List of 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	140 kg	Khalil El-Maaoui	Tunisia	20 September 2010	World Championships	Antalya, Turkey	[2]
Total	267 kg	Khalil El-Maaoui	Tunisia	20 September 2010	World Championships	Antalya, Turkey	[3]
62 kg
Snatch	116 kg	Souhail Mairif	Algeria	8 November 2014	World Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Clean & Jerk	140 kg	Souhail Mairif	Algeria	8 November 2014	World Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Total	256 kg	Souhail Mairif	Algeria	8 November 2014	World Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan
69 kg
Snatch	152,5 kg	Youssef Sbai	Tunisia	21 November 2002	World Championships	Warsaw, Poland	[4]
Clean & Jerk	187,5 kg	Mohamed El-Tantawy	Egypt	21 November 2002	World Championships	Warsaw, Poland	[5]
Total	335 kg	Youssef Sbai	Tunisia	21 November 2002	World Championships	Warsaw, Poland	[6]
77 kg
Snatch	165 kg	Mohamed Ihab	Egypt	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brasil	[7]
Clean & Jerk	201 kg	Mohamed Ihab	Egypt	24 November 2015	World Championships	Houston, United States	[8]
Total	363 kg	Mohamed Ihab	Egypt	24 November 2015	World Championships	Houston, United States	[9]
85 kg
Snatch	165 kg	Samir Ghachem	Tunisia	25 November 1999	World Championships	Athens, Greece	[10]
Clean & Jerk	210 kg	Tarek Yehia Abdelazim	Egypt	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	[11]
Total	375 kg	Tarek Yehia Abdelazim	Egypt	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	[12]
94 kg
Snatch	174 kg	Ragab Abdelhay	Egypt	13 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brasil	[13]
Clean & Jerk	211 kg	Ragab Abdelhay	Egypt	26 October 2013	World Championships	Wrocław, Poland	[14]
Total	387 kg	Ragab Abdelhay	Egypt	13 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brasil	[15]
105 kg
Snatch	182 kg	Ibrahim Moursi	Egypt	14 November 2005	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[16]
Clean & Jerk	218 kg	Ibrahim Moursi	Egypt	14 November 2005	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[17]
Total	400 kg	Ibrahim Moursi	Egypt	14 November 2005	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[18]
+105 kg
Snatch	200 kg	Mohamed Ehssan Massoud	Egypt	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo Republic	[19]
Clean & Jerk	243 kg	Mohamed Ehssan Massoud	Egypt	16 November 2014	World Championships	Almaty, Kazakhstan	[20]
Total	441 kg	Mohamed Ehssan Massoud	Egypt	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo Republic	[21]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
48 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
53 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
58 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
63 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
69 kg
Snatch	112 kg	Sara Ahmed	Egypt	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[22]
Clean and jerk	143 kg	Sara Ahmed	Egypt	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[23]
Total	255 kg	Sara Ahmed	Egypt	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[24]
–75 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
+75 kg
Snatch	117 kg	Shaimaa Ahmed Khalaf	Egypt	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[25]
Clean and jerk	161 kg	Shaimaa Ahmed Khalaf	Egypt	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[26]
Total	278 kg	Shaimaa Ahmed Khalaf	Egypt	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[27]

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