The following are the European records in

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. Records are maintained in each

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for the snatch lift,

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

lift, and the total for both lifts by the

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(EWF).

Current records

Key to tables:

Men

Women

Historical records

Men (1998–2018)

Women (1998–2018)

References

;General
European Records – Men

European Records – Women
;Specific

External links

EWF web site
{{Records in Olympic weightlifting

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Weightlifting, Olympic