Women's World Powerlifting Championships
Meet Statistics
Results
| Place | Name | Class | BW | Squat | Bench | Deadlift | Total | DOTS | Wilks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bev Francis
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 215.0 kg | 137.5 kg | 212.5 kg | 565.0 kg | 524.39 | 508.48 |
| 1 |
Tina van Duyn-Woodley
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 85.0 kg | 170.0 kg | 415.0 kg | 481.03 | 488.29 |
| 1 |
Bernadette Luiten
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 345.0 kg | 445.20 | 456.93 |
| 1 |
Cheryl Jones
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 137.5 kg | 75.0 kg | 137.5 kg | 350.0 kg | 482.07 | 492.82 |
| 1 |
Sisi Dolman
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 170.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 400.0 kg | 487.56 | 498.65 |
| 1 |
Annie McElroy
Open
|
90+ kg | - | 227.5 kg | 100.0 kg | 200.0 kg | 527.5 kg | - | - |
| 1 |
Ruthi Shafer
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 172.5 kg | 87.5 kg | 167.5 kg | 427.5 kg | 441.35 | 436.32 |
| 1 |
Heidi Wittesch
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 175.0 kg | 105.0 kg | 190.0 kg | 470.0 kg | 457.77 | 446.80 |
| 1 |
Vicky Steenrod
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 195.0 kg | 105.0 kg | 202.5 kg | 502.5 kg | 557.04 | 560.23 |
| 1 |
Tove Eriksen
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 180.0 kg | 100.0 kg | 185.0 kg | 465.0 kg | 414.56 | 401.79 |
| 2 |
Katja Desmet
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 152.5 kg | 72.5 kg | 170.0 kg | 395.0 kg | 457.85 | 464.76 |
| 2 |
Eva Sanchez
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 127.5 kg | 62.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 335.0 kg | 432.30 | 443.68 |
| 2 |
Nancy Belliveau
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 125.0 kg | 55.0 kg | 165.0 kg | 345.0 kg | 475.18 | 485.78 |
| 2 |
Majik Jones
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 137.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 170.0 kg | 375.0 kg | 457.09 | 467.49 |
| 2 |
Julie Ann Holmes
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 157.5 kg | 95.0 kg | 165.0 kg | 417.5 kg | 431.02 | 426.11 |
| 2 |
Stefanula Giannolidis
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 167.5 kg | 92.5 kg | 175.0 kg | 435.0 kg | 423.68 | 413.53 |
| 2 |
Alice Kargl
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 85.0 kg | 190.0 kg | 435.0 kg | 482.22 | 484.98 |
| 2 |
Annette Maldener
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 192.5 kg | 442.5 kg | 394.50 | 382.35 |
| 2 |
Taina Hakala-Rajala
Open
|
90+ kg | - | 182.5 kg | 100.0 kg | 200.0 kg | 482.5 kg | - | - |
| 2 |
Juanita Trujillo
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 227.5 kg | 107.5 kg | 205.0 kg | 540.0 kg | 501.19 | 485.98 |
| 3 |
Anne Lehtokoski
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 157.5 kg | 70.0 kg | 175.0 kg | 402.5 kg | 373.57 | 362.24 |
| 3 |
Wendy Sperling
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 115.0 kg | 65.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 330.0 kg | 425.85 | 437.06 |
| 3 |
Marie-France Vassart
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 330.0 kg | 454.52 | 464.66 |
| 3 |
Helga Zipfl
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 152.5 kg | 387.5 kg | 449.16 | 455.93 |
| 3 |
Dagmar Wang
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 135.0 kg | 67.5 kg | 160.0 kg | 362.5 kg | 441.85 | 451.91 |
| 3 |
Helena Koponen
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 85.0 kg | 162.5 kg | 412.5 kg | 425.86 | 421.01 |
| 3 |
Thea Borgstede
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 180.0 kg | 415.0 kg | 404.20 | 394.52 |
| 3 |
Umeyo Kunihiro
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 87.5 kg | 182.5 kg | 420.0 kg | 465.59 | 468.25 |
| 3 |
Janis Kerr
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 172.5 kg | 422.5 kg | 376.67 | 365.07 |
| 3 |
Catharina van Zegeren
Open
|
90+ kg | - | 172.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 185.0 kg | 440.0 kg | - | - |
| 4 |
Pirjo Mustonen
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 72.5 kg | 170.0 kg | 372.5 kg | 431.77 | 438.29 |
| 4 |
Suzanne Smith #3
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 122.5 kg | 75.0 kg | 127.5 kg | 325.0 kg | 419.40 | 430.44 |
| 4 |
Sonja Hedin
Open
|
90+ kg | - | 135.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 355.0 kg | - | - |
| 4 |
Jenny Hunter
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 132.5 kg | 75.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 362.5 kg | 441.85 | 451.91 |
| 4 |
Anna-Liisa Prinkkala
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 125.0 kg | 55.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 300.0 kg | 413.20 | 422.42 |
| 4 |
Sumita Laha
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 162.5 kg | 397.5 kg | 410.38 | 405.70 |
| 4 |
Annette Ljungberg
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 152.5 kg | 87.5 kg | 160.0 kg | 400.0 kg | 371.25 | 359.99 |
| 4 |
Jacqueline Pepper
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 152.5 kg | 85.0 kg | 177.5 kg | 415.0 kg | 369.98 | 358.59 |
| 4 |
Hege Høiland
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 172.5 kg | 402.5 kg | 392.03 | 382.63 |
| 4 |
Rita Bass
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 157.5 kg | 80.0 kg | 175.0 kg | 412.5 kg | 457.28 | 459.89 |
| 5 |
Eva Westergren
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 165.0 kg | 400.0 kg | 389.59 | 380.26 |
| 5 |
Ingrid Nelis
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 160.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 395.0 kg | 407.80 | 403.15 |
| 5 |
Beatrice Nilsson
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 77.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 387.5 kg | 429.56 | 432.02 |
| 5 |
Bettina Högg
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 150.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 165.0 kg | 385.0 kg | 357.33 | 346.49 |
| 5 |
Kazuko Ishikawa
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 360.0 kg | 417.28 | 423.58 |
| 5 |
Susanne Cunat
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 55.0 kg | 142.5 kg | 317.5 kg | 387.00 | 395.81 |
| 5 |
Lena Wessman
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 125.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 127.5 kg | 312.5 kg | 403.27 | 413.88 |
| 5 |
Tandra Roy Choudhury
Open
|
90+ kg | - | 120.0 kg | 50.0 kg | 110.0 kg | 280.0 kg | - | - |
| 5 |
Ingrid Schabauer
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 90.0 kg | 52.5 kg | 125.0 kg | 267.5 kg | 368.44 | 376.66 |
| 5 |
Joke Anthonissen
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 67.5 kg | 150.0 kg | 367.5 kg | 327.63 | 317.54 |
| 6 |
Aly van der Keulen
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 135.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 355.0 kg | 411.49 | 417.69 |
| 6 |
Kathy Tascona
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 52.5 kg | 110.0 kg | 257.5 kg | 354.67 | 362.58 |
| 6 |
Sirkka Ek
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 117.5 kg | 57.5 kg | 125.0 kg | 300.0 kg | 365.67 | 373.99 |
| 6 |
Irma Ruler
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 125.0 kg | 55.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 310.0 kg | 400.04 | 410.57 |
| 6 |
Yvonne Nilsson
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 155.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 385.0 kg | 397.47 | 392.94 |
| 6 |
Bhanumathi Mendon
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 57.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 357.5 kg | 318.72 | 308.90 |
| 6 |
Yvonne Clark
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 180.0 kg | 385.0 kg | 357.33 | 346.49 |
| 6 |
Elisabeth Lindau
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 82.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 392.5 kg | 382.29 | 373.13 |
| 6 |
Marion Dietrich
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 385.0 kg | 426.79 | 429.23 |
| 7 |
Helen Williams #1
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 167.5 kg | 387.5 kg | 377.42 | 368.37 |
| 7 |
Marion van Wissen
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 77.5 kg | 167.5 kg | 385.0 kg | 426.79 | 429.23 |
| 7 |
Joke van der Meulen
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 165.0 kg | 380.0 kg | 392.31 | 387.84 |
| 7 |
Rhonda Peterson
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 75.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 355.0 kg | 411.49 | 417.69 |
| 7 |
Tuija Karjalainen
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 62.5 kg | 122.5 kg | 305.0 kg | 393.59 | 403.95 |
| 7 |
Ruma Pal
Open
|
90 kg | 90.0 kg | 115.0 kg | 55.0 kg | 132.5 kg | 302.5 kg | 269.69 | 261.38 |
| 7 |
Sumita Sardar
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 115.0 kg | 52.5 kg | 127.5 kg | 295.0 kg | 359.58 | 367.76 |
| 7 |
Jeanette Wust
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 92.5 kg | 47.5 kg | 105.0 kg | 245.0 kg | 337.45 | 344.98 |
| 8 |
Dominique Van den Bogaerde
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 115.0 kg | 50.0 kg | 135.0 kg | 300.0 kg | 387.13 | 397.33 |
| 8 |
Jayanti Porel
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | 85.0 kg | 32.5 kg | 110.0 kg | 227.5 kg | 313.35 | 320.34 |
| 8 |
Liisa Jurkko
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 57.5 kg | 112.5 kg | 290.0 kg | 353.48 | 361.52 |
| 8 |
Joy Dobson
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 130.0 kg | 72.5 kg | 170.0 kg | 372.5 kg | 384.57 | 380.18 |
| 8 |
Birgitta Andersson
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 340.0 kg | 394.10 | 400.05 |
| 8 |
Theo Knoop
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 72.5 kg | 155.0 kg | 372.5 kg | 412.93 | 415.30 |
| 8 |
Vicki Goss
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 145.0 kg | 77.5 kg | 157.5 kg | 380.0 kg | 370.11 | 361.24 |
| 9 |
Michiko Nakamura
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 150.0 kg | 72.5 kg | 150.0 kg | 372.5 kg | 362.81 | 354.11 |
| 9 |
Hanna Räty
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 125.0 kg | 77.5 kg | 167.5 kg | 370.0 kg | 410.16 | 412.51 |
| 9 |
Claudia Simontowski
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 140.0 kg | 62.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 367.5 kg | 379.40 | 375.08 |
| 9 |
Lee Steggles
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 67.5 kg | 137.5 kg | 335.0 kg | 388.30 | 394.16 |
| 9 |
Petra Jahn
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 117.5 kg | 50.0 kg | 132.5 kg | 300.0 kg | 387.13 | 397.33 |
| 9 |
Noriko Shirasaka
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 100.0 kg | 65.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 285.0 kg | 347.39 | 355.29 |
| 10 |
Helli Saarelainen
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 105.0 kg | 62.5 kg | 120.0 kg | 287.5 kg | 371.00 | 380.77 |
| 10 |
Elaine McRitchie
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 110.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 107.5 kg | 277.5 kg | 338.25 | 345.94 |
| 10 |
Ursula Weber
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 120.0 kg | 87.5 kg | 152.5 kg | 360.0 kg | 371.66 | 367.42 |
| 10 |
Brenda Hibbert
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 127.5 kg | 57.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 330.0 kg | 382.51 | 388.28 |
| 10 |
Kirsten Vinje
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 147.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 140.0 kg | 355.0 kg | 393.53 | 395.78 |
| 10 |
Karabi Sinha
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 52.5 kg | 140.0 kg | 332.5 kg | 323.85 | 316.09 |
| 11 |
Sue Mackness
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 135.0 kg | 70.0 kg | 155.0 kg | 360.0 kg | 371.66 | 367.42 |
| 11 |
Yvonne Dolphin
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 350.0 kg | 387.99 | 390.21 |
| 11 |
Alice Heikkala
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 65.0 kg | 142.5 kg | 327.5 kg | 379.61 | 385.34 |
| 11 |
Heidi Schenk
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 40.0 kg | 135.0 kg | 270.0 kg | 348.42 | 357.59 |
| 12 |
Hildegard Welch
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 130.0 kg | 80.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 350.0 kg | 361.34 | 357.22 |
| 12 |
Nina Johansen
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 127.5 kg | 57.5 kg | 135.0 kg | 320.0 kg | 370.92 | 376.51 |
| 12 |
Inger Blikra
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 130.0 kg | 60.0 kg | 120.0 kg | 310.0 kg | 343.65 | 345.61 |
| 12 |
Julie Howlett
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 102.5 kg | 55.0 kg | 105.0 kg | 262.5 kg | 338.74 | 347.66 |
| 13 |
Rekha Pal
Open
|
48 kg | 48.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 42.5 kg | 110.0 kg | 247.5 kg | 319.39 | 327.79 |
| 13 |
Hiromi Yanai
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 130.0 kg | 72.5 kg | 130.0 kg | 332.5 kg | 343.27 | 339.36 |
| 13 |
L Anito
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 105.0 kg | 57.5 kg | 130.0 kg | 292.5 kg | 324.25 | 326.10 |
| 14 |
M Nielsen
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 100.0 kg | 50.0 kg | 132.5 kg | 282.5 kg | 313.16 | 314.96 |
| 15 |
Sabine Wallner
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 122.5 kg | 52.5 kg | 105.0 kg | 280.0 kg | 310.39 | 312.17 |
| 16 |
Depali Nundy
Open
|
60 kg | 60.0 kg | 95.0 kg | 45.0 kg | 115.0 kg | 255.0 kg | 282.68 | 284.30 |
| DD |
Roberta Segar
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.5 kg | 167.5 kg | 92.5 kg | 182.5 kg | DQ | - | - |
| DD |
Diana Rowell
Open
|
56 kg | 56.0 kg | 172.5 kg | 87.5 kg | 212.5 kg | DQ | - | - |
| DD |
Mary Jeffrey-Ryan
Open
|
52 kg | 52.0 kg | 160.0 kg | 102.5 kg | 160.0 kg | DQ | - | - |
| DD |
Terry Byland-Rohal
Open
|
75 kg | 75.0 kg | 242.5 kg | 112.5 kg | 242.5 kg | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
R. Hauch
Open
|
90+ kg | - | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Edith Scherpf
Open
|
44 kg | 44.0 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
Women's World Powerlifting Championships was held on June 1, 1985 in Austria by the IPF federation, featuring 106 athletes across 10 weight classes. View more meets from IPF.
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