The 2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman and Strongwoman World Championships occurred on March 2-3, 2024, in Columbus, OH, as part of the 2024 Arnold Sports Festival (ASF). The strongmen and strongwomen were each tested across seven events: Overhead Medley, Sandbag Toss, Squat Lift, Load & Drag, Tire Deadlift, Dinnie Stones, and Sandbag-to-Shoulder.
Jennifer Lyle scored the gold for the strongwomen’s division, and Nicholas Guardione stood atop the podium among the strongmen. Below are the full results:
2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman Results
- Nicholas Guardione (USA) — 37.6 points
- Andrew Burton (USA) — 32.14 points
- Josh Spurgeon (USA) — 31.76 points
- Joe Mass (USA) — 31.69 points
- Brian Kichton (USA) — 29.94 points
- Seth Soukup (USA) — 29.3 points
- Nathan Warfel (USA) — 24.51 points
- Matyáš Funiok (CZE) — 22.61 points
- Shawn Schellenger (USA) — 20.46 points
- Denis Berezhnyk (UKR) — 19.41 points
2024 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman Results
- Jennifer Lyle (USA) — 25.65 points
- Claire Myler (UK) — 21.46 points
- Joe Kimitaunga (AUS) — 18.36 points
- Rebekah Strong (USA) — 16.66 points
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2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in the strongman’s division:
Overhead Medley
- Nicholas Guardione — Six in 50.57 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — Six in 51.20 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk — Six in 56.85 seconds
- Seth Soukup — Six in 64.85 seconds
- Joe Mass — Six in 69.31 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger — Five in 48.49 seconds
- Andrew Burton — Five in 61.84 seconds
- Matyáš Funiok — Five in 70.32 seconds
- Nathan Warfel — Five in 74.26 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Four in 40.18 seconds
Sandbag Toss
- Andrew Burton — Six in 32.55 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione — Six in 50.67 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Six in 68.61 seconds
- Nathan Warfel — Five in 64.27 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — Four in 28.83 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger — Four in 30.20 seconds
- Matyáš Funiok — Four in 30.90 seconds
- Joe Mass — Four in 50.28 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk — Four in 53.14 seconds
- Seth Soukup — Two in 36.04 seconds
Squat Lift
- Joe Mass — 14 reps
- Seth Soukup — 13 reps (T-second)
- Nathan Warfel — 13 reps (T-second)
- Andrew Burton — 12 reps
- Nicholas Guardione — 11 reps (T-fifth)
- Brian Kichton — 11 reps (T-fifth)
- Shawn Schellenger — 10 reps (T-seventh)
- Josh Spurgeon — 10 reps (T-seventh)
- Matyáš Funiok — Nine reps (T-ninth)
- Denis Berezhnyk — Nine reps (T-ninth)
Load & Drag
- Nicholas Guardione — 24.07 seconds
- Matyáš Funiok — 25.05 seconds
- Andrew Burton — 25.72 seconds
- Nathan Warfel — 27.57 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk — 28.14 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — 28.89 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger — 29.70 seconds
- Seth Soukup — 29.77 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 30.23 seconds
- Joe Mass — 32.61 seconds
Tire Deadlift
- Josh Spurgeon — 449 kilograms
- Nicholas Guardione — 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Andrew Burton — 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Joe Mass — 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Brian Kichton — 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Seth Soukup — 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Denis Berezhnyk — 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Nathan Warfel — 363 kilograms
- Matyáš Funiok — 347 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Shawn Schellenger — 347 kilograms (T-ninth)
Dinnie Stones
- Andrew Burton — Three in 21.96 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — Three in 24.41 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Three in 26.78 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger — Three in 27.14 seconds
- Joe Mass — Three in 28.27 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione — Three in 32.58 seconds
- Seth Soukup — Three in 37.32 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk — Three in 51.37 second
- Matyáš Funiok — Three in 55.73 seconds
- Nathan Warfel — Two in 17.45 seconds
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
- Nicholas Guardione — 200 kilograms
- Seth Soukup — 190 kilograms
- Nathan Warfel — 180 kilograms (T-third)
- Matyáš Funiok — 180 kilograms (T-third)
- Joe Mass — 160 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Brian Kichton — 160 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Andrew Burton — no lift
- Josh Spurgeon — no lift
- Shawn Schellenger — no lift
- Denis Berezhnyk — no lift
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2024 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in the strongwoman’s division:
Overhead Medley
- Jennifer Lyle — Six in 59.43 seconds
- Claire Myler — Five in 58.80 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga — Five in 70.99 seconds
- Rebekah Strong — Three in 49.05 seconds
Sandbag Toss
- Jennifer Lyle — Five in 40.44 seconds
- Rebekah Strong — Five in 47.42 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga — Five in 47.81 seconds
- Claire Myler — Three in 72.26 seconds
Squat Lift
- Jennifer Lyle — 14 reps
- Claire Myler — 12 reps
- Rebekah Strong — 11 reps
- Joe Kimitaunga — Eight reps
Load & Drag
- Joe Kimitaunga — 29.01 seconds
- Rebekah Strong — 27.62 seconds
- Claire Myler — 30.25 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 32.89 seconds
Tire Deadlift
- Jennifer Lyle — 279 kilograms
- Claire Myler — 265 kilograms
- Joe Kimitaunga — 238 kilograms
- Rebekah Strong — 211 kilograms
Dinnie Stones
- Jennifer Lyle — Three in 25.47 seconds
- Claire Myler — Three in 24.65 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga — Three in 25.59 seconds
- Rebekah Strong — Three in 32.14 seconds
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
- Jennifer Lyle — 120 kilograms
- Claire Myler — 110 kilograms (T-second)
- Joe Kimitaunga — 110 kilograms (T-second)
- Rebekah Strong — 110 kilograms (T-second)
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