1998 EUROPEAN MASTERS BENCH PRESS CHAMPIONSHIPS


Köflach, Austria. 17th to 19th July 1998. All weights are in kilogrammes.
Women Masters I | Women Masters II | Men Masters I | Men Masters II

WOMEN MASTERS I (40-49)

pl name			yr  bwt  nat bench    wilks
52 kg
 1 Inge Kaule		52  51.0 ger  52.5    66.43
56 kg
 1 Marie-Lise Glaris	57  56.0 fra  62.5    73.54
60 kg
 1 Christian Diprata	57  59.3 fra  85.0    95.63
 2 Tonia Strik		55  60.0 nth  82.5    91.98
 3 Anita Thimm		50  58.4 ger  72.5    82.55
 4 Margit Heider	56  56.7 ger  65.0    75.74
67.5 kg
 1 Hildegard Utecht	51  67.5 ger  80.0    81.65
 2 Marianne Lankau	53  64.5 ger  62.5    65.94
 - Bache-Gabrielsen	52  63.4 nor
75 kg
 1 Sinikka Järvenpää	51  74.0 fin 107.5   103.06
 2 Mariet Spronk	55  69.7 nth  95.0    94.79
 3 Ingeborg Hagge	52  73.7 ger  90.0    86.52
 4 Anke Beninga		54  69.7 ger  62.5    62.36
82.5 kg
 1 Eva Paulig		54  76.7 ger 100.0    93.76
 2 Brigitte Wampach	56  81.0 lux  80.0    72.70
90+ kg
 1 Inge Preikszas	55 105.0 ger 112.5    92.44

Best Lifter
 1 Sinikka Järvenpää	51  74.0 fin 107.5   103.06
 2 Christian Diprata	57  59.3 fra  85.0    95.63
 3 Eva Paulig		54  76.7 ger 100.0    93.76

Team Points
 1 Germany		65=12+12+12+12+9+8
 2 France		24=12+12
 3 Holland		18=9+9
 4 Finland		12=12
 5 Luxembourg		 9=9

WOMEN MASTERS II (50+)

pl name			yr  bwt  nat bench    wilks
52 kg
 1 Dagmar Wang		48  51.9 aut  85.0   106.12
 2 Francoise Heligon	43  50.9 fra  55.0    69.70
56 kg
 1 Heidi Taubmann	48  54.4 fra  90.0   108.32
60 kg
 1 Dagmar McSwain	44  59.3 aut  70.0    78.76
67.5 kg
 1 Aline Soulard	42  66.4 fra  80.0    82.62
 2 Ursula Nothnagel	36  60.9 ger  65.0    71.64
 3 Erika Wimmer		40  64.5 ger  57.5    60.67
75 kg
 1 Rosemarie Beer	45  72.6 aut  95.0    92.22
82.5 kg
 1 Roswit Pittermann	46  82.3 ger 107.5    96.87

Best Lifter
 1 Heidi Taubmann	48  54.4 fra  90.0   108.32
 2 Dagmar Wang		48  51.9 aut  85.0   106.12
 3 Roswit Pittermann	46  82.3 ger 107.5    96.87

Team Points
 1 Austria		36=12+12+12
 2 France		33=12+12+9
 3 Germany		29=12+9+8

MEN MASTERS I (40-49)

pl name			yr  bwt  nat bench    wilks
52 kg
 1 Johann Mandl		49  52.0 aut  52.5    51.52
60 kg
 1 Claude Sitruk	50  58.5 fra 152.5   133.14
 2 Burkhard Steffen	50  60.0 ger 115.0    98.08
 3 Joachim Lietzau	50  59.6 ger 110.0    94.39
67.5 kg
 1 Kurt Rooch		57  67.4 ger 170.0   131.22
 2 Rudolf Böhm		50  65.5 cze 152.5   120.49
 3 Raimo Kyheröinen	52  67.1 fin 142.5   110.39
 4 Zia Mirza		54  65.3 gbr 137.5   108.92
 5 Stein Norseng	55  66.9 nor 130.0   100.95
 6 Alexande Nikolaev	55  67.1 rus 130.0   100.71
 7 Josef Hösl		52  66.8 aut 117.5    91.36
75 kg
 1 Ivan Ilavsky		52  74.9 svk 180.0   128.37
 2 Johann Angerler	52  74.1 aut 150.0   107.79
 3 Jozef Gabrhel	55  74.0 svk 145.0   104.29
 4 Birger Sundstöl	54  71.3 nor 125.0    92.38
 5 Mic Lorenzen+Schm	56  68.1 ger 120.0    91.87
 6 Raymon Fixmer	55  70.0 lux 105.0    78.69
 - Detlef Heinrich	56  72.0 ger
82.5 kg
 1 Peter Sundman	56  82.5 fin 195.0   130.63
 2 Imre Goda		56  76.0 hun 167.5   118.27
 3 Manfred Forster	54  80.0 aut 167.5   114.35
 4 Max Rasmussen	54  81.1 gbr 162.5   109.99
 5 Guy Kugener		56  80.0 lux 160.0   109.23
dq Hans vd Burg		56  81.3 nth 157.5   106.45
90 kg
 1 Jan Linden		55  89.2 fin 225.0   144.29
 2 Alfred Scheffauer	58  87.5 aut 190.0   123.10
 3 Ladislav Prikryl	52  89.4 cze 185.0   118.51
 4 Stanislav Couchy	53  89.7 fra 180.0   115.11
 5 Herbert Sattler	54  88.3 aut 160.0   103.15
100 kg
 1 Jerzy Furmanek	52  99.7 pol 237.5   144.70
 2 Petr Kostelnik	56  99.5 cze 212.5   129.58
 3 Uwe Wulf		56  96.9 ger 207.5   127.94
 4 Leif Sydengen	55  96.8 nor 195.0   120.29
 5 Johannes Müller	53  98.7 aut 195.0   119.30
 6 Rudi Stallberger	56  97.6 aut 190.0   116.79
 7 John Brookes		55  96.2 gbr 187.5   115.98
 8 Rüdiger Bethge	53  97.7 ger 185.0   113.66
 9 Jozef Teslar		49  98.9 svk 180.0   110.03
10 Jaroslav Wozniak	55  99.7 cze 180.0   109.67 
11 Jimi DeLuca		53  93.8 sui 175.0   109.49 
12 Romain Makil		56  98.5 lux 172.5   105.62 
dq Otto Dallos		56  95.8 hun 180.0   111.54 
110 kg
 1 Wieslaw Kruk		58 109.1 pol 247.5   146.02
 2 Lubos Marsik		52 101.1 cze 220.0   133.32
 3 Esa Leskinen		50 104.7 fin 212.5   127.11
 4 Fred Riede		53 100.2 ger 205.0   124.66
 5 Gerhard Schranz	55 102.2 aut 197.5   119.19
 6 Alain Hammang	50 109.5 lux 175.0   103.12
 7 Stanislav Maron	51 107.1 cze 170.0   100.89
 8 Julian Massey	56 103.6 gbr 160.0    96.06
 - Valeriy Melnyk	58 108.6 ukr
dq Jozsef Horvath	56 109.7 hun 195.0   114.85
125 kg
 1 Istvan Eszenyi	57 114.6 hun 217.5   126.49
 2 Bohumil Vana		51 119.4 cze 212.5   122.31
 3 Mick King		56 112.6 gbr 210.0   122.72
 4 Arto Hannolin	56 123.7 fin 210.0   119.93
 5 Meinhard Schröder	51 116.6 ger 200.0   115.80
 6 Jan Siska		55 111.8 svk 175.0   102.48
dq Jozsef Sarközi	57 118.8 hun 185.0   106.61
125+ kg
 1 Gunnar Schmitt	57 142.6 ger 235.0   130.96
 2 Tibor Bak		56 128.8 hun 220.0   124.63
 3 Piotr Pawlik		55 133.0 pol 220.0   123.94
 4 Yuri Bespalov	56 128.1 rus 210.0   119.09
 5 Leopold Krendl	57 125.4 aut 200.0   113.90
 6 Lauri Tartia		56 144.2 fin 200.0   111.28
 7 Roy Simon		54 176.7 gbr 200.0   107.96
 8 Karl-Heinz Voscul	49 138.2 ger 190.0   106.38
 9 Bosse Bergqvist	56 130.0 swe 180.0   101.80

dq Doping Disqualification

Best Lifter
 1 Wieslaw Kruk		58 109.1 pol 247.5   146.02
 2 Jerzy Furmanek	52  99.7 pol 237.5   144.70
 3 Jan Linden		55  89.2 fin 225.0   144.29

Team Points
 1 Germany		56=12+12+9+8+8+7
 2 Austria		50=12+9+9+8+6+6
 3 Czech Republic	48=9+9+9+9+8+4
 4 Finland		40=12+12+8+8 (no referee)
 5 Great Britain	33=8+7+7+4+4+3
 6 Poland		32=12+12+8
 7 Hungary		30=12+9+9
 8 Slovakia		27=12+8+5+2
 9 Norway		20=7+7+6
10 France		19=12+7
11 Luxembourg		17=6+5+5+1
12 Russia		12=7+5
14 Sweden		 2=2
15 Switzerland		 1=1
 - Netherlands		 0=dq

MEN MASTERS II (50+)

pl name			yr  bwt  nat bench    wilks
56 kg
 1 Pierre Gallart	44  55.6 fra 130.0   119.18
60 kg
 1 Rainer Geese		43  59.0 ger 105.0    90.95
67.5 kg
 1 Antonin Sousek	46  67.2 cze 145.0   112.20
75 kg
 1 Peter Poduschka	47  74.0 aut 150.0   107.89
 2 Fritz Kulhanek	47  74.5 aut 150.0   107.38
 3 Börje Eriksson	42  73.0 swe 145.0   105.32
 4 Juha Inkinen		46  73.6 fin 145.0   104.70
 5 Rene Doubel		46  74.8 fra 145.0   103.51
 6 Raoul Antoine	37  74.1 fra 142.5   102.40
 7 Horst Beer		34  71.9 ger 130.0    95.49
 8 Wolfgan Hökendorf	46  74.8 ger 130.0    92.81
 9 Norman Anderson	38  73.9 gbr 127.5    91.80
82.5 kg
 1 Peter Horning	47  80.5 ger 177.5   120.70
 2 Louis Escolano	45  82.0 fra 165.0   110.94
 3 Stefan Kobli		45  81.1 aut 162.5   109.99
 4 Pierre Gimbert	39  82.0 fra 160.0   107.58
 5 Engelbert Daris	48  81.3 aut 157.5   106.45
 6 Isvan Jobbagy	47  79.2 hun 155.0   106.50
 - Karel Olic		47  81.6 cze
90 kg
 1 Yaroslav Chala	48  89.0 ukr 185.0   118.78
 2 Terje Brovold	45  88.2 nor 182.5   117.73
 3 Alfons De Becker	45  85.8 ger 172.5   112.97
 4 Gerard Larue		45  89.5 fra 162.5   104.03
 5 Günter Wittkowski	40  89.5 ger 160.0   102.43
 6 Petr Totszauer	47  89.0 cze 152.5    97.92
 7 Kari Mattila		45  89.5 swe 140.0    89.63
100 kg
 1 Juhani Äijo		41  99.4 fin 215.0   131.17
 2 Roland Schubert	40  96.6 ger 180.0   111.13
 3 Manfred Perusch	42  98.6 aut 180.0   110.17
 4 Vaclav Primus	48  95.9 cze 147.5    91.36
 5 Bernie Morris	37  96.2 gbr 147.5    91.24
 - Rene Ulrich		39  95.2 sui
110 kg
 1 György Lovasz	47 105.2 hun 205.0   122.42
 2 Jack Kromkamp	43 100.7 nth 185.0   112.27
 3 Leo Detter		39 100.1 aut 160.0    97.33
 4 Josef Fellner	44 100.5 aut 150.0    91.11
125 kg
 1 Tibor Tekulicz	46 110.9 hun 195.0   114.46
 2 Peter Rumbler	39 117.9 ger 195.0   112.59
 3 Errki Tuomikoski	47 123.3 fin 195.0   111.44
 4 Henny Reyderink	43 113.0 nth 185.0   108.02
 5 Alfred Cosmici	41 120.9 ger 170.0    97.56
 6 John Bevan		43 111.0 gbr 145.0    85.10
125+ kg
 1 Dieter Schiefner	40 125.2 ger 190.0   108.24
 2 Päiviö Säätelä	36 132.4 fin 187.5   105.71
 3 Georg Boström	47 126.8 swe 160.0    90.91

Best Lifter
 1 Juhani Äijo		41  99.4 fin 215.0   131.17
 2 György Lovasz	47 105.2 hun 205.0   122.42
 3 Peter Horning	47  80.5 ger 177.5   120.70

Team Points
 1 Germany		62=12+12+12+9+9+8
 2 Austria		52=12+9+8+8+8+7
 3 France		46=12+9+7+7+6+5
 4 Finland		36=12+9+8+7 (no referee)
 5 Hungary		29=12+12+5
 6 Czech Republic	24=12+7+5
 7 Sweden		20=8+8+4
 8 Netherlands		16=9+7
 9 Great Britain	13=6+5+2
10 Ukraine		12=12
11 Norway                 9=9

Thanks to Heiner Köberich for providing these results.
| David Hinchley 10 Sep 2001