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2017 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick

The 2017 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick was held on 2017-07-08 in Warwick, Canada. 12 athletes competed across 10 events were contested.

Date: July 8, 2017 – July 9, 2017
Location: Warwick, Canada, Canada
Type: Arnold Pro Strongman World Series
Division: Men
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
1st Place

Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸

Total Points: 107.0

Events (10 total)

  1. 1. Deadlift
  2. 2. Dumbbell Press
  3. 3. Keg Toss
  4. 4. Squat Lift
  5. 5. Atlas Stones
  6. 6. Truck Pull
  7. 7. Viking Press
  8. 8. Farmer's Walk
  9. 9. Power Stairs
  10. 10. Medley

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 107.0
2 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 98.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 LTU 96.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 83.5
5 Maxime Boudreault 🇨🇦 CAN 69.0
6 Jimmy Paquet 🇨🇦 CAN 67.0
7 Rob Kearney 🇺🇸 USA 54.5
8 Karl Hjelholt 🇨🇦 CAN 49.5
9 Rauno Heinla 🇪🇪 EST 46.0
10 Jacob Fincher 🇺🇸 USA 33.5
11 Kyle Rayner 🇨🇦 CAN 32.5
12 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 POL 15.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 32.93 s 12.0
2 Jean-François Caron 5 in 38.22 s 11.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 4 in 25.45 s 10.0
4 Karl Hjelholt 4 in 29.18 s 9.0
5 Rauno Heinla 4 in 30.00 s 8.0
6 Jimmy Paquet 4 in 35.20 s 7.0
7 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 40.44 s 6.0
8 Rob Kearney 4 in 57.83 s 5.0
9 Jacob Fincher 3 in 28.04 s 4.0
10 Kyle Rayner 3 in 36.35 s 3.0
11 Maxime Boudreault 3 in 51.88 s 2.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 12 reps 12.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 11 reps 10.5
2 Rauno Heinla 11 reps 10.5
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 8 reps 7.5
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 8 reps 7.5
4 Jimmy Paquet 8 reps 7.5
4 Karl Hjelholt 8 reps 7.5
8 Matjaž Belšak 5 reps 4.5
8 Rob Kearney 5 reps 4.5
10 Jacob Fincher 2 reps 3.0
- Maxime Boudreault 0 reps 0.0
- Kyle Rayner 0 reps 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 9 reps 11.0
1 Vytautas Lalas 9 reps 11.0
1 Matjaž Belšak 9 reps 11.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 7 reps 8.0
4 Maxime Boudreault 7 reps 8.0
4 Rob Kearney 7 reps 8.0
7 Jean-François Caron 5 reps 5.5
7 Kyle Rayner 5 reps 5.5
9 Jimmy Paquet 4 reps 3.5
9 Jacob Fincher 4 reps 3.5
11 Rauno Heinla 3 reps 2.0
12 Karl Hjelholt 1 rep 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson - 12.0
2 Maxime Boudreault - 11.0
3 Jean-François Caron 31.43 s 10.0
4 Vytautas Lalas 31.63 s 9.0
5 Jimmy Paquet - 8.0
6 Matjaž Belšak 52.37 s 7.0
7 Rob Kearney - 6.0
8 Karl Hjelholt - 5.0
9 Kyle Rayner - 4.0
10 Jacob Fincher - 3.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Rauno Heinla (Withdrew) 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 8 in 47.37 s 12.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 7 in 49.39 s 11.0
3 Jean-François Caron 6 in 32.31 s 10.0
4 Vytautas Lalas 6 in 49.61 s 9.0
5 Rauno Heinla 5 in 33.90 s 8.0
6 Karl Hjelholt 5 in 41.13 s 7.0
7 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 22.24 s 6.0
8 Jimmy Paquet 4 in 24.33 s 5.0
9 Jacob Fincher 4 in 57.08 s 4.0
10 Kyle Rayner 3 in 21.64 s 3.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Rob Kearney 0 in 60.00 s 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak - 12.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson - 11.0
3 Vytautas Lalas - 10.0
4 Jean-François Caron - 9.0
5 Jimmy Paquet - 8.0
6 Rob Kearney - 7.0
7 Karl Hjelholt - 6.0
8 Jacob Fincher - 5.0
9 Maxime Boudreault - 4.0
10 Kyle Rayner - 3.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Rauno Heinla (Withdrew) 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson - 12.0
2 Jean-François Caron - 11.0
3 Vytautas Lalas - 10.0
4 Maxime Boudreault - 9.0
5 Jimmy Paquet - 8.0
6 Karl Hjelholt - 7.0
7 Matjaž Belšak - 6.0
8 Rob Kearney - 5.0
9 Jacob Fincher - 4.0
10 Kyle Rayner - 3.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Rauno Heinla (Withdrew) 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 10 reps 12.0
2 Rauno Heinla 8 reps 11.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 6 reps 10.0
4 Jean-François Caron 5 reps 8.5
4 Matjaž Belšak 5 reps 8.5
6 Jimmy Paquet 4 reps 7.0
7 Rob Kearney 3 reps 6.0
8 Maxime Boudreault 1 rep 5.0
- Kyle Rayner 0 reps 0.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Karl Hjelholt 0 reps 0.0
- Jacob Fincher 0 reps 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson - 12.0
2 Matjaž Belšak - 11.0
3 Jean-François Caron - 9.5
3 Maxime Boudreault - 9.5
5 Jimmy Paquet - 8.0
6 Vytautas Lalas - 7.0
7 Kyle Rayner - 6.0
8 Karl Hjelholt - 5.0
9 Rob Kearney - 3.5
9 Rauno Heinla - 3.5
11 Jacob Fincher - 2.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 11 reps 11.5
1 Matjaž Belšak 11 reps 11.5
3 Maxime Boudreault 10 reps 9.5
3 Rob Kearney 10 reps 9.5
5 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 9 reps 7.5
5 Vytautas Lalas 9 reps 7.5
7 Kyle Rayner 6 reps 5.0
7 Jimmy Paquet 6 reps 5.0
7 Jacob Fincher 6 reps 5.0
10 Rauno Heinla 3 reps 3.0
11 Karl Hjelholt 2 reps 2.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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