Canada is triumphant again! The 2023 Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic (MVMSC) took place on Oct. 10-12, 2023, in Reykjavik, Icland. Tristain Hoath of Canada emerged victorious, scoring 85 of a possible 96 points. The defending champion, Rongo Keene of Australia, finished as the runner-up with 80 points.
The nine contested events in Reykjavik were the Bag Over Bar, Stone Press Medley, Stone-to-Shoulder, Mjolnir Front Hold, Husafell Stone Carry, Stone Farmer’s Walk, Hand-Over-Hand Hoist, Deadlift, and Viking Log Medley. Below are the full results:
2023 Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic Results
- Tristain Hoath (Canada) — 85 points
- Rongo Keene (Australia) — 80 points
- Shane Flowers (UK) — 79 points
- Vilius Jokužys (Lithuania) — 68 points
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine) — 67 points
- Pa O’Dwyer (Ireland) — 60 points
- Sigfús Fossdal (Iceland) — 53 points
- Mika Törrö (Finland) — 53 points
- Sean Gillen (Australia) — 51 points
- Kristján Níelsson (Iceland) — 40 points
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson (Iceland) — 35 points
- Matthew Riddall (Spain) — 20 points
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2023 Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic Events Results
Below are the results for each of the nine events:
Bag Over Bar
Athletes threw six implements weighing 18 to 28 kilograms over a 4.43-meter high bar in the fastest time possible within the 60-second time cap.
- Shane Flowers — Six in 15.44 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Six in 17.05 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — Six in 17.71 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Six in 21.97 seconds
- Tristain Hoath — Six in 28.28 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — Five in 16.35 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Five in 32.90 seconds
- Rongo Keene — Four in 11.35 seconds
- Sean Gillen — Four in 13.36 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — Four in 17.40 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Three in 14.59 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — Three in 32.50 seconds
Stone Press Medley
Each strongman lifted four implements weighing 100 to 122 kilograms in the fastest time possible within the 75-second time limit.
- Sean Gillen — Four in 67.50 seconds
- Rongo Keene — Four in 70.41 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — Three in 42.83 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Two in 21.91 seconds
- Tristain Hoath — Two in 33.06 seconds
- Shane Flowers — Two in 35.64 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Two in 25.48 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Two in 29.73 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — One in 10.02 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — One in 10.42 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — One in 15.33 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — One in 23.09 seconds
Stone-to-Shoulder
Athletes lifted four implements weighing 95 to 145 kilograms in the fastest time possible within the 75-second time limit.
- Shane Flowers — Four in 37.94 seconds
- Tristain Hoath — Four in 44.36 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Four in 47.10 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Four in 48.17 seconds
- Rongo Keene — Four in 48.26 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — Three in 22.22 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Three in 34.25 seconds
- Sean Gillen — Three in 36.40 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — Three in 36.50 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — Three in 37.16 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Three in 53.19 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — Two in 21.19 seconds
Mjolnir Front Hold
Athletes held 21 kilograms in a front hold for time.
- Rongo Keene — 77.98 seconds
- Tristain Hoath — 73.51 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 63.97 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — 62.47 seconds
- Sean Gillen — 60.17 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — 55.72 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — 53.82 seconds
- Shane Flowers — 52.15 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — 51.37 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — 44.13 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — 42.45 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 40.74 seconds
Husafell Stone Carry
Each strongman carried the Hùsafell Stone, weighing 186 kilograms, for distance.
- Vilius Jokužys — 83.61 meters
- Shane Flowers — 68.02 meters
- Mika Törrö — 56.9 meters
- Tristain Hoath — 56.86 meters
- Rongo Keene — 54.33 meters
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — 52.3 meters
- Kristján Níelsson — 51.34 meters
- Sean Gillen — 49.26 meters
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 47.62 meters
- Sigfús Fossdal — 43.37 meters
- Pa O’Dwyer — 41.31 meters
- Matthew Riddall — no lift
Stone Farmer’s Walk
Athletes farmers walked 140 kilograms for distance.
- Sigfús Fossdal — 38.75 meters
- Tristain Hoath — 35 meters
- Rongo Keene — 27.09 meters
- Vilius Jokužys — 25.8 meters
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 23.8 meters
- Shane Flowers — 21.72 meters
- Sean Gillen — 18.76 meters
- Mika Törrö — 15 meters
- Matthew Riddall — 13.73 meters
- Pa O’Dwyer — 13.58 meters
- Kristján Níelsson — 9.15 meters
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — 6.58 meters
Hand-Over-Hand Vertical Hoist
Athletes had to hoist the weight up eight meters in the fastest time possible within the 60-second time cap.
- Tristain Hoath — 11.37 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 11.52 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — 14.03 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — 15 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — 15.41 seconds
- Shane Flowers — 15.64 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — 15.71 seconds
- Rongo Keene — 18.23 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — 22.04 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — 24.45 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 25.42 seconds
- Sean Gillen — 26.16 seconds
Deadlift
Each strongman deadlifted 330 kilograms for reps in 60 seconds.
- Pa O’Dwyer — Seven reps
- Shane Flowers — Six reps
- Tristain Hoath — Five reps
- Rongo Keene — Four reps
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Three reps
- Vilius Jokužys — One rep (T-sixth)
- Sigfús Fossdal — One rep (T-sixth)
- Mika Törrö — One rep (T-sixth)
- Sean Gillen — no lift
- Kristján Níelsson — no lift
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — no lift
- Matthew Riddall — no lift
Viking Log Medley
Athletes lifted four logs weighing 120 to 165 kilograms as fast as possible in the 60-second time cap.
- Rongo Keene — Four in 41.53 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Four in 45.34 seconds
- Sean Gillen — Four in 48.78 seconds
- Shane Flowers — Three in 23.95 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Three in 27.22 seconds
- Tristain Hoath — Three in 27.26 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — Three in 37.15 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Three in 57.42 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Two in 14.25 seconds
- Sigfús Fossdal — Two in 17.77 seconds
- Matthew Riddall — Two in 30.94 seconds
- Theodór Már Gudmundsson — One in 56.24 seconds
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