The 2008 CrossFit Games were the second annual

CrossFit Games The CrossFit Games is an annual athletic competition owned and operated by CrossFit, LLC. Athletes compete in a series of events at the Games, which may be various standard CrossFit workouts consisting of metabolic conditioning exercises, weightl ...

to be held following the inaugural Games in 2007. The Games were held on July 5–6, 2008, on a ranch in

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, United States. As with the first Games, there was no qualification process for athletes wishing to compete in the Games. 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. The men's competition was won by

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, the women's by Caity Matter, and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Oakland. Each winner of the individual events won $1,500. The first documentary film of the Games, ''Every Second Counts'', was made for this year's Games.

Events

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. 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''.

Workout A

Fran – Three rounds of thrusters (a

front squat A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and ...

into

push press A push press is a weight training exercise for the anterior head of the deltoid (shoulder). Execution The push press is similar to the military press, in that the bar is held just above chest height and is pushed upwards before being lowered ba ...

) and 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 for the men and for the women. The Fran event was won by Chris Spealler for the men, Linda Leipper for the women.

Workout B

Five rounds of five

deadlift The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, ...

s and ten

burpees The burpee, a squat thrust with an additional stand between repetitions, is a full body exercise used in strength training. The movement itself is primarily an anaerobic exercise, but when done in succession over a longer period can be utilize ...

. The weight for the deadlifts was for the men and for the women. Matt Chan and Libby Dibiase won their respective men's and women's Deadlift/Burpee event.

The Hill Run

A steep trail run over rough terrain approximately in length. 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 jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

s. The weights used were for the men and 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.

had the best cumulative time of 13 minutes 17 seconds over the four men's events. 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. CrossFit Oakland won the Affiliate Cup based on the performance of team members in the individual events.

Podium finishers

References

External links

2008 CrossFit Games site
{{CrossFit Games 2008 in sports CrossFit July 2008 sports events in the United States