400 Pound Bench Press Hall of Fame

1. 600.8 (272.5) *2.50X SHW Becca Swanson (US/73) 3/8/08 (272.5 kg. @ 240.0 lb. First woman to bench press 500 pounds. First woman to bench press 550 pounds. Only woman to bench press 600 pounds. Heaviest female double bodyweight bench press of all time.) (Omaha, Nebraska) (APF)

2. 531.0 (240.9) *1.98X SHW Shannon Pole-Summers (US/84) 3/18/06 (531.0 lb. @ 268.6 lb.) (Piedmont, South Carolina) (APA)

3. 505.0 (229.1) *3.06X 165 (75) Laura Phelps-Sweatt (US/80) 10/3/09 (505.0 lb. @ 165.0 lb.) (Nashville, Tennessee) (SPF)

4. 500.0 (226.8) *1.41X SHW Melissa Garrett (US/78) 12/6/08 (500.0 lb. @ 161.4 kg.) (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) (SPF)

5. 500.0 (226.8) 2.75X 181 (82.5) Laura Phelps-Sweatt (US/80) 5/23/09 (500.0 lb.) (Nashville, Tennessee) (SPF)

6. 479.5 (217.5) *2.43X 198 (90) Becca Swanson (US/73) 3/3/06 (217.5 kg. @ 89.45 kg.) (Columbus, Ohio) (WPO)

7. 463.0 (210.0) *2.60X 181 (82.5) Svetlana Dedulia-Miklasevich (Russia/75) 8/24/05 (210.0 kg. @ 80.85 kg.) (Oriol, Russia) (IPF)

8. 451.9 (205.0) *2.93X 165 (75) Kara Bohigian-Smith (US/75) 3/18/06 (205.0 kg. @ 70.0 kg.) (Attalla, Alabama) (APF)

9. 451.9 (205.0) *2.12X SHW Ludmilla Gaiduchenko (Ukraine/56) 2/4/07 (205.0 kg. @ 96.6 kg.) (Melitopol, Ukraine) (IPF)

10. 451.9 (205.0) *1.63X SHW Lisa Miller (US/76) 6/30/07 (205.0 kg. @ 126.0 kg.) (Willowbrook, Illinois) (APF)

11. 450.0 (204.1) *1.79X SHW Karen Sizemore (US/64) 3/30/02 (450.0 lb. @ 252.0 lb.) (Charleston, West Virginia) (IPA)

12. 444.2 (201.5) *1.57X SHW Hildeborg Juvet Hugdal (Norway/83) 11/6/09 (201.5 kg. @ 128.14 kg.) (New Delhi, India) (IPF)

13. 429.9 (195.0) *2.61X 165 (75) Julie Scanlon (US/76) 3/5/04 (195.0 kg. @ 74.65 kg.) (Columbus, Ohio) (WPO)

14. 429.9 (195.0) *1.61X SHW Galina Karpova (Russia/68) 3/5/06 (195.0 kg. @ 120.9 kg.) (Ufa, Russia) (IPF)

15. 425.0 (192.8) *2.00X SHW Sandi “Candyazz” McCaslin (US/64) 7/12/08 (425.0 lb. @ 213.0 lb.) (Bradford, Pennsylvania) (SSA)

16. 420.0 (190.5) *1.57X SHW Deborah Ferrell (US/64) 5/27/06 (190.5 kg. @ 121.25 kg.) (Miskolc, Hungary) (USAPL/IPF)

17. 418.9 (190.0) *1.61X SHW Chen-Yen Chao (Chinese Taipei/71) 5/2/03 (190.0 kg. @ 118.2 kg.) (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (IPF)

18. 418.9 (190.0) *2.12X 198 (90) Ludmilla Gaiduchenko (Ukraine/56) 11/7/04 (190.0 kg. @ 89.6 kg.) (Helsinki, Finland) (WPO)

19. 418.9 (190.0) *2.55X 165 (75) Svetlana Dedulia-Miklasevich (Russia/75) 3/3/05 (190.0 kg. @ 74.65 kg.) (Kazan, Russia) (IPF)

20. 413.4 (187.5) *2.78X 148 (67.5) Kara Bohigian-Smith (US/75) 3/18/07 (187.5 kg. @ 67.5 kg.) (Attalla, Alabama) (APF)

21. 413.4 (187.5) *1.79X SHW Joanne Smith-Williams Schaeffer (Great Britain/Netherlands/67) 5/10/07 (187.5 kg. @ 104.8 kg.) (Koscian, Poland) (IPF)

22. 413.4 (187.5) *2.46X 181 (82.5) Sarah Keller (US/83) 10/27/07 (187.5 kg. @ 168.2 lb.) (Plano, Texas) (APF)

23. 413.4 (187.5) *1.85X SHW Inna Orobets (Ukraine/71) 11/7/08 (187.5 kg. @ 101.12 kg.) (Saint John’s, Canada) (IPF)

24. 412.3 (187.0) *1.25X SHW Liz Willett (US/72) 5/1/04 (187.0 kg. @ 330.6 lb.) (Villa Park, Illinois) (Bench America2)

25. 407.9 (185.0) *1.51X SHW Jean Putnam (US) 2/15/04 (185.0 kg. @ 270.5 lb.) (Manchester, New Hampshire) (USPF)

26. 407.9 (185.0) *1.50X SHW Victoria Olenitsa (Ukraine/84) 11/27/05 (185.0 kg. @ 123.3 kg.) (Oroshaza, Hungary) (IPF)

27. 407.9 (185.0) *1.54X SHW Kate Radon (US/81) 11/5/06 (185.0 kg. @ 120.3 kg.) (Lake George, New York) (APF/WPC)

28. 405.0 (183.7) *2.25X 181 (82.5) Kathy Goliszek (US/73) 7/15/06 (405.0 lb. @ 180.0 lb.) (Riverhead, New York) (APF)

29. 403.4 (183.0) *2.51X 165 (75) Paula Suzuki (US/68) 6/10/00 (183.0 kg. @ 161.0 lb.) (Warren, Michigan) (APF/WPC/WBC)

30. 402.3 (182.5) *2.21X 181 (82.5) Tamara Rainwater-Grimwood (US/64-00) 5/29/94 (182.5 kg. @ 82.5 kg. First woman to bench press 400 pounds.) (Oceanside, New York) (APF/WPC)

31. 402.3 (182.5) *3.04X 132 (60) Tina Rinehart (US/68) 3/6/04 (182.5 kg. @ 60.0 kg. First woman to bench press triple bodyweight.) (Columbus, Ohio) (WPO)

32. 402.3 (182.5) *2.07X 198 (90) Tazzie Colomb (US/66) 12/4/05 (182.5 kg. @ 88.35 kg.) (Jacksonville, Florida) (APF)

33. 402.3 (182.5) *2.08X 198 (90) Ielja Strik (Netherlands/73) 7/22/06 (182.5 kg. @ 87.77 kg.) (Hamm, Luxembourg) (IPF)

34. 402.3 (182.5) *1.42X SHW Machia Dudley (US/86) 1/20/07 (182.5 kg. @ 128.8 kg.) (Dubuque, Iowa) (APF)

35. 402.3 (182.5) *2.44X 165 (75) Sarah Keller (US/83) 5/30/08 (182.5 kg. @ 165.0 lb.) (Omaha, Nebraska) (APF/WPC)

36. 402.3 (182.5) *2.56X 165 (75) Sonji Baldwin (US/69) 6/8/08 (182.5 kg. @ 71.4 kg.) (Norfolk, Virginia) (APC/WUAP)

37. 402.3 (182.5) *1.40X SHW Rachel Nutter (US/71) 7/11/09 (182.5 kg. @ 130.0 kg.) (Dubuque, Iowa) (UPA)

38. 402.3 (182.5) *1.55X SHW April Mathis (US/87) 1/30/10 (182.5 kg. @ 117.5 kg., without a bench press shirt. Heaviest female bench press of all time without a bench press shirt.) (Tampa, Florida) (RUM3)

39. 402.3 (182.5) *2.24X 181 (82.5) Krystal Cary (US/84) 2/6/10 (182.5 kg. @ 81.4 kg.) (Lenexa, Kansas) (APF)

40. 400.1 (181.5) *2.12X 198 (90) Karen Campbell (US/63) 11/18/07 (181.5 kg. @ 188.6 lb.) (Anaheim, California) (WABDL)

41. 400.0 (181.4) *1.85X SHW JoLynn Arvin (US/67) 2/8/98 (400.0 lb. @ 98.0 kg.) (Columbus, Ohio) (APF)

42. 400.0 (181.4) *1.86X SHW Jessica Watkins-O’Donnell (US/80) 8/9/08 (400.0 lb. @ 215.0 lb.) (Dayton, Ohio) (USAPL)

43. 400.0 (181.4) *1.83X SHW Dana Shealey (US/79) 6/13/09 (400.0 lb. @ 219.0 lb.) (Edison, New Jersey) (APA)
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