The 2024 Strongest Man on Earth (SMoE) main evented the 2024 Shaw Classic in Loveland, CO, on Aug. 17-18, 2024. Sixteen of the world’s top strongmen converged in the midwest of the USA to partake in the competition promoted by four-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Brian Shaw.
After eight events — Max Deadlift, Overhead Medley, Keg Toss, Manhood Stones, Squat Lift, Wheelbarrow & Arm-Over-Arm Medley, Dumbbell Medley, and Fingal’s Fingers & Power Stairs Medley — Mitchell Hooper stood atop the podium with 117 of a possible 128 points.
2024 Strongest Man on Earth Results
- Mitchell Hooper (CAN) — 117 points
 - Hafthór Björnsson (ISL) — 108 points
 - Lucas Hatton (USA) — 83 points
 - Trey Mitchell (USA) — 79.5 points
 - Austin Andrade (USA) — 75.5 points
 - Evan Singleton (USA) — 70 points
 - Tom Stoltman (UK) — 68.5 points
 - Bobby Thompson (USA) — 63.5 points
 - Wesley Derwinsky (CAN) — 61.5 points
 - Thomas Evans (USA) — 57 points
 - Maxime Boudreault (CAN) — 41 points
 - Mathew Ragg (NZL) — 40 points
 - Tristain Hoath (CAN) — 38 points
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 38 points
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR) — 35 points
 - Oleksii Novikov (UKR) — 29.5 points
 
[Related: 2024 Official Strongman Games European Championships Women’s Results]
[Related: 2024 Official Strongman Games European Championships Men’s Results]
2024 Strongest Man on Earth Event Results
Below are the results for each of the eight events contested in Loveland:
Max Deadlift
Athletes established their max deadlift. They were allowed to use lifting straps but not lifting suits.
- Hafthór Björnsson — 450 kilograms
 - Mitchell Hooper — 438 kilograms
 - Austin Andrade — 436 kilograms (T-third)
 - Bobby Thompson — 436 kilograms (T-third)
 - Mathew Ragg — 429 kilograms
 - Evan Singleton — 420 kilograms
 - Trey Mitchell — 411 kilograms
 - Tom Stoltman — 409 kilograms
 - Wesley Derwinsky — 397 kilograms
 - Tristain Hoath — 393 kilograms
 - Lucas Hatton — 388 kilograms (T-11th)
 - Thomas Evans — 388 kilograms (T-11th)
 - Oleksii Novikov — 384 kilograms
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — 372 kilograms
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — 350 kilograms
 - Maxime Boudreault — 332 kilograms
 
Overhead Medley
With two minutes on the clock, each strongman attempted to lift a 163-kilogram log, a 170-kilogram axle, a 177-kilogram log, a 184-kilogram axle, and a 191-kilogram log.
- Mitchell Hooper — Five in 100.33 seconds
 - Trey Mitchell — Five in 100.90 seconds
 - Tom Stoltman — Five in 112.56 seconds
 - Thomas Evans — Four in 77.74 seconds
 - Lucas Hatton — Three in 43.78 seconds
 - Austin Andrade — Three in 60.75 seconds
 - Maxime Boudreault — Three in 77.39 seconds
 - Bobby Thompson — Two in 19.51 seconds
 - Hafthór Björnsson — Two in 28.20 seconds
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — Two in 28.71 seconds
 - Evan Singleton — Two in 31.1 seconds
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — One in 5.56 seconds
 - Oleksii Novikov — One in 7.33 seconds
 - Mathew Ragg — One in 7.48 seconds
 - Wesley Derwinsky — One in 8.19 seconds
 - Tristain Hoath — One in 12.42 seconds
 
Keg Toss
Athletes established their max height toss with 15 kilograms.
- Hafthór Björnsson — 7.77 meters
 - Mitchell Hooper — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Evan Singleton — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Tom Stoltman — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Wesley Derwinsky — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Thomas Evans — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Mathew Ragg — 7.32 meters (T-second)
 - Trey Mitchell — 6.71 meters (T-eight)
 - Austin Andrade — 6.71 meters (T-eight)
 - Bobby Thompson — 6.71 meters (T-eight)
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — 6.71 meters (T-eight)
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — 6.71 meters (T-eight)
 - Lucas Hatton — 6.1 meters (T-13th)
 - Tristain Hoath — 6.1 meters (T-13th)
 - Oleksii Novikov — 6.1 meters (T-13th)
 - Maxime Boudreault — 5.49 meters
 
Manhood Stones
With 90 seconds on the clock, each strongman lifted 204, 227, 249, or 272 kilograms for reps. Any single rep of a higher weight outranked any number of reps at a lighter weight.
- Hafthór Björnsson — 249 kilograms, two reps
 - Austin Andrade — 249 kilograms, one rep
 - Mitchell Hooper — 249 kilograms, one rep
 - Trey Mitchell — 249 kilograms, one rep
 - Lucas Hatton — 227 kilograms, one rep
 - Thomas Evans — 204 kilograms, three reps
 - Evan Singleton — 204 kilograms, one rep
 - Tristain Hoath — 204 kilograms, one rep
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — 204 kilograms, one rep
 - Tom Stoltman — no lift
 - Bobby Thompson — no lift
 - Wesley Derwinsky — no lift
 - Maxime Boudreault — no lift
 - Mathew Ragg — no lift
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — no lift
 - Oleksii Novikov — no lift
 
Squat Lift
Each strongman established their max reps with 368 kilograms.
- Mitchell Hooper — 10 reps
 - Lucas Hatton — Five reps
 - Bobby Thompson — Four reps
 - Hafthór Björnsson — Three reps
 - Trey Mitchell — One rep (T-fifth)
 - Wesley Derwinsky — One rep (T-fifth)
 - Austin Andrade — no lift
 - Evan Singleton — no lift
 - Tom Stoltman — no lift
 - Thomas Evans — no lift
 - Maxime Boudreault — no lift
 - Mathew Ragg — no lift
 - Tristain Hoath — no lift
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — no lift
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — no lift
 - Oleksii Novikov — no lift
 
Wheelbarrow & Arm-Over-Arm Medley
There was a 90-second time cap to carry the wheelbarrow and complete the arm-over-arm pull as fast as possible. Scores below are written as which implement the athlete made it to and their farthest distance if they did not finish (DNF).
- Hafthór Björnsson — DNF Pull, 34’5
 - Mitchell Hooper — DNF Pull, 32’5
 - Austin Andrade — DNF Pull, 30’1
 - Maxime Boudreault — DNF Pull, 27’2
 - Bobby Thompson — DNF Pull, 27′
 - Tristain Hoath — DNF Pull, 24’6
 - Wesley Derwinsky — DNF Pull, 24.5′
 - Tom Stoltman — DNF Pull, 21’11
 - Mathew Ragg — DNF Pull
 - Lucas Hatton — DNF Pull
 - Evan Singleton — DNF Pull
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — DNF Pull
 - Thomas Evans — DNF Wheelbarrow
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — DNF Wheelbarrow
 - Oleksii Novikov — DNF Wheelbarrow
 - Trey Mitchell — DNF Wheelbarrow
 
Dumbbell Medley
Within 90 seconds, athletes attempted to lift five dumbbells weighing 102, 109, 116, 122, and 129 kilograms as fast as possible.
- Lucas Hatton — Five in 78.78 seconds
 - Oleksii Novikov — Four in 30.36 seconds
 - Mitchell Hooper — Three in 29.13 seconds
 - Trey Mitchell — Three in 33.43 seconds
 - Tom Stoltman — Three in 38.61 seconds
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — Three in 40.28 seconds
 - Austin Andrade — Three in 43.63 seconds
 - Thomas Evans — Three in 63.98 seconds
 - Evan Singleton — Two in 11.94 seconds
 - Hafthór Björnsson — Two in 20.46 seconds
 - Maxime Boudreault — Two in 25.06 seconds
 - Wesley Derwinsky — Two in 28.73 seconds
 - Tristain Hoath — Two in 31.57 seconds
 - Mathew Ragg — Two in 32.93 seconds
 - Bobby Thompson — One in 7.09 seconds
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — One in 8.42 seconds
 
Fingal’s Fingers & Power Stairs Medley
Each strongman attempted to flip two Fingal’s Fingers and ascend five stairs with 250- and 272-kilogram implements within the 90-second time cap.
- Hafthór Björnsson — 45.27 seconds
 - Evan Singleton — 45.6 seconds
 - Tom Stoltman — 51.96 seconds
 - Mitchell Hooper — 61.15 seconds
 - Lucas Hatton — 63.26 seconds
 - Wesley Derwinsky — 64.21 seconds
 - Maxime Boudreault — 64.9 seconds
 - Trey Mitchell — Nine stairs
 - Tristain Hoath — Eight stairs
 - Aivars Šmaukstelis — Seven stairs
 - Austin Andrade — Six stairs
 - Bobby Thompson — Six stairs
 - Thomas Evans — Five stairs
 - Mathew Ragg — Five stairs
 - Pavlo Kordiyaka — Five stairs
 - Oleksii Novikov — Two fingers
 
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