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2016 WSM Final

The 2016 WSM Final was held on 2016-08-13 in Kasane, Botswana. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: August 13, 2016 – August 20, 2016
Location: Kasane, Botswana, Botswana
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 53.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Frame Carry
  2. 2. Circus Barbell
  3. 3. Max Deadlift
  4. 4. Plane Pull
  5. 5. Kettlebell Toss
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 53.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 51.0
3 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 GBR 43.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 GEO 40.0
5 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 29.5
6 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 28.5
7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 POL 27.5
8 Grzegorz Szyma 🇵🇱 POL 25.5
9 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 21.0
10 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 GBR 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 26.80 s 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 28.02 s 9.0
3 Eddie Hall 5 in 29.68 s 8.0
4 Martins Licis 5 in 34.80 s 7.0
5 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 24.19 s 6.0
6 Jean-François Caron 4 in 29.79 s 5.0
7 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 29.92 s 4.0
8 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 32.38 s 3.0
9 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 37.12 s 2.0
- Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Circus Barbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 8 reps 9.5
1 Eddie Hall 8 reps 9.5
3 Brian Shaw 7 reps 7.5
3 Konstantine Janashia 7 reps 7.5
5 Martins Licis 6 reps 6.0
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 reps 5.0
7 Jean-François Caron 4 reps 3.5
7 Matjaž Belšak 4 reps 3.5
9 Grzegorz Szyma 2 reps 2.0
- Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Frame Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 17.69 s 10.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 22.82 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 28.25 s 8.0
4 Martins Licis 41.29 s 7.0
5 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 51.29 s 6.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 52.93 s 5.0
7 Laurence Shahlaei 24.3 m 4.0
8 Jean-François Caron 21.1 m 3.0
9 Matjaž Belšak 1.3 m 2.0
10 Eddie Hall 0.2 m 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 6 in 34.97 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 6 in 40.22 s 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 5 in 31.88 s 8.0
4 Eddie Hall 5 in 56.92 s 7.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 5 in 59.50 s 6.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 22.78 s 5.0
7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 34.28 s 4.0
8 Matjaž Belšak 3 in 49.61 s 3.0
- Martins Licis 0 in 60.00 s 0.0
- Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 445 kg 9.5
1 Eddie Hall 445 kg 9.5
3 Jean-François Caron 435 kg 8.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 420 kg 6.5
4 Konstantine Janashia 420 kg 6.5
6 Martins Licis 400 kg 4.5
6 Matjaž Belšak 400 kg 4.5
8 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 375 kg 2.5
8 Grzegorz Szyma 375 kg 2.5
- Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

Plane Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 24.9 m 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 24.53 m 9.0
3 Eddie Hall 24.45 m 8.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 24.06 m 7.0
5 Matjaž Belšak 23.55 m 6.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 23.35 m 5.0
7 Martins Licis 22.53 m 4.0
8 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 22.14 m 3.0
9 Jean-François Caron 21.73 m 2.0
- Laurence Shahlaei Withdrew 0.0

2016 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 38.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 Slovenia 30.0
3 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 22.0
4 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 22.0
5 Johannes 🇸🇪 Sweden 15.0
6 Robert Oberst 🇺🇸 United States 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 5 in 34.51 s 12.0
2 Mark Felix 4 in 28.90 s 10.0
3 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 32.02 s 8.0
4 Luke Stoltman 4 in 47.81 s 6.0
5 Johannes Withdrew 0.0
5 Robert Oberst Withdrew 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 10 reps 6.0
2 Martins Licis 6 reps 5.0
3 Luke Stoltman 5 reps 4.0
4 Mark Felix 4 reps 3.0
5 Robert Oberst Withdrew 0.0
5 Johannes Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 5 in 45.43 s 6.0
2 Martins Licis 4 in 31.96 s 5.0
3 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 33.61 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 3 in 25.30 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 3 in 26.82 s 2.0
6 Robert Oberst Withdrew 0.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 57.17 s 6.0
2 Robert Oberst 42.91 s 5.0
3 Martins Licis 37.29 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 36.06 s 3.0
5 Matjaž Belšak 28.08 s 2.0
6 Johannes 25.23 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 3 in 41.01 s 6.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 3 in 46.95 s 5.0
3 Johannes 3 in 49.84 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 3 in 56.81 s 3.0
5 Robert Oberst 2 in 40.92 s 2.0
6 Mark Felix 1 in 31.00 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 7 reps 6.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 5 reps 5.0
3 Johannes 3 reps 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 1 rep 3.0
5 Mark Felix 0 reps 0.0
5 Robert Oberst Withdrew 0.0

2016 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 36.5
2 Grzegorz Szyma 🇵🇱 Poland 31.5
3 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 30.0
4 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 24.0
5 Jon Olav Granli 🇳🇴 Norway 13.5
6 Jon Lane 🇺🇸 United States 10.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 4 in 24.80 s 12.0
2 Adam Bishop 4 in 29.85 s 10.0
3 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 33.78 s 8.0
4 Nick Best 4 in 36.00 s 6.0
5 Jon Lane 3 in 31.17 s 4.0
6 Jon Olav Granli 3 in 53.55 s 2.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 13 reps 6.0
2 Nick Best 12 reps 4.5
2 Adam Bishop 12 reps 4.5
4 Grzegorz Szyma 9 reps 3.0
5 Jon Lane 6 reps 2.0
6 Jon Olav Granli 3 reps 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Bishop 7 m 5.5
1 Grzegorz Szyma 7 m 5.5
3 Eddie Hall 6 m 3.5
3 Nick Best 6 m 3.5
5 Jon Olav Granli 5.5 m 1.5
5 Jon Lane 5.5 m 1.5

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 43.57 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 4 in 43.72 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 4 in 47.34 s 4.0
4 Eddie Hall 4 in 68.85 s 3.0
5 Jon Lane 3 in 35.05 s 2.0
6 Jon Olav Granli 3 in 46.53 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 42.91 s 6.0
2 Grzegorz Szyma 43.72 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 45.41 s 4.0
4 Jon Olav Granli 51.19 s 3.0
5 Adam Bishop 54.97 s 2.0
6 Jon Lane 24.23 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 9 reps 6.0
2 Jon Olav Granli 6 reps 5.0
3 Grzegorz Szyma 5 reps 4.0
4 Adam Bishop 3 reps 3.0
5 Nick Best 2 reps 2.0
6 Jon Lane 0 reps 0.0

2016 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 40.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 29.0
3 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 27.0
4 Johnny Hansson 🇸🇪 Sweden 20.0
5 Derek DeVaughan 🇺🇸 United States 17.5
6 Colm Woulfe 🇳🇿 New Zealand 12.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 24.15 s 12.0
2 Terry Hollands 4 in 24.84 s 10.0
3 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 25.36 s 8.0
4 Johnny Hansson 4 in 37.96 s 6.0
5 Derek DeVaughan 3 in 35.23 s 4.0
6 Colm Woulfe 3 in 39.36 s 2.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 10 reps 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 9 reps 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 6 reps 4.0
4 Colm Woulfe 5 reps 3.0
5 Derek DeVaughan 4 reps 2.0
6 Johnny Hansson 2 reps 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 6 reps 6.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 5 reps 5.0
3 Derek DeVaughan 4 reps 3.5
3 Colm Woulfe 4 reps 3.5
5 Terry Hollands 3 reps 2.0
6 Johnny Hansson 0 reps 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 44.15 s 6.0
2 Johnny Hansson 5 in 50.52 s 5.0
3 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 39.64 s 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 4 in 40.56 s 3.0
5 Derek DeVaughan 4 in 42.56 s 2.0
6 Colm Woulfe 4 in 45.27 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 7.15 m 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 6.75 m 4.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 6.75 m 4.0
2 Johnny Hansson 6.75 m 4.0
5 Colm Woulfe 6.5 m 2.0
6 Derek DeVaughan 5.5 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3 in 42.68 s 6.0
2 Derek DeVaughan 3 in 68.95 s 5.0
3 Johnny Hansson 3 in 74.23 s 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 2 in 40.08 s 3.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 2 in 48.46 s 2.0
6 Colm Woulfe 1 in 15.22 s 1.0

2016 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 36.5
2 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 31.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 24.0
4 Bryan Benzel 🇺🇸 United States 20.0
5 Mikkel Leicht 🇩🇰 Denmark 20.0
6 Stan Carradine 🇺🇸 United States 14.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 28.69 s 12.0
2 Jean-François Caron 4 in 33.56 s 10.0
3 Bryan Benzel 4 in 37.06 s 8.0
4 Ari Gunnarsson 3 in 27.27 s 6.0
5 Mikkel Leicht 3 in 34.96 s 4.0
6 Stan Carradine 3 in 48.10 s 2.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikkel Leicht 8 reps 6.0
2 Ari Gunnarsson 6 reps 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 5 reps 4.0
4 Stan Carradine 4 reps 3.0
5 Bryan Benzel 3 reps 2.0
6 Laurence Shahlaei 2 reps 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 44.02 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 42.68 s 5.0
3 Stan Carradine 41.68 s 4.0
4 Mikkel Leicht 29.26 s 3.0
5 Bryan Benzel 26.56 s 2.0
6 Ari Gunnarsson 25.59 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 3 in 61.83 s 6.0
2 Ari Gunnarsson 2 in 38.24 s 5.0
3 Bryan Benzel 2 in 72.77 s 4.0
4 Mikkel Leicht 1 in 18.09 s 3.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 1 in 18.82 s 2.0
6 Stan Carradine 1 in 23.57 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 4 reps 5.5
1 Laurence Shahlaei 4 reps 5.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 3 reps 4.0
4 Stan Carradine 2 reps 3.0
5 Mikkel Leicht 1 rep 2.0
6 Bryan Benzel 0 reps 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 41.66 s 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 43.60 s 5.0
3 Bryan Benzel 48.63 s 4.0
4 Ari Gunnarsson 48.85 s 3.0
5 Mikkel Leicht 51.75 s 2.0
6 Stan Carradine 57.03 s 1.0

2016 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 39.5
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 Poland 33.5
3 Johan Els 🇿🇦 South Africa 24.5
4 Gerhard van Staden 🇿🇦 South Africa 23.5
5 Charlie Gough 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.0
6 Eben le Roux 🇦🇺 Australia 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 4 in 23.29 s 12.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 29.89 s 10.0
3 Johan Els 3 in 27.05 s 8.0
4 Charlie Gough 3 in 27.57 s 6.0
5 Gerhard van Staden 3 in 29.26 s 4.0
6 Eben le Roux Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 10 reps 6.0
2 Gerhard van Staden 7 reps 4.5
2 Charlie Gough 7 reps 4.5
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 reps 3.0
5 Johan Els 2 reps 2.0
6 Eben le Roux Withdrew 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 7.25 m 6.0
2 Johan Els 6.75 m 4.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 6.75 m 4.0
2 Gerhard van Staden 6.75 m 4.0
5 Eben le Roux 6 m 2.0
6 Charlie Gough 5.5 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 37.02 s 6.0
2 Johan Els 4 in 47.27 s 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 4 in 48.06 s 4.0
4 Gerhard van Staden 4 in 66.50 s 3.0
5 Charlie Gough 3 in 40.99 s 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 3 in 52.56 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 41.00 s 6.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 42.16 s 5.0
3 Gerhard van Staden 50.54 s 4.0
4 Johan Els 50.87 s 3.0
5 Charlie Gough 23.15 m 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 23.1 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 9 reps 5.5
1 Brian Shaw 9 reps 5.5
3 Gerhard van Staden 6 reps 4.0
4 Johan Els 1 rep 2.5
4 Charlie Gough 1 rep 2.5
6 Eben le Roux Withdrew 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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