List of African records in Olympic weightlifting

|Tojonirina Andriatsitohaina

|Cairo, Egypt

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Result-Book.pdf|title=African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019 – Result Book|website=wfa.com.ly|accessdate=31 May 2019}}

Total

|align=center|303 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|27 May 2021

|Nairobi, Kenya

|{{cite web|title=2021 African Championships|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=516|publisher=IWF|access-date=30 May 2021}}

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|73 kg

Snatch

|align=center|153 kg

|Karem Ben Hnia

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|27 August 2019

|Rabat, Morocco

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Result__73-kg-M.pdf|title=Weightlifting 12th All African Games – Men 73 kg|publisher=WFA|date=27 August 2019|accessdate=30 August 2019}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|186 kg

|Karem Ben Hnia

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|4 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

|{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=441|title=2018 IWF World Championships|publisher=IWF|accessdate=14 March 2019}}

Total

|align=center|338 kg

|Karem Ben Hnia

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|26 April 2019

|Cairo, Egypt

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|81 kg

Snatch

|align=center|173 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|5 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|200 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|5 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Total

|align=center|373 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|5 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|89 kg

Snatch

|align=center|171 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|3 July 2022

|Oran, Algeria

|{{cite web|url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf|title=2022 Mediterranean Games – Weightlifting – Results Book|work=Oran 2022|access-date=31 August 2022}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|212 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|3 July 2022

|Oran, Algeria

Total

|align=center|383 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|3 July 2022

|Oran, Algeria

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|96 kg

Snatch

|align=center|174 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Clean & Jerk

|align="center"|213 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Total

|align="center"|387 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|102 kg

Snatch

|align=center|183 kg

|Aymen Bacha

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|13 December 2024

|Manama, Bahrain

|{{Cite web |title=2024 IWF World Championships|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=616|access-date=4 January 2025|publisher=IWF}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|213 kg

|Standard

Total

|align=center|395 kg

|Aymen Bacha

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|13 December 2024

|Manama, Bahrain

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|109 kg

Snatch

|align=center|177 kg

|Standard

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|219 kg

|Standard

Total

|align=center|398 kg

|Standard

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|+109 kg

Snatch

| align="center" |203 kg

|Walid Bidani

|{{flagu|Algeria}}

|9 February 2024

|Ismailia, Egypt

|{{cite web|url=https://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Result__109-kg_638430866730373322.pdf|title=African Senior 34th Men and 23rd Women Weightlifting Championships – Men +109 kg – Result|publisher=WFA|date=9 February 2024|accessdate=12 February 2024}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|243 kg

|Abdelrahman El-Sayed

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|18 May 2023

|Tunis, Tunisia

|{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=571|title=2023 African Championships|publisher=IWF|access-date=24 May 2023}}

Total

|align=center|437 kg

|Walid Bidani

|{{flagu|Algeria}}

|4 July 2022

|Oran, Algeria

=Women=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%;"

!width=8%|Event

!width=6%|Record

!width=16%|Athlete

!width=13%|Nation

!width=12%|Date

!width=18%|Meet

!width=18%|Place

!width=3%|Ref

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|45 kg

Snatch

|align=center|77 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|4 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

|{{cite web |title=2023 IWF World Championships|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=577|access-date=13 September 2023|publisher=IWF}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|93 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|4 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Total

|align=center|170 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|4 September 2023

|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|49 kg

Snatch

| align="center" |80 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|7 August 2024

|Paris, France

|{{cite web |title=Weightlifting – Women's 49kg – Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_C73_WLFW49KG--------------FNL-000100--.pdf |website=olympics.com |publisher=COJOP2024 |date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024}}

Clean & Jerk

| align="center" |100 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|7 August 2024

|Paris, France

Total

| align="center" |180 kg

|{{flagu|Madagascar}}

|7 August 2024

|Paris, France

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|55 kg

Snatch

|align=center|97 kg

|Nouha Landoulsi

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|3 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|116 kg

|Adijat Olarinoye

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|26 August 2019

|Rabat, Morocco

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Result__55-kg-W.pdf|title=Weightlifting 12th All African Games – Women 55 kg|publisher=WFA|date=26 August 2019|accessdate=27 August 2019}}

Total

|align=center|211 kg

|Nouha Landoulsi

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|3 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|59 kg

Snatch

| align="center" |101 kg

|Rafiatu Lawal

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|3 April 2024

|World Cup

|Phuket, Thailand

|{{Cite web|title=2024 IWF World Cup Phuket Results|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599|work=IWF|access-date=5 April 2024}}

Clean & Jerk

| align="center" |130 kg

|Rafiatu Lawal

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|8 August 2024

|Paris, France

|{{cite web |title=Weightlifting – Women's 59kg – Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_C73_WLFW59KG--------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|publisher=COJOP2024|date=8 August 2024|access-date=8 August 2024}}

Total

| align="center" |230 kg

|Rafiatu Lawal

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|8 August 2024

|Paris, France

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|64 kg

Snatch

|align=center|104 kg

|Neama Said

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|12 December 2021

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|{{cite web|title=2021 IWF World Championships|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=522|access-date=12 December 2021|publisher=IWF}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|127 kg

|Neama Said

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|12 December 2021

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Total

|align=center|233 kg

|Neama Said

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|12 December 2021

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|71 kg

Snatch

|align=center|111 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|6 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|141 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|6 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Total

|align=center|252 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|6 November 2018

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|76 kg

Snatch

|align=center|113 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 December 2022

|Bogotá, Colombia

|{{cite web |title=2022 IWF World Championships |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=562 |access-date=17 December 2022 |publisher=IWF}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|148 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 December 2022

|Bogotá, Colombia

Total

|align=center|261 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 December 2022

|Bogotá, Colombia

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|81 kg

Snatch

|align=center|117 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|17 May 2023

|Tunis, Tunisia

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|151 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|17 May 2023

|Tunis, Tunisia

Total

|align=center|268 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|17 May 2023

|Tunis, Tunisia

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|87 kg

Snatch

|align=center|118 kg

|Standard

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|146 kg

|Standard

Total

|align=center|261 kg

|Standard

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan=8|+87 kg

Snatch

|align=center|124 kg

|Halima Abdelazim

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|31 October 2022

|Cairo, Egypt

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Result_Nation_Nat_S_87-kg_638028184946154125.pdf|title=African Senior 32nd Men and 21st Women Weightlifting Championships – Women +87 kg – Results|publisher=WFA|access-date=1 November 2022}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|153 kg

|Halima Abdelazim

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|15 December 2022

|Bogotá, Colombia

Total

|align=center|275 kg

|Halima Abdelazim

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|15 December 2022

|Bogotá, Colombia

Historical records

=Men (1998–2018)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%;"

!width=8%|Event

!width=6%|Record

!width=16%|Athlete

!width=13%|Nation

!width=12%|Date

!width=18%|Meet

!width=18%|Place

!width=3%|Ref

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|56 kg

Snatch

|align=center|132 kg

|Khalil El-Maaoui

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|29 July 2012

|London, United Kingdom

|{{cite web|title=XXX OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=214|publisher=www.iwf.net|date=10 September 2012|accessdate=18 November 2015}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|146 kg

|Khalil El-Maaoui

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|20 November 2009

|Goyang, South Korea

|{{cite web|title=77th Men's and 20th Women's World Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=41|publisher=IWF|accessdate=28 January 2018}}

Total

|align=center|271 kg

|Khalil El-Maaoui

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|20 November 2009

|Goyang, South Korea

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|62 kg

Snatch

|align=center|137,5 kg

|Atef Jarray

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|8 September 2001

|Tunis, Tunisia

|{{cite web|title=Affiche officielle des JM Tunis 2001 |url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JM2001.pdf|page=20|website=cijm.org.gr|accessdate=28 January 2018}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|162 kg

|Ahmed Saad

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|30 July 2012

|London, United Kingdom

Total

|align=center|295 kg

|Atef Jarray

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|8 September 2001

|Tunis, Tunisia

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|69 kg

Snatch

|align=center|152,5 kg

|Youssef Sbai

|{{TUN}}

|21 November 2002

|Warsaw, Poland

|{{cite web|title=72nd MEN's and 15th WOMEN's WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=91|publisher=www.iwf.net|date=30 November 2002|accessdate=19 November 2015}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|187,5 kg

|Mohamed El-Tantawy

|{{EGY}}

|21 November 2002

|Warsaw, Poland

Total

|align=center|335 kg

|Youssef Sbai

|{{TUN}}

|21 November 2002

|Warsaw, Poland

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|77 kg

Snatch

|align=center|165 kg

|{{EGY}}

|10 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

|{{cite news|title=XXXI OLYMPIC GAMES Results|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=362|work=IWF|date=13 August 2016|accessdate=13 August 2016}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|201 kg

|{{EGY}}

|24 November 2015

|Houston, United States

|{{cite web|title=2015 IWF World Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=341|publisher=IWF|accessdate=28 January 2018}}

Total

|align=center|363 kg

|{{EGY}}

|24 November 2015

|Houston, United States

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|85 kg

Snatch

|align=center|165 kg

|Samir Ghachem

|{{TUN}}

|25 November 1999

|Piraeus, Greece

|{{cite web|title=70th MEN's and 13th WOMEN's WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=99|publisher=www.iwf.net|date=30 November 1999|accessdate=18 November 2015}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|210 kg

|Tarek Yehia Abdelazim

|{{EGY}}

|3 August 2012

|London, United Kingdom

Total

|align=center|375 kg

|Tarek Yehia Abdelazim

|{{EGY}}

|3 August 2012

|London, United Kingdom

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|94 kg

Snatch

|align=center|174 kg

|Ragab Abdelhay

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|213 kg

|Ragab Abdelhay

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Total

|align=center|387 kg

|Ragab Abdelhay

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|13 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|105 kg

Snatch

|align=center|182 kg

|Ibrahim Moursi

|{{EGY}}

|16 November 2005

|Doha, Qatar

|{{cite web|title=74th MEN's and 17th WOMEN's CENTENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=3|publisher=IWF|date=16 November 2005|accessdate=18 November 2015}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|218 kg

|Ibrahim Moursi

|{{EGY}}

|16 November 2005

|Doha, Qatar

Total

|align=center|400 kg

|Ibrahim Moursi

|{{EGY}}

|16 November 2005

|Doha, Qatar

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|+105 kg

Snatch

|align=center|200 kg

|Mohamed Masoud

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|11 September 2015

|Brazzaville, Congo Republic

|{{cite web|title=2015 African Games - Weightlifting Results|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=335|publisher=www.iwf.net|date=13 September 2015|accessdate=18 November 2015}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|243 kg

|Mohamed Masoud

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|16 November 2014

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|{{cite news|title=2014 Weightlifting World Championships Results|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=298|publisher=www.iwf.net|date=18 November 2014|accessdate=18 November 2015}}

Total

|align=center|441 kg

|Mohamed Masoud

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|11 September 2015

|Brazzaville, Congo Republic

=Women (1998–2018)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%;"

!width=8%|Event

!width=6%|Record

!width=16%|Athlete

!width=13%|Nation

!width=12%|Date

!width=18%|Meet

!width=18%|Place

!width=3%|Ref

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|48 kg

Snatch

|align=center|80 kg

|Roilya Ranaivosoa

|{{flagu|Mauritius}}

|21 November 2015

|Houston, United States

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|105 kg

|Blessed Udoh

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|14 August 2004

|Athens, Greece

Total

|align=center|180 kg

|Blessed Udoh

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|14 August 2004

|Athens, Greece

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|53 kg

Snatch

|align=center|88 kg

|Nouha Landoulsi

|{{flagu|Tunisia}}

|13 July 2017

|Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

|{{cite web|title=2017 African Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=386|publisher=IWF|accessdate=23 April 2018}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|115 kg

|Chinenye Fidelis

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|6 November 2011

|Paris, France

Total

|align=center|202 kg

|Chinenye Fidelis

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|31 March 2012

|Nairobi, Kenya

|{{cite web|title=African Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=203|publisher=IWF|accessdate=23 April 2018}}

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|58 kg

Snatch

|align=center|95 kg

|Franca Gbodo

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|16 August 2004

|Athens, Greece

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|122 kg

|Chinenye Fidelis

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|10 May 2016

|Yaoundé, Cameroon

|{{cite web|title=2016 African Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=355|publisher=IWF|accessdate=23 April 2018}}

Total

|align=center|212 kg

|Franca Gbodo

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|16 August 2004

|Athens, Greece

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|63 kg

Snatch

|align=center|104 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|12 November 2014

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|127 kg

|Leila Lassouani

|{{flagu|Algeria}}

|3 May 2004

|Tunis, Tunisia

Total

|align=center|229 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|12 November 2014

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|69 kg

Snatch

|align=center|112 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|10 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|{{cite web|title=Women's 69kg Results|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLW069000_Results_2016_08_10_08e780b1_89ce_492e_b843_5d5eb84bada7.pdf|work=Rio 2016 official website|date=10 August 2016|accessdate=10 August 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053640/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLW069000_Results_2016_08_10_08e780b1_89ce_492e_b843_5d5eb84bada7.pdf|archivedate=20 September 2016}}

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|143 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|10 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Total

|align=center|255 kg

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|10 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|75 kg

Snatch

|align=center|120 kg

|Nahla Ramadan

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|20 August 2004

|Athens, Greece

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|147 kg

|Nahla Ramadan

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|17 June 2003

|Hermosillo, Mexico

|{{cite web|title=29th Men's and 9th Women's Junior World Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=146|publisher=IWF|accessdate=23 April 2018}}

Total

|align=center|262 kg

|Nahla Ramadan

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|17 June 2003

|Hermosillo, Mexico

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|90 kg

Snatch

|align=center|112 kg

|Bilkisu Musa

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|27 November 1999

|Piraeus, Greece

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|145 kg

|Abeer Abdelrahman

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|11 June 2010

|Sofia, Bulgaria

|{{cite web|title=36th Men's and 16th Women's Junior World Championships|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=93|publisher=IWF|accessdate=23 April 2018}}

Total

|align=center|255 kg

|Abeer Abdelrahman

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|11 June 2010

|Sofia, Bulgaria

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

!colspan="8"|+90 kg

Snatch

|align=center|129 kg

|Mariam Usman

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|5 August 2012

|London, United Kingdom

Clean & Jerk

|align=center|161 kg

|Shaimaa Ahmed Khalaf

|{{flagu|Egypt}}

|14 August 2016

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|{{cite web|title=Women's +75kg Results|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLW026000_Results_2016_08_14_96982f85_23f3_4313_ba1e_c988ef7f6a0c.pdf|work=Rio 2016 official website|date=14 August 2016|accessdate=16 August 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920134030/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLW026000_Results_2016_08_14_96982f85_23f3_4313_ba1e_c988ef7f6a0c.pdf|archivedate=20 September 2016}}

Total

|align=center|281 kg

|Mariam Usman

|{{flagu|Nigeria}}

|29 March 2012