2024 World's Strongest Man

2024 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates1-5 May 2024
LocationMyrtle Beach, South Carolina
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating15
Champion(s)
Tom Stoltman

The 2024 World's Strongest Man was the 47th World's Strongest Man competition that took place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from May 1 to 5, 2024.

Participants

This year's competition welcomed 11 new faces to the competition, and included 5 notable withdraws from previous champions Martins Licis (sciatica) and Oleksii Novikov (bicep issues), former two-time runner up Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Achilles injury), Shane Flowers (bicep tear), and Kristján Jón Haraldsson (ACL tear).

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

  • Webster Stones: 2 stones weighing 136 kilograms (300 lb) and 113 kilograms (249 lb) for distance, one drop is allowed.
  • Deadlift Ladder: 5 bars weighing 300–380 kilograms (660–840 lb). 60 second time limit.
  • Sandbag Steeplechase: 3 bags weighing 120 kilograms (260 lb) each. To be taken down a 20 metres (66 ft) course with a lift over a bar at the half way point and then on to a platform. 1 minute 15 second time limit.
  • Viking Press: 150 kilograms (330 lb). 60 second time limit
  • Car Walk: 454 kilograms (1,001 lb). 20 metres (66 ft) course. 60 second time limit.

Heat 1

# Name Event 1
Webster Stones 		Event 2
Deadlift Ladder 		Event 3
Sandbag Steepelchase 		Event 4
Globe Viking Press 		Event 5
Car Walk 		Pts
1 Tristain Hoath 4th - 31.38 metres (103.0 ft) 1st - 5 in 49.68s 1st - 6 in 1m 3.36s 2nd - 15 reps 2nd - 23.20s 25
2 Eddie Williams 1st - 46.45 metres (152.4 ft) 2nd - 5 in 58.07s 3rd - 5 in 57.95s 5th - 10 reps 1st - 14.06s 21.5
3 Luke Stoltman 2nd - 33.12 metres (108.7 ft) 3rd - 4 in 30.86s 2nd - 6 in 1m 4.16s 3rd - 11 reps 3rd - 24.14s 21.5
4 Trey Mitchell 5th - 12.78 metres (41.9 ft) 5th - 4 in 49.72s 5th - 6 in 1m 13.92s 1st - 16 reps 4th - 16.77 metres (55.0 ft) 17
5 Kevin Faires 3rd - 32.59 metres (106.9 ft) 4th - 4 in 42.35s 4th - 5 in 58.33s 3rd - 11 reps 5th - 12.91 metres (42.4 ft) 14.5
6 Oskar Ziółkowski 6th - 10.66 metres (35.0 ft) 6th - 3 in 46.35s 6th - 4 in 54.85s 5th - 10 reps 6th - 0.52 metres (1.7 ft) 5.5

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 9
Eddie Williams  Australia 8

Heat 2

# Name Event 1
Webster Stones 		Event 2
Deadlift Ladder 		Event 3
Sandbag Steepelchase 		Event 4
Globe Viking Press 		Event 5
Car Walk 		Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper 1st - 40.00 metres (131.23 ft) 1st - 5 in 36.54s 1st - 6 in 53.84s 2nd - 14 reps 4th - 3.3 metres (11 ft) 25.5
2 Ondřej Fojtů 1st - 40.00 metres (131.23 ft) 3rd - 4 in 32.51s 2nd - 6 in 1m 2.91s 1st - 15 reps 5th - 2.01 metres (6.6 ft) 22.5
3 Austin Andrade 3rd - 29.59 metres (97.1 ft) 2nd - 5 in 51.14s 3rd - 5 in 1m 5.69s 5th - 12 reps 2nd - 24.13s 20
4 Spenser Remick 4th - 27.79 metres (91.2 ft) 6th - 4 in 53.52s 4th - 5 in 1m 6.41s 3rd - 13 reps 1st - 20.87s 16.5
5 Nicolas Cambi 6th - 14.69 metres (48.2 ft) 5th - 4 in 46.48s 6th - 0 in 1m 15.00s 3rd - 13 reps 3rd - 35.69s 10.5
6 Gavin Bilton 5th - 25.27 metres (82.9 ft) 4th - 4 in 38.23s 5th - 3 in 34.32s N/A N/A 7

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Austin Andrade  Mexico 8
Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 7

Heat 3

# Name Event 1
Webster Stones 		Event 2
Deadlift Ladder 		Event 3
Sandbag Steepelchase 		Event 4
Globe Viking Press 		Event 5
Car Walk 		Pts
1 Mathew Ragg 3rd - 21.93 metres (71.9 ft) 2nd - 5 in 30.72s 1st - 6 in 1m 0.10s 3rd - 12 reps 3rd - 19.17s 23
2 Adam Bishop 1st - 35.29 metres (115.8 ft) 1st - 5 in 27.17s 2nd - 5 in 58.70s 5th - 7 reps 5th - 15.2 metres (50 ft) 20.5
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 2nd - 32.56 metres (106.8 ft) 4th - 4 in 35.88s 5th - 4 in 43.85s 2nd - 14 reps 2nd - 17.07s 20
4 Thomas Evans 4th - 21.66 metres (71.1 ft) 3rd - 5 in 52.53s 6th - 3 in 35.46s 1st - 17 reps 4th - 55.58s 17
5 Rob Kearney 5th - 20.35 metres (66.8 ft) 6th - 3 in 29.20s 4th - 5 in 1m 12.10s 4th - 11 reps 1st - 12.07s 15
6 Pa O'Dwyer 6th - 16.65 metres (54.6 ft) 5th - 4 in 40.11s 3rd - 5 in 1m 6.62s 5th - 7 reps N/A 8.5

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 1
Thomas Evans  United States 1

Heat 4

# Name Event 1
Webster Stones 		Event 2
Deadlift Ladder 		Event 3
Sandbag Steepelchase 		Event 4
Globe Viking Press 		Event 5
Car Walk 		Pts
1 Evan Singleton 1st - 40.00 metres (131.23 ft) 2nd - 5 in 44.50s 2nd - 6 in 1m 11.10s 1st - 16 reps N/A 22
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4th - 25.78 metres (84.6 ft) 6th - 3 in 26.64s 1st - 6 in 57.58s 2nd - 14 reps 4th - 29.89s 18
3 Marcus Crowder 2nd - 35.92 metres (117.8 ft) 5th - 4 in 43.70s 5th - 4 in 36.65s 3rd - 12 reps 2nd - 22.23s 17.5
4 Kane Francis 5th - 21.38 metres (70.1 ft) 3rd - 4 in 26.98s 4th - 4 in 36.23s 3rd - 12 reps 3rd - 23.56s 16.5
5 Evans Nana Aryee 6th - 20.16 metres (66.1 ft) 4th - 4 in 31.59s 3rd - 5 in 1m 1.82s 6th - 8 reps 1st - 18.36s 15
6 Rauno Heinla 3rd - 27.55 metres (90.4 ft) 1st - 5 in 40.27s 6th - 4 in 59.13s 5th - 9 reps 5th - 8.75 metres (28.7 ft) 15

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 5
Marcus Crowder  United States 5

Heat 5

# Name Event 1
Webster Stones 		Event 2
Deadlift Ladder 		Event 3
Sandbag Steepelchase 		Event 4
Globe Viking Press 		Event 5
Car Walk 		Pts
1 Tom Stoltman 2nd - 29.74 metres (97.6 ft) 2nd - 5 in 46.48s 1st - 6 in 53.69s 1st - 14 reps 5th - 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) 23.5
2 Wesley Derwinsky 3rd - 29.36 metres (96.3 ft) 1st - 5 in 45.90s 4th - 5 in 57.23s 2nd - 13 reps 2nd - 22.59s 21.5
3 Jaco Schoonwinkel 1st - 31.75 metres (104.2 ft) 3rd - 4 in 29.87s 2nd - 6 in 1m 8.39s 5th - 12 reps 3rd - 28.41s 21
4 Adam Roszkowski 5th - 22.62 metres (74.2 ft) 5th - 3 in 37.35s 5th - 5 in 1m 5.76s 1st - 14 reps 1st - 22.43s 17.5
5 Nathan Goltry 4th - 24.56 metres (80.6 ft) 4th - 4 in 48.12s 3rd - 6 in 1m 14.95s 2nd - 13 reps 4th - 36.98s 16.5
6 Bobby Thompson 6th - 20.00 metres (65.62 ft) N/A N/A N/A N/A 1

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 8
Jaco Schoonwinkel  South Africa 8

Finals events results

Event 1: Giant's Medley

  • Weight: 454 kilograms (1,001 lb) yoke and 330 kilograms (730 lb) frame
  • Course length: 40 metres (130 ft) total. 20 metres (66 ft) each implement.
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Evan Singleton  United States 30.21 10 10
2 Austin Andrade  Mexico 40.61 9 9
3 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 41.26 8 8
4 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 59.20 7 7
5 Tristain Hoath  Canada 35.54 metres (116.6 ft) 6 6
6 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 34.59 metres (113.5 ft) 5 5
7 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 28.90 metres (94.8 ft) 4 4
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 27.43 metres (90.0 ft) 3 3
9 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 21.96 metres (72.0 ft) 2 2
10 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 20.99 metres (68.9 ft) 1 1

Event 2: Max Axle Press

  • Opening weight: 170 kilograms (370 lb)
# Name Nationality Weight Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 210 kilograms (460 lb) 9.5 17.5
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 210 kilograms (460 lb) 9.5 14.5
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 200 kilograms (440 lb) 8 9
4 Evan Singleton  United States 190 kilograms (420 lb) 6 16
4 Austin Andrade  Mexico 190 kilograms (420 lb) 6 15
4 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 190 kilograms (420 lb) 6 9
7 Tristain Hoath  Canada 180 kilograms (400 lb) 4 10
8 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 170 kilograms (370 lb) 3 7
9 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada N/A 0 7
9 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia N/A 0 2

Event 3: Keg Toss

  • Weight: 15 kilograms (33 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds per height attempt
  • Notes: 3 attempts at each height
# Name Nationality Height Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 7.76 metres (25.5 ft) 9 26.5
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 7.76 metres (25.5 ft) 9 23.5
1 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 7.76 metres (25.5 ft) 9 16
4 Evan Singleton  United States 7.50 metres (24.6 ft) 7 23
5 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 7.00 metres (22.97 ft) 5.5 12.5
5 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 7.00 metres (22.97 ft) 5.5 7.5
7 Austin Andrade  Mexico 6.50 metres (21.3 ft) 3.5 18.5
7 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 6.50 metres (21.3 ft) 3.5 12.5
9 Tristain Hoath  Canada 6.00 metres (19.69 ft) 2 12
10 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine N/A 0 9

Event 4: Conan's Wheel

  • Weight: 250 kilograms (550 lb)
# Name Nationality Degrees/
Rotations 		Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 922 ° 10 19
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 821 ° 9 32.5
3 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 777 ° 8 34.5
4 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 748 ° 7 19.5
5 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 681 ° 6 22
6 Tristain Hoath  Canada 643 ° 5 17
7 Evan Singleton  United States 598 ° 4 27
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 527 ° 3 15.5
9 Austin Andrade  Mexico 526 ° 2 20.5
10 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 486 ° 1 8.5

Event 5: Tire Deadlift

  • Weight: 374 kilograms (825 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 8 10 29.5
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 7 8.5 43
2 Tristain Hoath  Canada 7 8.5 25.5
4 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 6 6 38.5
4 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 6 6 28
4 Austin Andrade  Mexico 6 6 26.5
7 Evan Singleton  United States 5 4 31
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 4 3 18.5
9 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 3 2 10.5
10 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 1 1 20

Event 6: Atlas Stones

  • Weight: 5 stones ranging from 140–210 kilograms (310–460 lb)
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event
points 		Overall
points
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 5 in 38.14 10 53
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 4 in 37.35 9 47.5
3 Tristain Hoath  Canada 4 in 43.79 8 33.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 4 in 44.58 7 27
5 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 4 in 49.93 6 35.5
6 Evan Singleton  United States 3 in 24.09 5 36
7 Austin Andrade  Mexico 3 in 24.42 4 30.5
8 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 3 in 30.80 3 31
9 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 3 in 32.88 2 12.5
10 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 3 in 36.09 1 19.5

Final standings

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 53
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 47.5
3 Evan Singleton  United States 36
4 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 35.5
5 Tristain Hoath  Canada 33.5
6 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 31
7 Austin Andrade  Mexico 30.5
8 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 27
9 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 19.5
10 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 12.5

Notes

  1. ^ Gavin Bilton withdrew on the start of day two of the competition due to the recommendation of the medical staff.
  2. ^ Adam Bishop finished in second place in the group and progressed through to the stone off however during the car walk he sustained a ruptured achilles and withdrew from the competition. The stone off was therefore between third and fourth place instead of second and third.
  3. ^ Bobby Thompson sustained an injury in the Webster Stones and took no further part in the competition.
  4. ^ a b c Tom Stoltman, Mitchell Hooper and Wesley Derwinsky set a new world record in the 15 kilograms (33 lb) keg toss for height, breaking the previous record of 7.75 metres (25.4 ft) set by Brian Shaw at the 2021 World's Strongest Man.

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Preceded by 2024 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2025 World's Strongest Man