2023 World's Strongest Man

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2023 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates19-23 April 2023
VenueBurroughs and Chapin Pavilion Place
Location Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating14
Champion(s)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitchell Hooper

The 2023 World's Strongest Man was the 46th World's Strongest Man competition which took place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from April 19 to 23. [1] The contest was won by Mitchell Hooper of Barrie, Ontario making him the first Canadian champion. Defending champion Tom Stoltman placed second, and Oleksii Novikov placed third. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Participants

[6]

Originally, Pavlo Nakonechnyy of Ukraine and Cheick Sanou (Iron Biby) of Burkina Faso were set to compete in this competition, but both withdrew through injuries, being replaced by reserves Thomas Evans and Kristján Jón Haraldsson respectively. [7] 2022 runner-up and 2019 champion Martins Licis elected not to compete this year, taking a year out of competition, and Maxime Boudreault, a finalist in the previous two WSM contests, was forced to withdraw with an injury from earlier in the year.

This year's competition featured 6 rookies, with Thomas Evans, Kristján Jón Haraldsson, Fadi El Masri, Mathew Ragg, Spenser Remick and Jaco Schoonwinkel all making their first appearance at the competition. Ragg and Schoonwinkel went on to make the final in their first WSM competition, with Ragg becoming the first New Zealander to qualify for the final since 1983, before the introduction of the groups. El Masri became the first man to represent Lebanon at WSM.

Prior to the competition, both Mark Felix and 4-time champion Brian Shaw announced that the 2023 WSM would be their final WSM contest. Felix would be eliminated in the group stage, and Shaw went on to make the final in his last WSM.

Rauno Heinla returned to WSM for the first time since 2011, ultimately taking 3rd place in his group. Two-time runner-up Mateusz Kieliszkowski made a much anticipated return to WSM for the first time since 2019, but disappointingly went out in the group stage for the first time in his career.

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
Event 3
Log Ladder
Event 4
Conan's Wheel
Event 5
Kettlebell toss
Pts
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavlo Kordiyaka 1st - 5 in 41.38s4th - 5 reps2nd - 5 in 46.00s1st - 742 °1st - 6 in 18.09s25
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Stoltman 2nd - 5 in 43.84s2nd - 6 reps1st - 5 in 41.56s6th - 598 °3rd - 6 in 21.99s20.5
3 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Thompson3rd - 5 in 56.56s1st - 7 reps3rd - 4 in 25.83s3rd - 649 °5th - 6 in 35.67s20
4 Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantine Janashia 4th - 5 in 1m 1.10s2nd - 6 reps5th - 4 in 1m 8.35s4th - 633 °2nd - 6 in 19.93s17.5
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Pa O'Dwyer5th - 5 in 1m 5.89s4th - 5 reps6th - 3 in 25.80s2nd - 722 °4th - 6 in 31.71s13
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Williams6th - 5 in 1m 6.44s4th - 5 reps4th - 4 in 55.89s5th - 614 °6th - 6 in 36.40s9

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3
Bobby ThompsonFlag of the United States.svg  United States 3

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Heat 2

#NameEvent 1
Loading race
Event 2
Deadlift
Event 3
Log Ladder
Event 4
Conan's Wheel
Event 5
Kettlebell toss
Pts
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Novikov 1st - 5 in 52.15s1st - 6 reps3rd - 4 in 32.50 s1st - 897 °6th - 1 in 9.56s23
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman 4th - 5 in 1m 2.78s2nd - 5 reps2nd - 5 in 52.76s3rd - 545 °2nd - 6 in 49.35s21
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gavin Bilton 5th - 5 in 1m 3.01s2nd - 5 reps4th - 4 in 56.84s2nd - 557 °1st - 6 in 19.90s20
4 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Evans3rd - 5 in 57.40 s2nd - 5 reps1st - 5 in 38.96s6th - 69 °4th - 5 in 28.68s18
5 Flag of Iceland.svg Kristján Jón Haraldsson 2nd - 5 in 54.18 s3rd - 4 reps5th - 2 in 16.28s4th - 524 °3rd - 5 in 15.57s15.5
6 Flag of Lebanon.svg Fadi El Masri6th - 4 in 49.57 s3rd - 4 reps6th - 2 in 17.43s5th - 70 °5th - 4 in 20.61s7.5


Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7
Gavin BiltonFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7

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Heat 3

#NameEvent 1
Loading race
Event 2
Deadlift
Event 3
Log Ladder
Event 4
Conan's Wheel
Event 5
Kettlebell toss
Pts
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitchell Hooper 1st - 5 in 42.05s1st - 8 reps1st - 5 in 39.51s1st - 636 °2nd - 6 in 17.18s29
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mathew Ragg3rd - 5 in 58.72s2nd - 7 reps2nd - 5 in 56.84s2nd - 628 °3rd - 6 in 21.96s22.5
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis 2nd - 5 in 52.71s4th - 5 reps4th - 4 in 30.44s3rd - 575 °4th - 6 in 25.41s17.5
4 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5th - 5 in 1m 7.53s6th - 4 reps5th - 4 in 33.24s4th - 538 °1st - 7 in 32.44s14
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks 6th - 4 in 53.40s2nd - 7 reps3rd - 4 in 28.31s6th - 425 °6th - 4 in 20.51s11.5
6 Flag of the United States.svg Spenser Remick4th - 5 in 1m 7.15s4th - 5 reps6th - 4 in 38.79s5th - 470 °5th - 5 in 24.31s10.5

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
Aivars ŠmaukstelisFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8

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Heat 4

#NameEvent 1
Loading race
Event 2
Deadlift
Event 3
Log Ladder
Event 4
Conan's Wheel
Event 5
Kettlebell toss
Pts
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Schoonwinkel1st - 5 in 47.10s4th - 6 reps2nd - 4 in 34.77s1st - 713 °3rd - 6 in 47.32s24
2 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Shaw 3rd 5 in 53.70s1st - 8 reps1st - 4 in 33.99s5th - 411 °1st - 7 in 48.45s23.5
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla 2nd - 5 in 51.41s1st - 8 reps3rd - 3 in 21.60s3rd - 572 °5th - 5 in 44.51s20.5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Bishop 4th - 4 in 43.12s3rd - 7 reps6th - 3 in 33.25s6th - 292 °2nd - 6 in 32.29s14
5 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Faires6th - 3 in 1m 5.30s5th - 5 reps4th - 3 in 28.93s2nd - 636 °4th - 5 in 34.09s13.5
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriel Rhéaume5th - 4 in 51.03s5th - 5 reps5th - 3 in 32.96s4th - 476 °6th - 3 in 14.00s9.5

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11
Rauno Heinla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 11

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Heat 5

#NameEvent 1
Loading race
Event 2
Deadlift
Event 3
Log Ladder
Event 4
Conan's Wheel
Event 5
Kettlebell toss
Pts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mitchell 3rd - 5 in 1m 6.64s1st - 8 reps1st - 5 in 39.44s3rd - 523 °1st - 7 in 34.42s26
2 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Singleton 1st - 5 in 46.90s2nd - 6 reps2nd - 4 in 35.48s2nd - 589 °3rd - 6 in 28.81s24.5
3 Flag of Iceland.svg Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð 2nd - 5 in 56.41s4th - 5 reps3rd - 4 in 39.93s1st - 629 °2nd - 6 in 27.66s22.5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Felix 5th - 4 in 54.32s2nd - 6 reps6th - 1 in 7.58s5th - 470 °4th - 4 in 42.66s12.5
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Smith4th - 4 in 44.79s6th - 4 reps4th - 4 in 45.84s4th - 518 °6th - 1 in 28.62s11
6 Flag of France.svg Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf6th - 3 in 40.63s4th - 5 reps5th - 3 in 22.34s6th - 143 °5th - 2 in 23.65s8.5

Stone Off

NameNationalityStones
Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8
Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8

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Finals events results

Event 1: Shield Carry

#NameNationalityDistanceEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 64.80 metres (212.6 ft)1010
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 63.15 metres (207.2 ft)99
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.87 metres (183.3 ft)88
4 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.83 metres (166.8 ft)77
5 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.30 metres (158.5 ft)66
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 46.59 metres (152.9 ft)55
7 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 44.62 metres (146.4 ft)44
8 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.10 metres (128.3 ft)33
9Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 37.65 metres (123.5 ft)22
10Jaco SchoonwinkelFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15.92 metres (52.2 ft)11
  1. Pavlo Kordiyaka did not cross the line during the turn after his second length of the course and was issued a 19.8-meter penalty. Had the penalty not been issued, Kordiyaka would have been the event winner. [8]

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Event 2: Deadlift

#NameNationalityRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 81020
2 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 77.515.5
2 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 77.514.5
2 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 77.510.5
2Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 77.59.5
6 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6514
7 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.59.5
7Jaco SchoonwinkelFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 53.54.5
9 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 427
10 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 315

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Event 3: Fingal's Fingers

#NameNationalityTime (sec)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 39.361024
2 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5 in 42.26924.5
3 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 48.46822.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5 in 48.69714
5 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 49.85615.5
6 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5 in 49.89525
7 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4 in 26.61414.5
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4 in 32.5438
9Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 in 35.03211.5
10Jaco Schoonwinkel [lower-alpha 1] Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 in 40.7615.5

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  1. After this event Jaco Schoonwinkel withdrew from the competition and took no further part.

Event 4: Max Dumbbell

#NameNationalityWeightEvent PtsOverall Pts
1 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 140 kilograms (310 lb)9.525
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 140 kilograms (310 lb)9.534.5
3 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 132 kilograms (291 lb)6.530.5
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 132 kilograms (291 lb)6.531
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 132 kilograms (291 lb)6.520.5
3 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 132 kilograms (291 lb)6.514.5
7 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 125 kilograms (276 lb)325.5
7 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 125 kilograms (276 lb)317.5
7Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 125 kilograms (276 lb)314.5

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Event 5: Bus Pull

#NameNationalityTime (sec)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.241044.5
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32.278.539
2 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32.278.533.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 32.46727.5
5 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32.49631.5
6 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32.65522.5
7 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32.83418.5
8 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 33.35334
9Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 36.29216.5

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Event 6: Atlas Stones

#NameNationalityTime (sec)Event PtsOverall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 33.261049
2 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5 in 36.96953.5
3 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5 in 45.72839.5
4 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 in 27.43741
5 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4 in 28.16639.5
6 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4 in 35.88527.5
7 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 in 45.86431.5
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4 in 48.49321.5
9Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 in 49.50218.5

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Final standings

#NameNationalityPts
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.5
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 49
3 Oleksii Novikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 41
4 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.5
5 Evan Singleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.5
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31.5
7 Brian Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27.5
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.5
9Mathew RaggFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18.5
10Jaco SchoonwinkelFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5.5

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Records

Mark Felix competed in his 18th World's Strongest Man competition, breaking his own record. He also became the oldest athlete to compete at the World's Strongest Man, being 57 years and 2 days old when the group stages concluded (and he was eliminated from the contest), breaking the record previously held by Odd Haugen. [9]

Brian Shaw broke his own records for most WSM finals (15), most consecutive WSM finals (also 15), and most consecutive WSM contests (16). He also became the second man after Felix to compete in 16 WSMs. On top of this, by winning the kettlebell throw in his group, he won a record 62nd event at WSM (across both the group stages and the finals).

Rauno Heinla competed at WSM for the first time since 2011, breaking the previous record for longest absence from WSM held by Travis Ortmayer, setting a new record of 12 years.

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