| Event: | 2008 CrossFit Games |
| Venue: | CrossFit Ranch |
| Location: | Aromas, California |
| Dates: | July 5–6, 2008 |
| Previous: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2009 |
| Men: | Jason Khalipa |
| Women: | Caity Matter |
| Team: | 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.[1]
As with the first Games, there was no qualification process for athletes wishing to compete in the Games.[2] 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.[3]
The men's competition was won by Jason Khalipa, the women's by Caity Matter, and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Oakland.[4] Each winner of the individual events won $1,500.[5] The first documentary film of the Games, Every Second Counts, was made for this year's Games.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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 95lb for the men and 65lb for the women.[9] The Fran event was won by Chris Spealler for the men, Linda Leipper for the women.
Five rounds of five deadlifts and ten burpees. The weight for the deadlifts was 275lb for the men and 185lb for the women.[10] Matt Chan and Libby Dibiase won their respective men's and women's Deadlift/Burpee event.
A steep trail run over rough terrain approximately 750abbr=offNaNabbr=off in length.[11] Eric O'Connor won the men's Hill Run, Aqueelah Tillman won the women's.
The Squat Grace event comprised thirty squat clean and jerks. The weights used were 155lb for the men and 100lb 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.[12] 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.[13] CrossFit Oakland won the Affiliate Cup based on the performance of team members in the individual events.
| Place | Men | Women | Affiliate[14] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jason Khalipa | Caity Matter | CrossFit Oakland | |
| 2nd | Josh Everett | Tanya Wagner | CrossFit Park City | |
| 3rd | Jeremy Thiel | Gillian Mounsey | CrossFit Vancouver |