The 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man (CSM) contest occurred on Aug. 25-27, 2022. The roster featured a dozen of the Great White North’s elite strongmen competing across 10 events for the national championship. Maxime Boudreault emerged victorious, scoring 93 of a possible 120 points. Gabriel Rhéaume finished as the runner-up, 12 points behind Boudreault, and Wesley Derwinsky rounded out the podium. Here are the full results:
2022 Canada’s Strongest Man Results
- Maxime Boudreault — 93 points
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 81 points
- Wesley Derwinsky — 80 points
- Sean Hayes — 69 points
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 69 points
- Joey Lavallée — 68.5 points
- Simon Pratte — 65 points
- James Jeffers — 58.5 points
- Kelly Branton — 51 points
- Tyler Sigurdson — 43 points
- Ben Court — 34 points
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 33 points
The 10 events included a Squat Lift, a Dumbbell Medley, the Atlas Stones, a Max Deadlift, a Max Log Lift, a Deadlift Hold, a Back Lift, a Bag Over Bar, a Super Yoke, and a Loading Race. Recaps of each event are below.
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Squat Lift
The Squat lift event was for max reps with 311 kilograms (685.6 pounds)
- Kelly Branton — 11 reps
- Simon Pratte — 10 reps
- Wesley Derwinsky — Eight reps
- Joey Lavallée — Seven reps
- Maxime Boudreault — Six reps (T-fifth)
- Frédérick Rhéaume — Six reps (T-fifth)
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — Six reps (T-fifth)
- Gabriel Rhéaume — Three reps (T-eighth)
- Ben Court — Three reps (T-eighth)
- Sean Hayes — No reps
- James Jeffers — No reps
- Tyler Sigurdson — No reps
Dumbbell Medley
The Dumbbell Medley featured five implements ranging from 78 to 124 kilograms (172 to 273.4 pounds). Athletes were given 90 seconds to lift as many implements as possible in the fastest time.
- Simon Pratte — Four in 29 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — Four in 29 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — Four in 47 seconds
- Gabriel Rhéaume — Three in 20 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — Three in 27 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky — Three in 32 seconds
- James Jeffers — Two in 14 seconds
- Sean Hayes — Two in 16 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — Two in 17 seconds
- Ben Court — Two in 28 seconds
- Kelly Branton — Two in 42 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — One in seven seconds
Atlas Stones
The Atlas Stones event consisted of five implements ranging from 141 to 191 kilograms (310.9 to 421.1 pounds).
- Maxime Boudreault — Five in 26 seconds
- Gabriel Rhéaume — Four in 24 seconds
- James Jeffers — Four in 25 seconds
- Sean Hayes — Four in 32.24 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — Four in 32.94 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — Four in 35 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — Four in 35 seconds
- Simon Pratte — Three in 27 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — Three in 39 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky — Three in 41 seconds
- Kelly Branton — One in 10 seconds
- Ben Court — No lift
Max Deadlift
- Sean Hayes — 379 kilograms (T-first)
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 379 kilograms (T-first)
- Wesley Derwinsky — 379 kilograms (T-first)
- Kelly Branton — 379 kilograms (T-first)
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
- James Jeffers — 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Ben Court — 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Maxime Boudreault — 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Tyler Sigurdson — 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Joey Lavallée — 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Simon Pratte — No lift
Max Log Lift
- Maxime Boudreault — 188 kilograms
- Wesley Derwinsky — 181 kilograms (T-second)
- Gabriel Rhéaume —181 kilograms (T-second)
- Sean Hayes — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Kelly Branton — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Joey Lavallée — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 159 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Simon Pratte — 159 kilograms (T-eighth)
- James Jeffers — No lift
- Tyler Sigurdson — No lift
- Ben Court — No lift
Deadlift Hold
The Deadlift Hold challenged each strongman to sustain 318 kilograms (701.1 pounds) for as long as possible.
- Joey Lavallée — 49.05 seconds
- Simon Pratte — 48.66 seconds
- James Jeffers — 46.59 seconds
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 43.89 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — 40.82 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky — 38.90 seconds
- Sean Hayes — 38.71 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 36.38 seconds
- Ben Court — 35.01 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — 34.88 seconds
- Kelly Branton — 27.86 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 22.89 seconds
Back Lift
- Tyler Sigurdson — 1,123 kilograms
- Maxime Boudreault — 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
- Sean Hayes — 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
- Ben Court — 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
- Simon Pratte — 1,037 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 1,037 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Joey Lavallée — No lift
- James Jeffers — No lift
- Wesley Derwinsky — No lift
- Frédérick Rhéaume — No lift
- Kelly Branton — No lift
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — No lift
Bag Over Bar
The Bag Over Bar event consisted of eight implements ranging from 20 to 32 kilograms (44.1 to 70.6 pounds). Each athlete had 75 seconds to throw as many implements as possible over a 4.57-meter bar.
- Wesley Derwinsky — Eight in 23 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — Eight in 33.79 seconds
- James Jeffers — Six in 17.62 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — Five in 18.52 seconds
- Simon Pratte — Five in 31.85 seconds
- Kelly Branton — Five in 37 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — Five in 46.22 seconds
- Gabriel Rhéaume — Four in 21.26 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — Four in 34.92 seconds
- Sean Hayes — Three in 9.53 seconds
- Ben Court — Two in 15.43 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — One in eight seconds
Super Yoke
The Super Yoke weighed 431 kilograms (950.2 pounds).
- Gabriel Rhéaume — 13.80 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky — 14.87 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — 16.09 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — 18.48 seconds
- Sean Hayes — 19.15 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — 21.51 seconds
- Kelly Branton — 22.04 seconds
- James Jeffers — 23.13 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — 26.90 seconds
- Ben Court — 27.82 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 28.91 seoconds
- Simon Pratte — 37.62 seconds
Loading Race
- Maxime Boudreault — Three in 32.20 seconds
- James Jeffers — Three in 37.35 seconds
- Sean Hayes — Three in 37.73 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky — Three in 44.22 seconds
- Tyler Sigurdson — Three in 45.24 seconds
- Frédérick Rhéaume — Three in 56.21 seconds
- Gabriel Rhéaume — Three in 73.71 seconds
- Simon Pratte — Two implements
- Joey Lavallée — Two implements
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — Two implements
- Kelly Branton — Two implements
- Ben Court — One implement
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