The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) held the 2024 World Classic and Equipped Bench Press Championships (WBC) in Austin, TX, from May 22 through June 1, 2024. The Japanese team dominated.
Eight hundred eighteen athletes from 41 countries put on an incredible bench press display in the heat of the southern USA. One hundred twenty athletes competed in classic (more commonly described as “raw”) and equipped contests, the latter occurring only a few days later. A few athletes triumphed in both.
Japan won the team award in the Men’s Equipped, Men’s Classic and Women’s Equipped categories. They were pushed to third place behind Sweden and the USA in the Women’s Classic category.
2024 IPF World Classic Bench Press Championships — Open Results
Below are the podium standings for each contested raw weight category:
Women’s 47KG
- Emelie Aslund (SWE) — 87.5 kilograms
- Yuka Miyazaki (JPN) — 80 kilograms
- Sakar Hamawandi (NOR) — 80 kilograms
Women’s 52KG
- Sachiko Iwamoto (JPN) — 105 kilograms — IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Jamie Fisher (USA) — 102.5 kilograms
- Kyoka Takahashi (JPN) — 90 kilograms
Women’s 57KG
- Megan Hurlburt (USA) — 107.5 kilograms
- Anna Rykun (UKR) — 107.5 kilograms
- Alison Huet (FRA) — 105 kilograms
Women’s 63KG
- Elise Rosenborg (NOR) — 115 kilograms
- Katie Roberts (GBR) — 115 kilograms
- Hanna Kadatska (UKR) — 110 kilograms
Women’s 69KG
- Andrea Petrek (CRO) — 117.5 kilograms
- Elsa Marin Karlsson (SWE) — 117.5 kilograms
- Kathrine Forsberg (DEN) — 115 kilograms
Women’s 76KG
- Chelsea Savit (USA) — 137.5 kilograms
- Xeniya Khan (KAZ) — 135 kilograms
- Laura Mautalen (FRA) — 135 kilograms
Women’s 84KG
- Annika Zelander (SWE) — 135 kilograms
- Ielja Strik (NED) — 135 kilograms — IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Ankie Timmers (LUX) — 127.5 kilograms
Women’s 84+KG
- Matilda Hjälle (SWE) — 150 kilograms
- Johanna Laitinen (FIN) — 145 kilograms
- Ágnes Szabó (HUN) — 145 kilograms
Men’s 59KG
- Reo Tanaka (JPN) — 176 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Shu Hamaguchi (JPN) — 165 kilograms
- Frederik Eskil Myrvang (NOR) — 160 kilograms
Men’s 66KG
- Abdulkarim Karaman (KAZ) — 175 kilograms
- Jason Nativel (FRA) — 167.5 kilograms
- Jalen Nelson (CAN) — 160 kilograms
Men’s 74KG
- Kosei Yokoyama (JPN) — 225.5 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Ivan Chuprynko (UKR) — 210 kilograms
- Azat Salmen (KAZ) — 190 kilograms
Men’s 83KG
- Daiki Kodama (JPN) — 231 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Volodymyr Tsaturian (UKR) — 215 kilograms
- Alexander Yemchenko (KAZ) — 212.5 kilograms
Men’s 93KG
- Orgibold Galdan (MGL) — 227.5 kilograms
- Josef Eriksson (SWE) — 225 kilograms
- Bohdan Bon (UKR) — 217.5 kilograms
Men’s 105KG
- Michael Dudley (USA) — 242.5 kilograms
- Vyacheslav Tsoy (KAZ) — 232.5 kilograms
- Nathan Young (AUS) — 232.5 kilograms
Men’s 120KG
- Kaden Hush (USA) — 255 kilograms
- Leunard Gervalla (CAN) — 252.5 kilograms
- Dimitriy Li (KAZ) — 247.5 kilograms
Men’s 120+KG
- Farod-James Kee (USA) — 285 kilograms
- Ilyas Boughalem (ALG) — 282.5 kilograms
- Markus Patschke (GER) — 255 kilograms
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2024 IPF World Equipped Bench Press Championships — Open Results
Below are the podium standings for each contested equipped weight category:
Women’s 47KG
- Oksana Motrunchyk (UKR) — 120 kilograms
- Yuka Miyazaki (JPN) — 87.5 kilograms
- Assiya Oraxbekova (KAZ) — 80 kilograms
Women’s 52KG
- Miyabi Kikuchi (JPN) — 132.5 kilograms
- Amila Dissanayake (GBR) — 110 kilograms
- Marcela Sandvik (FIN) — 110 kilograms
Women’s 57KG
- Zuzanna Kula (POL) — 168 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Tomoko Akagawa (JPN) — 150 kilograms
- Hanna Buturlym (UKR) — 140 kilograms
Women’s 63KG
- Larysa Soloviova (UKR) — 165 kilograms
- Maj Rames (DEN) — 162.5 kilograms
- Misaki Ikeda (JPN) — 142.5 kilograms
Women’s 69KG
- Kelsey McCarthy (USA) — 177.5 kilograms
- Kumi Mizoguchi (JPN) — 165 kilograms
- Ingvild Hansen (NOR) — 152.5 kilograms
Women’s 76KG
- Xeniya Khan (KAZ) — 187.5 kilograms
- Agnes Rudin (SWE) — 177.5 kilograms
- Airi Sakaguchi (JPN) — 175 kilograms
Women’s 84KG
- Rhaea Stinn (CAN) — 210 kilograms
- Ankie Timmers (LUX) — 207.5 kilograms
- Zhadyra Bermukhambetova (KAZ) — 185 kilograms
Women’s 84+KG
- Hildeborg Hugdal (NOR) — 237.5 kilograms
- Kate Sweatman (GBR) — 220 kilograms
- Matilda Hjälle (SWE) — 210 kilograms
Men’s 59KG
- Yuki Hirakawa (JPN) — 210 kilograms — IPF Junior World Record
- Ivan Kuvaldin (KAZ) — 200 kilograms
- Frederik Eskil Myrvang (NOR) — 195 kilograms
Men’s 66KG
- Masashi Fukuda (JPN) — 247.5 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
- Abdulkarim Karaman (KAZ) — 245 kilograms
- Andreas Frasl (AUT) — 217.5 kilograms
Men’s 74KG
- Ivan Chuprynko (UKR) — 282.5 kilograms
- Yeldos Yermakhanov (KAZ) — 265 kilograms
- Yuki Abe (JPN) — 265 kilograms
Men’s 83KG
- Daiki Kodama (JPN) — 305 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
- Daniyar Shaukatov (KAZ) — 290 kilograms
- Yosuke Kikuchi (JPN) — 280 kilograms
Men’s 93KG
- Easton Schuster (USA) — 340 kilograms
- Askar Shokhanov (KAZ) — 337.5 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
- Rafał Zalewski (POL) — 305 kilograms
Men’s 105KG
- Kostiantyn Musiienko (UKR) — 346.5 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Takahiro Ono (JPN) — 327.5 kilograms
- Ilya Maslov (KAZ) — 325 kilograms
Men’s 120KG
- Arslan Suyunshaliyev (KAZ) — 355 kilograms
- Per Marius Hole (NOR) — 340 kilograms
- Viktor Leskovets (UKR) — 335 kilograms
Men’s 120+KG
- Garrett Bentley (CAN) — 372.5 kilograms
- Shane Martin (CAN) — 330 kilograms
- Rasmus Mirblom (SWE) — 330 kilograms
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2024 WBC Highlights
- Daiki Kodama (JPN) added his 23rd and 24th World Titles, breaking world records in both disciplines.
- Kostiantyn Musiienko (UKR) moonlighted in the 105KG class to break the world record.
- Stanisław Mentel (POL) took the gold medal in both classic and equipped and broke a Masters 4 world record with every lift in both disciplines.
- Noriko Iida (JPN) won classic and equipped gold medals at 88 years old
- World record battle in the classic Junior 93KG class
- Photo finish in the classic open 57KG class, with only five kilograms separating the top five lifters.
- Six world record attempts in succession in the equipped Masters 3 69KG class.
- Kosei Yokoyama (JPN) emerged as a giant slayer in the classic 74KG class, beating Ivan Chuprynko to the gold medal and breaking Daiki Kodama’s world record in his first international competition.
The mammoth event can be watched back on the IPF YouTube channel. The next IPF event is only two weeks later. The IPF’s flagship event, the 2024 World Classic Powerlifting Championships, begins on June 15, 2024, and promises to be an incredible showcase of powerlifting. Watch live on The Olympic Channel and the Olympics YouTube channel.
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