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World Bench Press Championships
Meet Statistics
141
Total Entries
141
Athletes
14
Weight Classes
12.8%
Bomb-out Rate
121.3
Avg Wilks
121.4
Avg DOTS
Results
| Place | Name | Class | BW | Squat | Bench | Deadlift | Total | DOTS | Wilks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
James Henderson #1
Open
|
125+ kg | 180.5 kg | - | 320.0 kg | - | 320.0 kg | 164.01 | 172.14 |
| 1 |
Reinhold Kases
Open
|
125 kg | 123.0 kg | - | 262.5 kg | - | 262.5 kg | 149.54 | 150.09 |
| 1 |
Yuriy Khuazhev
Open
|
110 kg | 107.0 kg | - | 250.0 kg | - | 250.0 kg | 149.65 | 148.43 |
| 1 |
Tama Pfeinfenroth
Open
|
100 kg | 97.8 kg | - | 240.0 kg | - | 240.0 kg | 149.18 | 147.40 |
| 1 |
Jan Lindén
Open
|
90 kg | 88.1 kg | - | 232.5 kg | - | 232.5 kg | 151.98 | 150.08 |
| 1 |
Leonard McCormick
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.0 kg | - | 222.5 kg | - | 222.5 kg | 152.31 | 150.73 |
| 1 |
Takashi Sakuda
Open
|
75 kg | 74.3 kg | - | 210.0 kg | - | 210.0 kg | 151.57 | 150.62 |
| 1 |
Alexey Sivokon
Open
|
67.5 kg | 65.4 kg | - | 192.5 kg | - | 192.5 kg | 151.86 | 152.30 |
| 1 |
Hiroyuki Isagawa
Open
|
56 kg | 55.6 kg | - | 167.5 kg | - | 167.5 kg | 150.87 | 153.56 |
| 1 |
Andrzej Stanaszek
Open
|
52 kg | 50.7 kg | - | 167.5 kg | - | 167.5 kg | 164.38 | 168.83 |
| 1 |
Alphonse Cucuzella
Open
|
60 kg | 59.1 kg | - | 152.5 kg | - | 152.5 kg | 130.34 | 131.88 |
| 1 |
Tarja Rantanen
Open
|
90 kg | 85.3 kg | - | 135.0 kg | - | 135.0 kg | 123.33 | 119.48 |
| 1 |
Chiu-Hua Hsieh
Open
|
82.5 kg | 79.5 kg | - | 132.5 kg | - | 132.5 kg | 125.24 | 121.67 |
| 1 |
Elisabeth Singer
Open
|
75 kg | 72.6 kg | - | 127.5 kg | - | 127.5 kg | 126.37 | 123.76 |
| 1 |
Ganna Ganenko
Open
|
90+ kg | 90.3 kg | - | 127.5 kg | - | 127.5 kg | 113.50 | 110.02 |
| 1 |
Tatyana Puzanova
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.0 kg | - | 117.5 kg | - | 117.5 kg | 121.83 | 120.57 |
| 1 |
Marion Hammang
Open
|
60 kg | 59.0 kg | - | 112.5 kg | - | 112.5 kg | 126.05 | 127.07 |
| 1 |
Li-Min Lin
Open
|
52 kg | 51.2 kg | - | 107.5 kg | - | 107.5 kg | 132.46 | 135.62 |
| 1 |
Ya-Ling Chen
Open
|
56 kg | 55.5 kg | - | 95.0 kg | - | 95.0 kg | 110.77 | 112.57 |
| 1 |
Hanna Svahn
Open
|
48 kg | 47.8 kg | - | 80.0 kg | - | 80.0 kg | 103.55 | 106.28 |
| 1 |
Lien-Ju Chang
Open
|
44 kg | 42.9 kg | - | 75.0 kg | - | 75.0 kg | 105.34 | 107.37 |
| 2 |
Szablocs Balasz
Open
|
125 kg | 117.5 kg | - | 260.0 kg | - | 260.0 kg | 150.39 | 150.24 |
| 2 |
Derek Pomana
Open
|
110 kg | 109.0 kg | - | 247.5 kg | - | 247.5 kg | 147.09 | 146.07 |
| 2 |
Ed Brost
Open
|
125+ kg | 129.1 kg | - | 235.0 kg | - | 235.0 kg | 131.86 | 133.08 |
| 2 |
Minoru Nakayama
Open
|
100 kg | 95.6 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 144.45 | 142.66 |
| 2 |
Veiko Friedrich
Open
|
90 kg | 89.4 kg | - | 222.5 kg | - | 222.5 kg | 144.36 | 142.53 |
| 2 |
Kari Laitila
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.1 kg | - | 222.5 kg | - | 222.5 kg | 152.20 | 150.61 |
| 2 |
Tomi Heinonen
Open
|
75 kg | 74.4 kg | - | 205.0 kg | - | 205.0 kg | 147.83 | 146.90 |
| 2 |
Kurt Rooch
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.4 kg | - | 187.5 kg | - | 187.5 kg | 144.67 | 144.74 |
| 2 |
Fanil Mukhamatyanov
Open
|
56 kg | 55.7 kg | - | 150.0 kg | - | 150.0 kg | 134.90 | 137.27 |
| 2 |
Robert Allan
Open
|
60 kg | 59.0 kg | - | 145.0 kg | - | 145.0 kg | 124.10 | 125.60 |
| 2 |
Syoichi Katase
Open
|
52 kg | 51.5 kg | - | 137.5 kg | - | 137.5 kg | 132.91 | 136.30 |
| 2 |
Shih-Hsieh Ku
Open
|
90 kg | 88.1 kg | - | 127.5 kg | - | 127.5 kg | 114.76 | 111.18 |
| 2 |
Svetlana Paltseva
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.4 kg | - | 122.5 kg | - | 122.5 kg | 113.76 | 110.32 |
| 2 |
Alla Aleynikova
Open
|
75 kg | 72.6 kg | - | 122.5 kg | - | 122.5 kg | 121.41 | 118.91 |
| 2 |
Bettina Altizer
Open
|
60 kg | 58.3 kg | - | 110.0 kg | - | 110.0 kg | 124.22 | 125.44 |
| 2 |
Shu-Chu Huang
Open
|
67.5 kg | 66.5 kg | - | 105.0 kg | - | 105.0 kg | 109.34 | 108.33 |
| 2 |
Marion Braun
Open
|
52 kg | 51.4 kg | - | 92.5 kg | - | 92.5 kg | 113.66 | 116.35 |
| 2 |
Ute Villwock
Open
|
56 kg | 55.2 kg | - | 85.0 kg | - | 85.0 kg | 99.47 | 101.15 |
| 2 |
Junko Kitamura
Open
|
44 kg | 43.4 kg | - | 72.5 kg | - | 72.5 kg | 100.92 | 103.02 |
| 3 |
Victor Urbaniak
Open
|
110 kg | 108.7 kg | - | 242.5 kg | - | 242.5 kg | 144.27 | 143.24 |
| 3 |
Vladimi Simonenko
Open
|
125 kg | 121.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 131.73 | 131.98 |
| 3 |
Jerzy Furmanek
Open
|
100 kg | 97.8 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 142.96 | 141.26 |
| 3 |
Boris Wyssen
Open
|
125+ kg | 125.9 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 130.06 | 130.88 |
| 3 |
Uwe Haase
Open
|
90 kg | 89.7 kg | - | 222.5 kg | - | 222.5 kg | 144.11 | 142.28 |
| 3 |
Cheng-Ming Yang
Open
|
82.5 kg | 79.4 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 152.38 | 150.91 |
| 3 |
Andreas Zeilinger
Open
|
75 kg | 74.9 kg | - | 192.5 kg | - | 192.5 kg | 138.22 | 137.30 |
| 3 |
Igor Ushakov
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.3 kg | - | 182.5 kg | - | 182.5 kg | 140.96 | 141.05 |
| 3 |
Alexand Radzevich
Open
|
60 kg | 59.7 kg | - | 145.0 kg | - | 145.0 kg | 122.89 | 124.24 |
| 3 |
Christian Klein
Open
|
52 kg | 51.5 kg | - | 130.0 kg | - | 130.0 kg | 125.66 | 128.87 |
| 3 |
Peter Marcak
Open
|
56 kg | 55.3 kg | - | 130.0 kg | - | 130.0 kg | 117.66 | 119.82 |
| 3 |
Chia-Hui Tsai
Open
|
90 kg | 88.5 kg | - | 127.5 kg | - | 127.5 kg | 114.52 | 110.96 |
| 3 |
Chia-Chi Lin
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.8 kg | - | 120.0 kg | - | 120.0 kg | 111.84 | 108.48 |
| 3 |
Chia-Chi Chi
Open
|
75 kg | 73.5 kg | - | 115.0 kg | - | 115.0 kg | 113.22 | 110.74 |
| 3 |
Claudine Neumann
Open
|
60 kg | 59.2 kg | - | 100.0 kg | - | 100.0 kg | 111.80 | 112.66 |
| 3 |
Misa Okada
Open
|
67.5 kg | 62.4 kg | - | 92.5 kg | - | 92.5 kg | 100.07 | 100.07 |
| 3 |
Marion Friedrich
Open
|
44 kg | 43.0 kg | - | 65.0 kg | - | 65.0 kg | 91.13 | 92.92 |
| 3 |
Allison Hough
Open
|
56 kg | 54.2 kg | - | 65.0 kg | - | 65.0 kg | 77.01 | 78.46 |
| 4 |
Tadashi Nakatomi
Open
|
110 kg | 101.1 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 140.91 | 139.37 |
| 4 |
Volodimir Ukhach
Open
|
100 kg | 98.7 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 142.38 | 140.72 |
| 4 |
Ichiro Ujiie
Open
|
125+ kg | 134.2 kg | - | 225.0 kg | - | 225.0 kg | 124.80 | 126.57 |
| 4 |
Thorsten Weidlich
Open
|
125 kg | 111.9 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 129.47 | 128.81 |
| 4 |
Erwin Krokkee
Open
|
90 kg | 88.9 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 143.14 | 141.34 |
| 4 |
Lutz Gayek
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.5 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 149.03 | 147.38 |
| 4 |
Vladimir Chadkov
Open
|
75 kg | 74.0 kg | - | 190.0 kg | - | 190.0 kg | 137.49 | 136.67 |
| 4 |
Eric LeRiboter
Open
|
67.5 kg | 66.2 kg | - | 167.5 kg | - | 167.5 kg | 130.95 | 131.19 |
| 4 |
Gerard Tromp
Open
|
60 kg | 59.9 kg | - | 137.5 kg | - | 137.5 kg | 116.21 | 117.45 |
| 4 |
Andrey Podpalny
Open
|
52 kg | 51.9 kg | - | 130.0 kg | - | 130.0 kg | 124.74 | 127.82 |
| 4 |
Yasuhiro Yokota
Open
|
56 kg | 54.7 kg | - | 120.0 kg | - | 120.0 kg | 109.68 | 111.81 |
| 4 |
Leila Duhem
Open
|
75 kg | 74.4 kg | - | 115.0 kg | - | 115.0 kg | 112.49 | 109.88 |
| 4 |
Rita Kistenmacher
Open
|
82.5 kg | 80.9 kg | - | 110.0 kg | - | 110.0 kg | 103.07 | 100.03 |
| 4 |
Angela Barwa
Open
|
60 kg | 59.0 kg | - | 80.0 kg | - | 80.0 kg | 89.63 | 90.36 |
| 4 |
Lee-Ann Dalling
Open
|
44 kg | 41.9 kg | - | 62.5 kg | - | 62.5 kg | 89.42 | 90.82 |
| 5 |
Torsten Mainka
Open
|
110 kg | 109.5 kg | - | 230.0 kg | - | 230.0 kg | 136.46 | 135.54 |
| 5 |
Tony Stevens #2
Open
|
100 kg | 93.3 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 139.76 | 137.99 |
| 5 |
Wayne Pomana
Open
|
125 kg | 119.3 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 126.59 | 126.66 |
| 5 |
Zone Imesch
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.6 kg | - | 215.0 kg | - | 215.0 kg | 146.55 | 144.99 |
| 5 |
Clive Lambert
Open
|
125+ kg | 140.8 kg | - | 212.5 kg | - | 212.5 kg | 116.27 | 118.65 |
| 5 |
Robert Smidhammer
Open
|
90 kg | 89.2 kg | - | 195.0 kg | - | 195.0 kg | 126.66 | 125.06 |
| 5 |
Espen Kirkhaug
Open
|
75 kg | 74.9 kg | - | 165.0 kg | - | 165.0 kg | 118.48 | 117.68 |
| 5 |
Mark Hale
Open
|
67.5 kg | 65.0 kg | - | 140.0 kg | - | 140.0 kg | 110.95 | 111.33 |
| 5 |
Štefan Koľšovský
Open
|
52 kg | 51.8 kg | - | 122.5 kg | - | 122.5 kg | 117.76 | 120.69 |
| 5 |
Chiuk-Kuei Kuo
Open
|
60 kg | 57.4 kg | - | 115.0 kg | - | 115.0 kg | 100.74 | 102.22 |
| 5 |
Feng-Pin Wu
Open
|
56 kg | 55.2 kg | - | 115.0 kg | - | 115.0 kg | 104.25 | 106.18 |
| 5 |
Karen Wilkinson
Open
|
75 kg | 73.3 kg | - | 112.5 kg | - | 112.5 kg | 110.92 | 108.52 |
| 5 |
Eva Paulig
Open
|
82.5 kg | 77.0 kg | - | 95.0 kg | - | 95.0 kg | 91.27 | 88.87 |
| 5 |
Miyuki Sagawa
Open
|
60 kg | 58.9 kg | - | 75.0 kg | - | 75.0 kg | 84.12 | 84.83 |
| 6 |
Alexander Dunaev
Open
|
100 kg | 97.2 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | 220.0 kg | 137.12 | 135.47 |
| 6 |
Evgeny Beletsky
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.7 kg | - | 215.0 kg | - | 215.0 kg | 146.45 | 144.88 |
| 6 |
Bogus Kwiatkowsky
Open
|
110 kg | 100.4 kg | - | 215.0 kg | - | 215.0 kg | 132.11 | 130.64 |
| 6 |
Mof Mybourg
Open
|
125+ kg | 153.7 kg | - | 205.0 kg | - | 205.0 kg | 109.53 | 113.04 |
| 6 |
Ching-Chung Tsai
Open
|
125 kg | 123.2 kg | - | 187.5 kg | - | 187.5 kg | 106.76 | 107.17 |
| 6 |
Wayne Cormier
Open
|
90 kg | 89.4 kg | - | 162.5 kg | - | 162.5 kg | 105.43 | 104.09 |
| 6 |
Jeff Butt
Open
|
75 kg | 74.9 kg | - | 150.0 kg | - | 150.0 kg | 107.71 | 106.98 |
| 6 |
Markus Cecon
Open
|
56 kg | 55.3 kg | - | 110.0 kg | - | 110.0 kg | 99.56 | 101.38 |
| 6 |
Chi-Chiang Hu
Open
|
52 kg | 51.4 kg | - | 100.0 kg | - | 100.0 kg | 96.84 | 99.33 |
| 6 |
Ewa Przytulska
Open
|
82.5 kg | 75.5 kg | - | 65.0 kg | - | 65.0 kg | 63.09 | 61.54 |
| 7 |
Tony Brown #1
Open
|
110 kg | 108.8 kg | - | 210.0 kg | - | 210.0 kg | 124.89 | 124.01 |
| 7 |
Naoki Ishimoto
Open
|
82.5 kg | 80.6 kg | - | 207.5 kg | - | 207.5 kg | 142.46 | 141.00 |
| 7 |
Keith Pierce
Open
|
100 kg | 99.2 kg | - | 207.5 kg | - | 207.5 kg | 128.17 | 126.69 |
| 7 |
Chien-Hsiung Chao
Open
|
125+ kg | 136.7 kg | - | 200.0 kg | - | 200.0 kg | 110.35 | 112.17 |
| 7 |
Sean Brown #1
Open
|
125 kg | 120.2 kg | - | 177.5 kg | - | 177.5 kg | 101.88 | 102.01 |
| 7 |
Chao-Hsiung Hung
Open
|
75 kg | 71.3 kg | - | 140.0 kg | - | 140.0 kg | 103.84 | 103.47 |
| 7 |
Erwin Ersek
Open
|
56 kg | 55.2 kg | - | 82.5 kg | - | 82.5 kg | 74.79 | 76.18 |
| 8 |
Michael Wegerer
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.6 kg | - | 207.5 kg | - | 207.5 kg | 141.44 | 139.93 |
| 8 |
John Battye
Open
|
110 kg | 105.2 kg | - | 205.0 kg | - | 205.0 kg | 123.54 | 122.42 |
| 8 |
Francis Naude
Open
|
125+ kg | 143.4 kg | - | 190.0 kg | - | 190.0 kg | 103.43 | 105.80 |
| 8 |
Peter Andersson
Open
|
100 kg | 93.1 kg | - | 190.0 kg | - | 190.0 kg | 120.83 | 119.30 |
| 8 |
Chi-Chung Kou
Open
|
125 kg | 123.9 kg | - | 160.0 kg | - | 160.0 kg | 90.94 | 91.34 |
| 9 |
Huai-Chin Liang
Open
|
110 kg | 105.4 kg | - | 205.0 kg | - | 205.0 kg | 123.45 | 122.34 |
| 9 |
David Normand
Open
|
82.5 kg | 78.8 kg | - | 185.0 kg | - | 185.0 kg | 128.72 | 127.52 |
| 9 |
Jerry Ramsey
Open
|
100 kg | 98.5 kg | - | 180.0 kg | - | 180.0 kg | 111.53 | 110.22 |
| 9 |
Richard Fricker
Open
|
125+ kg | 125.8 kg | - | 167.5 kg | - | 167.5 kg | 94.74 | 95.33 |
| 10 |
Noel Doucette
Open
|
110 kg | 109.3 kg | - | 205.0 kg | - | 205.0 kg | 121.71 | 120.88 |
| 10 |
Lothar Pritzl
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.2 kg | - | 170.0 kg | - | 170.0 kg | 115.40 | 114.13 |
| 10 |
Cheng-Tsung Wu
Open
|
125+ kg | 141.8 kg | - | 165.0 kg | - | 165.0 kg | 90.10 | 92.03 |
| 10 |
SomNath Tougna
Open
|
100 kg | 95.6 kg | - | 150.0 kg | - | 150.0 kg | 94.21 | 93.04 |
| 11 |
Daniel Royer
Open
|
110 kg | 106.3 kg | - | 200.0 kg | - | 200.0 kg | 120.03 | 119.00 |
| 11 |
Daniel Kram
Open
|
82.5 kg | 82.4 kg | - | 162.5 kg | - | 162.5 kg | 110.15 | 108.94 |
| 11 |
Sandeep Gosein
Open
|
100 kg | 98.0 kg | - | 110.0 kg | - | 110.0 kg | 68.31 | 67.50 |
| 12 |
Rune Gregersen
Open
|
110 kg | 109.2 kg | - | 185.0 kg | - | 185.0 kg | 109.87 | 109.12 |
| 12 |
Ashok-Kuma Sharma
Open
|
82.5 kg | 76.6 kg | - | 125.0 kg | - | 125.0 kg | 88.49 | 87.79 |
| 13 |
S.Virk Surinder
Open
|
110 kg | 106.8 kg | - | 160.0 kg | - | 160.0 kg | 95.84 | 95.05 |
| DD |
John Raynor
Open
|
125 kg | 122.2 kg | - | 255.0 kg | - | DQ | - | - |
| DD |
Chen-Yeh Chao
Open
|
90+ kg | 112.3 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DD |
Tibor Kustán
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.6 kg | - | 220.0 kg | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Alexander Kokovin
Open
|
90 kg | 85.6 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Alexander Lekomtsev
Open
|
90 kg | 87.5 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Yukari Katoh
Open
|
60 kg | 59.1 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
István Tóth
Open
|
60 kg | 57.6 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Gábor Kovács
Open
|
100 kg | 97.1 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Peter Lindberg
Open
|
100 kg | 97.4 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Marek Markwat
Open
|
82.5 kg | 81.4 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Masanori Moroe
Open
|
67.5 kg | 65.9 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Chuck Brunson
Open
|
67.5 kg | 67.1 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Jaswinder Singh Cheema
Open
|
110 kg | 100.1 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Catherine Nadia
Open
|
48 kg | 47.3 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Masashi Saitoh
Open
|
110 kg | 108.7 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Andrey Scherbakov
Open
|
125 kg | 121.3 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Teruo Iwasaki
Open
|
125 kg | 114.4 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
| DQ |
Niels Stærkjær
Open
|
125+ kg | 145.7 kg | - | - | - | DQ | - | - |
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