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 strongwomenโs division, and Nicholas Guardione stood atop the podium among the strongmen. Below are the full results:
2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman Results
- Nicholas Guardione (USA) โ 37.6 points
- Andrew Burton (USA) โ 32.14 points
- Josh Spurgeon (USA) โ 31.76 points
- Joe Mass (USA) โ 31.69 points
- Brian Kichton (USA) โ 29.94 points
- Seth Soukup (USA) โ 29.3 points
- Nathan Warfel (USA) โ 24.51 points
- Matyรกลก Funiok (CZE) โ 22.61 points
- Shawn Schellenger (USA) โ 20.46 points
- Denis Berezhnyk (UKR) โ 19.41 points
2024 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman Results
- Jennifer Lyle (USA) โ 25.65 points
- Claire Myler (UK) โ 21.46 points
- Joe Kimitaunga (AUS) โ 18.36 points
- Rebekah Strong (USA) โ 16.66 points
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2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in the strongmanโs division:
Overhead Medley
- Nicholas Guardione โ Six in 50.57 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon โ Six in 51.20 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk โ Six in 56.85 seconds
- Seth Soukup โ Six in 64.85 seconds
- Joe Mass โ Six in 69.31 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger โ Five in 48.49 seconds
- Andrew Burton โ Five in 61.84 seconds
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ Five in 70.32 seconds
- Nathan Warfel โ Five in 74.26 seconds
- Brian Kichton โ Four in 40.18 seconds
Sandbag Toss
- Andrew Burton โ Six in 32.55 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione โ Six in 50.67 seconds
- Brian Kichton โ Six in 68.61 seconds
- Nathan Warfel โ Five in 64.27 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon โ Four in 28.83 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger โ Four in 30.20 seconds
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ Four in 30.90 seconds
- Joe Mass โ Four in 50.28 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk โ Four in 53.14 seconds
- Seth Soukup โ Two in 36.04 seconds
Squat Lift
- Joe Mass โ 14 reps
- Seth Soukup โ 13 reps (T-second)
- Nathan Warfel โ 13 reps (T-second)
- Andrew Burton โ 12 reps
- Nicholas Guardione โ 11 reps (T-fifth)
- Brian Kichton โ 11 reps (T-fifth)
- Shawn Schellenger โ 10 reps (T-seventh)
- Josh Spurgeon โ 10 reps (T-seventh)
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ Nine reps (T-ninth)
- Denis Berezhnyk โ Nine reps (T-ninth)
Load & Drag
- Nicholas Guardione โ 24.07 seconds
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ 25.05 seconds
- Andrew Burton โ 25.72 seconds
- Nathan Warfel โ 27.57 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk โ 28.14 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon โ 28.89 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger โ 29.70 seconds
- Seth Soukup โ 29.77 seconds
- Brian Kichton โ 30.23 seconds
- Joe Mass โ 32.61 seconds
Tire Deadlift
- Josh Spurgeon โ 449 kilograms
- Nicholas Guardione โ 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Andrew Burton โ 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Joe Mass โ 408 kilograms (T-second)
- Brian Kichton โ 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Seth Soukup โ 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Denis Berezhnyk โ 386 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Nathan Warfel โ 363 kilograms
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ 347 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Shawn Schellenger โ 347 kilograms (T-ninth)
Dinnie Stones
- Andrew Burton โ Three in 21.96 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon โ Three in 24.41 seconds
- Brian Kichton โ Three in 26.78 seconds
- Shawn Schellenger โ Three in 27.14 seconds
- Joe Mass โ Three in 28.27 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione โ Three in 32.58 seconds
- Seth Soukup โ Three in 37.32 seconds
- Denis Berezhnyk โ Three in 51.37 second
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ Three in 55.73 seconds
- Nathan Warfel โ Two in 17.45 seconds
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
- Nicholas Guardione โ 200 kilograms
- Seth Soukup โ 190 kilograms
- Nathan Warfel โ 180 kilograms (T-third)
- Matyรกลก Funiok โ 180 kilograms (T-third)
- Joe Mass โ 160 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Brian Kichton โ 160 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Andrew Burton โ no lift
- Josh Spurgeon โ no lift
- Shawn Schellenger โ no lift
- Denis Berezhnyk โ no lift
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2024 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in the strongwomanโs division:
Overhead Medley
- Jennifer Lyle โ Six in 59.43 seconds
- Claire Myler โ Five in 58.80 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga โ Five in 70.99 seconds
- Rebekah Strong โ Three in 49.05 seconds
Sandbag Toss
- Jennifer Lyle โ Five in 40.44 seconds
- Rebekah Strong โ Five in 47.42 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga โ Five in 47.81 seconds
- Claire Myler โ Three in 72.26 seconds
Squat Lift
- Jennifer Lyle โ 14 reps
- Claire Myler โ 12 reps
- Rebekah Strong โ 11 reps
- Joe Kimitaunga โ Eight reps
Load & Drag
- Joe Kimitaunga โ 29.01 seconds
- Rebekah Strong โ 27.62 seconds
- Claire Myler โ 30.25 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle โ 32.89 seconds
Tire Deadlift
- Jennifer Lyle โ 279 kilograms
- Claire Myler โ 265 kilograms
- Joe Kimitaunga โ 238 kilograms
- Rebekah Strong โ 211 kilograms
Dinnie Stones
- Jennifer Lyle โ Three in 25.47 seconds
- Claire Myler โ Three in 24.65 seconds
- Joe Kimitaunga โ Three in 25.59 seconds
- Rebekah Strong โ Three in 32.14 seconds
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
- Jennifer Lyle โ 120 kilograms
- Claire Myler โ 110 kilograms (T-second)
- Joe Kimitaunga โ 110 kilograms (T-second)
- Rebekah Strong โ 110 kilograms (T-second)
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