I think he was the first guy to break 500 pounds
and he did it because his trainers told him he was doing 499 and 1/2 (a weight he knew he had done before) when he really had 501.
World records
1/24/1970 Clean & Press 210.5 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki[8]
1/24/1970 Clean & Jerk 221.5 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki
1/24/1970 Total (3) 592.5 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki
1/24/1970 Total (3) 595 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki
3/18/1970 Clean & Press 213 kg Super Heavyweight Minsk
3/18/1970 Total (3) 600 kg Super Heavyweight Minsk
4/26/1970 Clean & Press 216 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius
4/26/1970 Clean & Jerk 223.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius
4/26/1970 Total (3) 602.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius
4/26/1970 Total (3) 607.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius
6/28/1970 Clean & Press 219.5 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely
6/28/1970 Clean & Jerk 225.5 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely
6/28/1970 Total (3) 610 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely
6/28/1970 Total (3) 612.5 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely
9/20/1970 Clean & Jerk 227.5 kg Super Heavyweight Columbus
11/17/1970 Clean & Press 220.5 kg Super Heavyweight Volgograd
11/17/1970 Clean & Jerk 228 kg Super Heavyweight Volgograd
12/4/1970 Snatch 177 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty
12/4/1970 Clean & Press 221 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty
12/4/1970 Clean & Jerk 228.5 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty
12/4/1970 Total (3) 615 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty
12/4/1970 Total (3) 620 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty
12/26/1970 Clean & Press 222 kg Super Heavyweight Dnepropetrovsk
12/26/1970 Clean & Jerk 229.5 kg Super Heavyweight Dnepropetrovsk
12/26/1970 Total (3) 622.5 kg Super Heavyweight Dnepropetrovsk
12/26/1970 Total (3) 625 kg Super Heavyweight Dnepropetrovsk
2/14/1971 Snatch 177.5 kg Super Heavyweight Paris
2/14/1971 Clean & Press 222.5 kg Super Heavyweight Paris
2/14/1971 Clean & Jerk 230 kg Super Heavyweight Paris
3/26/1971 Clean & Press 223 kg Super Heavyweight Wienn
4/7/1971 Clean & Press 223.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
4/18/1971 Clean & Jerk 230.5 kg Super Heavyweight Taganrog
6/27/1971 Clean & Press 225 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia
6/27/1971 Clean & Jerk 231 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia
6/27/1971 Clean & Jerk 232.5 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia
6/27/1971 Total (3) 627.5 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia
6/27/1971 Total (3) 630 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia
7/24/1971 Snatch 180 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Clean & Press 225.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Clean & Jerk 233 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Clean & Jerk 235 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Total (3) 632.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Total (3) 637.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
7/24/1971 Total (3) 640 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
9/26/1971 Clean & Press 227 kg Super Heavyweight Lima
9/26/1971 Clean & Press 230 kg Super Heavyweight Lima
9/26/1971 Clean & Jerk 235.5 kg Super Heavyweight Lima
3/19/1972 Clean & Press 231.5 kg Super Heavyweight Bollnas
3/19/1972 Clean & Press 235.5 kg Super Heavyweight Bollnas
4/15/1972 Clean & Jerk 236 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn
4/15/1972 Clean & Press 236.5 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn
4/15/1972 Clean & Jerk 237.5 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn
4/15/1972 Total (3) 642.5 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn
4/15/1972 Total (3) 645 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn
4/29/1972 Clean & Jerk 238 kg Super Heavyweight Donetsk
6/18/1973 Clean & Jerk 240 kg Super Heavyweight Madrid
6/18/1973 Total 417.5 kg Super Heavyweight Madrid
1/3/1974 Clean & Jerk 242 kg Super Heavyweight Glazov
3/20/1974 Clean & Jerk 240.5 kg Super Heavyweight Erevan
4/28/1974 Clean & Jerk 241 kg Super Heavyweight Tbilisi
4/28/1974 Total 420 kg Super Heavyweight Tbilisi
6/6/1974 Snatch 187.5 kg Super Heavyweight Verona
6/6/1974 Total 422.5 kg Super Heavyweight Verona
9/23/1974 Clean & Jerk 245.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
9/29/1974 Clean & Jerk 241.5 kg Super Heavyweight Manila
9/29/1974 Total 425 kg Super Heavyweight Manila
11/27/1974 Clean & Jerk 242.5 kg Super Heavyweight London
12/14/1974 Clean & Jerk 243 kg Super Heavyweight Zaporozhe
12/29/1974 Clean & Jerk 243.5 kg Super Heavyweight Lipetsk
7/11/1975 Clean & Jerk 245 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius
9/23/1975 Total 427.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
11/11/1975 Clean and Jerk 246 kg Super Heavyweight Arkhangelsk
11/11/1975 Total 430 kg Super Heavyweight Arkhangelsk
12/7/1975 Clean & Jerk 247.5 kg Super Heavyweight Montreal
5/15/1976 Total 435 kg Super Heavyweight Karaganda
7/27/1976 Clean & Jerk 255 kg Super Heavyweight Montreal
9/1/1977 Clean & Jerk 255.5 kg Super Heavyweight Podolsk
9/1/1977 Total 445 kg Super Heavyweight Podolsk
11/1/1977 Clean & Jerk 256 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow
I believe Ken Patera was the first to 500 lbs and Alekseyev was second. They were supposed to have quite a battle at the 1972 Games but Patera failed to make a clean lift, so he couldn’t post a ‘total’ weight lifted score.
In the days of the Cold War he was one of the few Soviet athletes that seemed to have a personality.