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2023 World's Strongest Viking

The 2023 World's Strongest Viking was held on 2023-02-24 in Vinstra, Norway. 14 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: February 24, 2023 – February 25, 2023
Location: Vinstra, Norway, Norway
Type: World's Strongest Viking
Division: Men
Johan Espenkrona
1st Place

Johan Espenkrona 🇸🇪

Total Points: 71.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Viking Press
  2. 2. Boat Pull
  3. 3. Power Stairs
  4. 4. Wheel of Pain
  5. 5. Hercules Hold
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Results

Final standings with every athlete's result and points in each of the 6 events. Scroll sideways for later events.
Place Athlete Total Atlas Stones Boat Pull Hercules Hold Power Stairs Viking Press Wheel of Pain
1 Johan Espenkrona 🇸🇪 71.0 12.0 5 in 30.69 s 14.0 17.09 s 10.0 46.18 s 13.0 25.84 s 13.0 12 reps 9.0 72 m
2 Eric Dawson 🇺🇸 67.0 13.0 5 in 26.18 s 12.0 18.31 s 12.0 54.35 s 5.0 35.22 s 14.0 14 reps 11.0 73.5 m
3 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 🇳🇴 60.0 4.0 3 in 13.05 s 11.0 18.32 s 9.0 43.02 s 14.0 24.81 s 8.0 6 reps 14.0 78.82 m
4 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 🇫🇮 59.0 6.0 4 in 43.80 s 13.0 18.10 s 7.0 36.71 s 10.0 28.82 s 10.0 8 reps 13.0 76.51 m
5 Fredrik Svensson 🇸🇪 57.0 14.0 5 in 22.51 s 9.0 18.69 s 2.0 22.87 s 9.0 29.32 s 11.0 9 reps 12.0 74.28 m
6 Romek Velt 🇪🇪 55.0 9.0 4 in 17.53 s 10.0 18.54 s 11.0 49.70 s 6.0 33.81 s 12.0 10 reps 7.0 65.4 m
7 Peter Rundberg 🇸🇪 54.0 10.0 5 in 36.02 s 8.0 19.40 s 13.0 54.75 s 7.0 33.06 s 6.0 5 reps 10.0 72.2 m
8 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 52.5 11.0 5 in 35.59 s 5.0 24.29 s 14.0 76.54 s 12.0 27.96 s 4.5 3 reps 6.0 57.4 m
9 Ole Martin Hansen 🇳🇴 50.0 8.0 4 in 34.06 s 7.0 20.49 s 8.0 41.40 s 11.0 28.35 s 8.0 6 reps 8.0 70.24 m
10 Michael Bishop 🇬🇧 23.0 7.0 4 in 40.91 s 2.0 26.86 s 6.0 36.65 s 3.0 11 steps 0.0 0 reps 5.0 54.2 m
11 Ken McClelland 🇺🇸 22.0 0.0 (Withdrew) 6.0 20.74 s 0.0 (Withdrew) 8.0 32.34 s 8.0 6 reps 0.0 (Withdrew)
12 Vaughn Sikorski 🇺🇸 21.0 3.0 3 in 15.96 s 4.0 26.21 s 4.0 30.90 s 4.0 50.50 s 3.0 1 rep 3.0 51.32 m
13 Ryan Myler 🇬🇧 17.0 5.0 4 in 48.77 s 1.0 21.4 m 5.0 31.11 s 2.0 9 steps 0.0 0 reps 4.0 52.27 m
14 Lars Besand 🇩🇰 15.5 2.0 3 in 31.15 s 3.0 26.80 s 3.0 27.87 s 1.0 5 steps 4.5 3 reps 2.0 27.27 m

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Fredrik Svensson 5 in 22.51 s 14.0
2 Eric Dawson 5 in 26.18 s 13.0
3 Johan Espenkrona 5 in 30.69 s 12.0
4 Mark Felix 5 in 35.59 s 11.0
5 Peter Rundberg 5 in 36.02 s 10.0
6 Romek Velt 4 in 17.53 s 9.0
7 Ole Martin Hansen 4 in 34.06 s 8.0
8 Michael Bishop 4 in 40.91 s 7.0
9 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 4 in 43.80 s 6.0
10 Ryan Myler 4 in 48.77 s 5.0
11 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 3 in 13.05 s 4.0
12 Vaughn Sikorski 3 in 15.96 s 3.0
13 Lars Besand 3 in 31.15 s 2.0
- Ken McClelland (Withdrew) 0.0

Boat Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johan Espenkrona 17.09 s 14.0
2 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 18.10 s 13.0
3 Eric Dawson 18.31 s 12.0
4 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 18.32 s 11.0
5 Romek Velt 18.54 s 10.0
6 Fredrik Svensson 18.69 s 9.0
7 Peter Rundberg 19.40 s 8.0
8 Ole Martin Hansen 20.49 s 7.0
9 Ken McClelland 20.74 s 6.0
10 Mark Felix 24.29 s 5.0
11 Vaughn Sikorski 26.21 s 4.0
12 Lars Besand 26.80 s 3.0
13 Michael Bishop 26.86 s 2.0
14 Ryan Myler 21.4 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 76.54 s 14.0
2 Peter Rundberg 54.75 s 13.0
3 Eric Dawson 54.35 s 12.0
4 Romek Velt 49.70 s 11.0
5 Johan Espenkrona 46.18 s 10.0
6 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 43.02 s 9.0
7 Ole Martin Hansen 41.40 s 8.0
8 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 36.71 s 7.0
9 Michael Bishop 36.65 s 6.0
10 Ryan Myler 31.11 s 5.0
11 Vaughn Sikorski 30.90 s 4.0
12 Lars Besand 27.87 s 3.0
13 Fredrik Svensson 22.87 s 2.0
- Ken McClelland (Withdrew) 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 24.81 s 14.0
2 Johan Espenkrona 25.84 s 13.0
3 Mark Felix 27.96 s 12.0
4 Ole Martin Hansen 28.35 s 11.0
5 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 28.82 s 10.0
6 Fredrik Svensson 29.32 s 9.0
7 Ken McClelland 32.34 s 8.0
8 Peter Rundberg 33.06 s 7.0
9 Romek Velt 33.81 s 6.0
10 Eric Dawson 35.22 s 5.0
11 Vaughn Sikorski 50.50 s 4.0
12 Michael Bishop 11 steps 3.0
13 Ryan Myler 9 steps 2.0
14 Lars Besand 5 steps 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eric Dawson 14 reps 14.0
2 Johan Espenkrona 12 reps 13.0
3 Romek Velt 10 reps 12.0
4 Fredrik Svensson 9 reps 11.0
5 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 8 reps 10.0
6 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 6 reps 8.0
6 Ole Martin Hansen 6 reps 8.0
6 Ken McClelland 6 reps 8.0
9 Peter Rundberg 5 reps 6.0
10 Lars Besand 3 reps 4.5
10 Mark Felix 3 reps 4.5
12 Vaughn Sikorski 1 rep 3.0
- Ryan Myler 0 reps 0.0
- Michael Bishop 0 reps 0.0

Wheel of Pain

# Athlete Result Points
1 Øyvind Skjævesland Gustavsen 78.82 m 14.0
2 Veli-Pekka Kauhanen 76.51 m 13.0
3 Fredrik Svensson 74.28 m 12.0
4 Eric Dawson 73.5 m 11.0
5 Peter Rundberg 72.2 m 10.0
6 Johan Espenkrona 72 m 9.0
7 Ole Martin Hansen 70.24 m 8.0
8 Romek Velt 65.4 m 7.0
9 Mark Felix 57.4 m 6.0
10 Michael Bishop 54.2 m 5.0
11 Ryan Myler 52.27 m 4.0
12 Vaughn Sikorski 51.32 m 3.0
13 Lars Besand 27.27 m 2.0
- Ken McClelland (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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