| Powerlifting men's middleweight at the 2005 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Rheinhausenhalle, Duisburg, Germany | ||||||
| Date | 17 July 2005 | ||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||
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The men's middleweight competition in powerlifting at the 2005 World Games took place on 17 July 2005 at the Rheinhausenhalle in Duisburg, Germany. [1]
A total of 10 athletes entered the competition. Each athlete had 3 attempts in each of 3 events: squat, bench press and deadlift. The athlete with the biggest score in Wilks points is the winner.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Weight | Squat | Bench press | Deadlift | Total weight | Total points |
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 | Andrey Tarasenko |  Russia | 89.10 | 365.0 | 247.5 | 345.0 | 957.5 | 614.42 |
 | Viktor Furazhkin | Russia | 74.90 | 320.0 | 217.5 | 322.5 | 860.0 | 613.35 |
 | Jan Wegiera |  Poland | 84.75 | 340.0 | 262.5 | 300.0 | 902.5 | 595.15 |
| 4 | Wade Hooper |  United States | 74.80 | 335.0 | 232.5 | 260.0 | 827.5 | 590.75 |
| 5 | Michał Wilk | Poland | 89.80 | 355.0 | 230.0 | 310.0 | 895.0 | 571.99 |
| 6 | Davran Turakhanov |  Kazakhstan | 76.55 | 310.0 | 185.0 | 312.5 | 807.5 | 567.34 |
| 7 | Ray Benemerito | United States | 89.45 | 322.5 | 210.0 | 295.0 | 827.5 | 529.93 |
| 8 | Petrus Erasmus |  South Africa | 90.00 | 300.0 | 232.5 | 280.0 | 812.5 | 518.70 |
| 9 | Marco Sura |  Germany | 86.65 | 300.0 | 190.0 | 280.0 | 770.0 | 501.50 |
| Petr Theuser |  Czech Republic | 89.90 | 340.0 | 222.5 | NM | DSQ | DSQ |
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