Fares El-Bakh and Gennady Bessonov, compared on the results on record here: medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships before 1998, and every result since. Fares El-Bakh's best total is 404 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019); Gennady Bessonov's is 380 kg (men's 90 kg, 1979). No meeting in the same class is on record; before 1998 only medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships are.
Figures from the results on record here: medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships before 1998, and every result since. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. Their best totals came in different classes, so kilograms alone do not say who was stronger. The figures are explained under the table.
Not ranked: the class lists before 1998 are not on record here
Snatch attempts made
54% (46 of 85)
Too few recorded
Clean and jerk attempts made
62% (48 of 77)
Too few recorded
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
77%
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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.
Head to head
Fares El-Bakh vs Gennady Bessonov head to head
No competition on record has Fares El-Bakh and Gennady Bessonov in the same class; before 1998 only medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships are on record. The results here run from 2016 to 2024 for Fares El-Bakh and 1977 to 1979 for Gennady Bessonov, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Careers
Fares El-Bakh and Gennady Bessonov, competition by competition
The total at each competition, in kilograms. One of the two has totals with no recorded bodyweight, so the chart shows totals rather than Sinclair scores. Competitions that ended without a total have no point.
Fares El-Bakh