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2016 Ultimate Strongman World Championships

The 2016 Ultimate Strongman World Championships was held on 2016-12-10 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 12 athletes competed across 5 events were contested.

Date: December 10, 2016
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Type: Ultimate Strongman
Division: Men
Laurence Shahlaei
1st Place

Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧

Total Points: 52.0

Events (5 total)

  1. 1. Super Yoke
  2. 2. Max Deadlift
  3. 3. Tire Flip
  4. 4. Axle Press
  5. 5. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 GBR 52.0
2 Grzegorz Szyma 🇵🇱 POL 42.5
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 RUS 42.0
4 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 40.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 GEO 38.0
6 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 36.5
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 33.5
8 Cheick Sanou 🇧🇫 BUR 31.5
9 Eric Dawson 🇺🇸 USA 26.0
10 Mikkel Leicht 🇩🇰 DEN 22.5
11 Raffael Gordzielik 🇩🇪 GER 11.5
12 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 GBR 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 33.44 s 12.0
2 Eric Dawson 5 in 62.24 s 11.0
3 Terry Hollands 4 in 17.03 s 10.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 19.34 s 9.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 20.28 s 8.0
6 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 22.35 s 7.0
7 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 24.29 s 6.0
8 Mikhail Shivlyakov 4 in 33.18 s 5.0
9 Cheick Sanou 3 in 15.23 s 4.0
10 Mikkel Leicht 3 in 18.52 s 3.0
- Raffael Gordzielik (No lift) 0.0
- Eddie Hall (Withdrew) 0.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Cheick Sanou 2 in 29.76 s 12.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 2 in 69.25 s 11.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 1 in 9.60 s 10.0
4 Tom Stoltman 1 in 9.99 s 9.0
5 Grzegorz Szyma 1 in 10.19 s 8.0
6 Mikhail Shivlyakov 1 in 10.58 s 7.0
7 Mikkel Leicht 1 in 11.97 s 6.0
8 Eric Dawson 1 in 13.04 s 5.0
9 Konstantine Janashia 1 in 68.64 s 4.0
- Raffael Gordzielik (No lift) 0.0
- Eddie Hall (Withdrew) 0.0
- Terry Hollands (No lift) 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 420 kg 11.0
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 420 kg 11.0
1 Konstantine Janashia 420 kg 11.0
4 Mikkel Leicht 400 kg 8.5
4 Terry Hollands 400 kg 8.5
6 Raffael Gordzielik 400 kg 6.5
6 Grzegorz Szyma 400 kg 6.5
8 Tom Stoltman 380 kg 5.0
9 Cheick Sanou 360 kg 3.5
9 Žydrūnas Savickas 360 kg 3.5
- Eric Dawson (No lift) 0.0
- Eddie Hall (Withdrew) 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 12.87 s 12.0
2 Grzegorz Szyma 12.96 s 11.0
3 Terry Hollands 14.72 s 10.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 15.75 s 9.0
5 Cheick Sanou 17.29 s 8.0
6 Mikhail Shivlyakov 20.57 s 7.0
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 20.85 s 6.0
8 Eric Dawson 21.67 s 5.0
9 Tom Stoltman 24.57 s 4.0
10 Raffael Gordzielik 25.43 s 3.0
11 Mikkel Leicht 25.98 s 2.0
12 Eddie Hall 1.75 m 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 23.85 s 12.0
2 Grzegorz Szyma 26.62 s 11.0
3 Tom Stoltman 29.53 s 10.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 30.03 s 9.0
5 Terry Hollands 30.69 s 8.0
6 Konstantine Janashia 31.00 s 7.0
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 32.24 s 6.0
8 Eric Dawson 37.79 s 5.0
9 Cheick Sanou 41.69 s 4.0
10 Mikkel Leicht 50.79 s 3.0
11 Raffael Gordzielik 6 flips 2.0
- Eddie Hall (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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