The 2024 Strongest Man in Iceland (SMI) contest occurred on June 1-2, 2024. The two-day contest featured 10 of the country’s strongest athletes battling across the following eight events:
2024 Strongest Man in Iceland Events
- Sandbag Toss
- Front Hold
- Farmer’s Carry/Yoke Medley
- Max Deadlift
- Overhead Medley
- Vertical Lift
- Truck Pull
- Tire Flip
The full results are below:
2024 Strongest Man in Iceland Results
- Vilius Jokužys — 73.5 points
- Kristján Níelsson — 67.5 points
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — 60.5 points
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — 53.5 points
- Símon Pétur Kummer — 41.5 points
- Guðmundur Helgason — 35 points
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — 34 points
- Alexander Andersen — 25.5 points
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 20 points
- Andrej Pelko — 18 points
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2024 Strongest Man in Iceland Event Results
Below are the results of each of the eight contested events in Iceland:
Sandbag Toss
The sandbag toss featured six implements ranging from 18 to 28 kilograms over a 4.3-meter bar.
- Vilius Jokužys — Six in 39.58 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — Five in 30.02 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Four in 24.30 seconds
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — Four in 38.52 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — Three in 27.55 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — Three in 35.90 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — Two in 17.28 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — Two in 22.49 seconds
- Andrej Pelko — One in 7.74 seconds
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — One in 12.24 seconds
Front Hold
The front hold featured a 24-kilogram implement that each strongman attempted to hold for max time.
- Kristján Níelsson — 47.16 seconds
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 43.66 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — 40.23 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — 39.47 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — 38.03 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — 33.97 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — 28.43 seconds
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — 22.47 seconds
- Andrej Pelko — 21.93 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — 17.27 seconds
Farmer/Yoke Medley
With 75 seconds on the clock, each strongman attempted to traverse a 120-kilogram farmer’s walk and a 400-kilogram yoke 20 meters each. The course was 40 total meters.
- Vilius Jokužys — 27.56 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — 39.09 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — 51.35 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — 33.14 meters
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — 28.6 meters
- Símon Pétur Kummer — 25.05 meters
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — 22.42 meters
- Guðmundur Helgason — 20.8 meters
- Andrej Pelko — 20 meters
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 17.08 meters
Max Deadlift
Each strongman established their max deadlift.
- Kristján Níelsson — 380 kilograms (T-first)
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — 380 kilograms (T-first)
- Vilius Jokužys — 360 kilograms (T-third)
- Símon Pétur Kummer — 360 kilograms (T-third)
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — 320 kilograms
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — 300 kilograms (T-sixth)
- Alexander Andersen — 300 kilograms (T-sixth)
- Guðmundur Helgason — 280 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 280 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Andrej Pelko — 280 kilograms (T-eighth)
Overhead Medley
The overhead medley comprised five implements that each strongman attempted to lift in the fastest time possible.
- Kristján Níelsson — Five in 55.05 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Four in 29.45 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — Two in 17.36 seconds
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — Two in 30.13 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — Two in 31.41 seconds
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — One in 9.44 seconds
- Andrej Pelko — One in 10.04 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — One in 10.84 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — One in 13.80 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — no lift
Vertical Lift
- Vilius Jokužys — Three in 36.20 seconds
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — Two in 23.32 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — Two in 23.69 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Two in 24.08 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — Two in 24.20 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — Two in 37.62 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — One in 19.68 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — no lift
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — no lift
- Andrej Pelko — no lift
Truck Pull
Each athlete had 60 seconds to traverse the 13,000-kilogram truck down the 20-meter course in the fastest time possible.
- Vilius Jokužys — 26.46 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — 26.48 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — 27.27 seconds
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — 31.65 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — 31.75 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — 31.76 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — 33.60 seconds
- Andrej Pelko — 35.63 seconds
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 35.96 seconds
- Alexander Andersen — withdrew
Tire Flip
Each strongman attempted to flip the 400-kilogram tire down the course within the 75-second time cap. The length of the course was effectively eight tire flips.
- Kári Kristófer Elíasson — Eight in 44.14 seconds
- Vilius Jokužys — Eight in 53.71 seconds
- Hilmar Örn Jónsson — Eight in 58.09 seconds
- Kristján Níelsson — Eight in 73.43 seconds
- Símon Pétur Kummer — Seven in 62.21 seconds
- Guðmundur Helgason — Five in 63.40 seconds
- Ísleifur Orri Arngrímsson — Four in 73.63 seconds
- Andrej Pelko — Three in 45.09 seconds
- Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — no lift
- Alexander Andersen — withdrew
Featured image: @vilius_jokuzys on Instagram