This section provides context and methodology details for the data presented:
- **Data Scope:** This table focuses exclusively on competitive results where a Male athlete participated in an event or competition originally intended for female athletes. This applies to events specifically labeled "female", "women" or "girls" or events that were originally female-only but have been changed to mixed sex to be "inclusive" of some males, but continue to exclude other males who do not claim to be women. This includes events labeled "women+" or similar. Events that are mixed but in which there are specific limits on the number of male and female athletes per team and in which the male athlete has taken a "female" position, such as mixed doubles in tennis, are also included.
- **Link Verification:** The provided links are to external sources. These sources include official results directly from the event webpages, sites that aggregrate athletic results from various organizations (such as MileSplit.com), news stories, and social media posts from team and athlete accounts. Archived links (Ar.) are provided in the case that these results are removed or websites are no longer functional. Not all pages were able to be archived. When possible, archived links can most often be found in the second (2) link.
- **Athlete Verification:** Athletes have been verified as male through the use of public sources: news articles, personal declarations from the athletes, name changes, past photos, and other public records including job history, school records, and family records. In the case of males with DSDs, athletes are included if they have previously failed a sex/gender test.
- **Athlete Identification:** "DSD" refers to male athletes with a disorder of sexual development. These athletes are male but may have been mistaken for female at birth due to underdeveloped male genitalia. "Trans-identified" refers to male athletes who have had healthy male development but deny that they are men and boys and claim to be something else, typically "women" or "nonbinary". "Other" refers to males who do not belong in either of the former categories but participate on female teams due to rule exceptions.
- **Sorting:** The table is sorted by **Date (newest first)** by default.
Other Notes:
- "1st (of 1)" and "1st of 2 Males" are counted in the overall 1st place totals. "Semi-finals", "2nd of 2 Males", "2nd (of 2)", and "3rd (of 3)" are counted in top 3 finishes (as these finishers often stand on the podium and recieve medals).
- The 2019 Oceania Championships and Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were held concurrently as the 2019 Pacific Games, Oceania & Commonwealth Championships. Athletes from certain countries could participate in both contests simultaneously.
- The 2017 Oceania Championship was held concurrently with the 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.
- While an official result sheet is not available for the 2017 North Island Championships, Gavin "Laurel" Hubbard is reported to have broken the Oceania record there, meaning he can be inferred to have placed 1st; (if another athlete finished ahead, he would not have the record.)
- In powerlifting, medals are only offered for separate events (bench, squat, deadlift) at larger international meets and championships. The results of these events at smaller meets may be listed here for informative purposes but will not be counted in the totals, sorted into the "1st Place" option, or listed on the Totals pages.
- In Olympic weightlifting, medals are given for separate events (snatch and clean & jerk) at larger international competitions. These appear as separate medals on result sheets and will be included here.
- At the 2022 USPA Drug Tested Violet Crown Classic, "Angel" Flores lifted a total over 100lbs heavier than the first female competitor, but due to USPA rules banning the use of all hormones including those for "medical" (or in this case "cosmetic") purposes in tested competition, he participated as a "guest" and was not eligible to set any official records.
- "Mary" Gregory entered the 2019 Masters Nationals event as a "female" despite being male, violating the rules of the competition that designate categories by sex. He was subsequently stripped of the titles and records. He has competed in the same event in both a masters age category and in the open category in several meets. Because of this, he often has two places for the same competition.
Abbreviations:
- ISO alpha-3 country codes used for country abbreviations
- DQ - disqualified
- DNS - did not start
- DNF - did not finish
- DNP - did not place
- SCR - scratch (competitor either withdrew from the event or did not achieve any mark)
- NH - no height (in high jump, competitor failed to jump opening height)
- FF - forfeit
- MC - missed cut (denotes and instance where competitor did not make the cut to continue on in the tournament, commonly used in golf)
- OC - outside competitior (denotes an outside entry in a national competition. OC competitors do not receive points)
- NS - non-scoring (denotes a non-scoring entry in domestic meets, "G" denotes a guest entry)
- SF - semi-finalist
- QF - quarter-finalist
- TBD - to be determined
- n/a - not available