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2017 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships

The 2017 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships was held on 2017-03-03 in Columbus, Ohio. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: March 3, 2017 – March 4, 2017
Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Type: Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships
Division: Men
Mateusz Ostaszewski
1st Place

Mateusz Ostaszewski 🇵🇱

Total Points: 51.9

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Barrel Lift
  2. 2. Super Yoke
  3. 3. Deadlift
  4. 4. Axle Press
  5. 5. Atlas Stones
  6. 6. Medley

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mateusz Ostaszewski 🇵🇱 POL 51.9
2 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 UKR 50.0
3 Ramin Farajnejad 🇮🇷 IRI 45.6
4 Jacob Fincher 🇺🇸 USA 45.2
5 Ken McClelland 🇺🇸 USA 44.0
6 Evgeny Markov 🇷🇺 RUS 40.0
7 Brian Fletcher 🇺🇸 USA 38.7
8 Josh Reynolds 🇺🇸 USA 37.2
9 Michael Schultze 🇺🇸 USA 35.6
10 Chad Kurian 🇺🇸 USA 33.4

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ken McClelland 5 in 21.65 s 10.0
2 Ramin Farajnejad 5 in 26.96 s 9.0
3 Mateusz Ostaszewski 5 in 27.36 s 8.0
4 Jacob Fincher 5 in 27.89 s 7.0
5 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 30.13 s 6.0
6 Brian Fletcher 5 in 41.52 s 5.0
7 Evgeny Markov 4 in 20.33 s 4.0
8 Chad Kurian 4 in 36.98 s 3.0
9 Michael Schultze 3 in 59.81 s 2.0
10 Josh Reynolds 1 in 3.33 s 1.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Josh Reynolds 12 reps 10.0
2 Brian Fletcher 10 reps 9.8
3 Mateusz Ostaszewski 8 reps 9.3
4 Jacob Fincher 7 reps 8.5
5 Ken McClelland 6 reps 7.8
6 Chad Kurian 5 reps 7.2
7 Michael Schultze 4 reps 6.6
8 Oleksii Novikov 2 reps 5.5
9 Evgeny Markov 1 rep 4.4
- Ramin Farajnejad 0 reps 0.0

Barrel Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jacob Fincher 8 reps 9.8
1 Josh Reynolds 8 reps 9.8
3 Evgeny Markov 7 reps 9.3
4 Mateusz Ostaszewski 6 reps 8.7
4 Oleksii Novikov 6 reps 8.7
4 Ramin Farajnejad 6 reps 8.7
7 Brian Fletcher 5 reps 7.6
7 Michael Schultze 5 reps 7.6
7 Chad Kurian 5 reps 7.6
10 Ken McClelland 4 reps 5.6

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 10 reps 9.9
2 Mateusz Ostaszewski 9 reps 9.2
2 Ramin Farajnejad 9 reps 9.2
4 Chad Kurian 8 reps 8.5
5 Michael Schultze 7 reps 7.7
6 Jacob Fincher 6 reps 6.1
6 Ken McClelland 6 reps 6.1
6 Evgeny Markov 6 reps 6.1
6 Josh Reynolds 6 reps 6.1
10 Brian Fletcher 5 reps 4.9

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 18.63 s 10.0
2 Ramin Farajnejad 18.85 s 9.0
3 Mateusz Ostaszewski 20.19 s 8.0
4 Evgeny Markov 21.62 s 7.0
5 Jacob Fincher 22.06 s 5.5
5 Ken McClelland 22.06 s 5.5
7 Michael Schultze 23.16 s 4.0
8 Josh Reynolds 27.97 s 3.0
9 Brian Fletcher 33.57 s 2.0
10 Chad Kurian 37.28 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 8.77 s 10.0
2 Ramin Farajnejad 9.38 s 9.8
3 Brian Fletcher 9.74 s 9.5
4 Evgeny Markov 10.34 s 9.3
5 Ken McClelland 10.42 s 9.0
6 Mateusz Ostaszewski 10.82 s 8.8
7 Jacob Fincher 13.14 s 8.3
8 Michael Schultze 13.25 s 7.8
9 Josh Reynolds 14.32 s 7.3
10 Chad Kurian 15.06 s 6.1
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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