How to Watch the 2023 CrossFit Games
The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games are scheduled for Aug. 1-6, 2023. Athletes across four divisions will converge in Madison, WI, for the final time to compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®.
Forty Individual Men, 40 Individual Women, and 38 Teams will compete for their respective division’s title. The Adaptive and Age Group competitions kicked off the Games on Aug. 1, 2023, and conclude on Aug. 3, when the Individuals and Teams take the competitive stage.
The 2023 CrossFit Games is being streamed live on Games.CrossFit.com, CrossFit’s YouTube channel, and in the CrossFit Games app.
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ESPN / ESPN2 / ESPN+ Telecast Schedule
On August 3, CrossFit announced that parts of the Games will be exclusively streamed on ESPN+ and ESPN. All listed below times are in EST.
Thursday, Aug 3, 2023
- 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.— ESPN +, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
- 3:15 – 4:30 p.m. — ESPN+ (exclusive USA streaming window)
- 3 – 5 p.m. — ESPN2
- 5:15 – 7:55 p.m. — ESPN+, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
Friday, Aug. 4, 2023
- 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. — ESPN +, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
- 6:15 p.m. – 8:50 p.m. — ESPN+ (exclusive USA streaming window)
- 7 – 9 p.m. — ESPN
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023
- 10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. — ESPN +, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
- 4 – 5:55 p.m. — ESPN+ (exclusive USA streaming window)
- 4 – 6 p.m. — ESPN
- 6:10 – 7:10 p.m. — ESPN+, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023
- 10 a.m. – 3:55 p.m. — ESPN +, Games.CrossFit.com, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube
- 4:25 – 5:45 p.m. — ESPN+ (exclusive USA streaming window)
- 4 – 6 p.m. — ESPN2
2023 CrossFit Games Schedule
Each division and when they are scheduled to compete at the 2023 CrossFit Games is as follows (all times in EST):
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023
- Age Group — 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Adaptive — 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023
- Age Group — 10:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
- Adaptive — 10:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m
Thursday, Aug 3, 2023
- Individuals — 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Age Group — 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Adaptive — 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m
- Teams — 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 4, 2023
- Teams — 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Individuals — 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023
- Teams — 10:00 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
- Individuals — 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023
- Teams — 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Individuals — 11:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
At the time of this article’s publication, few workouts have been released. However, Individuals are expected to compete across 12 workouts, and Teams are expected to compete across 11.
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2023 CrossFit Games Roster
Below are the Individual athletes and Teams who qualified for the 2023 CrossFit Games via high-ranking finishes at their respective 2023 CrossFit Semifinal.
Individual Women
- Annie Thorisdottir (Iceland)
- Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir (Iceland)
- Sydney Wells (USA)
- Arielle Loewen (USA)
- Amanda Barnhart (USA)
- Victoria Campos (Brazil)
- Emma McQuaid (Ireland)
- Feeroozeh Saghafi (USA)
- Jamie Simmonds (New Zealand)
- Danielle Brandon (USA)
- Emily Rolfe (Canada)
- Rebecka Vitesson (Sweden)
- Alexis Raptis (USA)
- Shelby Neal (USA)
- Paige Semenza (USA)
- Baylee Rayl (USA)
- Laura Horvath (Hungary)
- Bethany Flores (USA)
- Christine Kolenbrander (USA)
- Manon Angonese (Belgium)
- Karin Freyová (Slovakia)
- Kelly Baker (USA)
- Gabriela Migała (Poland)
- Matilde Garnes (Norway)
- Caroline Stanley (USA)
- Emma Tall (Sweden)
- Michelle Basnett (South Africa)
- Shahad Budebs (UAE)
- Elle Wunger (Sweden)
- Ellie Turner (Australia)
- Paige Powers (USA)
- Alex Gazan (USA)
- Emily de Rooy (Australia)
- Olivia Kerstetter (USA)
- Seher Kaya (Turkey)
- Emma Cary (USA)
- Emma Lawson (Canada)
- Elisa Fuliano (Italy)
- Alexia Williams (Argentina)
- Abigail Domit (USA)
Individual Men
- Noah Ohlsen (USA)
- Ant Haynes (China)
- Will Moorad (USA)
- Samuel Kwant (USA)
- Björgvin Karl Gudmundsson (Iceland)
- Brent Fikowski (Canada)
- Cole Sager (USA)
- Jay Crouch (Australia)
- Patrick Vellner (Canada)
- Spencer Panchik (USA)
- Jonne Koski (Finland)
- Alex Vigneault (Canada)
- David Shorunke (UK)
- Bronislaw Olenkowicz (Poland)
- Jake Douglas (Australia)
- Samuel Cournoyer (Canada)
- Chandler Smith (USA)
- Jeffrey Adler (Canada)
- Uldis Upenieks (Latvia)
- Bayley Martin (New Zealand)
- Michal Wesolowski (Poland)
- Dallin Pepper (USA)
- Arthur Semenov
- Colten Mertens (USA)
- Henrik Haapalainen (Finland)
- Justin Medeiros (USA) — Reigning Two-Time Champion
- Nick Mathew (USA)
- Jack Farlow (Canada)
- James Sprague (USA)
- Kaique Cerveny (Brazil)
- Moritz Fiebig (Germany)
- Jelle Hoste (Belgium)
- Roman Khrennikov (USA)
- Jayson Hopper (USA)
- Lazar Đukić (Serbia)
- Luke Parker (USA)
- Fabian Beneito (Spain)
- Cole Greashaber (USA)
- Morteza Sedaghat (Iran)
- Kalyan Souza (Brazil)
Teams
- CrossFit Invictus (USA)
- CrossFit Believe (USA)
- CrossFit Krypton (USA)
- CrossFit Invictus Unconquerable (USA)
- Cape CrossFit Wolfpack (South Africa)
- CrossFit Rotherham (UK)
- CrossFit Mayhem Independence (USA)
- CrossFit Portti (Finland)
- CrossFit Genas (France)
- CrossFit Trondheim (Norway)
- Q21 CrossFit (Argentina)
- CrossFit Kilo II (USA)
- CrossFit Oba (USA)
- CrossFit Invictus Sea of Green (USA)
- CrossFit Oslo Navy Blue (Norway)
- CrossFit CLT the Grit Haus (USA)
- CrossFit PSC Invasion (Canada)
- No Shortcuts CrossFit (Switzerland)
- CrossFit Walleye Athlete (Sweden)
- CrossFit Omnia (USA)
- CrossFit Torian Mayhem (Australia)
- Koda CrossFit Redemption (USA)
- TTT CrossFit Black (USA)
- CrossFit Marvel Black (South Korea)
- CrossFit Milford Team Conquer (USA)
- CrossFit East Nashville PRVN (USA)
- CrossFit Move Fast Lift Heavy 247 (USA)
- CrossFit Fly High Kolesnikov Team (UAE)
- Templo SA CrossFit (Brazil)
- CrossFit Franco’s Misfits (USA)
- PFC CrossFit 3076 (Australia)
- Einhorn CrossFit Ascend (USA)
- CrossFit Oslo Najs (Norway)
- CrossFit Prestanda (Sweden)
- Rhino CrossFit Dawgs (USA)
- Plus64 CrossFit 64Army Endgame (New Zealand)
- CrossFit Oslo Blackout (Norway)
- Ab CrossFit – Mayhem (USA)
Prize Money
Between the four divisions, CrossFit is offering a total prize purse of $2,789,000, with the majority of that money allocated to the Individual men and women. Below are the payouts for the men, women, and teams.
Individuals — Men & Women
- $315,000
- $125,000
- $85,000
- $60,000
- $45,000
- $40,000
- $35,000
- $32,000
- $29,000
- $26,000
- $20,000
- $18,000
- $15,000
- $14,000
- $13,000
- $12,000
- $11,000
- $10,000
- $9,000
- $8,000
- $7,000
- $6,750
- $6,500
- $6,250
- $6,000
- $5,750
- $5,500
- $5,250
- $5,000
- $4,750
- $4,500
- $4,250
- $4,000
- $3,750
- $3,500
- $3,250
- $3,000
- $2,750
- $2,500
- $2,250
Total: $2,029,000
Teams
- $100,000
- $75,000
- $45,000
- $30,000
- $35,000
- $15,000
- $12,000
- $9,000
- $6,000
- $3,000
Total: $320,000
Individual Event Win Payouts
- $3,000
- $2,000
- $1,000
Two-time reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros is in Madison to defend his throne. However, the Individual Women’s division is guaranteed to see a majority of the podium with fresh faces.
Six-time reigning Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey and 2022 CrossFit Games runner-up Mal O’Brien are not competing at the 2023 Games. 2022 Games bronze medalist Laura Horvath is the highest-ranking returning athlete from the 2022 Games in 2023.