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2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships

The 2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships was held on 2024-03-02 in Columbus, Ohio. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: March 2, 2024 – March 3, 2024
Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Type: Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships
Division: Men
Nick Guardione
1st Place

Nick Guardione 🇺🇸

Total Points: 37.6

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Overhead Medley
  2. 2. Sandbag Toss
  3. 3. Squat Lift
  4. 4. Load & Drag
  5. 5. Tire Deadlift
  6. 6. Dinnie Series
  7. 7. Sandbag to Shoulder

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Nick Guardione 🇺🇸 USA 37.6
2 Andrew Burton 🇺🇸 USA 32.1
3 Josh Spurgeon 🇺🇸 USA 31.8
4 Joe Mass 🇺🇸 USA 31.7
5 Brian Kichton 🇺🇸 USA 29.9
6 Seth Soukup 🇺🇸 USA 29.3
7 Nathan Warfel 🇺🇸 USA 24.5
8 Matyáš Funiok 🇨🇿 CZE 22.6
9 Shawn Schellenger 🇺🇸 USA 20.5
10 Denis Berezhnyk 🇺🇦 UKR 19.4

Event-by-Event Results

Dinnie Series

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Burton 3 in 21.96 s 10.0
2 Josh Spurgeon 3 in 24.41 s 9.0
3 Brian Kichton 3 in 26.78 s 8.0
4 Shawn Schellenger 3 in 27.14 s 7.0
5 Joe Mass 3 in 28.27 s 6.0
6 Nick Guardione 3 in 32.58 s 5.0
7 Seth Soukup 3 in 37.32 s 4.0
8 Denis Berezhnyk 3 in 51.37 s 3.0
9 Matyáš Funiok 3 in 55.73 s 2.0
10 Nathan Warfel 2 in 17.45 s 1.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Guardione 24.07 s 4.0
2 Matyáš Funiok 25.05 s 3.9
3 Andrew Burton 25.72 s 3.7
4 Nathan Warfel 27.57 s 3.6
5 Denis Berezhnyk 28.14 s 3.5
6 Josh Spurgeon 28.89 s 3.4
7 Shawn Schellenger 29.70 s 3.2
8 Seth Soukup 29.77 s 3.1
9 Brian Kichton 30.23 s 3.0
10 Joe Mass 32.61 s 2.6

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Guardione 6 in 50.57 s 4.0
2 Josh Spurgeon 6 in 51.20 s 3.9
3 Denis Berezhnyk 6 in 56.85 s 3.7
4 Seth Soukup 6 in 64.85 s 3.6
5 Joe Mass 6 in 69.31 s 3.5
6 Shawn Schellenger 5 in 48.49 s 3.3
7 Andrew Burton 5 in 61.84 s 3.2
8 Matyáš Funiok 5 in 70.32 s 3.0
9 Nathan Warfel 5 in 74.26 s 2.7
10 Brian Kichton 4 in 40.18 s 2.1

Sandbag to Shoulder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Guardione 200 kg 10.0
2 Seth Soukup 190 kg 9.0
3 Nathan Warfel 180 kg 7.5
3 Matyáš Funiok 180 kg 7.5
5 Joe Mass 160 kg 5.5
5 Brian Kichton 160 kg 5.5
- Andrew Burton (No lift) 0.0
- Josh Spurgeon (No lift) 0.0
- Shawn Schellenger (No lift) 0.0
- Denis Berezhnyk (No lift) 0.0

Sandbag Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Burton 6 in 32.55 s 4.0
2 Nick Guardione 6 in 50.67 s 3.7
3 Brian Kichton 6 in 68.61 s 3.5
4 Nathan Warfel 5 in 64.27 s 3.2
5 Josh Spurgeon 4 in 28.83 s 3.1
6 Shawn Schellenger 4 in 30.20 s 2.9
7 Matyáš Funiok 4 in 30.90 s 2.7
8 Joe Mass 4 in 50.28 s 2.3
9 Denis Berezhnyk 4 in 53.14 s 2.1
10 Seth Soukup 2 in 36.04 s 1.1

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Joe Mass 14 reps 3.9
2 Seth Soukup 13 reps 3.5
2 Nathan Warfel 13 reps 3.5
4 Andrew Burton 12 reps 3.2
5 Nick Guardione 11 reps 2.9
5 Brian Kichton 11 reps 2.9
7 Josh Spurgeon 10 reps 2.5
7 Shawn Schellenger 10 reps 2.5
9 Matyáš Funiok 9 reps 2.1
9 Denis Berezhnyk 9 reps 2.1

Tire Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Josh Spurgeon 449 kg 10.0
2 Nick Guardione 408 kg 8.0
2 Andrew Burton 408 kg 8.0
2 Joe Mass 408 kg 8.0
5 Brian Kichton 386 kg 5.0
5 Seth Soukup 386 kg 5.0
5 Denis Berezhnyk 386 kg 5.0
8 Nathan Warfel 363 kg 3.0
9 Matyáš Funiok 347 kg 1.5
9 Shawn Schellenger 347 kg 1.5
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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