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2022 WSM Final

The 2022 WSM Final was held on 2022-05-24 in Sacramento, California. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: May 24, 2022 – May 29, 2022
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Tom Stoltman
1st Place

Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧

Total Points: 53.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Giant's Medley
  2. 2. Deadlift
  3. 3. Flintstone Barbell
  4. 4. Bus Pull
  5. 5. Power Stairs
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 53.5
2 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 43.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 UKR 43.0
4 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 37.5
5 Maxime Boudreault 🇨🇦 CAN 34.5
6 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 34.0
7 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 30.5
8 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 CAN 30.0
9 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 🇮🇸 ISL 13.0
10 Gabriel Rhéaume 🇨🇦 CAN 11.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 25.76 s 10.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 5 in 28.04 s 9.0
3 Trey Mitchell 5 in 33.06 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 5 in 39.29 s 7.0
5 Martins Licis 5 in 45.74 s 6.0
6 Luke Stoltman 4 in 25.78 s 5.0
7 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 4 in 28.87 s 4.0
8 Gabriel Rhéaume 4 in 33.55 s 3.0
9 Mitchell Hooper 4 in 33.78 s 2.0
10 Oleksii Novikov 4 in 36.70 s 1.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 41.51 s 10.0
2 Martins Licis 42.18 s 9.0
3 Tom Stoltman 44.50 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 44.69 s 7.0
5 Trey Mitchell 45.72 s 6.0
6 Luke Stoltman 47.00 s 5.0
7 Maxime Boudreault 47.20 s 4.0
8 Mitchell Hooper 49.24 s 3.0
9 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 51.32 s 2.0
10 Gabriel Rhéaume 53.22 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 15 reps 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 13 reps 8.5
2 Trey Mitchell 13 reps 8.5
4 Martins Licis 12 reps 6.0
4 Brian Shaw 12 reps 6.0
4 Mitchell Hooper 12 reps 6.0
7 Maxime Boudreault 10 reps 4.0
8 Luke Stoltman 9 reps 3.0
9 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 8 reps 1.5
9 Gabriel Rhéaume 8 reps 1.5

Flintstone Barbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 246 kg 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 240 kg 9.0
3 Martins Licis 235 kg 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 212 kg 5.5
4 Maxime Boudreault 212 kg 5.5
4 Trey Mitchell 212 kg 5.5
4 Luke Stoltman 212 kg 5.5
8 Mitchell Hooper 200 kg 3.0
9 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 190 kg 1.5
9 Gabriel Rhéaume 190 kg 1.5

Giant's Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 21.96 s 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 24.75 s 9.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 24.84 s 8.0
4 Luke Stoltman 28.72 s 7.0
5 Martins Licis 30.60 s 6.0
6 Brian Shaw 30.78 s 5.0
7 Trey Mitchell 32.54 s 4.0
8 Gabriel Rhéaume 33.87 s 3.0
9 Maxime Boudreault 34.11 s 2.0
10 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 37.61 s 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Maxime Boudreault 9 in 39.07 s 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 9 in 41.04 s 9.0
3 Martins Licis 9 in 44.56 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 8 in 69.03 s 7.0
5 Mitchell Hooper 7 in 32.36 s 6.0
6 Luke Stoltman 7 in 59.47 s 5.0
7 Oleksii Novikov 6 in 34.20 s 4.0
8 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 6 in 35.78 s 3.0
9 Trey Mitchell 6 in 70.22 s 2.0
10 Gabriel Rhéaume 5 in 35.78 s 1.0

2022 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 25.0
2 Gabriel Rhéaume 🇨🇦 Canada 20.0
3 Kevin Faires 🇺🇸 United States 24.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 Latvia 15.0
5 Andy Black 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.0
6 Manuel Angulo 🇨🇱 Chile 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 14.65 s 6.0
2 Gabriel Rhéaume 16.44 s 5.0
3 Kevin Faires 19.32 s 4.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 19.91 s 3.0
5 Andy Black 32.71 s 2.0
6 Manuel Angulo 60.00 s 1.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 51.46 s 6.0
2 Gabriel Rhéaume 4 in 39.40 s 5.0
3 Kevin Faires 4 in 45.89 s 4.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 4 in 55.91 s 3.0
5 Andy Black 4 in 62.30 s 2.0
6 Manuel Angulo 3 in 38.62 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 38.39 s 6.0
2 Kevin Faires 5 in 43.36 s 5.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 5 in 44.37 s 4.0
4 Andy Black 5 in 50.81 s 3.0
5 Gabriel Rhéaume 5 in 53.39 s 2.0
6 Manuel Angulo 4 in 70.64 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 8 reps 6.0
2 Kevin Faires 7 reps 5.0
3 Gabriel Rhéaume 6 reps 4.0
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis 4 reps 3.0
5 Manuel Angulo 0 reps 0.0
5 Andy Black 0 reps 0.0

Wrecking Ball Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Kevin Faires 95.18 s 6.0
2 Andy Black 86.92 s 5.0
3 Gabriel Rhéaume 84.10 s 4.0
4 Manuel Angulo 71.66 s 3.0
5 Aivars Šmaukstelis 57.44 s 2.0
6 Tom Stoltman 4.63 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Kevin Faires 6 stones 0.0
- Andy Black (Eliminated) 0.0
- Manuel Angulo (Eliminated) 0.0
- Tom Stoltman (Qualified) 0.0
- Gabriel Rhéaume 7 stones 0.0
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Eliminated) 0.0

2022 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 Canada 23.5
2 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 17.5
3 Bobby Thompson 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
4 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 13.0
6 Gabriel Peña 🇲🇽 Mexico 13.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 11.64 s 6.0
2 Mark Felix 13.96 s 5.0
3 Bobby Thompson 16.05 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 18.16 s 3.0
5 Brian Shaw 19.97 s 2.0
6 Gabriel Peña 18.9 m 1.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 31.21 s 6.0
2 Bobby Thompson 5 in 42.56 s 5.0
3 Gabriel Peña 5 in 52.53 s 4.0
4 Mark Felix 4 in 28.64 s 3.0
5 Brian Shaw 4 in 32.20 s 2.0
6 Konstantine Janashia 3 in 19.05 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 38.31 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 45.00 s 5.0
3 Gabriel Peña 5 in 45.88 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 5 in 49.47 s 3.0
5 Bobby Thompson 5 in 49.70 s 2.0
6 Mark Felix 5 in 54.96 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bobby Thompson 8 reps 6.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 7 reps 4.5
2 Brian Shaw 7 reps 4.5
4 Konstantine Janashia 5 reps 3.0
5 Gabriel Peña 1 rep 2.0
6 Mark Felix 0 reps 0.0

Wrecking Ball Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 140.49 s 6.0
2 Bobby Thompson 81.33 s 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 66.13 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 61.38 s 3.0
5 Gabriel Peña 48.27 s 2.0
6 Mitchell Hooper 6.40 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mitchell Hooper (Qualified) 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia (Eliminated) 0.0
- Bobby Thompson 0 stones 0.0
- Brian Shaw 1 stone 0.0
- Mark Felix (Eliminated) 0.0
- Gabriel Peña (Eliminated) 0.0

2022 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 Ukraine 24.5
2 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 United States 21.5
3 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.0
4 Rob Kearney 🇺🇸 United States 15.0
5 Mika Törrö 🇫🇮 Finland 13.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 🇵🇱 Poland 13.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Kearney 11.63 s 6.0
2 Grzegorz Szyma 14.26 s 5.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 15.23 s 4.0
4 Trey Mitchell 19.24 s 3.0
5 Adam Bishop 23.38 s 2.0
6 Mika Törrö 9.5 m 1.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 35.64 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 5 in 37.44 s 5.0
3 Trey Mitchell 5 in 59.00 s 4.0
4 Rob Kearney 4 in 41.28 s 3.0
5 Mika Törrö 2 in 26.65 s 2.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 2 in 26.91 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 37.25 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 5 in 45.85 s 5.0
3 Mika Törrö 5 in 47.84 s 4.0
4 Trey Mitchell 5 in 48.78 s 3.0
5 Rob Kearney 5 in 54.62 s 2.0
6 Grzegorz Szyma 4 in 29.85 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 9 reps 5.5
1 Trey Mitchell 9 reps 5.5
3 Adam Bishop 7 reps 4.0
4 Rob Kearney 6 reps 3.0
5 Grzegorz Szyma 3 reps 2.0
6 Mika Törrö 2 reps 1.0

Wrecking Ball Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 126.46 s 6.0
2 Mika Törrö 113.17 s 5.0
3 Grzegorz Szyma 106.49 s 4.0
4 Oleksii Novikov 98.63 s 3.0
5 Adam Bishop 91.35 s 2.0
6 Rob Kearney 61.95 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Adam Bishop 10 stones 0.0
- Mika Törrö (Eliminated) 0.0
- Oleksii Novikov (Qualified) 0.0
- Rob Kearney (Eliminated) 0.0
- Trey Mitchell 10 stones 0.0
- Grzegorz Szyma (Eliminated) 0.0

2022 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 25.5
2 Maxime Boudreault 🇨🇦 Canada 23.0
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 🇺🇦 Ukraine 21.5
4 Gavin Bilton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.0
5 Nedžmin Ambešković 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.0
6 Shane Flowers 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 12.92 s 6.0
2 Martins Licis 18.93 s 5.0
3 Gavin Bilton 23.67 s 4.0
4 Maxime Boudreault 49.28 s 3.0
5 Nedžmin Ambešković 13.6 m 2.0
6 Shane Flowers (Withdrew) 0.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 5 in 43.59 s 6.0
2 Gavin Bilton 5 in 52.28 s 5.0
3 Shane Flowers 4 in 36.69 s 4.0
4 Maxime Boudreault 3 in 21.12 s 3.0
5 Pavlo Kordiyaka 3 in 38.50 s 2.0
6 Nedžmin Ambešković 3 in 45.45 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 5 in 37.73 s 6.0
2 Maxime Boudreault 5 in 40.68 s 5.0
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 in 43.70 s 4.0
4 Gavin Bilton 5 in 45.76 s 3.0
5 Shane Flowers 5 in 48.70 s 2.0
6 Nedžmin Ambešković 1 in 10.20 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Maxime Boudreault 10 reps 6.0
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 9 reps 4.5
2 Martins Licis 9 reps 4.5
4 Gavin Bilton 7 reps 3.0
5 Nedžmin Ambešković 2 reps 2.0
6 Shane Flowers (Withdrew) 0.0

Wrecking Ball Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Maxime Boudreault 93.93 s 6.0
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 91.33 s 5.0
3 Martins Licis 85.63 s 4.0
4 Nedžmin Ambešković 72.47 s 3.0
5 Gavin Bilton 67.15 s 2.0
6 Shane Flowers (Withdrew) 0.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Nedžmin Ambešković (Eliminated) 0.0
- Shane Flowers (Eliminated) 0.0
- Martins Licis (Qualified) 0.0
- Gavin Bilton (Eliminated) 0.0
- Maxime Boudreault 10 stones 0.0
- Pavlo Kordiyaka 10 stones 0.0

2022 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 23.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 🇮🇸 Iceland 20.0
3 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 🇦🇺 Australia 18.0
4 Kelvin de Ruiter 🇳🇱 Netherlands 16.5
5 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 United States 14.5
6 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 🇬🇷 Greenland 11.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Evan Singleton 9.86 s 6.0
2 Luke Stoltman 16.65 s 5.0
3 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 29.07 s 4.0
4 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 41.34 s 3.0
5 Kelvin de Ruiter 60.00 s 2.0
6 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 11.4 m 1.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Stoltman 4 in 42.87 s 6.0
2 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 4 in 53.87 s 5.0
3 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 4 in 56.48 s 4.0
4 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 3 in 40.88 s 3.0
5 Kelvin de Ruiter 3 in 56.44 s 2.0
6 Evan Singleton (Did not attempt) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Stoltman 5 in 37.95 s 6.0
2 Kelvin de Ruiter 5 in 39.18 s 5.0
3 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 in 49.69 s 4.0
4 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 5 in 52.70 s 3.0
5 Evan Singleton 5 in 68.38 s 2.0
6 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 4 in 34.79 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Stoltman 10 reps 6.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 8 reps 5.0
3 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 7 reps 4.0
4 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 6 reps 3.0
5 Evan Singleton 1 rep 1.5
5 Kelvin de Ruiter 1 rep 1.5

Wrecking Ball Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Kelvin de Ruiter 105.65 s 6.0
2 Evan Singleton 100.34 s 5.0
3 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 63.42 s 4.0
4 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 60.70 s 3.0
5 Kim Ujarak Lorentzen 36.24 s 2.0
6 Luke Stoltman (Did not attempt) 0.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Evan Singleton (Eliminated) 0.0
- Kim Ujarak Lorentzen (Eliminated) 0.0
- Luke Stoltman (Qualified) 0.0
- Kelvin de Ruiter (Eliminated) 0.0
- Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 stones 0.0
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 5 stones 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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