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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