World records
in the bench press - these are international records in the bench press for many years, regardless of weight class or governing organization, for the back press without the use of a bridge technique.
The advent of bench press shirts, which support the lifter's shoulders and provide lifting force, has increased records significantly since 1985 (for example, when the shirt record was 437.5 kg (965 lb), the shirtless record was 323 kg (713 lb)). . [1] As of 2022, the world record for the bench press without any equipment ("raw") was set by American Julius Maddox at 355 kg (782 lb). [2] The current world record in equipment (with jersey) is held by American Will Barotti at 501 kg (1,105 lb). [3]
The women's equipped bench press record is held by Becca Swanson of the United States, who lifted 272.5 kg (601 lb) (2008, American Powerlifting Federation standards)[4], and the unequipped bench press record is held by April Mathis, also of the United States . , who lifted 207 kg (457 lb) (2016 Southern Powerlifting Federation standards). [5]
Before 1973[edit]
| Weight | Year | Write down | Mechanism |
| 164 kg (362 lb) | 1898 | Georg Hackenschmidt bench presses 164 kg (362 lb). [6] | raw |
| 165 kg (364 lb) | 1916 | Joe Nordquest bench presses 165 kg (364 lb). [6] | raw |
| 227 kg (500 lb) | early 1950s | Doug Hepburn becomes the first man to bench press 400, 450 and 500 pounds. In November 1950, he bench pressed 400 lb (181 kg). He bench pressed 450 lb (204 kg) in 1951 and 500 lb (227 kg) in December 1953. [16] | raw |
| 256 kg (565 lb) | 1959 | Bruno Sammartino bench presses 256 kg (565 lbs). [7] | raw |
| 279 kg (615.5 lb) | 1967 | Pat Casey benches 615.5 lb (279 kg) on March 25, 1967, becoming the first person to bench over 600 lb.[8] | raw |
| 288 kg (635 lb) | 1971 | Jim Williams bench presses 288 kg (635 lb) at the American East Open. Then in November he benches 300 kg (661 lbs). [9] [10] | raw |
| 306 kg (675 lb) | 1972 | On November 9 at the 1972 AAU World Powerlifting Championships, Jim Williams bench presses 306 kg (675 lb) with elbow braces and a T-shirt. [8] [9] [11] | raw |
The secret of success of record holders
Ryan Keneally shares the story of his rise to the sporting Olympus. According to the champion, the basis for success and progress in training is motivation and enthusiasm. Persistence is the path to conquering sporting horizons.
There are three key training mistakes that need to be recognized and avoided: overtraining, underloading, and unplanned increase in working weights. Thus, Keneally believes that bench press training should occur no more than twice a week. Three times a year it is necessary to reach the weight limit in order to observe your own development of potential; the rest of the time, training should take place with submaximal weights (barbell weight exceeding 90% of the athlete’s maximum result in a given exercise).
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Foundation of the IPF[edit]
With the creation of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), the federation began maintaining "official" powerlifting world records as the international governing body of powerlifting. Previous records that were not set under the newly established rules were reset (for example, elbow bands were allowed before the formation of the IPF, but were later banned). These are the official bench press records after the IPF reset until they exceed Jim Williams' previously set mark of 306 kg (675 lb).
| Weight | Year | Write down | Mechanism |
| 263 kg (580 lb) | 1973 | Don Reinhoudt bench presses 263 kg (580 lb) clean at the first IPF World Powerlifting Championships in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1973. [12] | raw |
| 267.5 kg (590 lb) | 1974 | Don Reinhoudt bench presses 267.5 kg (590 lb) clean at the AAU Senior National Championships in Fort Worth, Texas on September 1, 1974.[12] | raw |
| 275.5 kg (607 lb) | 1975 | Don Reinhoudt bench presses 275.5 kg (607 lb) raw on May 3, 1975 in Chattanooga. [11] [12] | raw |
| 276.5 kg (610 lb) | 1977 | Wayne Bouvier abs 276.5 kg (610 lb) in August 1977. [13] | raw |
| 277.5 kg (612 lb) | 1978 | Doug Young bench presses 277.5 kg (612 lb) on April 3, 1978 in El Dorado, Arkansas. [eleven] | raw |
| 278 kg (613 lb) | 1979 | Lars Hedlund bench presses 278 kg (613 lb) on June 21, 1979 in Stockholm. [14] | raw |
| 280 kg (620 lb) | 1979 | Bill Kazmaier bench pressed 280 kg (617 lb) [15] on July 8 at the USPF Championships in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and then broke his own record with 282.5 kg (623 lb) on November 4, 1979 in Dayton, Mississippi Ohio, in competition. IPF World Men's Powerlifting Championships. [16] [17] | raw |
| 285 kg (628 lb) | 1980 | Lars Hedlund bench presses 285 kg (628 lb) on March 4, 1980 in Copenhagen. [11] [14] | raw |
| 287.5 kg (634 lb) | 1980 | Bill Kazmaier bench pressed 287.5 kg (634 lb) despite a quadriceps injury at the 1980 World Series of Powerlifting in May 1980 in Auburn, Alabama. [16] [17] [18] | raw |
| 300 kg (661 lb) | 1981 | Bill Kazmaier initially bench pressed 290 kg (639 lb) [15] and then 300 kg (661 lb) [11] at the West Georgia US Powerlifting Open held in Columbus, Georgia on January 31, 1981, when he became the first person to officially declare himself. bench press 300 kg (661 lb) (original) in IPF sanctioned competition (and without elbow wraps). [16] [17] | raw |
| 302.5 kg (667 lb) | 1984 | Ted Archidi bench presses 302.5 kg (667 lb) without wrist wraps on April 1, 1984 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Hawaii International Competition while weighing only 130 kg (286 lb). [eleven] | raw |
Equipped (with shirt bench) [edit]
| Weight | Year | Write down | Mechanism |
| 320 kg (705 lb) | 1985 | Ted Arcidi first bench presses 307.5 kg (678 lb) [19] and then becomes the first man to bench press over 700 lb with a lift of 705.75 lb (320 kg) [20] performed without wrist wraps, but with one of the first. prototype bench press support shirts that were 50% polyester and 50% cotton and were only one layer thick. [1] [21] | Shirt |
| 326 kg (718 lb) | 1990 | Ted Arcidi bench presses 326 kg (718 lb) at the APF Bench Press Invitational on September 30 in Keene, New Hampshire. [22] | Shirt |
| 329 kg (725 lb) | 1993 | Anthony Clark bench pressed 329 kg (725 lb) in May and then broke his own record with a 333.5 kg (735 lb) lift at the USPF Northwest Open on September 25. [23] | Shirt |
| 335 kg (738 lb) | 1994 | Anthony Clark benches 335 kg (738 lbs). [24] [25] | Shirt |
| 335.5 kg (740 lb) | 1995 | Jamie Harris bench presses 335.5 kg (740 lb) at the APF State Championships in March 1995. [25] [26] [27] | Shirt |
| 336 kg (741 lb) | 1995 | Chris Confessor benches 336 kg (741 lb) while weighing only 236 lb (107 kg) on June 17, 1995.[24] | Shirt |
| 340 kg (750 lb) | 1995 | Anthony Clark bench presses 339 kg (748 lb) and 340 kg (750 lb) at the American Bench Press Competition in Texas. [28] | Shirt |
| 349 kg (770 lb) | 1996 | Anthony Clark benches 349 kg (770 lb) and then 354 kg (780 lb) in September 1996 at the Mr. Olympia. [28] | Shirt |
| 356 kg (785 lb) | 1997 | Anthony Clark benches 356 kg (785 lbs). [28] | Shirt |
| 364 kg (802 lb) | 1999 | Tim Isaac is the first man to bench press over 800 pounds* with a lift of 802 pounds (364 kg) on July 24 in Phoenix, Arizona. [29] [30] | Shirt |
| 408 kg (900 lb) | 2003 | Gene Rychlak is the first man to bench press 900 lbs (408 kg). [31] | Shirt |
| 455 kg (1,004 lb) | 2004 | Gene Rychlak is the first man to bench press over 1,000 pounds with a lift of 1,004 pounds (455 kg) in November. [32] | Shirt |
| 457 kg (1,008 lb) | 2006 | Scott Mendelson benches 457 kg (1,008 lb) (February 18) at the Fit Expo powerlifting show in Pasadena, California. [32] [33] | Shirt |
| 458 kg (1,010 lb) | 2006 | Gene Rychlak benches 458 kg (1010 lbs) (December 16). [34] | Shirt |
| 470 kg (1,036 lb) | 2007 | Ryan Kennelly bench presses 470 kg (1,036 lb) (September 22–23). [35] | Shirt |
| 476 kg (1,050 lb) | 2007 | Ryan Kennelly bench presses 476 kg (1,050 lb) on December 1 at the APA Northwest Open in Kennewick, Washington. [36] | Shirt |
| 485 kg (1,070 lb) | 2008 | Ryan Kennelly presses 485 kg (1,070 lb) April 12 at the APA Northwest Iron War in Kennewick, Washington. [37] | Shirt |
| 487 kg (1,074 lb) | 2008 | Ryan Kennelly benches 487 kg (1074 lb) (July 13). [38] [39] | Shirt |
| 487.5 kg (1,075 lb) | 2008 | Ryan Kennelly bench presses 487.5 kg (1,075 lbs) on November 8 at Pride Strength Wars in Kennewick, Washington. [40] [41] | Shirt |
| 488.5 kg (1,077 lb) | 2013 | Tiny Meeker benches 488.5 kg (1,077 lbs) April 13 at the SPF Texas State Powerlifting Championships. [42] | Shirt |
| 500 kg (1,102 lb) | 2013 | Tiny Meeker benches 500 kg (1,102 lbs) at the Cajun Hardcore powerlifting meet on December 14 in Buena, Texas. [43] [44] [45] | Shirt |
| 501 kg (1,105 lb) | 2020 | Will Barotti bench presses 501 kg (1,105 lb) on June 20 at the Metal Militia Power Wars. [46] [47] [48] [49] [3] | Shirt |
*
note: Anthony Clark performed the controversial 800 lb bench press at the Arnold Classic in 1997, 2 years before Tim Isaac. However, this elevator was later closed.
Without equipment (without a T-shirt) [edit]
In order for the bench press to be considered raw, no bench press shirts are allowed; however, wraps, tank tops and belts are permitted. Elbow wraps were allowed before the formation of the IPF, but were later banned.
| Weight | Year | Write down | Mechanism |
| 320 kg (705 lb) | 1996 | James Henderson bench presses 320 kg (705 lb) [50] in his original form in a T-shirt without wrist bands or belt to become the first person to bench over 700 lb in his original state in May 1996 [51]. | raw |
| 322.5 kg (711 lb) | 1997 | James Henderson first bench pressed 700 lb (317.5 kg) [50] [52] and in a later attempt that same day 711 lb (322.5 kg) [11] [50] without bands or belt on July 13, 1997 USPF Senior Competition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (full competition with three lifts). [53] Today, it is still the highest bench press ever performed in a drug-tested competition, as well as the highest ever performed in an IPF-sanctioned three-lift competition. [54] | raw |
| 323 kg (713 lb) | 2003 | Scott Mendelsohn benching 713 lb (323 kg) February 8, 2003[52][54] | raw |
| 324 kg (715 lb) | 2005 | Scott Mendelsohn bench presses 715 pounds (324 kg) with belt and wrists on May 22, 2005 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the New England Bench Press Classic. [11] [52] [54] [55] | raw |
| 325 kg (716 lb) | 2013 | Eric Spoto initially benches 325 kg (716 lb) and then 327.5 kg (722 lb) with a belt and wrist bands on May 19, 2013 at the SPF California State Powerlifting Meet in Sacramento, California. Eric successfully bench pressed 661 lbs on his first attempt, 716 lbs on his second, and 722 lbs on his third attempt on the same day. [56] | raw |
| 335 kg (739 lb) | 2015 | Kirill Sarychev bench presses 335 kg (739 lb) with bands and without a belt on November 22, 2015 at the SN-Pro Cup. [57] [58] [59] | raw |
| 335.5 kg (740 lb) | 2019 | Julius Maddox benches 335.5 kg (740 lb) with bands and no belt on August 31, 2022, at Boss of Bosses 6.[60] | raw |
| 337.5 kg (744 lb) | 2019 | Julius Maddox benches 337.5 kg (744 lbs) with bands and no belt on November 17, 2022 at the Rob Hall Classic. [61] [62] | raw |
| 349 kg (770 lb) | 2020 | Julius Maddox bench pressed 349 kg (770 lbs) with bands and no belt on March 7, 2022 at the XPC Powerlifting Coalition. [2] [63] | raw |
| 355 kg (783 lb) | 2021 | Julius Maddox benches 355 kg (783 lb) with bands and no belt on February 21, 2022 at the Ghost Strong Hybrid Showdown. [64] | raw |
Sarychev's reaction to the new record
Kirill was one of the first to congratulate his colleague on his Instagram profile:
“You are the best, brother. Congratulations and thank you for the motivation. See you on the platform."
What does it mean? Will Kirill really come back and show the whole world once again who is truly the strongest? Or are these just words... Time will show.
As far as I know, he is now busy with other routine activities, and training requires a lot of time, effort and, most importantly, money. You understand that without financial support such events do not happen and champions do not become.
By the way, Eddie Hall recently said that he also wants to take part in the fight for the title in the bench press and perhaps in 2-3 years, or maybe earlier, we will see a real fight among the giants. He currently holds the world record for deadlift of 500 kilograms.
Here's a video of Eddie talking about his preparation. Very interesting, I recommend watching it.
IPC Powerlifting[edit]
The International Paralympic Committee regulates non-equipped Paralympic powerlifting competitions without wrist wraps or belts.
| Weight | Year | Write down | Mechanism |
| 291 kg (642 lb) | 2011 | Siamand Rahman benching 291 kg (642 lb) (December 4, 2011)[65] | raw |
| 295 kg (650 lb) | 2015 | Siamand Rahman bench presses 295 kg (650 lb) on July 30, 2015 at the 2015 IPC Asian Open Powerlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan [66] | raw |
| 310 kg (683 lb) | 2016 | Siamand Rahman bench presses 310 kg (683 lb) on September 14, 2016 at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [67] | raw |
