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Atlas Stones – 5 Stones weighing 120–200 kg (264–441 lb) in 17.54 seconds (2017 Europe's Strongest Man) (World Record) [28] [75] Fastest Atlas Stone run (with the heavy set) in strongman history, including one-motioning all five stones, it is generally considered the greatest and the most impressive stone run of all time. [76]
Listed below is the all-time deadlift world record progression across powerlifting (raw), powerlifting (equipped), and strongman. From 1964 to July 2014, powerlifting record stood as the all-time world record. In August 2014, strongman record surpassed it and to-date stands as the all-time world record.
At 2011 Ronnie Coleman classic - Clash of the Titans IV, Benedikt reclaimed the all-time world record with 460.4 kg (1,015 lb) which remained the heaviest raw or equipped deadlift for 11 years until 2022, and to this day remains the heaviest raw deadlift ever done in conventional stance.
Cheick Ahmed al-Hassan Sanou, also known as Iron Biby, is a strongman from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. [2] As the current world record holder in the maximum Log Lift, Axle Press (using push-press method), and also the heaviest weight ever pressed overhead, Sanou is regarded as one of the greatest overhead pressers of all time. [3]
During his international strongman career, Hafþór won all the major strongman competitions and titles that were available at that time, including World's Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man, Strongman Champions League, Giants Live, and World's Ultimate Strongman, and his thirty international wins rank him as the ...
A primal test of brute physical strength, it is one of the three powerlifting movements along with the squat and bench press, [1] as well as a quintessential lift in strongman. Widely regarded as the king of all exercises, [2] the all-time world record deadlift stands at 501 kg (1,105 lb), achieved by Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. [3]
The overall winner of the Arnold Strongman Classic 2024 was reigning WSM champion Mitchell Hooper, but Bjornsson's fourth-place spot on the leaderboard proves that he is still very much a contender.
Jón Páll is widely regarded as one of the greatest strength athletes all time, [4] and is credited with developing Iceland's strength identity. [5] He also set over 25 strength related world records, was named Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1981, [ 5 ] and was posthumously inducted into the World's Strongest Man Hall of Fame in 2012.