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MEN'S WORLD RECORDS					WOMEN'S WORLD RECORDS

56 Kg					48 Kg
SNATCH	138 kg	MUTLU Halil	TUR	04.11.2001	SNATCH	98 kg	YANG Lian	CHN	01.10.2006
C&Jerk	168 kg	MUTLU Halil	TUR	24.04.2001	C&Jerk	120 kg	CHEN Xiexia	CHN	21.04.2007
Total	305 kg	MUTLU Halil	TUR	16.09.2000	Total	217 kg	YANG Lian	CHN	01.10.2006
62 Kg					53 Kg
SNATCH	153 kg	SHI Zhiyong	CHN	28.06.2002	SNATCH	102 kg	RI Song Hui	PRK	01.10.2002
C&Jerk	182 kg	LE Maosheng	CHN	02.10.2002	C&Jerk	129 kg	LI Ping	CHN	22.04.2007
Total	325 kg	World Standard			Total	226 kg	QIU Hongxia	CHN	02.10.2006
69 Kg					58 Kg
SNATCH	165 kg	MARKOV Georgi	BUL	20.09.2000	SNATCH	111 kg	CHEN Yanqing	CHN	03.12.2006
C&Jerk	197 kg	ZHANG Guozheng	CHN	11.09.2003	C&Jerk	141 kg	QIU Hongmei	CHN	23.04.2007
Total	357 kg	BOEVSKI Galabin	BUL	24.11.1999	Total	251 kg	CHEN Yanqing	CHN	03.12.2006
77 Kg					63 Kg
SNATCH	173 kg	FILIMONOV Sergey	KAZ	09.04.2004	SNATCH	116 kg	THONGSUK Pawina	THA	12.11.2005
C&Jerk	210 kg	PEREPETCHENOV Oleg	RUS	27.04.2001	C&Jerk	142 kg	THONGSUK Pawina	THA	04.12.2006
Total	377 kg	JELYAZKOV Plamen	BUL	27.03.2002	Total	257 kg	LIU Haixia	CHN	23.09.2007
85 Kg					69 Kg
SNATCH	187 kg	RYBAKOU Andrei	BLR	22.09.2007	SNATCH	123 kg	SLIVENKO Oxana	RUS	04.10.2006
C&Jerk	218 kg	ZHANG Yong	CHN	25.04.1998	C&Jerk	157 kg	KASAEVA Zarema	RUS	13.11.2005
TOTAL	395 kg	World Standard			Total	276 kg	SLIVENKO Oxana	RUS	24.09.2007
94 Kg					75 Kg
SNATCH	188 kg	KAKHIASVILIS Akakios	GRE	27.11.1999	SNATCH	131 kg	ZABOLOTNAIA Natalia	RUS	25.09.2007
C&Jerk	232 kg	KOLECKI Szymon	POL	29.04.2000	C&Jerk	159 kg	LIU Chunhong	CHN	13.11.2005
TOTAL	417 kg	World Standard			Total	286 kg	PODOBEDOVA Svetlana	RUS	02.06.2006
105 Kg					+75 Kg
SNATCH	199 kg	DOLEGA Marcin	POL	07.05.2006	SNATCH	139 kg	MU Shuangshuang	CHN	06.12.2006
C&JERK	242 kg	World Standard			C&Jerk	182 kg	TANG Gonghong	CHN	21.08.2004
TOTAL	440 kg	World Standard			Total	319 kg	MU Shuangshuang	CHN	26.09.2007
+105 Kg
SNATCH	213 kg	REZAZADEH Hossein	IRI	14.09.2003
C&Jerk	263 kg	REZAZADEH Hossein	IRI	25.08.2004
Total	472 kg	REZAZADEH Hossein	IRI	26.09.2000

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