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Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years, regardless of weight class or governing organization, for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique. The advent of bench press shirts, which support the lifter's shoulders and provide upward force, have increased records significantly ...
Scot Mendelson (born February 21, 1969) is an American powerlifter and armwrestler who specializes in the bench press. [3]He has broken multiple bench press world records and was the raw (unassisted) world record holder in the 308-pound weight class with 701 lb (318.0 kg) from 2002 to 2020 and the equipped world record holder in the 275-pound class with 1,031 lb (467.7 kg) from 2009 to 2021.
This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
→ current all-time raw (unequipped) bench press world records in the 308lb and 275lb classref [11] (have never been surpassed since the 1980s) Done in official bench-only invitational meet: Equipped bench press: 718.1 lbs (325.7 kg) @308 lb class (291 lb bodyweight) in an early single-ply bench shirt (1990 Keene, New Hampshire) (APF)
In March 2020, Maddox set the world bench press record at 770 pounds (350 kg) [4] at the Arnold Sports Classic in Columbus, Ohio beating his own previous record of 744 pounds (337 kg) that he set at the Rob Hall Classic meet in November 2019. [5] The record prior to that was 738.5 pounds (335.0 kg) by Kirill Sarychev, set in 2015. Maddox also ...
Bench Press: 675.0 lbs (306.2 kg) [2] raw with ace-bandage elbow wraps, performed with a 2 second pause, which was required in those days former official all-time bench press AAU (later USPF) American record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) for more than 21 years from November 9, 1972, to July 31, 1994
This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting.Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts.. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games, so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [1]
→ former IPF world record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) for over 7 years; surpassed by Brian Siders's 712.1 lb (323.0 kg) (equipped in singleply bench shirt) in 2004 → former all-time raw world record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class); surpassed by Scot Mendelson 's 713 lbs (323.4 kg) (raw) in 2003 [ 11 ]