The 2024 Official Strongman Games (OSG) European Championships occurred in York, England, from Aug. 17-18, 2024. The competition featured strongman and strongwoman events. Fifteen strongmen representing eight countries battled through five events: Deadlift, Farmer’s Walk, Sandbag Over Bar, Dumbbell Press, and Loading Race.
Roman Grekov of Ukraine stood atop the podium, scoring 62 of a possible 75 points. Ben Glasscock of the UK ranked second, and Marek Czajkowski of Poland rounded out the podium.
2024 OSG European Championships Men’s Results
- Roman Grekov (UKR) — 62 points
- Ben Glasscock (UK) — 57 points
- Marek Czajkowski (POL) — 54 points
- Ryan Bennett (UK) — 51.5 points
- Adam Roszkowski (POL) — 50.5 points
- Jan Lacina (CZE) — 46 points
- Oleg Pylypiak (UKR) — 45 points
- Joachim Kvick (SWE) — 44.5 points
- Cim Johansson (SWE) — 42.5 points
- William Relf (UK) — 37.5 points
- Anders Aslak (DEN) — 32.5 points
- Paolo Acquaviva (ITA) — 23 points
- Emanuele Greco (ITA) — 21.5 points
- Kristján Níelsson (ISL) — 18.5 points
- Chris Beetham (UK) — Seven points
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2024 OSG European Championships Men’s Event Results
Below are the results for each of the five events contested in York:
Deadlift
Athletes had one minute to lift 320 kilograms on an axle bar as many times as possible.
- Oleg Pylypiak — 10 reps
- Roman Grekov — Nine reps
- Ben Glasscock — Eight reps (T-third)
- Marek Czajkowski — Eight reps (T-third)
- Jan Lacina — Eight reps (T-third)
- Ryan Bennett — Seven reps (T-sixth)
- Joachim Kvick — Seven reps (T-sixth)
- Adam Roszkowski — Six reps (T-eighth)
- Emanuele Greco — Six reps (T-eighth)
- Cim Johansson — Five reps (T-10th)
- Chris Beetham — Five reps (T-10th)
- Anders Aslak — Five reps (T-10th)
- Paolo Acquaviva — Four reps
- William Relf — Three reps (T-14th)
- Kristján Níelsson — Three reps (T-14th)
Farmer’s Walk
Each strongman attempted to traverse the 32-meter course with 140 kilograms in hand in the fastest possible time. They had a time cap of 60 seconds.
- Ryan Bennett — 19.68 seconds
- Roman Grekov — 21.5 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 22.16 seconds
- Cim Johansson — 22.38 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — 24.24 seconds
- Emanuele Greco — 33.86 seconds
- Paolo Acquaviva — 39.04 seconds
- Joachim Kvick — 43.59 seconds
- Marek Czajkowski — 43.91 seconds
- William Relf — 51.72 seconds
- Jan Lacina — 28.3 meters
- Oleg Pylypiak — 27.22 meters
- Anders Aslak — 24.72 meters
- Kristján Níelsson — 27.22 meters
- Chris Beetham — 3.1 meters
Sandbag Over Bar
Each athlete had one minute to lift a 150-kilogram sandbag as many times as possible in one minute.
- Joachim Kvick — 11 reps
- Cim Johansson — 10 reps (T-second)
- Ben Glasscock — 10 reps (T-second)
- Roman Grekov — Nine reps (T-fourth)
- Marek Czajkowski — Nine reps (T-fourth)
- Adam Roszkowski — Nine reps (T-fourth)
- Jan Lacina — Nine reps (T-fourth)
- Oleg Pylypiak — Seven reps (T-eighth)
- Paolo Acquaviva — Seven reps (T-eighth)
- Anders Aslak — Seven reps (T-eighth)
- Ryan Bennett — Six reps (T-11th)
- William Relf — Six reps (T-11th)
- Kristján Níelsson — Five reps
- Emanuele Greco — Four reps
- Chris Beetham — Three reps
Dumbbell Press
With one minute on the clock, each strongman attempted to establish max reps with 100 kilograms.
- Roman Grekov — Eight reps (T-first)
- Oleg Pylypiak — Eight reps (T-first)
- Ryan Bennett — Five reps (T-third)
- Anders Aslak — Five reps (T-third)
- Marek Czajkowski — Four reps (T-fifth)
- William Relf — Four reps (T-fifth)
- Ben Glasscock — Three reps (T-seventh)
- Adam Roszkowski — Three reps(T-seventh)
- Jan Lacina — Three reps (T-seventh)
- Kristján Níelsson — Three reps (T-seventh)
- Joachim Kvick — Two reps
- Cim Johansson — One rep
- Paolo Acquaviva — no lift
- Emanuele Greco — no lift
- Chris Beetham — withdrew
Loading Race
Each strongman attempted to load a 110-kilogram tire, a 120-kilogram keg, and a 140-kilogram sack across a 20-meter\ course.
- Roman Grekov — Three in 39.35 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — Three in 35.54 seconds
- Marek Czajkowski — Three in 35.39 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — Three in 37.93 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — Three in 36.36 seconds
- Jan Lacina — Three in 36.78 seconds
- Oleg Pylypiak — Three in 44.88 seconds
- Joachim Kvick — Three in 42.81 seconds
- Cim Johansson — Three in 41.73 seconds
- William Relf — Three in 34.34 seconds
- Anders Aslak — Three in 43.65 seconds
- Paolo Acquaviva — Three in 45.04 seconds
- Emanuele Greco — Three in 57.54 secnods
- Kristján Níelsson — Three in 54.87 seconds
- Chris Beetham — withdrew
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