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USSR Powerlifting Records

USSR accounts for 2,493 competition entries from 1,355 lifters across 1 federations in the OpenPowerlifting archive. The records below show the top qualifying squat, bench, deadlift, and total for each weight class, age division, and equipment category. Use the filter to narrow by weight class, age, equipment, or tested status, or scroll for the default top records by lift.

The heaviest total on file here is Vladimir Mironov's 980 kg (2,160.5 lb) at Russian Powerlifting Championships in 1989. IPF sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 100% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 1991, the busiest year on record with 859 entries.

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Total

RankLifterClassSexEquipAgeTestedLoadMeetDate
01Vladimir Mironov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes980.0 kg2161 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1989-02-03 · 37 yr
02Valeriy Schedrin125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes960.0 kg2117 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1990-02-09 · 36 yr
03Shota Bejashvili125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes915.5 kg2019 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championship1990-03-02 · 36 yr
04Craig Tokarski110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes912.5 kg2012 lbFPR · USSR vs USA meet1988-07-27 · 37 yr
05Ed Coan100 kg220 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes910.0 kg2006 lbFPR · USSR vs USA competition1988-07-24 · 37 yr
06Viktor Naleykin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes902.5 kg1990 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr
07Yevgeny Kochubei125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes900.5 kg1986 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1991-02-07 · 35 yr
08Sergey Garinin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes900.0 kg1984 lbFPR · Alutaguse Karu International Powerlifting meet1991-12-07 · 34 yr
09Andrey Mustrikov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes900.0 kg1984 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1990-08-11 · 35 yr
10Alexander Lykov110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes900.0 kg1984 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championship1990-03-02 · 36 yr

Squat

RankLifterClassSexEquipAgeTestedLoadMeetDate
01Sergey Garinin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes370.0 kg816 lbFPR · Alutaguse Karu International Powerlifting meet1991-12-07 · 34 yr
02Ed Coan100 kg220 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes370.0 kg816 lbFPR · USSR vs USA competition1988-07-24 · 37 yr
03William Nichols125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes370.0 kg816 lbFPR · USSR vs USA competition1988-07-24 · 37 yr
04Viktor Naleykin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes362.5 kg799 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr
05Valeriy Schedrin125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes360.0 kg794 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Championships1991-02-28 · 35 yr
06Volodymyr Ivanenko100 kg220 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes360.0 kg794 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1990-08-11 · 35 yr
07Alexander Lykov110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes360.0 kg794 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championship1990-03-02 · 36 yr
08Aleksandr Borovkov100 kg220 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes357.5 kg788 lbFPR · USSR vs. USA Meet1989-08-05 · 36 yr
09Craig Tokarski110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes352.5 kg777 lbFPR · USSR vs USA meet1988-07-27 · 37 yr
10Sergey Garin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes350.0 kg772 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr

Bench

RankLifterClassSexEquipAgeTestedLoadMeetDate
01Shota Bejashvili125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes270.5 kg597 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championship1990-03-02 · 36 yr
02Vladimir Mironov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes270.0 kg595 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championships1989-02-17 · 37 yr
03Yuriy Chelobitchikov125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes265.0 kg584 lbFPR · Alutaguse Karu International Powerlifting Meet1990-12-15 · 35 yr
04Jeff Magruder125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes255.0 kg562 lbFPR · USSR vs USA competition1988-07-24 · 37 yr
05Valeriy Schedrin125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes235.0 kg518 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championships1989-02-17 · 37 yr
06Andrey Mustrikov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes230.0 kg507 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1990-08-11 · 35 yr
07Vladimir Markov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes230.0 kg507 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1990-02-09 · 36 yr
08Sergey Medvedev110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes230.0 kg507 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championships1989-02-17 · 37 yr
09Craig Tokarski110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes227.5 kg502 lbFPR · USSR vs USA meet1988-07-27 · 37 yr
10Sergey Aydin110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes225.0 kg496 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Cup1990-09-13 · 35 yr

Deadlift

RankLifterClassSexEquipAgeTestedLoadMeetDate
01Vladimir Mironov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes380.0 kg838 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1989-02-03 · 37 yr
02Yevgeny Kochubei125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes370.5 kg817 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1991-02-07 · 35 yr
03Valeriy Schedrin125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes370.0 kg816 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Championships1990-02-09 · 36 yr
04Viktor Naleykin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes360.0 kg794 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr
05Yuriy Spinov125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes347.5 kg766 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr
06Vladimir Minov90 kg198 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes342.5 kg755 lbFPR · USSR Men's Powerlifting Championship1990-03-02 · 36 yr
07Sergey Garinin125 kg276 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes340.0 kg750 lbFPR · Alutaguse Karu International Powerlifting meet1991-12-07 · 34 yr
08Alexander Lykov110 kg243 lbMSingle-ply35-39Yes340.0 kg750 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr
09Sergey Sokolov125+ kg276+ lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes340.0 kg750 lbFPR · Russian Powerlifting Cup1991-09-05 · 34 yr
10Alexander Gorokhovsky100 kg220 lbMSingle-ply24-34Yes337.5 kg744 lbFPR · USSR Powerlifting Cup1991-09-26 · 34 yr

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Records are computed from the OpenPowerlifting public-domain dataset and represent the highest qualifying lift on file for each (federation, sex, equipment, weight class, age class, tested) combination. State records are scoped by the lifter's registered state of residence (matching USAPL/PA/USPA rules), not by meet location; coverage depends on the federation — USAPL and USPA report lifter state for 87–97% of entries, while some smaller feds report it rarely. Records may differ from a federation's official record book. Read more about how these records are computed.