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2023 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates19-23 April 2023
VenueBurroughs and Chapin Pavilion Place
LocationMyrtle Beach, South Carolina
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating14
Champion(s)
Canada 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]

Participants[edit]

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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[edit]

Format[edit]

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[edit]

  • Loading Race: 5 implements. 1m 15 second time limit.
  • Deadlift Machine: 7 lifts ranging from 290.3–385.5 kilograms (640–850 lb), once the seventh lift is completed the final weight was lifted for max repetitions. 1m 15 second time limit.
  • Conan's Wheel: 200 kilograms (440 lb)
  • Log Ladder: 5 logs weighing 124.8 kilograms (275 lb), 140 kilograms (310 lb), 158.8 kilograms (350 lb), 170.1 kilograms (375 lb), 181.4 kilograms (400 lb). 1m 15 second time limit.
  • Kettlebell Toss: 7 kettlebells over a 4.57 metres (15.0 ft) bar. 60 second time limit.

Heat 1[edit]

# Name Event 1
Loading race 		Event 2
Deadlift 		Event 3
Log Ladder 		Event 4
Conan's Wheel 		Event 5
Kettlebell toss 		Pts
1 Ukraine Pavlo Kordiyaka 1st - 5 in 41.38s 4th - 5 reps 2nd - 5 in 46.00s 1st - 742 ° 1st - 6 in 18.09s 25
2 United Kingdom Tom Stoltman 2nd - 5 in 43.84s 2nd - 6 reps 1st - 5 in 41.56s 6th - 598 ° 3rd - 6 in 21.99s 20.5
3 United States Bobby Thompson 3rd - 5 in 56.56s 1st - 7 reps 3rd - 4 in 25.83s 3rd - 649 ° 5th - 6 in 35.67s 20
4 Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia 4th - 5 in 1m 1.10s 2nd - 6 reps 5th - 4 in 1m 8.35s 4th - 633 ° 2nd - 6 in 19.93s 17.5
5 Republic of Ireland Pa O'Dwyer 5th - 5 in 1m 5.89s 4th - 5 reps 6th - 3 in 25.80s 2nd - 722 ° 4th - 6 in 31.71s 13
6 Australia Eddie Williams 6th - 5 in 1m 6.44s 4th - 5 reps 4th - 4 in 55.89s 5th - 614 ° 6th - 6 in 36.40s 9

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 3
Bobby Thompson  United States 3

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Heat 2[edit]

# Name Event 1
Loading race 		Event 2
Deadlift 		Event 3
Log Ladder 		Event 4
Conan's Wheel 		Event 5
Kettlebell toss 		Pts
1 Ukraine Oleksii Novikov 1st - 5 in 52.15s 1st - 6 reps 3rd - 4 in 32.50 s 1st - 897 ° 6th - 1 in 9.56s 23
2 United Kingdom Luke Stoltman 4th - 5 in 1m 2.78s 2nd - 5 reps 2nd - 5 in 52.76s 3rd - 545 ° 2nd - 6 in 49.35s 21
3 United Kingdom Gavin Bilton 5th - 5 in 1m 3.01s 2nd - 5 reps 4th - 4 in 56.84s 2nd - 557 ° 1st - 6 in 19.90s 20
4 United States Thomas Evans 3rd - 5 in 57.40 s 2nd - 5 reps 1st - 5 in 38.96s 6th - 69 ° 4th - 5 in 28.68s 18
5 Iceland Kristján Jón Haraldsson 2nd - 5 in 54.18 s 3rd - 4 reps 5th - 2 in 16.28s 4th - 524 ° 3rd - 5 in 15.57s 15.5
6 Lebanon Fadi El Masri 6th - 4 in 49.57 s 3rd - 4 reps 6th - 2 in 17.43s 5th - 70 ° 5th - 4 in 20.61s 7.5


Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 7
Gavin Bilton  United Kingdom 7

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Heat 3[edit]

# Name Event 1
Loading race 		Event 2
Deadlift 		Event 3
Log Ladder 		Event 4
Conan's Wheel 		Event 5
Kettlebell toss 		Pts
1 Canada Mitchell Hooper 1st - 5 in 42.05s 1st - 8 reps 1st - 5 in 39.51s 1st - 636 ° 2nd - 6 in 17.18s 29
2 New Zealand Mathew Ragg 3rd - 5 in 58.72s 2nd - 7 reps 2nd - 5 in 56.84s 2nd - 628 ° 3rd - 6 in 21.96s 22.5
3 Latvia Aivars Šmaukstelis 2nd - 5 in 52.71s 4th - 5 reps 4th - 4 in 30.44s 3rd - 575 ° 4th - 6 in 25.41s 17.5
4 Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5th - 5 in 1m 7.53s 6th - 4 reps 5th - 4 in 33.24s 4th - 538 ° 1st - 7 in 32.44s 14
5 United Kingdom Graham Hicks 6th - 4 in 53.40s 2nd - 7 reps 3rd - 4 in 28.31s 6th - 425 ° 6th - 4 in 20.51s 11.5
6 United States Spenser Remick 4th - 5 in 1m 7.15s 4th - 5 reps 6th - 4 in 38.79s 5th - 470 ° 5th - 5 in 24.31s 10.5

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 8
Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 8

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Heat 4[edit]

# Name Event 1
Loading race 		Event 2
Deadlift 		Event 3
Log Ladder 		Event 4
Conan's Wheel 		Event 5
Kettlebell toss 		Pts
1 South Africa Jaco Schoonwinkel 1st - 5 in 47.10s 4th - 6 reps 2nd - 4 in 34.77s 1st - 713 ° 3rd - 6 in 47.32s 24
2 United States Brian Shaw 3rd 5 in 53.70s 1st - 8 reps 1st - 4 in 33.99s 5th - 411 ° 1st - 7 in 48.45s 23.5
3 Estonia Rauno Heinla 2nd - 5 in 51.41s 1st - 8 reps 3rd - 3 in 21.60s 3rd - 572 ° 5th - 5 in 44.51s 20.5
4 United Kingdom Adam Bishop 4th - 4 in 43.12s 3rd - 7 reps 6th - 3 in 33.25s 6th - 292 ° 2nd - 6 in 32.29s 14
5 United States Kevin Faires 6th - 3 in 1m 5.30s 5th - 5 reps 4th - 3 in 28.93s 2nd - 636 ° 4th - 5 in 34.09s 13.5
6 Canada Gabriel Rhéaume 5th - 4 in 51.03s 5th - 5 reps 5th - 3 in 32.96s 4th - 476 ° 6th - 3 in 14.00s 9.5

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Brian Shaw  United States 11
Rauno Heinla  Estonia 11

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Heat 5[edit]

# Name Event 1
Loading race 		Event 2
Deadlift 		Event 3
Log Ladder 		Event 4
Conan's Wheel 		Event 5
Kettlebell toss 		Pts
1 United States Trey Mitchell 3rd - 5 in 1m 6.64s 1st - 8 reps 1st - 5 in 39.44s 3rd - 523 ° 1st - 7 in 34.42s 26
2 United States Evan Singleton 1st - 5 in 46.90s 2nd - 6 reps 2nd - 4 in 35.48s 2nd - 589 ° 3rd - 6 in 28.81s 24.5
3 Iceland Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð 2nd - 5 in 56.41s 4th - 5 reps 3rd - 4 in 39.93s 1st - 629 ° 2nd - 6 in 27.66s 22.5
4 United Kingdom Mark Felix 5th - 4 in 54.32s 2nd - 6 reps 6th - 1 in 7.58s 5th - 470 ° 4th - 4 in 42.66s 12.5
5 United Kingdom Paul Smith 4th - 4 in 44.79s 6th - 4 reps 4th - 4 in 45.84s 4th - 518 ° 6th - 1 in 28.62s 11
6 France Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 6th - 3 in 40.63s 4th - 5 reps 5th - 3 in 22.34s 6th - 143 ° 5th - 2 in 23.65s 8.5

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Evan Singleton  United States 8
Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 8

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Finals events results[edit]

Event 1: Shield Carry[edit]

  • Weight: 190 kilograms (420 lb) for distance
# Name Nationality Distance Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 64.80 metres (212.6 ft) 10 10
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 63.15 metres (207.2 ft) 9 9
3 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) 8 8
4 Trey Mitchell  United States 50.83 metres (166.8 ft) 7 7
5 Evan Singleton  United States 48.30 metres (158.5 ft) 6 6
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka[a]  Ukraine 46.59 metres (152.9 ft) 5 5
7 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 44.62 metres (146.4 ft) 4 4
8 Brian Shaw  United States 39.10 metres (128.3 ft) 3 3
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 37.65 metres (123.5 ft) 2 2
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel  South Africa 15.92 metres (52.2 ft) 1 1
  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[edit]

  • Weight: 353 kilograms (778 lb) for repetitions
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 8 10 20
2 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 7 7.5 15.5
2 Trey Mitchell  United States 7 7.5 14.5
2 Brian Shaw  United States 7 7.5 10.5
2 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 7 7.5 9.5
6 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 6 5 14
7 Evan Singleton  United States 5 3.5 9.5
7 Jaco Schoonwinkel  South Africa 5 3.5 4.5
9 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 4 2 7
10 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 3 1 5

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Event 3: Fingal's Fingers[edit]

  • Weight: 5 implements ranging from 145–172 kilograms (320–379 lb)
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 5 in 39.36 10 24
2 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 5 in 42.26 9 24.5
3 Trey Mitchell  United States 5 in 48.46 8 22.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 5 in 48.69 7 14
5 Evan Singleton  United States 5 in 49.85 6 15.5
6 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 5 in 49.89 5 25
7 Brian Shaw  United States 4 in 26.61 4 14.5
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 4 in 32.54 3 8
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 4 in 35.03 2 11.5
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel[a]  South Africa 4 in 40.76 1 5.5

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

Event 4: Max Dumbbell[edit]

  • Opening Weight: 115 kilograms (254 lb)
# Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Evan Singleton  United States 140 kilograms (310 lb) 9.5 25
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 140 kilograms (310 lb) 9.5 34.5
3 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 132 kilograms (291 lb) 6.5 30.5
3 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 132 kilograms (291 lb) 6.5 31
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 132 kilograms (291 lb) 6.5 20.5
3 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 132 kilograms (291 lb) 6.5 14.5
7 Trey Mitchell  United States 125 kilograms (276 lb) 3 25.5
7 Brian Shaw  United States 125 kilograms (276 lb) 3 17.5
7 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 125 kilograms (276 lb) 3 14.5

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Event 5: Bus Pull[edit]

  • Weight: 23,000 kilograms (51,000 lb)
  • Course Length: 25 metres (82 ft)
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 30.24 10 44.5
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 32.27 8.5 39
2 Evan Singleton  United States 32.27 8.5 33.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 32.46 7 27.5
5 Trey Mitchell  United States 32.49 6 31.5
6 Brian Shaw  United States 32.65 5 22.5
7 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 32.83 4 18.5
8 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 33.35 3 34
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 36.29 2 16.5

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Event 6: Atlas Stones[edit]

  • Weight: 5 stones ranging from 150–210 kilograms (330–460 lb)
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 5 in 33.26 10 49
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 5 in 36.96 9 53.5
3 Trey Mitchell  United States 5 in 45.72 8 39.5
4 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 4 in 27.43 7 41
5 Evan Singleton  United States 4 in 28.16 6 39.5
6 Brian Shaw  United States 4 in 35.88 5 27.5
7 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 4 in 45.86 4 31.5
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 4 in 48.49 3 21.5
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 4 in 49.50 2 18.5

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Final standings[edit]

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 53.5
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 49
3 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 41
4 Trey Mitchell  United States 39.5
5 Evan Singleton  United States 39.5
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 31.5
7 Brian Shaw  United States 27.5
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 21.5
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 18.5
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel  South Africa 5.5

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Records[edit]

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.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Dickson, Jake (April 23, 2023). "Mitchell Hooper Wins 2023 World's Strongest Man". BarBend. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Wolf, Dylan (April 23, 2023). "Mitchel Hooper Wins 2023 World's Strongest Man". Generation Iron. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Zeglinski, Robert (April 23, 2023). "Mitchel Hooper Wins 2023 World's Strongest Man". Breaking Muscle. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
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  7. ^ Polish, Alex (April 19, 2023). "Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou Withdraws From the 2023 World's Strongest Man — Kristján Jón Haraldsson Steps In". BarBend. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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  9. ^ Tabakovic, Vedad Tabakovic (April 21, 2023). "Mark Felix Retires From World's Strongest Man Appearances; A Tribute to a Strongman Legend". Fitness Volt. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

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Preceded by 2023 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2024 World's Strongest Man
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