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Subsequently the December 1958-January 1959 issue commented on a reported backlift of 6,200 lb (c. 2800 kg), by far the greatest weight ever lifted in this movement. [22] In the spring of 1958 another Soviet-American weightlifting contest was organized, this time without Anderson competing.
In the clean and jerk portion, Topurov completed a 175.0 kg clean and jerk after Süleymanoğlu. With his next two lifts, Süleymanoğlu set two more world records and won his first Olympic gold. His last lift was a 190.0 kg clean and jerk that was 3.15 times his body weight, [12] which is the highest ratio clean and jerk to body weight of all ...
When the previous records and weight classes were discarded, the IWF defined "world standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as world records in the new weight classes. Wherever World Standard appears in the list below, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted these weights in a sanctioned competition.
Dec. 2—St. Joseph's "The Incredible Faulk" is now a world record-holder. Jason Faulkner, a 300-pound, 42-year-old 1999 graduate of Central High School, has always had an interest in weight training.
Deadlift ladder – 300–400 kg (661–882 lb) x 6 reps (incremental weight loading) in 27.04 seconds (2015 Giants Live Iceland (Viking Challenge)) (world record) [16] Human deadlift – 20 humans placed on the platform x 10 reps (2016 Arnold Brazil) (world record) [17]
Note: Despite historical claims about Hermann Görner, Bob Peoples and Benoit Cote having lifted heavier numbers, it is Terry Todd and Wilbur Miller who are generally considered the first two individuals to break the 317.5 kg (700 lb) barrier in a documented and official setting with irrefutable evidence, hence initiating the inaugural official world record deadlift in 1964.
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 restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records. In the 102kg category no weightlifter has yet surpassed the "World standard" specified as the minimum ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Legally cleared at last, Barry Bonds is unconcerned with everybody else's thoughts on his career or credentials: He's a Hall of Famer. Hands down. "I don't even justify that.