World Records
- The record for a raw deadlift (a deadlift performed without the aid of a deadlift suit, where only a weight belt is allowed) is 460.4 kg (1,015 lb) by Benedikt Magnusson. This lift currently exceeds the equipped record.
- The record for an equipped deadlift (a deadlift performed using a deadlift suit using a standard bar and plates where straps are disallowed) is 457.5 kg (1,009 lb) by Andy Bolton.
- The record for the tire deadlift (in which Hummer tires are used as weight) under Strongman rules (in which lifting straps are allowed) is 506.7 kg (1,117 lb) by the Lithuanian strongman Žydrūnas Savickas at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2012 (Columbus, Ohio).
- The record for the single handed deadlift is 330.0 kg (728 lb) by Hermann Görner in Leipzig 1920.
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