The 2024 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Qualifying Stage is complete. The first two days of competition on May 1-2, 2024, in Myrtle Beach, SC, featured 30 of the world’s top strongmen competing in five groups of six.
After five events across two days, each Qualifying group winner advanced to the 2024 WSM Finals Stage. The sixth event paired the second- and third-place finishers of each group in a Stone-Off, wherein each pair lifting an Atlas Stone in a last-man-standing style endurance event to determine who else would join the 10-athlete Final roster.
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The athletes who won their respective group or their respective Stone-Offs are below:
2024 World’s Strongest Man Finals Roster
- Tristain Hoath — Group One Winner
- Luke Stoltman — Group One Stone-Off
- Mitchell Hooper — Group Two Winner | Defending WSM Champion
- Austin Andrade — Group Two Stone-Off
- Matthew Ragg — Group Three Winner
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Group Three Stone-Off
- Evan Singleton — Group Four Winner
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Group Four Stone-Off
- Tom Stoltman — Group Five Winner
- Wesley Derwinsky — Group Five Stone-Off
The 10 athletes above will compete in three events on May 4 and three events on May 5. The schedule is as follows:
2024 World’s Strongest Man Finals Schedule
The following times are in EST.
Finals Stage — Day One (Saturday, May 4)
- Finals Event 1: KNAACK Giant’s Medley — 10:00 am
- Finals Event 2: Max Axle Press — 11:30 am
- Finals Event 3: Keg Toss — 3:00 pm
Finals Stage — Day Two (Sunday, May 5)
- Finals Event 4: Reign Total Body Fuel Conan’s Wheel — 10:00 am
- Finals Event 5: BFGoodrich Tires HD Terrain Deadlift — 12:00 pm
- Finals Event 6: Atlas Stones — 3:00 pm
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2024 World’s Strongest Man Qualifying Stage Event Results
Need more of the action? Get up to speed with BarBend‘s event-by-event coverage below.
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 1 “Webster Stones” Results
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 2 “Deadlift Ladder” Results
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 3 “Sandbag Steeplechase” Results
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 4 “Globe Viking Press” Results
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 5 “Car Walk” Results
- 2024 World’s Strongest Man Event 6 “Stone Off” Results
Featured Image: Rich Storry / World’s Strongest Man
