INTERNATIONAL POWERLIFTING FEDERATION
8th World Masters Bench Press Championships,  Slovakia, Bratislava, 16-19.04.2008
STATISTICS OF THE COMPETITION
Masters 1
In competition 71 lifters which represented 16 nations took part.
Statistics of attempts
			All	Attempts	Goodlifts	Nolifts	Refused
	Squats		0	0	0	0	0
	Benchpress		213	211	100	111	2
	Deadlift		0	0	0	0	0
	Complete		213	211	100	111	2
11 lifter's were disqualifyed.
List of champions
		W.Class	Lifters			TOTAL
		- 56 kg	Nakata Kazuo			150,0
		- 60 kg	Kolsovsky Stefan			152,5
		- 67,5 kg	Mori Takashi			155,0
		- 75 kg	Fronzaglia Damian			210,0
		- 82,5 kg	Furnas Andy			217,5
		- 90 kg	Cieri Dennis			265,0
		- 100 kg	Lehto Juha			250,0
		- 110 kg	Doan David			272,5
		- 125 kg	Furesund Kjell			272,5
		125+ kg	Gaudreau Dan			285,0
Wilks champions
PL.	Lifters			B.weight	WF	TOTAL	W.Points
1	Cieri Dennis			89,80	0,6391	265,0	169,362
2	Doan David			109,00	0,5902	272,5	160,830
3	Kircher Achim			114,50	0,5817	270,0	157,059
Nation (points)
1.	U.S.America	68	[12+12+12+12+12+8]
2.	Japan	59	[12+12+9+9+9+8]
3.	Germany	49	[9+9+9+8+7+7]
4.	Slovakia	43	[12+7+7+6+6+5]
5.	France	38	[9+8+7+5+5+4]
6.	Finland	36	[12+9+8+4+3]
7.	Norway	29	[12+9+8]
8.	Czechia	23	[6+5+5+4+3]
9.	Italy	14	[7+6+1]
10.	Great Britain	11	[9+2]
11.	Austria	11	[8+3]
12.	Hungary	7	[7]
12.	Latvia	7	[7]
14.	New Zealand	6	[6]
15.	Sweden	2	[2]
—	Poland	—
Nation (Wilks points)
1.	U.S.America	937,42	[169,36+160,83+156,35+153,44+151,20+146,25]
2.	Germany	877,11	[157,06+152,78+151,19+150,04+143,58+122,46]
3.	Japan	857,66	[156,43+147,46+142,25+139,25+136,54+135,74]
4.	France	802,82	[148,17+138,53+137,84+131,39+128,28+118,62]
5.	Slovakia	737,99	[141,17+136,01+130,07+124,95+105,37+100,42]
6.	Finland	699,46	[153,08+150,19+141,78+136,36+118,06]
7.	Czechia	659,95	[139,66+138,20+133,59+126,74+121,75]
8.	Norway	461,32	[155,60+154,73+150,98]
9.	Italy	371,69	[133,48+125,76+112,46]
10.	Great Britain	254,29	[134,21+120,08]
11.	Austria	220,08	[115,98+104,10]
12.	Hungary	138,58	[138,58]
13.	Latvia	129,73	[129,73]
14.	Sweden	125,64	[125,64]
15.	New Zealand	100,34	[100,34]
—	Poland	—
Masters 2
In competition 72 lifters which represented 20 nations took part.
Statistics of attempts
			All	Attempts	Goodlifts	Nolifts	Refused
	Squats		0	0	0	0	0
	Benchpress		216	216	107	109	0
	Deadlift		0	0	0	0	0
	Complete		216	216	107	109	0
11 lifter's were disqualifyed.
List of champions
		W.Class	Lifters			TOTAL
		- 56 kg	Kalinski Antonin			120,0
		- 60 kg	Lietzau Joachim			140,0
		- 67,5 kg	Sitruk Claude			170,0
		- 75 kg	Smetanskyy Igor			175,0
		- 82,5 kg	Synstad Bjarne			217,5
		- 90 kg	Kitagawa Takeshi			225,0
		- 100 kg	Markwat Marek			242,5
		- 110 kg	Jahnke Fred			255,0
		- 125 kg	Klinger Bradley			265,0
		125+ kg	Ujiie Ichiro			265,0
Wilks champions
PL.	Lifters			B.weight	WF	TOTAL	W.Points
1	Markwat Marek			92,70	0,6292	242,5	152,581
2	Klinger Bradley			119,70	0,5753	265,0	152,455
3	Jahnke Fred			108,00	0,5919	255,0	150,935
Nation (points)
1.	Japan	56	[12+12+9+8+8+7]
2.	Germany	53	[12+12+9+9+7+4]
3.	Poland	51	[12+12+9+9+6+3]
4.	U.S.America	49	[12+9+8+7+7+6]
5.	Czechia	32	[9+8+8+4+2+1]
6.	Great Britain	26	[7+6+5+5+3]
7.	Norway	24	[12+7+5]
8.	Italy	23	[9+7+7]
9.	Finland	21	[9+8+4]
10.	Sweden	19	[8+6+5]
11.	France	18	[12+6]
12.	Ukraine	12	[12]
13.	Latvia	9	[9]
14.	Belorussia	8	[8]
14.	Austria	8	[8]
16.	Hungary	6	[6]
17.	New Zealand	5	[5]
17.	Netherlands	5	[5]
19.	Slovakia	3	[3]
—	Switzerland	—
Nation (Wilks points)
1.	U.S.America	790,95	[152,45+144,09+132,74+130,28+117,38+114,00]
2.	Japan	772,43	[147,47+144,54+133,97+119,91+114,66+111,89]
3.	Germany	739,55	[150,93+139,38+119,95+114,86+111,38+103,03]
4.	Poland	713,39	[152,58+135,12+109,62+107,90+106,42+101,75]
5.	Czechia	691,62	[134,42+122,76+122,52+116,73+100,27+94,93]
6.	Great Britain	568,12	[125,71+117,54+113,54+106,23+105,10]
7.	Norway	363,65	[147,68+129,91+86,05]
8.	Sweden	353,90	[129,09+124,20+100,61]
9.	Finland	332,23	[136,87+100,67+94,69]
10.	Italy	305,56	[120,94+111,28+73,34]
11.	France	263,73	[137,33+126,40]
12.	Latvia	136,47	[136,47]
13.	Netherlands	128,58	[128,58]
14.	Ukraine	125,06	[125,06]
15.	Austria	118,57	[118,57]
16.	Hungary	101,49	[101,49]
17.	New Zealand	97,01	[97,01]
18.	Slovakia	91,39	[91,39]
19.	Belorussia	86,63	[86,63]
—	Switzerland	—
Masters 3
In competition 62 lifters which represented 17 nations took part.
Statistics of attempts
			All	Attempts	Goodlifts	Nolifts	Refused
	Squats		0	0	0	0	0
	Benchpress		186	184	105	79	2
	Deadlift		0	0	0	0	0
	Complete		186	184	105	79	2
4 lifter's were disqualifyed.
List of champions
		W.Class	Lifters			TOTAL
		- 56 kg	Gallart Pierre			117,5
		- 60 kg	Hamayama Hisao			130,0
		- 67,5 kg	Magome Toru			165,0
		- 75 kg	Kato Yuji			177,5
		- 82,5 kg	Jorgensen Hans Jorgen			150,0
		- 90 kg	Phillips Bill			182,5
		- 100 kg	Silvander Matti			200,0
		- 110 kg	Nylund Christer			212,5
		- 125 kg	Teelen Ton			175,0
		125+ kg	Randmae Raul			207,5
Wilks champions
PL.	Lifters			B.weight	WF	TOTAL	W.Points
1	Kato Yuji			72,80	0,7278	177,5	129,185
2	Magome Toru			67,10	0,7747	165,0	127,826
3	Nylund Christer			109,50	0,5893	212,5	125,226
Nation (points)
1.	Japan	58	[12+12+12+9+7+6]
2.	Finland	51	[12+12+9+7+7+4]
3.	Germany	42	[8+8+7+7+7+5]
4.	Czechia	40	[9+8+8+6+5+4]
5.	Sweden	38	[9+8+8+7+6]
6.	U.S.America	35	[12+9+8+6]
7.	France	24	[12+6+6]
8.	Denmark	22	[12+9+1]
9.	Ukraine	18	[9+9]
10.	Slovakia	15	[9+6]
11.	Great Britain	14	[8+4+2]
12.	Netherlands	12	[12]
12.	Estonia	12	[12]
14.	Greece	8	[8]
15.	Latvia	7	[7]
16.	Belgium	5	[5]
16.	Austria	5	[5]
Nation (Wilks points)
1.	Japan	659,15	[129,18+127,83+111,90+98,38+96,73+95,13]
2.	Finland	634,09	[125,23+122,62+100,58+99,37+94,68+91,60]
3.	Germany	578,46	[99,37+99,24+96,39+95,73+94,57+93,16]
4.	Czechia	564,32	[101,29+96,36+95,96+91,19+89,85+89,67]
5.	Sweden	435,37	[109,17+95,55+93,26+85,46+51,92]
6.	U.S.America	432,03	[118,34+116,84+99,98+96,88]
7.	France	297,21	[107,91+98,78+90,51]
8.	Great Britain	274,21	[108,98+91,57+73,67]
9.	Denmark	268,88	[111,85+104,00+53,03]
10.	Ukraine	222,51	[113,42+109,09]
11.	Slovakia	190,57	[97,91+92,66]
12.	Estonia	115,56	[115,56]
13.	Latvia	104,12	[104,12]
14.	Netherlands	102,08	[102,08]
15.	Greece	95,68	[95,68]
16.	Austria	84,07	[84,07]
17.	Belgium	81,05	[81,05]