The 2024 Official Strongman Games occurred in Madison, WI, on Dec. 6-8, 2024. The competition featured weight class contests for male and female athletes, including the 2024 Under 90 Kilograms (U90) World Strongest Man (WSM) comprising seven events: Log Lift, Car Walk, Deadlift, Carry & Push Medley, Sandbag Toss, Wrecking Ball Hold, and Atlas Stones.
Ten athletes representing four countries vied for the title, but Dillon Thompson of the USA claimed the gold with 55.5 of a possible 70 points. He was joined by an all-American podium with the only other two athletes to eclipse 50 points — Tommy Lovell and Josh Kowalewski.
2024 U80 World’s Strongest Man Results
- Dillon Thompson (USA) — 55.5 points
- Tommy Lovell (USA) — 52.5 points
- Josh Kowalewski (USA) — 50.5 points
- Chris Harper (CAN) — 49.5 points
- Mason Cupp (USA) — 38.5 points
- Richard Molnar (UK) — 38 points
- Finlay Mercer (UK) — 32.5 points
- Dean McVie (UK) — 23.5 points
- Steve Coyne (USA) — 22.5 points
- Jonas Bertschinger (SUI) — 22 points
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2024 U80 World’s Strongest Man Event Results
Below are the results for each of the seven contested events in Madison:
Log Lift
With one minute on the clock, athletes lifted 113 or 127 kilograms for reps. Any rep with the heavier log outranked any number of reps with the lighter weight.
- Dillon Thompson — Five reps, 127 kilograms
- Josh Kowalewski — Three reps, 127 kilograms (T-second)
- Richard Molnar — Three reps, 127 kilograms (T-second)
- Dean McVie — Three reps, 127 kilograms (T-second)
- Mason Cupp — Two reps, 127 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Chris Harper — Two reps, 127 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Jonas Bertschinger — Two reps, 127 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Tommy Lovell — One rep, 127 kilograms
- Finlay Mercer — Three reps, 113 kilograms
- Steve Coyne — Two reps, 113 kilograms
Car Walk
Each strongman had one minute to traverse the 331-kilogram apparatus down the 15-meter course as fast as possible.
- Josh Kowalewski — 10.22 seconds
- Chris Harper — 11.76 seconds
- Tommy Lovell — 11.84 seconds
- Steve Coyne — 12.06 seconds
- Dillon Thompson — 14.09 seconds
- Finlay Mercer — 14.45 seconds
- Mason Cupp — 15.53 seconds
- Dean McVie — 15.77 seconds
- Jonas Bertschinger — 16.32 seconds
- Richard Molnar — 31.73 seconds
Deadlift
With one minute on the clock, athletes lifted 290 kilograms on an axle bar for reps.
- Richard Molnar — 10 reps
- Tommy Lovell — Five reps (T-second)
- Josh Kowalewski — Five reps (T-second)
- Chris Harper — Four reps (T-fourth)
- Finlay Mercer — Four reps (T-fourth)
- Dillon Thompson — Three reps (T-sixth)
- Mason Cupp — Three reps (T-sixth)
- Dean McVie — Three reps (T-sixth)
- Steve Coyne — Three reps (T-sixth)
- Jonas Bertschinger — Two reps
Carry & Push Medley
Athletes were allotted one minute to carry a 113-kilogram sandbag and a 125-kilogram sandbag and push a sled 15 meters each, totaling the 45-meter course as quickly as possible.
- Tommy Lovell — 30.86 seconds
- Chris Harper — 31.4 seconds
- Dillon Thompson — 33.22 seconds
- Finlay Mercer — 33.74 seconds
- Richard Molnar — 34.25 seconds
- Mason Cupp — 35.83 seconds
- Josh Kowalewski — 36.04 seconds
- Jonas Bertschinger — 37 seconds
- Steve Coyne — 41.78 seconds
- Dean McVie — 44.78 seconds
Sandbag Toss
With only 45 seconds each, athletes tossed six implements weighing 13 to 20 kilograms over a 4.6-meter bar as fast as possible.
- Dillon Thompson — Six in 21.6 seconds
- Josh Kowalewski — Six in 24.16 seconds
- Chris Harper — Five in 13.94 seconds
- Tommy Lovell — Five in 14.95 seconds
- Richard Molnar — Five in 26.3 seconds
- Steve Coyne — Four in 38.51 seconds
- Dean McVie — Three in 14.44 seconds
- Finlay Mercer — Three in 18.23 seconds
- Mason Cupp — Three in 33.7 seconds
- Jonas Bertschinger — One in 5.21 seconds
Wrecking Ball Hold
Athletes held a 250-kilogram wrecking ball in a sumo hold for as long as possible.
- Mason Cupp — 144.09 seconds
- Dillon Thompson — 104.27 seconds
- Tommy Lovell — 105.84 seconds
- Jonas Bertschinger — 97.56 seconds
- Josh Kowalewski — 91.16 seconds
- Finlay Mercer — 85.89 seconds
- Chris Harper — 73.44 seconds
- Dean McVie — 73.11 seconds
- Steve Coyne — 63.11 seconds
- Richard Molnar — 55.45 seconds
Atlas Stones
Athletes had one minute to load the six stones weighing 102 to 159 kilograms as fast as possible.
- Dillon Thompson — Six in 32.89 seconds
- Mason Cupp — Six in 35.23 seconds
- Chris Harper — Six in 38.5 seconds
- Tommy Lovell — Six in 38.95 seconds
- Richard Molnar — Six in 40.5 seconds
- Josh Kowalewski — Six in 41.89 seconds
- Finlay Mercer — Five in 30.73 seconds
- Dean McVie — Four in 31.26 seconds
- Jonas Bertschinger — Five in 36.42 seconds
- Steve Coyne — Five in 41.78 seconds
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