2008 CrossFit Games

Athletic competition 2008 CrossFit Games 2008 CrossFit Games logo.png 200px CrossFit Ranch Aromas, California July 5–6, 2008 2007 2009 Jason Khalipa Caity Matter CrossFit Oakland The 2008 CrossFit Games were the second annual CrossFit Games to be held following the inaugural Games in 2007. The Games were held on July 5–6, 2008, on a ranch in Aromas, California, United States.https://games.crossfit.com/history-of-the-games History of the Games > 2008: The 2008 CrossFit Games: Every Second Counts CrossFit Games As with the first Games, there was no qualification process for athletes wishing to compete in the Games.https://morningchalkup.com/2019/05/29/a-brief-history-of-crossfit-games-special-invites-and-wildcards/ A Brief History of CrossFit Games Special Invites and "Wildcards" May 29, 2019 Chad Schroeder Morning Chalk Up The number of participating athletes was limited to 300 on a first-come first-serve basis, and the number of competition events increased to four.https://www.boxrox.com/the-rise-of-the-crossfit-games-a-chronological-account-of-its-history/ The Rise of the CrossFit Games – a Chronological Account of its History BoxRox Caro Kyllmann May 1, 2019 The men's competition was won by Jason Khalipa, the women's by Caity Matter, and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Oakland.https://www.boxrox.com/every-crossfit-games-winner-from-2007-to-2017/ Every CrossFit Games Winner from 2007 to 2017 (All Individuals, Masters, Teams and Teens) Boxrox Robbie Wild Hudson August 15, 2017 Each winner of the individual events won $1,500.http://games2010.crossfit.com/sponsorship/index.html Information on Sponsorship of the 2010 Games The 2010 CrossFit Games The first documentary film of the Games, Every Second Counts, was made for this year's Games.https://thebarbellspin.com/functional-fitness/watch-every-second-counts-the-story-of-the-2008-crossfit-games/ Watch "Every Second Counts: The Story of the 2008 CrossFit Games" Brian Pyfferoen August 13, 2019 The Barbell Spin Events thumb|2008 CrossFit Games at the ranch in Aromas; the deadlifts and burpees event The first three events for the second CrossFit Games took place on Saturday July 5, 2008, and the final event was held the following day. The winners were determined by the lowest cumulative time taken to complete the four events. The Affiliate Cup was awarded to the affiliate with lowest combined time for its top two men and top two women.CrossFit Games http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/games/2008 2008 Games Events | CrossFit Games Games.crossfit.com 2015-06-02 The scoring format for the 2008 games is reflected in the title of the documentary film made of this year's Games, Every Second Counts.https://www.boxrox.com/breaking-news-changes-to-cuts-announced-for-2020-crossfit-games/ BREAKING NEWS: Changes to Cuts Announced for 2020 CrossFit Games BoxRox August 13, 2019 Workout A thumb|The thrusters and chest-to-bar pull-ups event Fran – Three rounds of thrusters (a front squat into push press) and chest-to-bar pull-ups. Each round has a decreasing number of repetitions starting with 21 thrusters and 21 pull-ups then progressing to 15 repetitions of each for round two and nine repetitions for the final round. The weight for the thruster was 95 lb kg off for the men and 65 lb kg off for the women.https://wodwell.com/wod/crossfit-games-8-3/ CrossFit Games 8.3 Wodwell The Fran event was won by Chris Spealler for the men, Linda Leipper for the women. Workout B Five rounds of five deadlifts and ten burpees. The weight for the deadlifts was 275 lb kg off for the men and 185 lb kg off for the women.https://wodwell.com/wod/crossfit-games-8-4/ CrossFit Games 8.4 Wodwell Matt Chan and Libby Dibiase won their respective men's and women's Deadlift/Burpee event. The Hill Run thumb|The Hill Run event at the CrossFit Games A steep trail run over rough terrain approximately 750 m ft off us in length.https://wodwell.com/wod/crossfit-games-8-2/ CrossFit Games 8.2 Wodwell Eric O'Connor won the men's Hill Run, Aqueelah Tillman won the women's. Sunday's Final Event The Squat Grace event comprised thirty squat clean and jerks. The weights used were 155 lb kg off for the men and 100 lb kg off for the women. The participant's starts were staggered so that the competitors set off with the time differentials of their previous days combined score. This allowed the spectators to see who the overall winners were since they would finish the event first. Jason Khalipa had the best cumulative time of 13 minutes 17 seconds over the four men's events.http://games2008.crossfit.com/documents/MensCorrectedResults715.pdf Men's results final corrected CrossFit July 15, 2008 Caity Matter won the Squat Grace and was the overall winner with a total time of 19 minutes 10 seconds in the women's competition.http://games2008.crossfit.com/documents/WomensCorrectedResults715.pdf Women's results corrected final CrossFit July 15, 2008 CrossFit Oakland won the Affiliate Cup based on the performance of team members in the individual events. Podium finishers Place Men Women Affiliatehttp://games2008.crossfit.com/documents/TeamStandings.pdf Team Standings Games2008.crossfit.com 2015-06-03 1st Jason Khalipa Caity Matter CrossFit Oakland 2nd Josh Everett Tanya Wagner CrossFit Park City 3rd Jeremy Thiel Gillian Mounsey CrossFit Vancouver References External links 2008 CrossFit Games site Category:2008 in sports Category:CrossFit Category:July 2008 sports events in the United States CrossFit Games