2016 Africa's Strongest Man

The 2016 Africa's Strongest Man was held on 2016-11-19 in Rustenburg, South Africa. 12 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: November 19, 2016 – November 20, 2016

Location: Rustenburg, South Africa, South Africa

Type: Africa's Strongest Man

Division: Men

1st Place

Johan Els 🇿🇦

Total Points: 92.0

Events (8 total)

Results

Final standings with every athlete's result and points in each of the 8 events. Scroll sideways for later events.
Place	Athlete	Total	Atlas Stones	Kettlebell Toss	Max Deadlift	Max Log Lift	Medley	Overhead Medley	Super Yoke	Truck Pull
1	Johan Els 🇿🇦	92.0	12.0	13.0	7.0	12.5	13.0	13.0	12.0	9.5
2	Mark Felix 🇬🇧	88.5	13.0	11.0	13.0	10.5	9.5	7.0	13.0	11.5
3	Frankie Scheun 🇿🇦	87.5	10.0	11.0	10.5	12.5	11.0	12.0	9.0	11.5
4	Johan Rudd 🇿🇦	79.5	11.0	6.0	10.5	8.0	12.0	8.0	11.0	13.0
5	Ettiene Smit 🇿🇦	66.5	0.0	11.0	12.0	8.0	6.5	11.0	10.0	8.0
6	Vuyani Mseswa 🇿🇦	66.0	7.0	6.0	9.0	8.0	9.5	9.0	8.0	9.5
7	Stefan Smit 🇿🇦	44.5	9.0	6.0	7.0	5.5	2.0	10.0	0.0	5.0
8	JC Oosthuizen 🇿🇦	35.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	6.0
9	Gift Sango 🇧🇼	29.5	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	6.0	7.0
10	Andre Sweeney 🇿🇦	28.5	0.0	9.0	5.0	10.5	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Lawrence da Silva 🇿🇦	23.5	0.0	6.0	0.0	5.5	8.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
12	Shaine Jenkins 🇿🇦	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Mark Felix	-	13.0
2	Johan Els	-	12.0
3	Johan Rudd	-	11.0
4	Frankie Scheun	-	10.0
5	Stefan Smit	-	9.0
6	JC Oosthuizen	-	8.0
7	Vuyani Mseswa	-	7.0
-	Ettiene Smit	-	0.0
-	Gift Sango	-	0.0
-	Andre Sweeney	-	0.0
-	Lawrence da Silva	-	0.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Kettlebell Toss

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Johan Els	-	13.0
2	Mark Felix	-	11.0
2	Frankie Scheun	-	11.0
2	Ettiene Smit	-	11.0
5	Andre Sweeney	-	9.0
6	Johan Rudd	-	6.0
6	Vuyani Mseswa	-	6.0
6	Stefan Smit	-	6.0
6	JC Oosthuizen	-	6.0
6	Lawrence da Silva	-	6.0
11	Gift Sango	-	3.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Max Deadlift

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Mark Felix	-	13.0
2	Ettiene Smit	-	12.0
3	Frankie Scheun	-	10.5
3	Johan Rudd	-	10.5
5	Vuyani Mseswa	-	9.0
6	Johan Els	-	7.0
6	Stefan Smit	-	7.0
6	Gift Sango	-	7.0
9	Andre Sweeney	-	5.0
-	JC Oosthuizen	-	0.0
-	Lawrence da Silva	-	0.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Max Log Lift

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Johan Els	-	12.5
1	Frankie Scheun	-	12.5
3	Mark Felix	-	10.5
3	Andre Sweeney	-	10.5
5	Johan Rudd	-	8.0
5	Ettiene Smit	-	8.0
5	Vuyani Mseswa	-	8.0
8	Stefan Smit	-	5.5
8	Lawrence da Silva	-	5.5
10	JC Oosthuizen	-	4.0
-	Gift Sango	-	0.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Medley

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Johan Els	-	13.0
2	Johan Rudd	-	12.0
3	Frankie Scheun	-	11.0
4	Mark Felix	-	9.5
4	Vuyani Mseswa	-	9.5
6	Lawrence da Silva	-	8.0
7	Ettiene Smit	-	6.5
7	Gift Sango	-	6.5
9	JC Oosthuizen	-	4.0
9	Andre Sweeney	-	4.0
9	Shaine Jenkins	-	4.0
12	Stefan Smit	-	2.0

Overhead Medley

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Johan Els	-	13.0
2	Frankie Scheun	-	12.0
3	Ettiene Smit	-	11.0
4	Stefan Smit	-	10.0
5	Vuyani Mseswa	-	9.0
6	Johan Rudd	-	8.0
7	Mark Felix	-	7.0
-	JC Oosthuizen	-	0.0
-	Gift Sango	-	0.0
-	Andre Sweeney	-	0.0
-	Lawrence da Silva	-	0.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Super Yoke

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Mark Felix	-	13.0
2	Johan Els	-	12.0
3	Johan Rudd	-	11.0
4	Ettiene Smit	-	10.0
5	Frankie Scheun	-	9.0
6	Vuyani Mseswa	-	8.0
7	JC Oosthuizen	-	7.0
8	Gift Sango	-	6.0
-	Stefan Smit	-	0.0
-	Andre Sweeney	-	0.0
-	Lawrence da Silva	-	0.0
-	Shaine Jenkins	-	0.0

Truck Pull

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Johan Rudd	-	13.0
2	Mark Felix	-	11.5
2	Frankie Scheun	-	11.5
4	Johan Els	-	9.5
4	Vuyani Mseswa	-	9.5
6	Ettiene Smit	-	8.0
7	Gift Sango	-	7.0
8	JC Oosthuizen	-	6.0
9	Stefan Smit	-	5.0
10	Lawrence da Silva	-	4.0
11	Shaine Jenkins	-	3.0
-	Andre Sweeney	-	0.0

Last updated: February 23, 2026

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