Power Clean and "Continental" World Record

[cross_trainer]

Does anyone know what the current world records for the power clean (no dipping) and "Continental" are? This would provide us with a good foundation for comparing lifts from different eras, where the technique was not as advanced.

[PrivateBaldrick]

What do you mean, "no dipping?" It's a power clean if you catch it above parallel. As far as power clean records go, I know top Olympic lifters do some big numbers. Cuban lifter Pablo Lara is known to have done 190 kilos (420 lbs.) at 76 kilos (167.5 lbs), and I know big guys like Alexeyev and Botev have done over 500 lbs. I don't know about the continental clean.

[cross_trainer]

What do you mean, "no dipping?" It's a power clean if you catch it above parallel. As far as power clean records go, I know top Olympic lifters do some big numbers. Cuban lifter Pablo Lara is known to have done 190 kilos (420 lbs.) at 76 kilos (167.5 lbs), and I know big guys like Alexeyev and Botev have done over 500 lbs. I don't know about the continental clean.

Substitute "no" for "limited". The problem in comparing clean figures from the late 19th century to this era is that the old-timers used very little dipping at all. Thus, the difficulty in comparing weight lifted in different time periods.

[Marc27Default]

I've seen video of Dimas powercleaning with very little dip and it was over 350lbs I think. It was in his 92 training video. Very fast lifts. I would imagine the bigger guys doing over 400 with little dip. Pablo Lara's heavy power cleans are fairly deep. Only a little above parallel.

[Dummkopf]

Someone at my school does 350

[PrivateBaldrick]

I've seen video of Dimas powercleaning with very little dip and it was over 350lbs I think. It was in his 92 training video. Very fast lifts. I would imagine the bigger guys doing over 400 with little dip. Pablo Lara's heavy power cleans are fairly deep. Only a little above parallel.

That's true about the Lara video that I've seen, which was from an Ironmind tape. Now that I think about it, in another Ironmind training hall tape, for the '99 Worlds, Yoto Yotov, a lifter in the same weight class as Lara, who wasn't even competing, but rather coaching, does a 182.5 kilo power clean with basically no dip. Hossein Rezazadeh sometimes looks like he could powerclean about 250 if he wanted to.

[Ibanez]

I really don't see the point in having a powerclean world record because the clean will always allow more weight to be used, plus you get into specifics and such.

[2001kx]

i dont even do powerclean in the gym and i can do 365

[Krollmonster]

i dont even do powerclean in the gym and i can do 365

Good. But you know if you are gonna brag like that, you have to post a vid.

[SUPER COSMOS]

a thai olympic women won the asians games and broke world record this year and her weight is 63kg

[XBlasphemyX]

Good. But you know if you are gonna brag like that, you have to post a vid.

He won't...because he can't.

[BustaReims]

i dont even do powerclean in the gym and i can do 365

Vids or neg

[vican20]

What do you mean, "no dipping?" It's a power clean if you catch it above parallel. As far as power clean records go, I know top Olympic lifters do some big numbers. Cuban lifter Pablo Lara is known to have done 190 kilos (420 lbs.) at 76 kilos (167.5 lbs), and I know big guys like Alexeyev and Botev have done over 500 lbs. I don't know about the continental clean.

im not big on powercleans but i can do 210@150 ....but ur sayin u have to catch it above parallel??

[PrivateBaldrick]

I really don't see the point in having a powerclean world record because the clean will always allow more weight to be used, plus you get into specifics and such.

Yeah, there really is no official world record. No one keeps track of power cleans, we're just speculating.

[5-8]

im not big on powercleans but i can do 210@150 ....but ur sayin u have to catch it above parallel??

That's decent. I would expect you to get more though with your higher deadlift just cause.