2021 World’s Strongest Man Results And Point Standings: Tom Stoltman Wins

The 2021 World’s Strongest Man takes place in Sacramento, California, from June 15th-20th. This is a breakdown and recap of all the action, as the strongmen compete in the biggest competition in the sport.

This year’s WSM moved from Florida to California, where the temperature has surpassed the triple digits. This has led to a variety of complicating factors with the equipment, and has made the whole situation challenging for the athletes.

There have also been a handful of withdrawals from the contest too, beginning with Graham Hicks pulling out before the competition began. After that though, we saw Chris van der Linde get sick and pull out, Luke Richardson tear a bicep, and Terry Hollands get injured and retire from WSM.

World’s Strongest Man 2021 Point Standings:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Tom Stoltman – UK	45.5
2	Brian Shaw – USA	42.5
3	Maxime Boudreault – Canada	36.5
4	Trey Mitchell – USA	35
5	JF Caron – Canada	34
6	Konstantine Janashia – Georgia	32.5
7	Luke Stoltman – UK	32
8	Adam Bishop — UK	27
9	Bobby Thompson – USA	23.5 (withdrew)
10	Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – Iceland	20.5

World’s Strongest Man Finals Results and Recap

2021 WSM Day Five (Finals Day Two) Results

The last day of the 2021 World’s Strongest Man featured three events: a Max Log Lift, and a KNAACK Deadlift event, before the athletes finally ended the week on an Atlas Stone lift, to determine this year’s champion. After an exciting week of competition,

Log Lift

The last day of the 2021 WSM Finals is the Log Lift event, done for max weight. Athletes begin with logs set at 170kg, and increase the weight with each rep from there.

Heading into the event, there were a few athletes looking to set new American and world records in this event. In the end, Luke Stoltman ended the event on top, but was 2.5kg shy of Bobby Thompson’s 217.5kg American Record.

Luke Stoltman – 215kg (10 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 205kg (8 points)
Trey Mitchell – 205kg (8 points)
Bobby Thompson – 205kg (8 points)
Brian Shaw – 195kg (5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 195kg (5 points)
JF Caron – 195kg (5 points)
Tom Stoltman – 185kg (2.5 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 185kg (2.5 points)
Adam Bishop – 170kg (1 point)

KNAACK Deadlift Event

With this deadlift challenge, athletes are tasked with deadlifting a pair of KNAACK job site boxes, weighing 350kg in total. This event is scored for max reps, done within a 60 second time limit

This ended up being one of the closest events of the Finals, with there being a three-way tie for first place. Trey Mitchell, JF Caron, and Adam Bishop all mangled ten reps of this massive lift.

Trey Mitchell – 10 reps (9 points)
JF Caron – 10 reps (9 points)
Adam Bishop – 10 reps (9 points)
Brian Shaw – 9 reps (6.5 points)
Bobby Thompson – 9 reps (6.5 points)
Tom Stoltman – 8 reps (4.5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 8 reps (4.5 points)
Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted – 7 reps (3 points)
Luke Stoltman – 6 reps (2 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 3 reps (1 point)

Atlas Stone Event

Despite how things looked in the first day of the Finals, everything came down to the Atlas Stone event. Athletes lifted a medley of stones, ranging from 140kg-210kg, until they could not lift any heavier.

Prior to the event, Bobby Thompson was forced to withdraw from the Finals. However that had no effect on the outcome of this iconic event, as Tom Stoltman would win the event, ending the contest with the title of World’s Strongest Man.

Tom Stoltman – 5 stones in 0:20:21 (10 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 5 stones in 0:28:63 (9 points)
Brian Shaw – 5 stones in 0:31:45 (8 points)
JF Caron – 5 stones in 0:37:17 (7 points)
Trey Mitchell – 5 stones in 0:37:26 (6 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 4 stones in 0:20:81 (5 points)
Adam Bishop – 4 stones in 0:30:61 (4 points)
Luke Stoltman – 4 stones in 0:33:50 (3 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 4 stones in 0:33:65 (2 points)
Bobby Thompson – withdrew

2021 WSM Day Four (Finals Day One) Results

This year’s WSM had three days of Qualifying Rounds, before the top ten strongmen advanced to the two-day Finals. After those three hard days of competition, athletes got to rest and recover on Friday, before getting back to action on Saturday.

The first day of the Finals saw three events taking place: the Giants Medley, the Titan’s Turntable, and a REIGN Keg Toss. This is the first year that we will see the Titan’s Turntable event, which has the strongmen pushing an antique train on a rotating platform.

Check out the event results from Day Four of the 2021 WSM:

Giants Medley

The Giants Medley left the athletes having to do a 440kg (970lb) yoke for 10 meters, followed by a 350kg (772lb) frame carry for 15 meters. Athletes are scored for time.

This was an extremely close event, with the top five athletes finishing in a range of less than five seconds from one another. In the end, Tom Stoltman would breeze through the competition though, finishing two seconds faster than second place winner Konstantine Janashia.

Tom Stoltman – 0:18:36 (10 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 0:20:31 (9 points)
Brian Shaw – 0:20:53 (8 points)
Luke Stoltman – 0:20:72 (7 points)
JF Caron – 0:21:31 (6 points)
Adam Bishop – 0:22:39 (5 points)
Bobby Thompson – 0:25:06 (4 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 0:31:43 (3 points)
Trey Mitchell – 0:45:61 (2 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – DNF, 10m in 0:12:75 (1 point)

Titan’s Turntable

The Titan’s Turnable is a new event at the 2021 World’s Strongest Man. Here the athletes are required to push a 19th century JW Bowker steam engine, sitting on top of a California State Railroad Museum Turntable, 160 degrees which equates to roughly 30 meters, being scored for time with a 75 second limit.

Again, we would see Tom Stoltman absolutely annihilate the competition. He came in nearly 6 seconds faster at the Titan’s Turntable than the second place competitor, continuing his strong showing on the first day of Finals.

Tom Stoltman – 0:46:89 (10 points)
Trey Mitchell – 0:52:34 (9 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 0:52:83 (8 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 0:55:16 (7 points)
Luke Stoltman – 0:55:94 (6 points)
Brian Shaw – 0:56:73 (5 points)
Adam Bishop – 0:57:78 (4 points)
JF Caron – 0:57:84 (3 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 1:00:15 (2 points)
Bobby Thompson – 1:02:31 (1 point)

REIGN Keg Toss

The third and final event for Day Four of the 2021 WSM is the Keg Toss. The Strongmen throw a 15kg (33lb) keg as high as they can, and over a platform. The platform increases in heigh from 5.75m, to 6.5m, before 6.75m, then 7m, before ending on 7.3m, which would break the current world record of 7.2m that belongs to Brian Shaw.

This event turned out to be a battle between the top four competitors, but in the end Brian Shaw set a new Keg Toss world record at 7.75 meters. This surpassed his previously held record by half of a meter.

Brian Shaw – 7.75 meters (10 points)
Tom Stoltman – (8.5 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 7.5 meters (8.5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 7.26 meters (7 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 6.75 meters (4 points)
Luke Stoltman – 6.75 meters (4 points)
Adam Bishop – 6.75 meters (4 points)
JF Caron – 6.75 meters (4 points)
Bobby Thompson – 6.75 meters (4 points)
Trey Mitchell – 6 meters (1 point)

2021 World’s Strongest Man Finalists

Aside from that, the competition has been immensely fierce, with almost every single athlete having a moment of success at the 2021 World’s Strongest Man. After three hard days of qualifying, ten strongman athletes will advance to the two day Finals, to determine who the strongest in the world is.

Below is a reminder on who is moving on to the Finals, as well as a recap of all the action that got them there.

Brian Shaw – ( points)
Trey Mitchell – ( points)
JF Caron – ( points)
Konstantine Janashia – ( points)
Bobby Thompson – ( points)
Maxime Boudreault – ( points)
Tom Stoltman – ( points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – ( points)
Adam Bishop – ( points)
Luke Stoltman – ( points)

World’s Strongest Man Qualifying Results and Recap

2021 WSM Day #2 Point Standings
Group 1
No.	Name	Total Points
1	Brian Shaw – USA	19.5
2	Maxime Boudreault – Canada	17
3	Aivars Smaukstelis – Latvia	16.5
4	Gavin Bilton – UK	12
5	Travis Ortmayer – USA	10
Group 2
No.	Name	Total Points
1	Trey Mitchell – USA	19
2	Tom Stoltman – UK	18
3	Mark Felix – UK	14
4	Evan Singleton – USA	13
5	Johnny Hansson – Sweden	11
Group 3
No.	Name	Total Points
1	JF Caron – Canada	20
2	Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – Iceland	17
3	Robert Oberst – USA	16
4	Mikhail Shivlyakov – Russia	15
5	Luke Richardson – UK	2 (withdrew)
Group 4
No.	Name	Total Points
1	Konstantine Janashia – Georgia	21
2	Adam Bishop – UK	17
3	Jerry Pritchett – USA	15
4	Chris Van Der Linde – South Africa	7 (withdrew)
5	Terry Hollands – UK	3 (withdrew)
Group 5
No.	Name	Total Points
1	Bobby Thompson – USA	18
2	Luke Stoltman– UK	18
3	Kevin Faires – USA	17
4	Oleksii Novikov – Ukraine	17
5	Ervin Toots –	5

2021 WSM Day Three Results

The third and final day of the qualifying rounds for the 2021 World’s Strongest Man had two events: an Overhead Press Medley, and a Pickaxe Hold. From there, the second and third place athletes in each group faced each other in an Atlas Stone-Off, for one last chance to make it to the Finals.

There were a lot of impressive and shocking performances during these events, with perhaps the most surprising being that 2020 winner Oleksii Novikov did not make the Finals. Of course, when you look at how intense the competition was in his group, that comes as title surprise.

Check out the event results from Day Three of the 2021 WSM:

Overhead Medley

Athletes overhead press 210lb dumbbell, 220lb dumbbell, 342lb circus barbell, and 260lb axle barbell. Scored for time.

Group One

Brian Shaw – 4 in 0:34:72 (5 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 4 in 0:37:19 (4 points)
Gavin Bilton – 4 in 0:49:84 (3 points)
Aivars Smaukstelis – 3 in 0:19:87 (2 points)
Travis Ortmayer – 1 in 0:06:90 (1 point)

Group Two

Trey Mitchell – 4 in 0:29:77 (5 points)
Evan Singleton- 4 in 0:32:08 (4 points)
Tom Stoltman – 4 in 0:38:02 (3 points)
Johnny Hansson – 3 in 0:29:02 (2 points)
Mark Felix – 1 in 0:06:42 (1 point)

Group Three

JF Caron – 4 in 0:33:72 (5 points)
Mikhail Shivlyakov – 4 in 0:38:18 (4 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 4 in 0:39:77 (3 points)
Robert Oberst – 4 in 0:52:25 (2 points)
Luke Richardson – (withdrew)

Group Four

Adam Bishop – 3 in 0:27:74 (5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 3 in 0:48:42 (4 points)
Jerry Pritchett – on in 1:15:00 (0 points)
Terry Hollands – (withdrew)
Chris Van Der Linde – (withdrew)

Group Five

Oleksii Novikov – 4 in 0:24:83 (5 points)
Luke Stoltman- 4 in 0:25:63 (4 points)
Kevin Faires – 4 in 0:29:23 (3 points)
Bobby Thompson – 4 in 0:43:43 (2 points)
Ervin Toots – 2 in 0:21:88 (1 point)

Pickaxe Hold

Athletes face off holding giant 60lb pickaxes, straight out in front of them, as long as they can. Scored for time.

Group One

Aivars Smaukstelis – 0:32:51 (5 points)
Gavin Bilton – 0:31:02 (4 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 0:30:62 (3 points)
Travis Ortmayer – 0:20:28 (2 points)
Brian Shaw – 0:05:64 (1 point)

Group Two

Trey Mitchell – 0:46:13 (5 points)
Mark Felix – 0:40:82 (4 points)
Tom Stoltman – 0:36:90 (3 points)
Evan Singleton – 0:28:90 (2 points)
Johnny Hansson – 0:28:15 (1 point)

Group Three

Robert Oberst – 0:48:03 (5 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 0:43:067 (4 points)
JF Caron – 0:29:09 (3 points)
Mikhail Shivlyakov – 0:23:25 ( points)
Luke Richardson – (withdrew)

Group Four

Jerry Pritchett – 0:35:39 (5 points)
Adam Bishop – 0:25:07 (4 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 0:10:97 (3 points)
Terry Hollands – (withdrew)
Chris Van Der Linde – (withdrew)

Group Five

Bobby Thompson – 0:41:62 (5 points)
Kevin Faires – 0:35:38 (4 points)
Luke Stoltman- 0:34:60 (3 points)
Oleksii Novikov – 0:32:81 (2 points)
Ervin Toots – 0:24:42 (1 point)

Atlas Stone-Off

Athletes face off with their fellow group member. They take turns lifting stones of increasingly heavy stones ranging from 308lb-460lb over a platform, starting with the athlete who was in third place, going back and forth until someone is unable to lift or return the stone.

Group One

Maxime Boudreault – 7 stones (winner)
Aivars Smaukstelis – 7 stones

Group Two

Tom Stoltman – 5 stones (winner)
Mark Felix – 5 stones

Group Three

Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 5 stones (winner)
Robert Oberst – 5 stones

Group Four

Adam Bishop – 2 stones (winner)
Jerry Pritchett – 2 stones

Group Five

Luke Stoltman – 7 stones (winner)
Kevin Faires – 7 stones

2021 WSM Day Two Results

Day Two of the 2021 WSM featured two events, but they are two of the biggest fan-favorites… or at least that was supposed to be the case. The Fingal’s Fingers went ahead as planned, with a ton of impressive showings.

However things got a bit more complicated with what was originally supposed to be a Train Pull event. The extreme heat in Cali made the brakes of the train car continuously lock up, forcing a change to be made on the fly, turning the event from a train pull to a train push.

Check out the event results from Day Two of the 2021 WSM:

Fingals Fingers

Athletes flip 320lb, 340lb, 350lb, 360lb, and 380lb poles down a 25m course. Scored for time. Done by Groups One, Four, and Five.

Group One

Brian Shaw – 5 fingers in 0:40:47 (5 points)
Aivars Smaukstelis – 4 fingers in 0:31:38 (4 points)
Travis Ortmayer – 4 fingers in 0:31:75 (3 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 4 fingers in 0:41:07 (2 points)
Gavin Bilton – 4 fingers in 0:46:62 (1 point)

Group Four

Jerry Pritchett – 4 fingers in 0:41:19 (5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 3 fingers in 0:26:48 (4 points)
Adam Bishop – 3 fingers in 0:27:21 (3 points)
Chris Van Der Linde – withdrew
Terry Hollands – withdrew

Group Five

Oleksii Novikov – 4 fingers in 0:28:44 (5 points)
Luke Stoltman – 4 fingers in 0:28:92 (4 points)
Bobby Thompson – 4 fingers in 0:36:25 (3 points)
Kevin Faires – 4 fingers in 0:36:31 (2 points)
Ervin Toots – 3 fingers in 0:29:44 (1 point)

Train Push

Initially the event was to be 50-ton train car pulled down 20m track. However technical issues led to officials removing the train car, leaving only a 20-ton caboose to be pushed from behind. Scored for time. Performed by Groups Two and Three.

Group Two

Johnny Hansson – 0:35:86 (5 points)
Trey Mitchell – 0:36:31 (4 points)
Tom Stoltman – 0:37:83 (3 points)
Evan Singleton- 0:39:73 (2 points)
Mark Felix – 0:42:58 (1 point)

Group Three

Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 0:37:00 (5 points)
Robert Oberst – 0:37:53 (4 points)
JF Caron – 0:41:19 (3 points)
Mikhail Shivlyakov – 0:44:12 (2 points)
Luke Richardson – (withdrew)

2021 WSM Day One Results

The 2021 World’s Strongest Man kicked off with a bang, coming to you with three events: a Loading Medley with all five groups, and a Squat and Deadlift event split between everyone.

It was clear from the start that this year was going to be a closely contested competition, especially in Group Five. When it came to the deadlift event, three of the five athletes had the same amount of reps.

Check out the event results from Day One of the 2021 WSM:

Loading Medley

Athletes load one 225lb barrel, a 275lb anvil, another 225lb barrel, and an 825lb frame. Scored for time, but if athletes do no finish, partial distance is counted.

Group One

Maxime Boudreault – 4 in 1:00:40 (5 points)
Brian Shaw – 4 in 1:05:44 (4 points)
Travis Ortmayer – 3 and 8.18m (3 points)
Gavin Bilton – 3 and 1.94m (2 points)
Aivars Smaukstelis – 3 in 0:35:38(1 point)

Group Two

Tom Stoltman – 4 in 0:46:69 (5 points)
Mark Felix – 4 in 1:05:87 (4 points)
Evan Singleton – 3 and 6.10m (3 points)
Johnny Hansson – 3 and 1.33m(2 points)
Trey Mitchell – 3 in 0:31:40 (1 point)

Group Three

Robert Oberst – 3 and 11.0m (5 points)
JF Caron – 3 and 10.55m(4 points)
Mikhail Shivlyakov – 3 and 2.71m (3 points)
Luke Richardson – 3 in 0:39.81 (2 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 2 in 0:17:99 (1 point)

Group Four

Konstantine Janashia – 3 and 7.44m (5 points)
Terry Hollands – 3 and 5.31m (4 points)
Jerry Pritchett – 3 and 1.57m(3 points)
Chris Van Der Linde – 3 and 0.2m (2 points)
Adam Bishop – 3 in 0:40:91 (1 point)

Group Five

Kevin Faires – 4 in 0:59:64 (5 points)
Luke Stoltman- 4 in 1:10:98 (4 points)
Bobby Thompson – 4 in 1:27:19 (3 points)
Oleksii Novikov – 3 and 9.3m (2 points)
Ervin Toots – 3 and 2.93m (1 point)

Squat Event

320kg (705lb) squat, scored for reps, performed by Groups One and Three.

Group One

Brian Shaw – 10 reps (4.5points)
Aivars Smaukstelis – 10 reps (4.5 points)
Maxime Boudreault – 6 reps (3 points)
Gavin Bilton – 5 reps (2 points)
Travis Ortmayer – 3 reps (1 point)

Group Three

JF Caron – 11 reps (5 points)
Mikhail Shivlyakov – 10 reps (4 points)
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 7 reps (3 points)
Robert Oberst – 0 reps (0 points)
Luke Richardson – (withdrew)

Deadlift Event

350kg (750lb) deadlift, scored for reps, done by Groups Two, Four, and Five.

Group Two

Mark Felix – 8 reps (4 points)
Tom Stoltman – 8 reps (4 points)
Trey Mitchell – 8 reps (4 points)
Evan Singleton- 5 reps (2 points)
Johnny Hansson – 3 reps (1 point)

Group Four

Adam Bishop – 9 reps (5 points)
Konstantine Janashia – 8 reps (4 points)
Terry Hollands – 6 reps (3 points)
Jerry Pritchett – 5 reps (2 points)
Chris Van Der Linde – 4 reps (1 point)

Group Five

Bobby Thompson – 9 reps (5 points)
Kevin Faires – 6 reps (3 points)
Oleksii Novikov – 6 reps (3 points)
Luke Stoltman – 6 reps (3 points)
Ervin Toots – 3 reps (1 point)

Full WSM 2021 Coverage

Here’s the info for the first three days of events as they occurred.

Stay tuned to Fitness Volt for more coverage of the 2021 World’s Strongest Man, as the rest of the contest unfolds.

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