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2018 WSM Final

The 2018 WSM Final was held on 2018-04-28 in Manila, Philippines. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: April 28, 2018 – May 6, 2018
Location: Manila, Philippines, Philippines
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
1st Place

Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸

Total Points: 51.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Frame Carry
  2. 2. Deadlift
  3. 3. Overhead Press
  4. 4. Bus Pull
  5. 5. Loading Race
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 51.5
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 POL 45.0
3 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 44.0
4 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 38.5
5 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 35.0
6 Johan Els 🇿🇦 RSA 30.0
7 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 27.5
8 Robert Oberst 🇺🇸 USA 21.5
9 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 GEO 21.0
10 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johan Els 5 in 41.44 s 10.0
2 Martins Licis 4 in 24.97 s 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 4 in 33.59 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 4 in 39.11 s 7.0
5 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 39.40 s 6.0
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 42.13 s 5.0
7 Robert Oberst 3 in 24.15 s 4.0
8 Matjaž Belšak 3 in 37.67 s 3.0
9 Konstantine Janashia 3 in 44.78 s 2.0
- Žydrūnas Savickas Withdrew 0.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 35.95 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 36.05 s 9.0
3 Matjaž Belšak 36.75 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 36.76 s 7.0
5 Martins Licis 38.95 s 6.0
6 Johan Els 40.25 s 5.0
7 Jean-François Caron 41.00 s 4.0
8 Robert Oberst 41.10 s 3.0
9 Konstantine Janashia 43.20 s 2.0
- Žydrūnas Savickas Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 12 reps 9.5
1 Brian Shaw 12 reps 9.5
3 Jean-François Caron 11 reps 8.0
4 Martins Licis 10 reps 7.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 7 reps 6.0
6 Matjaž Belšak 6 reps 5.0
7 Johan Els 5 reps 4.0
8 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 reps 2.5
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 reps 2.5
- Robert Oberst 0 reps 0.0

Frame Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 18.93 s 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 21.72 s 9.0
3 Konstantine Janashia 30.96 s 8.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 32.53 s 7.0
5 Martins Licis 26.55 m 6.0
6 Jean-François Caron 18.45 m 5.0
7 Robert Oberst 12.05 m 4.0
8 Johan Els 9.55 m 3.0
9 Matjaž Belšak 5.3 m 2.0
10 Žydrūnas Savickas 5.05 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 31.22 s 10.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 in 33.60 s 9.0
3 Johan Els 5 in 34.12 s 8.0
4 Jean-François Caron 5 in 40.61 s 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 5 in 43.34 s 6.0
6 Robert Oberst 5 in 44.98 s 5.0
7 Matjaž Belšak 5 in 52.56 s 4.0
8 Konstantine Janashia 5 in 52.92 s 3.0
9 Martins Licis 4 in 37.67 s 2.0
- Žydrūnas Savickas Withdrew 0.0

Overhead Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 205 kg 10.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 200 kg 8.5
2 Martins Licis 200 kg 8.5
4 Brian Shaw 190 kg 5.5
4 Matjaž Belšak 190 kg 5.5
4 Robert Oberst 190 kg 5.5
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 190 kg 5.5
8 Jean-François Caron 175 kg 3.0
- Johan Els No lift 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia No lift 0.0

2018 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 22.5
2 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 Slovenia 19.0
3 Marius Lalas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 19.5
4 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
5 Peiman Maheripourehir 🇮🇷 Iran 15.0
6 Rob Kearney 🇺🇸 United States 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peiman Maheripourehir 23.62 m 6.0
2 Marius Lalas 18.57 m 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 18.1 m 4.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 17.5 m 3.0
5 Rob Kearney 15.87 m 2.0
6 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 12.26 m 1.0

Circle of Strength

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 612 ° 6.0
2 Marius Lalas 572 ° 5.0
3 Matjaž Belšak 529 ° 4.0
4 Rob Kearney 351 ° 3.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 233 ° 2.0
6 Peiman Maheripourehir 90 ° 1.0

Load & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3 in 35.13 s 6.0
2 Peiman Maheripourehir 3 in 36.95 s 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 43.84 s 4.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 3 in 54.42 s 3.0
5 Rob Kearney 1 in 11.79 s 2.0
6 Marius Lalas 1 in 15.90 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 7 reps 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 6 reps 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 reps 3.5
3 Marius Lalas 5 reps 3.5
5 Rob Kearney 4 reps 2.0
6 Peiman Maheripourehir 3 reps 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 7 in 27.50 s 6.0
2 Marius Lalas 7 in 28.92 s 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 7 in 29.77 s 4.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 7 in 30.85 s 3.0
5 Peiman Maheripourehir 7 in 40.10 s 2.0
6 Rob Kearney 7 in 43.46 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Laurence Shahlaei Eliminated 0.0
- Matjaž Belšak 5 in 37.23 s 0.0
- Rob Kearney Eliminated 0.0
- Peiman Maheripourehir Eliminated 0.0
- Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson Qualified 0.0
- Marius Lalas 3 in 25.13 s 0.0

2018 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 25.5
2 Johan Els 🇿🇦 South Africa 19.5
3 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.5
4 Adam Derks 🇺🇸 United States 17.5
5 Johnny Hansson 🇸🇪 Sweden 14.5
6 Paul Smith 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6.5

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Hansson 47.42 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 19.82 m 5.0
3 Adam Derks 18.2 m 4.0
4 Johan Els 17.57 m 3.0
5 Paul Smith 14.9 m 2.0
6 Adam Bishop 14.28 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 6 reps 5.5
1 Adam Bishop 6 reps 5.5
3 Adam Derks 5 reps 3.5
3 Johan Els 5 reps 3.5
5 Johnny Hansson 3 reps 1.5
5 Paul Smith 3 reps 1.5

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Derks 3 in 23.40 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 3 in 40.13 s 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 2 in 12.82 s 4.0
4 Johan Els 1 in 5.81 s 3.0
5 Paul Smith 1 in 6.19 s 2.0
6 Johnny Hansson 1 in 8.67 s 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 in 53.22 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 7 in 49.72 s 5.0
3 Johan Els 7 in 51.59 s 4.0
4 Johnny Hansson 6 in 55.68 s 3.0
5 Adam Derks 5 in 54.19 s 2.0
6 Paul Smith 0 in 60.00 s 0.0

Load & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johan Els 3 in 33.96 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 3 in 41.21 s 5.0
3 Adam Bishop 3 in 53.15 s 4.0
4 Johnny Hansson 3 in 57.98 s 3.0
5 Adam Derks 2 + 3.10 m 2.0
6 Paul Smith 1 implement 1.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Adam Derks Eliminated 0.0
- Adam Bishop 4 in 29.98 s 0.0
- Paul Smith Eliminated 0.0
- Johnny Hansson Eliminated 0.0
- Johan Els 5 in 32.16 s 0.0
- Brian Shaw Qualified 0.0

2018 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 22.0
2 Robert Oberst 🇺🇸 United States 21.0
3 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
4 Bryan Benzel 🇺🇸 United States 17.0
5 Graham Hicks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.0
6 Dennis Kohlruss 🇩🇪 Germany 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 37.28 s 6.0
2 Robert Oberst 39.46 s 5.0
3 Bryan Benzel 41.47 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 41.49 s 3.0
5 Dennis Kohlruss 42.66 s 2.0
6 Graham Hicks 29.9 m 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Stoltman 6 in 44.14 s 6.0
2 Robert Oberst 6 in 56.21 s 5.0
3 Graham Hicks 5 in 38.72 s 4.0
4 Dennis Kohlruss 5 in 41.61 s 3.0
5 Bryan Benzel 5 in 42.59 s 2.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 57.57 s 1.0

Load & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Benzel 3 in 38.69 s 6.0
2 Robert Oberst 3 in 41.55 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 in 42.97 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 3 in 43.56 s 3.0
5 Graham Hicks 2 + 7.00 m 2.0
6 Dennis Kohlruss 2 + 0.12 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 reps 6.0
2 Graham Hicks 6 reps 4.0
2 Luke Stoltman 6 reps 4.0
2 Robert Oberst 6 reps 4.0
5 Dennis Kohlruss 5 reps 2.0
6 Bryan Benzel 4 reps 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Graham Hicks 7 in 31.43 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 7 in 33.10 s 5.0
3 Bryan Benzel 7 in 40.27 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 6 reps 3.0
5 Robert Oberst 5 reps 2.0
6 Dennis Kohlruss 4 reps 1.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Dennis Kohlruss Eliminated 0.0
- Bryan Benzel Eliminated 0.0
- Robert Oberst 5 in 33.05 s 0.0
- Luke Stoltman 4 in 24.65 s 0.0
- Graham Hicks Eliminated 0.0
- Žydrūnas Savickas Qualified 0.0

2018 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 25.5
2 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 19.5
3 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
4 Martin Forsmark 🇸🇪 Sweden 12.5
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 Poland 17.5
6 Rongo Keene 🇦🇺 Australia 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 59.98 s 6.0
2 Martin Forsmark 17.48 m 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 17.02 m 4.0
4 Martins Licis 15.56 m 3.0
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 13.27 m 2.0
6 Rongo Keene 9.48 m 1.0

Circle of Strength

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 501 ° 6.0
2 Mark Felix 458 ° 5.0
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 369 ° 4.0
4 Rongo Keene 262 ° 3.0
5 Martin Forsmark 225 ° 2.0
6 Jean-François Caron 42 ° 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 7 reps 5.5
1 Jean-François Caron 7 reps 5.5
3 Mark Felix 6 reps 4.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 5 reps 2.5
4 Martin Forsmark 5 reps 2.5
6 Rongo Keene 3 reps 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 in 51.99 s 6.0
2 Martins Licis 3 in 27.97 s 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 3 in 31.27 s 4.0
4 Rongo Keene 2 in 15.44 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 1 in 6.02 s 2.0
6 Martin Forsmark 1 in 9.10 s 1.0

Load & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 3 in 31.66 s 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 3 in 35.21 s 5.0
3 Mark Felix 3 in 40.31 s 4.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 3 in 57.07 s 3.0
5 Martin Forsmark 3 in 61.75 s 2.0
6 Rongo Keene 0 in 75.00 s 0.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Martin Forsmark Eliminated 0.0
- Rongo Keene Eliminated 0.0
- Jean-François Caron 5 in 39.53 s 0.0
- Mark Felix 4 in 28.12 s 0.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski Eliminated 0.0
- Martins Licis Qualified 0.0

2018 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 Poland 26.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 19.5
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 Russia 22.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 Latvia 16.0
5 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
6 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 10.5

Event-by-Event Results

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 35.86 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 39.04 s 5.0
3 Konstantine Janashia 39.68 s 4.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 40.07 s 3.0
5 Nick Best 41.54 s 2.0
6 Mikhail Shivlyakov 42.11 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 7 reps 6.0
2 Nick Best 6 reps 4.5
2 Konstantine Janashia 6 reps 4.5
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 reps 3.0
5 Aivars Šmaukstelis 4 reps 2.0
6 Terry Hollands 1 rep 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 28.30 s 6.0
2 Mikhail Shivlyakov 2 in 14.59 s 5.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 2 in 16.70 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 2 in 28.87 s 3.0
5 Nick Best 2 in 37.90 s 2.0
6 Terry Hollands 1 in 7.43 s 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 8 in 59.76 s 6.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 in 42.93 s 5.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 6 in 27.83 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 6 in 37.11 s 3.0
5 Terry Hollands 5 in 57.91 s 2.0
6 Nick Best 2 in 13.66 s 1.0

Load & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 in 29.30 s 6.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 3 in 39.14 s 5.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 3 in 40.64 s 4.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 3 in 44.60 s 3.0
5 Terry Hollands 3 in 53.39 s 2.0
6 Nick Best 2 in 69.34 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Nick Best Eliminated 0.0
- Aivars Šmaukstelis Eliminated 0.0
- Mikhail Shivlyakov 5 in 36.65 s 0.0
- Terry Hollands Eliminated 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia 5 in 29.99 s 0.0
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski Qualified 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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