Bench Press World Records: Greatest Weight Bench-Pressed in a Given Time

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THE RULES

(If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authorithy, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information.)
  1. The records are for the greatest weight benchpressed in a given time.
  2. Breaks can be taken at the discretion of the record breaker, but the clock remains running during such breaks.
  3. The weight to lift can be chosen by the record breaker. It can be changed during the attempt whenever the record breaker wishes. For the replacement of the weight plates, assistance by other persions is permitted.
  4. For team records, the weights pressed by the team members are added. No substitutions are allowed.
  5. A documentation should contain:
    • Logbook of repetitions and weights.
    • A video of the whole attempt (allowing to judge whether the weight has been pressed up correctly.)
    • Statements of two witnesses who have counted the number of repetitions and have supervised the weight of the bar.
    • The equipment (and in particular the bench-press shirts) must comply to the International Powerlifting Federation rules.

30 MINUTES, MEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
38454,986
Erwin Knoller (GER)
 Augsburg, 28. 1. 81
39235
Karl-Eugen Reck (GER)
 27. 5. 84
47634
 935 x 51 kg
 Hans-Otto Wöhrle (GER)
 Würzburg
49920
Wolfgang Bücken (GER)
 Aachen, 5. 6. 88
52200
 1044 x 50 kg
 Karl-Eugen Reck(GER)
 Basel, 2. 10. 88
52500
 1050 x 50 kg
 Wolfgang Bücken (GER)
 Aachen 4. 2. 89
52650
 1053 x 50 kg Karl-Eugen Reck (GER)
 Albstadt, 26. 5. 89
53350
 1067 x 50 kg
 Wolfgang Beck (GER)
 Rottenburg, 4. 4. 91
53500
 1070 x 50 kg
 Karl-Eugen Reck (GER) Albstadt, 27. 3. 93
55350
 1107 x 50 kg
 Karl-Eugen Reck (GER)
 Albstadt 27. 4. 96

In 2003, Eamonn Keane (IRE) pressed 138,480 kg in one hour which clearly supersedes all records for 30 minutes listed above.

30 MINUTES, WOMEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
23525
 941 x 25 kg
 Gerlinde Fessler (GER)
 Faak am See, 15. 9. 84
30075
 1203 x 25 kg
 Petra Mayer (GER)
 Albstadt, 2. 4. 93

30 MINUTES, MEN, TEAM OF FOUR

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
87010
Max Bergbauer, Friedrich Seese, Gernoth Unrath, Jusup Wilkosz (GER)
 Esslingen
88550
Franz Haas, Ernst Jung, Karl Wendl, Albert Fischer (AUT)
 Amstetten, 31. 10. 80
142935,544
Eduard Weiß, Robert Binapfl, Siegfried Schuber, Erwin Knoller (GER)
 Augsburg, 28. 1. 81
143220
Karl-Eugen Reck, Bülent Isgören, Jürgen Boss, Michael Zeiler (GER)
 Albstadt, 27. 5. 84
204320
Karl-Eugen Reck, Bülent Isgören, Jürgen Boss, Michael Zeiler (GER)
 Zürich, 12. 10. 85

30 MINUTES, WOMEN, TEAM OF FOUR

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
78350
 3134 x 25 kg
 Gerlinde Fessler, Margit Nitsche, Elfriede Schlag, Simone Gerlach (GER)
 Ludwigsburg, 29. 1. 83
81750
 3270 x 25 kg
 Gerlinde Fessler, Margit Nitsche, Elfriede Schlag, Simone Gerlach (GER)
 Faak am See, 15. 9. 84

1 HOUR, MEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
138,480
 1,280 x 200 lb 493 x 100 lb
 Eamonn Keane (IRE)
 World Gym, Marina del Rey, USA, 22. Juli 2003

1 HOUR, MOST REPS WITH OWN BODYWEIGHT, MEN

reps
 kg
 record holder
 date and venue
655 67.5 kg Jack Atherton (GBR)
 Featherstone,  22. 3. 86
940
 57.6 kg Vincent Manson (GBR)
 Gartree, 3. 5. 87
1052
 60.5 kg
 Jack Atherton (GBR) Featherstone, 1. 4. 88
1438
 67 kg
 Michael Williams (GBR)
 Gosport, 17. 4. 89

1 HOUR INCLINE BENCH PRESS, MEN

The bench must be inclined between a 30° and 45° degree angle.

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
43,276.8
 1288 x 33.6 kg
 Michael Schlögel (GER)
 Euskirchen, 23 April 2017
52,833.6
 1223 x 43.2 kg
 Michael Schlögel (GER) Bonn, 12 October 2018

Michael Schlögel (GER) needed a time of 2:30:42 hours for lifting 100,000 kg (2470x40.5 kg) on 24 March 2018.

12 HOURS, MEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
535,835
Chris Lawton (GBR)
 Solihull, 3. 6. 94
815,433
 11378 x 158 lb
 Glen Tenove (USA)
 Irvine, 17. 12. 94
Note: Glen Tenove did not use a bench-press shirt during his record attempt.

24 HOURS, MEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
305,800
 5560 x 55 kg
 Horst Schwerdtfeger (GER)
 Bruchsaal 21./22. 2. 1987
315,700
 5740 x 55 kg
 Horst Schwerdtfeger (GER)
 21./22. 2. 87
316,800
 5760 x 55 kg
 Horst Schwerdtfeger (GER)
 Frankfurt/Main 7./8. 11. 87
507,600
 8460 x 60 kg
 Karl-Heinz Kraft (GER)
 Moers, 19./20. 2. 88
720,000
 12000 x 60 kg
 Horst Kempke (GER)
 Burgdorf, 23./24. 3. 89
In 1994, Glen Tenove (USA) pressed 815,433 kg in 12 hours which clearly supersedes all records for 24 hours listed above.

24 HOURS, WOMEN

kg
 reps
 record holder
 date and venue
253,500
 10140 x 25 kg
 Petra Mayer (GER)
 Albstadt-Ebingen, 27./28. 12. 1994

24 HOURS, MEN, TEAM OF NINE

kg
 record holder
 date and venue
1,234,200
 Gymfit Sports Club Leicester (GBR)
 London, 27./28. 5. 84
2,175,865
 Gymfit Soud (Oman) Leicester (GBR)
 London 12./13. 4.. 86
3,869,011 Hogarth Barbell Club (GBR) London 18./19. 7. 89
4,025,120
 Forum Health Club (GBR) Chelmsleywood, 19./20. 3. 1994
4,322,150
 HMP Wayland (GBR) Griston, 19./20. 4. 97
4,500,000
 Pulse & Fitness Studio in Reading Reading, 31.5./1.6.97
4,748,283 Pontefract Sports and Leisure Centre (GBR) Pontefract, 11./12.4. 98
5,018,200 David Franklin, Pete Fisher, Steve Fisher, Mike Joseph, Steve Sodeau, Lee Cripps, Spencer Gray, Nach Vidyarthi, Nagi Kandil (GBR), First Health Club in Berkhamsted
 Berkhamsted, 16. 2. 02


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