibrahim Moursi |
Egypt |
14 November 2005 |
World Championships |
Doha, Qatar |
[16] |
+105 kg |
Snatch |
200 kg |
Mohamed Ehssan Massoud |
Egypt |
11 September 2015 |
African Games |
Brazzaville, Congo Republic |
[17] |
Clean & Jerk |
243 kg |
Mohamed Ehssan Massoud |
Egypt |
16 November 2014 |
World Championships |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
[18] |
Total |
441 kg |
Mohamed Ehssan Massoud |
Egypt |
11 September 2015 |
African Games |
Brazzaville, Congo Republic |
[19] |
Women
Event |
Record |
Athlete |
Nation |
Date |
Meet |
Place |
Ref |
48 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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53 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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58 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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63 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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69 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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–75 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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+75 kg |
Snatch |
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Clean & Jerk |
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Total |
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References