2022 World's Strongest Man

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2022 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates24–29 May 2022
Location Sacramento, California
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating15
Champion(s)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Stoltman

The 2022 World's Strongest Man was the 45th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition, an event that took place in Sacramento, California from May 24 to May 29, 2022. The contest was won by Tom Stoltman with this being his second consecutive title. [1] Joining him on the podium were the 2019 and 2020 World's Strongest Man winners, Martins Licis and Oleksii Novikov respectively, who tied on points. In the event of a draw, the higher placing athlete in the last event, in this case Licis in the Atlas Stones, wins the tie-breaker.

Contents

Participants

[2]

Manuel Angulo, Nedžmin Ambešković and Kim Ujarak are the first representatives of Chile, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greenland in WSM history, respectively. Angulo is also the first South American athlete to compete at WSM.

Before the contest began, two time runner-up Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Peiman Maheripourehir, Rauno Heinla and Pa O’Dwyer were initially contestants before withdrawing.

Graham Hicks, Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou, four time champion Žydrūnas Savickas, and regular finalist J.F. Caron declined to compete. Hicks declined his invitation as he was not permitted to travel to the United States from the United Kingdom as he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Caron was unable to compete as he recovered from injuries he sustained at the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic. [3]

Heat results

Format

The 30 athletes were divided into 5 groups of 6 athletes, with 2 athletes from each group progressing to the final of 10. The winner of each group progressed to the final, and 2nd and 3rd in each group would then advance to a 'Stone Off', from which the winner would also progress.

Events

Heat 1

#NameEvent 1
Loading Race
Event 2
Deadlift Ladder
Event 3
Car Walk
Event 4
Log Lift
Event 5
Wrecking Ball Hold
Pts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Stoltman 1st - 5 in 38.39s1st - 5 in 51.46s1st - 14.65s1st - 8 reps6th - 4.63s25
2 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Faires 2nd - 5 in 43.36s3rd - 4 in 45.89s3rd - 19.32s2nd - 7 reps1st - 1m 35.18s24
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriel Rhéaume5th - 5 in 53.39s2nd - 4 in 39.40s2nd - 16.44s3rd - 6 reps3rd - 1m 24.10s20
4 Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis 3rd - 5 in 44.37s4th - 4 in 55.91s4th - 19.91s4th - 4 reps5th - 57.44s15
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Black4th - 5 in 50.81s5th - 4 in 1m 2.30s5th - 32.71s5th - 0 reps2nd - 1m 26.92s12
6 Flag of Chile.svg Manuel Angulo6th - 4 in 1m 10.64s6th - 3 in 38.62s6th - 60.00s5th - 0 reps4th - 1m 11.66s6

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
Kevin FairesFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6

Originally, Ireland's Pa O'Dwyer was supposed to be in this group, but was forced to withdraw due to injury, and was replaced by Scotland's Andy Black. Defending World's Strongest Man Tom Stoltman would dominate this group, winning each of the first 4 events, before simply picking up the wrecking ball to get 1 point, and secure the group win. Canada's Strongest Man and WSM Rookie Gabriel Rhéaume would cause an upset, knocking out former finalist Faires in the stone off, despite Faires being four points clear.

Heat 2

#NameEvent 1
Loading Race
Event 2
Deadlift Ladder
Event 3
Car Walk
Event 4
Log Lift
Event 5
Wrecking Ball Hold
Pts
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitchell Hooper 1st - 5 in 38.31s1st - 5 in 31.21s1st - 11.64s2nd - 7 reps6th - 6.40s23.5
2 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Thompson5th - 5 in 49.70s2nd - 5 in 42.56s3rd - 16.05s1st - 8 reps2nd - 1m 21.33s22
3 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Shaw 2nd - 5 in 45.00s5th - 4 in 32.20s5th - 19.97s2nd - 7 reps3rd - 1m 6.13s17.5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Felix 6th - 5 in 54.96s4th - 4 in 28.64s2nd - 13.96s6th - 0 reps1st - 2m 20.49s15
5 Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia 4th - 5 in 49.47s6th - 3 in 19.05s4th - 18.16s4th - 5 reps4th - 1m 1.38s13
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Gabriel Peña3rd - 5 in 45.88s3rd - 5 in 52.53s6th - 18.9 metres (62 ft)5th - 1 rep5th - 48.27s13

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
Bobby ThompsonFlag of the United States.svg  United States 0

Considered the group of death when announced, this group featured 4-time World's Strongest Man and 2021 runner up Brian Shaw, 2 more finalists from 2021, Bobby Thompson and Konstantine Janashia, Mark Felix in his record 17th WSM contest, Gabriel Pena, and rookie Mitchell Hooper. Hooper stunned everyone, winning the first 3 events, before placing joint second on the log lift, meaning he needed just 1 point from the wrecking ball hold to secure the group win. In the stone off, Bobby Thompson had some problems with his tacky, and failed to lift the stone once, handing the win, and second qualifying spot to Shaw. It was the first time since 2009 that Shaw failed to win his group at WSM.

Heat 3

#NameEvent 1
Loading Race
Event 2
Deadlift Ladder
Event 3
Car Walk
Event 4
Log Lift
Event 5
Wrecking Ball Hold
Pts
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov 1st - 5 in 37.25s1st - 5 in 35.64s3rd - 15.23s1st - 9 reps4th - 1m 38.63s24.5
2 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mitchell 4th - 5 in 48.78s3rd - 5 in 59.00s4th - 19.24s1st - 9 reps1st - 2m 6.46s21.5
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Bishop 2nd - 5 in 45.85s2nd - 5 in 37.44s5th - 23.38s3rd - 7 reps5th - 1m 31.35s18
4 Flag of the United States.svg Rob Kearney 5th - 5 in 54.62s4th - 4 in 41.28s1st - 11.63s4th - 6 reps6th - 1m 1.95s15
5 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Törrö3rd - 5 in 47.84s5th - 2 in 26.65s6th - 9.5 metres (31 ft)6th - 2 reps2nd - 1m 53.17s13
6 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Szymanski6th - 4 in 29.85s6th - 2 in 26.91s2nd - 14.26s5th - 3 reps3rd - 1m 46.49s13

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Trey MitchellFlag of the United States.svg  United States 10
Adam Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 10

This group featured 2020 Champion Oleksii Novikov, 2021 4th place finisher Trey Mitchell, 3 time finalist Adam Bishop, Rob Kearney, rookie Mika Törrö, and Poland's Grzegorz Szymanski, returning to the competition for the first time since 2016, where he made the final. In what was the best performing group across all events, Novikov came out on top, returning to the final after missing the 2021 final, and Trey Mitchell won on the stone off, despite Bishop doing more reps than any other group.

Heat 4

#NameEvent 1
Loading Race
Event 2
Deadlift Ladder
Event 3
Car Walk
Event 4
Log Lift
Event 5
Wrecking Ball Hold
Pts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Martins Licis 1st - 5 in 37.73s1st - 5 in 43.59s2nd - 18.93s2nd - 9 reps3rd - 1m 25.63s25.5
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxime Boudreault 2nd - 5 in 40.68s4th - 3 in 21.12s4th - 49.28s1st - 10 reps1st - 1m 33.93s23
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavlo Kordiyaka 3rd - 5 in 43.70s5th - 3 in 38.50s1st - 12.92s2nd - 9 reps2nd - 1m 31.33s21.5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gavin Bilton 4th - 5 in 45.76s2nd - 5 in 52.28s3rd - 23.67s4th - 7 reps5th - 1m 7.15s17
5 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nedžmin Ambešković6th - 1 in 10.20s6th - 3 in 45.45s5th - 13.6 metres (45 ft)5th - 2 reps4th - 1m 12.47s9
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shane Flowers5th - 5 in 48.70s3rd - 4 in 36.69sWithdrewWithdrewWithdrew6

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10
Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10

This group featured 2019 champion Martins Licis, 2021 podium finisher Maxime Boudreault, 2 time UK's Strongest Man Gavin Bilton, and 3 rookies. Unfortunately, Shane Flowers was forced to withdraw after 2 events due to injury. Licis would come out on top, with Boudreault coming through on the stones for the second year running.

Heat 5

#NameEvent 1
Loading Race
Event 2
Deadlift Ladder
Event 3
Car Walk
Event 4
Log Lift
Event 5
Wrecking Ball Hold
Pts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman 1st - 5 in 37.95s1st - 4 in 42.87s2nd - 16.65s1st - 10 reps6th - Did not attempt23
2 Flag of Iceland.svg Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð 3rd - 5 in 49.69s4th - 3 in 40.88s3rd - 29.07s2nd - 8 reps3rd - 1m 3.42s20
3 Flag of France.svg Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf4th - 5 in 52.70s2nd - 4 in 53.87s4th - 41.34s3rd - 7 reps4th - 1m 0.70s18
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kelvin De Ruiter2nd - 5 in 39.18s5th - 3 in 56.44s5th - 60.00s5th - 1 rep1st - 1m 45.65s16.5
5 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Singleton 5th - 5 in 1m 8.38s6th - Did not attempt1st - 9.86s5th - 1 rep2nd - 1m 40.34s14.5
6 Flag of Greenland.svg Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 6th - 4 in 34.79s3rd - 4 in 56.48s6th - 11.4 metres (37 ft)4th - 6 reps5th - 36.24s11

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5
Jean-Stephen CoraboeufFlag of France.svg  France 5

The only group without a former champion, it featured Evan Singleton and Luke Stoltman, both of whom had won 2 Giants Live events in 2021, as well as 2021 finalist Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð, and 3 rookies. Unfortunately for Singleton, he went into anaphylactic shock during the loading race, and was forced to miss the deadlift. [4] This put him in an almost irrecoverable position going into day 2 of the heats, and despite winning the car walk, was unable to even make the stone off. Stoltman would win the group with an event to spare, and Melsted would get through on the stones to make a second straight final.

Finals events results

Event 1: KNAACK Giant's Medley

#NameNationalityTime (sec)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.961010
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24.7599
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24.8488
4 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 28.7277
5 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.6066
6 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.7855
7 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32.5444
8Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33.8733
9 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 34.1122
10 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 37.6111

[5]

Event 2: Car Deadlift

#NameNationalityRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 151018
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 138.517.5
2 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 138.512.5
4 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12612
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12611
4 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12616
7 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1046
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 9310
9Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 81.54.5
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 81.52.5

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Event 3: Max Flintstone Lift

#NameNationalityWeight LiftedEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 246 kilograms (542 lb)1028
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 240 kilograms (530 lb)926.5
3 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 235 kilograms (518 lb)820
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 212 kilograms (467 lb)5.516.5
4 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 212 kilograms (467 lb)5.518
4 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 212 kilograms (467 lb)5.511.5
4 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 212 kilograms (467 lb)5.515.5
8 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 200 kilograms (440 lb)319
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 190 kilograms (420 lb)1.54
9Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 190 kilograms (420 lb)1.56
  1. With a lift of 246 kilograms (542 lb) Oleksii Novikov set a new world record in the flinstone lift. [7]

[8]

Event 4: Bus Pull

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0m 41.511038
2 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0m 42.18929
3 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0m 44.50834.5
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0m 44.69723.5
5 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0m 45.72624
6 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0m 47.00520.5
7 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0m 47.20415.5
8 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0m 49.24322
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0m 51.3226
10Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0m 53.2217

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Event 5: REIGN Power Stairs

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9 in 0m 39.071025.5
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 9 in 0m 41.04943.5
3 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9 in 0m 44.56837
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8 in 1m 09.03730.5
5 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7 in 0m 32.36628
6 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7 in 0m 59.47525.5
7 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6 in 0m 34.20442
8 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 6 in 0m 35.7839
9 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6 in 1m 10.22226
10Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5 in 0m 35.7818

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Event 6: Atlas Stones

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 0m 25.761053.5
2 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5 in 0m 28.04934.5
3 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 0m 33.06834
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 0m 39.29737.5
5 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 0m 45.74643
6 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4 in 0m 25.78530.5
7 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 4 in 0m 28.87413
8Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 in 0m 33.55311
9 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 in 0m 33.78230
10 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 in 0m 36.70143

Final standings

#NameNationalityPts
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 53.5
2 Martins Licis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 43
4 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37.5
5 Maxime Boudreault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 34.5
6 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34
7 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 30.5
8 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 13
10Gabriel RhéaumeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11

Controversy

A day prior to the competition, former director for World's Ultimate Strongman, Mark Boyd, leaked a secretly recorded portion of a conversation with Luke Stoltman, brother of the eventual champion of the competition Tom Stoltman, in which he stated "... and here's the sneaky bit, so Colin's (Colin Bryce, director of Giants Live who assists in the running of the World's Strongest Man) gonna, not promised, but he says we will get more favorable groups, events, etc. in Worlds if we kinda play ball and then he can help push the Stoltman brand; if that makes sense in the Giant's Live, so basically what he did for Eddie (Eddie Hall)..." The audio was released shortly after the groups for the competition were announced, with some fans speculating on the level of difficulty of the Stoltmans' groups compared to others. Boyd has since deleted this video from his Instagram account. Prior to deletion however, he claims to have given several months for athletes to expose the corruption on their own, indicating that he also had contacted IGM directors to no avail.

Stoltman released his own response video on YouTube later that day, in which he states that the clip was taken out of context, with the conversation being 90 minutes long, and explains that he simply told Boyd what he wanted to hear because he did not want to take part in Boyd's upcoming competition. [11] Many took issue with Boyd's leaking of the conversation so closely to the World's Strongest Man competition date, leading to Boyd and Core Sports parting ways a few days later, with the company releasing a message stating they were not in support of Boyd's actions. [12]

At the current moment, IGM, the World's Strongest Man, and Colin Bryce have not yet responded to the controversy.

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