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2020 WSM Final

The 2020 WSM Final was held on 2020-11-12 in Bradenton, Florida. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: November 12, 2020 – November 15, 2020
Location: Bradenton, Florida, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Oleksii Novikov
1st Place

Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦

Total Points: 47.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Giant's Medley
  2. 2. Max Deadlift
  3. 3. Keg Toss
  4. 4. Hercules Hold
  5. 5. Log Ladder
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 UKR 47.0
2 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 43.5
3 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 42.0
4 Jerry Pritchett 🇺🇸 USA 40.0
5 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 35.5
6 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 GBR 34.0
7 Kevin Faires 🇺🇸 USA 31.0
8 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 LAT 28.5
9 Luke Richardson 🇬🇧 GBR 22.5
10 Graham Hicks 🇬🇧 GBR 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 19.89 s 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 28.55 s 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 5 in 34.03 s 8.0
4 Oleksii Novikov 4 in 19.47 s 7.0
5 Aivars Šmaukstelis 4 in 20.63 s 6.0
6 Adam Bishop 4 in 24.30 s 5.0
7 Jerry Pritchett 4 in 24.53 s 4.0
8 Kevin Faires 4 in 24.73 s 3.0
9 Luke Richardson 3 in 18.02 s 2.0
- Graham Hicks Withdrew 0.0

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Bishop 22.55 s 10.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 23.79 s 9.0
3 Jerry Pritchett 24.71 s 8.0
4 Kevin Faires 26.22 s 7.0
5 Tom Stoltman 26.61 s 6.0
6 Jean-François Caron 26.92 s 5.0
7 Brian Shaw 27.03 s 4.0
8 Aivars Šmaukstelis 34.97 s 3.0
9 Luke Richardson 36.70 s 2.0
10 Graham Hicks 16.19 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 52.67 s 10.0
2 Kevin Faires 49.22 s 9.0
3 Jerry Pritchett 42.99 s 8.0
4 Oleksii Novikov 41.63 s 7.0
5 Luke Richardson 35.12 s 6.0
6 Brian Shaw 34.79 s 5.0
7 Adam Bishop 28.40 s 4.0
8 Aivars Šmaukstelis 28.17 s 3.0
9 Tom Stoltman 21.23 s 2.0
- Graham Hicks Withdrew 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 8 in 20.05 s 10.0
2 Jean-François Caron 8 in 20.31 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 8 in 21.75 s 8.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 8 in 24.88 s 7.0
5 Oleksii Novikov 8 in 26.96 s 6.0
6 Luke Richardson 8 in 27.82 s 5.0
7 Adam Bishop 8 in 39.90 s 4.0
8 Jerry Pritchett 7 in 39.94 s 3.0
9 Kevin Faires 6 in 19.04 s 2.0
- Graham Hicks Withdrew 0.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 49.45 s 10.0
2 Jerry Pritchett 5 in 51.18 s 9.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 4 in 32.68 s 8.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 4 in 41.24 s 7.0
5 Kevin Faires 4 in 46.67 s 6.0
6 Luke Richardson 4 in 62.12 s 5.0
7 Brian Shaw 3 in 27.91 s 4.0
8 Adam Bishop 3 in 37.02 s 3.0
9 Jean-François Caron 3 in 47.05 s 2.0
- Graham Hicks Withdrew 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 537.5 kg 10.0
2 Jean-François Caron 509 kg 8.0
2 Jerry Pritchett 509 kg 8.0
2 Adam Bishop 509 kg 8.0
5 Tom Stoltman 478.5 kg 5.5
5 Brian Shaw 478.5 kg 5.5
7 Kevin Faires 440 kg 4.0
8 Aivars Šmaukstelis 400 kg 2.5
8 Luke Richardson 400 kg 2.5
- Graham Hicks Withdrew 0.0

2020 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jerry Pritchett 🇺🇸 United States 17.0
2 Luke Richardson 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
3 Robert Oberst 🇺🇸 United States 11.0
4 Pa O'Dwyer 🇮🇪 Ireland 9.0
5 Gabriel Peña 🇲🇽 Mexico 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jerry Pritchett 52 m 5.0
2 Robert Oberst 38.87 m 4.0
3 Luke Richardson 20.13 m 3.0
4 Gabriel Peña 9.89 m 2.0
5 Pa O'Dwyer 7.83 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jerry Pritchett 9 reps 5.0
2 Gabriel Peña 8 reps 4.0
3 Luke Richardson 7 reps 3.0
4 Pa O'Dwyer 6 reps 2.0
5 Robert Oberst 1 rep 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Richardson 5 in 46.30 s 5.0
2 Pa O'Dwyer 5 in 48.99 s 4.0
3 Robert Oberst 5 in 56.96 s 3.0
4 Jerry Pritchett 5 in 57.37 s 2.0
5 Gabriel Peña Withdrew 0.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jerry Pritchett 9 in 71.13 s 5.0
2 Luke Richardson 8 in 67.00 s 4.0
3 Robert Oberst 8 in 73.59 s 3.0
4 Pa O'Dwyer 5 in 66.25 s 2.0
5 Gabriel Peña Withdrew 0.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Gabriel Peña Eliminated 0.0
- Pa O'Dwyer Eliminated 0.0
- Jerry Pritchett Qualified 0.0
- Luke Richardson 5 in 47.56 s 0.0
- Robert Oberst 4 in 63.70 s 0.0

2020 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Kevin Faires 🇺🇸 United States 14.0
2 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 Russia 13.0
4 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 United States 13.0
5 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Evan Singleton 52.25 m 5.0
2 Kevin Faires 52 m 4.0
3 Mark Felix 42.67 m 3.0
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 42 m 2.0
5 Adam Bishop 30.48 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adam Bishop 9 reps 4.0
1 Mark Felix 9 reps 4.0
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 9 reps 4.0
4 Kevin Faires 6 reps 2.0
5 Evan Singleton 4 reps 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Kevin Faires 5 in 42.94 s 5.0
2 Adam Bishop 5 in 44.81 s 4.0
3 Evan Singleton 5 in 46.47 s 3.0
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 5 in 51.18 s 2.0
5 Mark Felix 4 in 41.28 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 6 in 67.34 s 5.0
2 Evan Singleton 5 in 53.49 s 4.0
3 Kevin Faires 5 in 54.41 s 3.0
4 Adam Bishop 3 in 20.41 s 2.0
5 Mark Felix 2 in 19.56 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mark Felix Eliminated 0.0
- Adam Bishop 6 in 53.04 s 0.0
- Mikhail Shivlyakov 5 in 34.19 s 0.0
- Evan Singleton Withdrew 0.0
- Kevin Faires Qualified 0.0

2020 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 Ukraine 17.0
2 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
3 Maxime Boudreault 🇨🇦 Canada 13.0
4 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 United States 10.0
5 Gavin Bilton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 39.11 s 5.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 5 in 42.57 s 4.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 44.40 s 3.0
4 Trey Mitchell 5 in 54.16 s 2.0
5 Gavin Bilton 4 in 69.17 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 57.54 m 5.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 46.34 m 4.0
3 Tom Stoltman 42.78 m 3.0
4 Gavin Bilton 31.5 m 2.0
5 Trey Mitchell 10.11 m 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 8 in 62.39 s 5.0
2 Tom Stoltman 4 in 30.19 s 4.0
3 Maxime Boudreault 3 in 18.78 s 3.0
4 Trey Mitchell 3 in 19.03 s 2.0
5 Gavin Bilton 3 in 23.66 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 11 reps 5.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 10 reps 4.0
3 Tom Stoltman 8 reps 3.0
4 Maxime Boudreault 7 reps 2.0
5 Gavin Bilton 0 reps 0.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Gavin Bilton Eliminated 0.0
- Trey Mitchell Eliminated 0.0
- Maxime Boudreault 7 in 38.30 s 0.0
- Oleksii Novikov Qualified 0.0
- Tom Stoltman 8 in 39.00 s 0.0

2020 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 16.5
2 Graham Hicks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.0
3 Bobby Thompson 🇺🇸 United States 14.5
4 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 🇮🇸 Iceland 11.0
5 Ervin Toots 🇪🇪 Estonia 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 5 in 47.13 s 5.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 in 52.10 s 4.0
3 Bobby Thompson 5 in 53.06 s 3.0
4 Graham Hicks 5 in 56.35 s 2.0
5 Ervin Toots Withdrew 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 48.2 m 5.0
2 Bobby Thompson 45.59 m 4.0
3 Ervin Toots 18.76 m 3.0
4 Graham Hicks 7.47 m 2.0
5 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5.3 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Graham Hicks 9 in 69.07 s 5.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 6 in 48.79 s 4.0
3 Bobby Thompson 1 in 4.99 s 3.0
4 Jean-François Caron 1 in 6.10 s 2.0
5 Ervin Toots Withdrew 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 11 reps 4.5
1 Bobby Thompson 11 reps 4.5
3 Graham Hicks 10 reps 3.0
4 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 reps 2.0
5 Ervin Toots 0 reps 0.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Ervin Toots Eliminated 0.0
- Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted Eliminated 0.0
- Bobby Thompson 5 in 75.09 s 0.0
- Jean-François Caron Qualified 0.0
- Graham Hicks 6 in 50.34 s 0.0

2020 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 15.5
2 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 Latvia 13.5
3 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.5
4 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.5
5 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 52 m 5.0
2 Brian Shaw 40.1 m 4.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 36.56 m 3.0
4 Nick Best 29.56 m 2.0
5 Luke Stoltman 28.86 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 6 reps 4.5
1 Brian Shaw 6 reps 4.5
3 Luke Stoltman 5 reps 2.5
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 5 reps 2.5
5 Nick Best 1 rep 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Aivars Šmaukstelis 5 in 40.50 s 5.0
2 Luke Stoltman 5 in 42.31 s 4.0
3 Terry Hollands 5 in 52.68 s 3.0
4 Brian Shaw 5 in 54.21 s 2.0
5 Nick Best 4 in 81.88 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 9 in 74.24 s 5.0
2 Luke Stoltman 4 in 34.02 s 4.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 3 in 25.13 s 3.0
4 Terry Hollands 1 in 15.16 s 2.0
5 Nick Best 0 in 75.00 s 0.0

Atlas Stones

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Nick Best Eliminated 0.0
- Aivars Šmaukstelis 7 in 39.57 s 0.0
- Terry Hollands 6 in 33.43 s 0.0
- Luke Stoltman Eliminated 0.0
- Brian Shaw Qualified 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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