Maxime Boudreault Wins 2022 Canada’s Strongest Man

Boudreault bested the field of a dozen of Canada's elite strongmen across 10 events.

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 RhĆ©aume 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

  1. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 93 points
  2. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” 81 points
  3. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” 80 points
  4. Sean Hayes ā€” 69 points
  5. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume ā€” 69 points
  6. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” 68.5 points
  7. Simon Pratte ā€” 65 points
  8. James Jeffers ā€” 58.5 points
  9. Kelly Branton ā€” 51 points
  10. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 43 points
  11. Ben Court ā€” 34 points
  12. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 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)

  1. Kelly Branton ā€” 11 reps
  2. Simon Pratte ā€” 10 reps
  3. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” Eight reps
  4. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” Seven reps
  5. Maxime Boudreault ā€” Six reps (T-fifth)
  6. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — Six reps (T-fifth)
  7. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” Six reps (T-fifth)
  8. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” Three reps (T-eighth)
  9. Ben Court ā€” Three reps (T-eighth)
  10. Sean Hayes ā€” No reps 
  11. James Jeffers ā€” No reps
  12. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 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.

  1. Simon Pratte ā€” Four in 29 seconds
  2. Maxime Boudreault ā€” Four in 29 seconds
  3. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” Four in 47 seconds
  4. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” Three in 20 seconds
  5. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — Three in 27 seconds
  6. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” Three in 32 seconds
  7. James Jeffers ā€” Two in 14 seconds
  8. Sean Hayes ā€” Two in 16 seconds
  9. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” Two in 17 seconds
  10. Ben Court ā€” Two in 28 seconds
  11. Kelly Branton ā€” Two in 42 seconds
  12. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 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).

  1. Maxime Boudreault ā€” Five in 26 seconds
  2. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” Four in 24 seconds
  3. James Jeffers ā€” Four in 25 seconds
  4. Sean Hayes ā€” Four in 32.24 seconds
  5. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” Four in 32.94 seconds
  6. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” Four in 35 seconds
  7. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — Four in 35 seconds
  8. Simon Pratte ā€” Three in 27 seconds
  9. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” Three in 39 seconds
  10. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” Three in 41 seconds
  11. Kelly Branton ā€” One in 10 seconds
  12. Ben Court ā€” No lift

Max Deadlift

  1. Sean Hayes ā€” 379 kilograms (T-first)
  2. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — 379 kilograms (T-first)
  3. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” 379 kilograms (T-first)
  4. Kelly Branton ā€” 379 kilograms (T-first)
  5. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
  6. James Jeffers ā€” 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
  7. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
  8. Ben Court ā€” 365 kilograms (T-fifth)
  9. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
  10. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
  11. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” 340 kilograms (T-ninth)
  12. Simon Pratte ā€” No lift

Max Log Lift

  1. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 188 kilograms
  2. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” 181 kilograms (T-second)
  3. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€”181 kilograms (T-second)
  4. Sean Hayes ā€” 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
  5. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
  6. Kelly Branton ā€” 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
  7. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
  8. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 159 kilograms  (T-eighth)
  9. Simon Pratte ā€” 159 kilograms  (T-eighth)
  10. James Jeffers ā€” No lift
  11. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” No lift
  12. Ben Court ā€” No lift

Deadlift Hold

The Deadlift Hold challenged each strongman to sustain 318 kilograms (701.1 pounds) for as long as possible.

  1. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” 49.05 seconds
  2. Simon Pratte ā€” 48.66 seconds
  3. James Jeffers ā€” 46.59 seconds
  4. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” 43.89 seconds
  5. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 40.82 seconds
  6. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” 38.90 seconds
  7. Sean Hayes ā€” 38.71 seconds
  8. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — 36.38 seconds
  9. Ben Court ā€” 35.01 seconds
  10. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 34.88 seconds
  11. Kelly Branton ā€” 27.86 seconds
  12. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 22.89 seconds

Back Lift

  1. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 1,123 kilograms
  2. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
  3. Sean Hayes ā€” 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
  4. Ben Court ā€” 1,080 kilograms (T-second)
  5. Simon Pratte ā€” 1,037 kilograms (T-fifth)
  6. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” 1,037 kilograms (T-fifth)
  7. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” No lift
  8. James Jeffers ā€” No lift
  9. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” No lift
  10. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — No lift
  11. Kelly Branton ā€” No lift
  12. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 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.

  1. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” Eight in 23 seconds
  2. Maxime Boudreault ā€” Eight in 33.79 seconds
  3. James Jeffers ā€” Six in 17.62 seconds
  4. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — Five in 18.52 seconds
  5. Simon Pratte ā€” Five in 31.85 seconds
  6. Kelly Branton ā€” Five in 37 seconds
  7. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” Five in 46.22 seconds
  8. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” Four in 21.26 seconds
  9. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” Four in 34.92 seconds
  10. Sean Hayes ā€” Three in 9.53 seconds
  11. Ben Court ā€” Two in 15.43 seconds
  12. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” One in eight seconds

Super Yoke

The Super Yoke weighed 431 kilograms (950.2 pounds).

  1. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” 13.80 seconds
  2. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” 14.87 seconds
  3. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” 16.09 seconds
  4. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — 18.48 seconds
  5. Sean Hayes ā€” 19.15 seconds
  6. Maxime Boudreault ā€” 21.51 seconds
  7. Kelly Branton ā€” 22.04 seconds
  8. James Jeffers ā€” 23.13 seconds
  9. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” 26.90 seconds
  10. Ben Court ā€” 27.82 seconds
  11. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” 28.91 seoconds
  12. Simon Pratte ā€” 37.62 seconds

Loading Race

  1. Maxime Boudreault ā€” Three in 32.20 seconds
  2. James Jeffers ā€” Three in 37.35 seconds
  3. Sean Hayes ā€” Three in 37.73 seconds
  4. Wesley Derwinsky ā€” Three in 44.22 seconds
  5. Tyler Sigurdson ā€” Three in 45.24 seconds
  6. FrĆ©dĆ©rick RhĆ©aume — Three in 56.21 seconds
  7. Gabriel RhĆ©aume ā€” Three in 73.71 seconds
  8. Simon Pratte ā€” Two implements
  9. Joey LavallĆ©e ā€” Two implements
  10. Keven Malenfant-Caron ā€” Two implements
  11. Kelly Branton ā€” Two implements
  12. Ben Court ā€” One implement

Featured image: @max.boudreault23 on Instagram