The 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest will occur on April 19-23, 2023, in Myrtle Beach, SC. On March 9, 2023, the events that the top strongmen in the world will perform in across the Qualifying Stage and Final were announced. Check it out below:
2023 World’s Strongest Man Events
Here are the events for the Qualifying Stage:
- Event One — Loading Race
- Event Two — Deadlift Machine
- Event Three — Log Ladder
- Event Four — Conan’s Wheel
- Event Five — Kettlebell Toss
- Event Six — Stone Off
Here are the events for the Final:
- Event One — Fingal’s Fingers
- Event Two — KNAACK Deadlift
- Event Three — Reign Shield Carry
- Event Four — Max Dumbbell
- Event Five — Vehicle Pull
- Event Six — Atlas Stones
Note: The specific weights of the implements used in each event are not yet available at the time of this article’s publication. This article will be updated when that information becomes available.
[Related: 2023 Arnold Amateur Strongman and Strongwoman Championships Results]
2023 World’s Strongest Man Roster
- Tom Stoltman (UK) — Reigning two-time WSM champion
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine)
- Evan Singleton (USA)
- Mitchell Hooper (Canada)
- Trey Mitchell (USA)
- Adam Bishop (UK)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia)
- Kevin Faires (USA)
- Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted (Iceland)
- Paul Smith (UK)
- Rauno Heinla (Estonia)
- Bobby Thompson (USA)
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Poland)
- Gavin Bilton (UK)
- Spenser Remick (USA)
- Eddie Williams (Australia)
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy (Ukraine)
- Konstantine Janashia (Georgia)
- Graham Hicks (UK)
- Luke Stoltman (UK)
- Mathew Ragg (New Zealand)
- Gabriel Rhéaume (Canada)
- Brian Shaw (USA)
- Fadi El Masri (Lebanon)
- Maxime Boudreault (Canada) — withdrew due to a shin injury
The 2023 WSM contest will be the final WSM competition for four-time WSM champion Brian Shaw. Shaw is tied for the second-most WSM titles all-time with Magnus ver Magnusson and Žydrūnas Savickas. Only Mariusz Pudzianowski has won five WSM contests.
Shaw holds the current record for consecutive WSM Final appearances at 14 and the world record in the Kettlebell Toss. If there was any year for him to pull out all the stops to achieve a record-tying fifth WSM title, it’s his final one in 2023.
Similarly, 2023 will be Mark Felix’s final appearance in the WSM contest. He will be 57 at the time of the 2023 WSM contest and hasn’t made the Final since 2015 when he finished eighth overall. Whatever he has left in the tank will be unloaded in Myrtle Beach to earn one of the 10 spots in the Final.
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