Lü Xiaojun vs Pak Jong-ju

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure	Lü Xiaojun	Pak Jong-ju
Nation	China	North Korea
Born	1984	1997
Competitions	21, 2004 to 2021	14, 2012 to 2023
Olympic medals	3 gold	None
World Championships medals	6 gold	1 bronze
Best snatch	177 kg	151 kg
Best clean and jerk	207 kg	188 kg
Best total	380 kg (men's 77 kg, 2013)	339 kg (men's 73 kg, 2023)
Best Sinclair score	505.4	477.0
Best total, place in its class	1st of 1,242 in the men's 77 kg	25th of 434 in the men's 73 kg
Snatch attempts made	67% (38 of 57)	69% (29 of 42)
Clean and jerk attempts made	58% (31 of 53)	52% (22 of 42)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	86%	80%
World records held now	None	None

How to read these figures

• Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
• Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
• Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
• Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
• World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.

Lü Xiaojun and Pak Jong-ju never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2004 to 2021 for Lü Xiaojun and 2012 to 2023 for Pak Jong-ju, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.

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