2019 World's Ultimate Strongman


The 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between October 24 and 25. The winner of the inaugural World's Ultimate Strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson did not partake this year due to taking a small break from competing. 2019 World's Strongest Man Martins Licis also did not partake due to injury. The competition had four-time World's Strongest Man Žydrūnas Savickas as a referee; 2017 World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall and 2016 Europe's Strongest Man Laurence Shahlaei were commentators of the event.
This years event was held over two days with first day consisting of only one event; the max deadlift. This event was performed with the Burj Khalifa in the background. The second day and the remainder of the events were performed at the Meydan Racecourse.
This is also where the athletes were staying for the competition.

Results of events

Event 1: Max Deadlift

  • Starting Weight:
  • Notes: Athletes were allowed to skip weight increments.

Event 2: Truck Pull

  • Weight:
  • Course Length:
#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1Mateusz Kieliszkowski55.901423
2Krzysztof Radzikowski1:06.181317
3Brian Shaw1:11.561216
4Terry Hollands1:14.161115
5Luke Stoltman1014
6Rauno Heinla925
7Tom Stoltman819
8JF Caron716
9Oleksii Novikov610
10Ramin Farajnejad514
11Matjaz Belsak48
12Cheick Sanou37
13Mikhail Shivlyakov214.5
14Jerry Pritchett113.5

Event 3: Log Lift

  • Weight: log for repetitions
#AthleteNationRepetitionsEvent PointsOverall Points
1Cheick Sanou51421
2Mateusz Kieliszkowski412.527.5
2Luke Stoltman412.526.5
4Brian Shaw39.525.5
4Oleksii Novikov39.519.5
4Matjaz Belsak39.517.5
4Mikhail Shivlyakov39.524
8Rauno Heinla26.529.5
8Tom Stoltman26.525.5
8Krzysztof Radzikowski1522
Ramin Farajnejad0014
JF Caron0016
Jerry Pritchett0013.5

Event 4: Carry Medley

  • Weight: yoke, shield
  • Course Length:
#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1Oleksii Novikov16.401433.5
2Luke Stoltman17.721339.5
3Mateusz Kieliszkowski17.761247.5
4JF Caron18.501125.5
5Ramin Farajnejad18.951027
6Matjaz Belsak19.30926.5
7Tom Stoltman19.34833.5
8Cheick Sanou19.37728
9Brian Shaw20.84631.5
10Mikhail Shivlyakov20.87529
11Jerry Pritchett26.21417.5
12Rauno Heinla332.5
13Krzysztof Radzikowski225

Event 5: Atlas Stones

  • Weight: 10 stone series ranging from
#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1Tom Stoltman10 in 40.701447.5
2Brian Shaw10 in 1:02.211344.5
3JF Caron10 in 1:39.061239
4Luke Stoltman10 in 2:10.001150.5
5Rauno Heinla9 in 2:52.001042.5
6Oleksii Novikov8 in 33.00942.5
7Mateusz Kieliszkowski8 in 2:30.00855.5
8Ramin Farajnejad7 in 46.00731
9Mikhail Shivlyakov7 in 1:01.00635
10Matjaz Belsak7 in 1:53.35531.5
11Jerry Pritchett6 in 1:03.00421.5