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→ Upon replicating the implement, it was estimated by The Strongest Man in History TV show that the weight might have been around 720 lb (326.6 kg). Back lift – 6,270 lb (2,844.0 kg) → Was removed from the Guinness book of world records in the late 1980s due to insufficient evidence.
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.
Squat – 460 kg (1,014 lb) raw with wraps (Thor's Powerlifting Challenge 2018) This lift was given 2 red lights out of 3 for inadequate depth at the competition, however in strongman standards and according to many analysts, the depth was acceptable to consider a good squat [155] [161] [162] while detailed analysts have further argued the ...
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]
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 ...
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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.
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