Your strongman and strongwoman champions are Mitchell Hooper of Canada and Angelica Jardine of the United States. This is Hooper’s second straight Arnold Classic win. He is now a two-time ASC winner and the current reigning World’s Strongest Man. This is Jardine’s first Arnold Strongwoman Classic win. She is also a 2023 America’s Strongest Woman winner.
The 2024 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH, features its competitive strongman and strongwoman competition on March 1-2, 2024. The Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC) this year showcases some of the sport’s all-time greats, including the long-anticipated return of the 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) and three-time ASC champion Hafthór Björnsson.
The Icelandic strength legend flew to Columbus to test his static strength against 2019 WSM champion Martins Licis, 2020 WSM Oleksii Novikov, two-time WSM Tom Stoltman, and reigning defending WSM and ASC champion Mitchell Hooper, among others.
The Arnold Strongwoman Classic (ASWC) featured defending champion Victoria Long, who aimed to repeat her dominance established in 2023 but had to withdraw due to injury mid-competition. Two-time World’s Strongest Woman (WSW) Rebecca Roberts, 2018 WSW Andrea Thompson, log lift world record holder Inez Carrasquillo, and the rest of the elite roster competed for the next throne.
Below are the live standings and results from the Arnold Strongman and Strongwoman Classics:
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2024 Arnold Strongman Classic Leaderboard
- WINNER: Mitchell Hooper — 52 points
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — 40.5 points
- Tom Stoltman — 38.5 points
- Hafthór Björnsson — 38 points
- Bobby Thompson — 32 points
- Oleksii Novikov — 25 points
- Evan Singleton — 24 points (withdrew)
- Martins Licis — 23 points
- Thomas Evans — 10 points (withdrew)
- Oskar Ziółkowski — Eight points
- Maxime Boudreault — Withdrew
2024 Arnold Strongwoman Classic Leaderboard
- WINNER: Angelica Jardine — 45 points
- Olga Liashchuk — 44.5 points
- Lucy Underdown — 41.5 points
- Hannah Linzay — 38 points
- Inez Carrasquillo — 35 points
- Samantha Belliveau — 34 points
- Rebecca Roberts — 34 points
- Andrea Thompson — 33 points
- Melissa Peacock — 30 points
- Erin Murray — 27 points
- Donna Moore — withdrew
- Victoria Long — withdrew
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2024 Strongwoman Classic Event Results
Below are the results for each Individual event for the strongwomen.
Max Elephant Bar Deadlift
The strongwomen competed first on March 1, 2024. The Max Deadlift event featured athletes establishing their heaviest deadlift in a weightlifting event-style meet. This meant athletes with the lighter weight always lifted before an athlete with a heavier attempt, regardless of which attempt it was.
Defending champion Victoria Long suffered a scary moment when she collapsed to the floor with a hamstring injury. She still managed to secure third-place points off her successful 288-kilogram pull.
Notably, Lucy Underdown set an Elephant Bar world record of 666 pounds in her second attempt!
- Lucy Underdown — 302 kilograms
- Andrea Thompson — 291 kilograms
- Victoria Long — 288 kilograms
- Olga Liashchuk — 275 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Melissa Peacock — 275 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Hannah Linzay — 273 kilograms
- Inez Carrasquillo — 259 kilograms
- Angelica Jardine — 254 kilograms
- Erin Murray — 252 kilograms
- Donna Moore — 250 kilograms
- Rebecca Roberts — 243 kilograms
- Samantha Belliveau — 234 kilograms
Timber Carry
Donna Moore suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury during her Timber Carry attempt. Though she never fell, she needed assistance from the production crew to get off the wooden incline.
Thompson furthered herself to the top of the leaderboard at the end of Day One with a scorching time of 8.43 seconds. Roberts scored third place in the event — a much-needed rebound after ranking 11th in the deadlift earlier in the afternoon.
- Andrea Thompson — 8.43 seconds
- Hannah Linzay — 9.53 seconds (T-second)
- Rebecca Roberts — 9.53 seconds (T-second)
- Lucy Underdown — 11.64 seconds
- Angelica Jardine — 27.42 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 11.02 meters
- Olga Liashchuk — 4.9 meters
- Erin Murray — 4.5 meters
- Samantha Belliveau — 4.09 meters
- Melissa Peacock — 4.01 meters
- Donna Moore — 3.2 meters
- Victoria Long — withdrew
Webster Stones
Following Donna Moore’s heat with the Webster Stones, she appeared to be okay but had an arm over a crew member, who helped her walk backstage. She withdrew from the competition shortly thereafter after walking the stones just over eight meters.
- Angelica Jardine — 27.94 meters
- Rebecca Roberts — 19.51 meters
- Lucy Underdown — 18.29 meters
- Inez Carrasquillo — 17.83 meters
- Olga Liashchuk — 13.31 meters
- Samantha Belliveau — 13 meters
- Erin Murray — 10.41 meters
- Hannah Linzay — 10.01 meters
- Andrea Thompson — 9.37 meters
- Melissa Peacock — 8.74 meters
- Donna Moore — 8.08 meters
- Victoria Long — withdrew
Dumbbell Press
- Samantha Belliveau — 84 kilograms, two reps
- Olga Liashchuk — 80 kilograms, two reps
- Hannah Linzay — 80 kilograms, one rep (T-third)
- Melissa Peacock — 80 kilograms, one rep (T-third)
- Angelica Jardine — 70 kilograms, three reps
- Inez Carrasquillo — 70 kilograms, two reps
- Erin Murray — 60 kilograms, four reps
- Lucy Underdown — 60 kilograms, one rep (T-eighth)
- Rebecca Roberts — 60 kilograms, one rep (T-eighth)
- Andrea Thompson — no lift
- Donna Moore — withdrew
- Victoria Long — withdrew
Stones of Strength
- Angelica Jardine — six stones
- Olga Liashchuk — four stones
- Samantha Belliveau — three stones
- Lucy Underdown — two stones (T-fourth)
- Hannah Linzay — two stones (T-fourth)
- Melissa Peacock — two stones (T-fourth)
- Inez Carrasquillo — two stones (T-fourth)
- Erin Murray — two stones (T-fourth)
- Rebecca Roberts — two stones (T-fourth)
- Andrea Thompson — no lift
- Donna Moore — withdrew
- Victoria Long — withdrew
2024 Arnold Strongman Classic Event Results
Below are the results for each Individual event for the strongmen.
Max Elephant Bar Deadlift
Like the women’s contest, athletes calling for lighter weight lifted before those who called for heavier weight, regardless of attempt number. Entering the contest, Björnsson held the Elephant Bar deadlift world record at 474 kilograms.
Boudreault opened the contest with a 352-kilogram attempt and immediately appeared to suffer a left lat injury before the Elephant bar left the floor. Singleton’s first attempt of 386 kilograms slipped out of his hand as his left-hand lifting strap unraveled off the bar. He nailed the immediate follow-up attempt.
Björnsson’s first attempt in his return to the competitive strongman stage was a blisteringly easy 420 kilograms. Thompson was the last athlete to make a first attempt successfully of 436 kilograms and called it there.
Björnsson came out last for an opening event win with a successful attempt of 456 kilograms. It was his 13th career ASC event win.
- Hafthór Björnsson — 456 kilograms
- Bobby Thompson — 436 kilograms
- Mitchell Hooper — 431 kilograms
- Evan Singleton — 427 kilograms
- Tom Stoltman — 415 kilograms
- Oleksii Novikov — 409 kilograms
- Thomas Evans — 397 kilograms
- Martins Licis — 391 kilograms
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — 388 kilograms
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 370 kilograms
- Maxime Boudreault — no lift
Timber Carry
The Timber Carry was a showcase for Hooper, who narrowly missed a world record time by one-tenth of a second. Similarly, Björnsson put any doubters of his strongman return to shame as he blitzed the Timber Carry in a time of 8.4 seconds for a second-place finish to end Day One in first overall.
Licis and Kieliszkowski moved up the leaderboard meaningfully after subpar Elephant Bar Deadlift performances. Unfortunately for Novikov and Evans, both appeared to suffer biceps injuries during their Timber Carry attempts, though neither immediately withdrew from the competition.
- Mitchell Hooper — 7.1 seconds
- Hafthór Björnsson — 8.4 seconds
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — 8.69 seconds
- Martins Licis — 14.81 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 8.89 meters
- Tom Stoltman — 8.13 meters
- Oleksii Novikov — 7.49 meters
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 4.9 meters
- Bobby Thompson — 4.01 meters
- Thomas Evans — 3.99 meters
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
Webster Stones
At the end of Day One of strongman competition, defending champion Hooper said that Day Two would be one of his strongest performances yet. He lived up to that statement in the Webster Stones, scoring first-place points.
Björnsson continued to impress in his competitive strongman return, scoring second-place points to be even on the overall leaderboard with Hooper heading into the penultimate event.
- Mitchell Hooper — 12.6 meters
- Hafthór Björnsson — 10.72 meters
- Evan Singleton — 10.62 meters
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — 9.73 meters
- Tom Stoltman — 9.4 meters
- Oleksii Novikov — 4.04 meters
- Bobby Thompson — 3.53 meters
- Martins Licis — 2.79 seconds
- Thomas Evans — 2.31 meters
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 0.25 meters
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
Apollon’s Wheels
- Mitchell Hooper — Five reps
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — Four reps (T-second)
- Tom Stoltman — Four reps (T-second)
- Hafthór Björnsson — One rep (T-fourth)
- Bobby Thompson — One rep (T-fourth)
- Martins Licis — One rep (T-fourth)
- Evan Singleton — no lift
- Oleksii Novikov — no lift
- Oskar Ziółkowski — no lift
- Thomas Evans — withdrew
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
Stones of Strength
- Mitchell Hooper — Two in 19.15 seconds reps
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski — Five in 158.36 seconds
- Tom Stoltman — Two in 25.53 seconds
- Bobby Thompson — One in 101.12 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — One in 17.65 seconds
- Hafthór Björnsson — no lift
- Martins Licis — no lift
- Oskar Ziółkowski — no lift
- Evan Singleton — withdrew
- Thomas Evans — withdrew
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
The 2024 Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) can be watched for free by registering on the ASF website or watching the live stream on the Rogue YouTube channel.
How to Watch
Good news: The Arnold Classic live stream presented by Bucked Up will be free by registering on the Arnold Sports website.
2024 Events
The two-day event for men and women will feature five events per division. Below are the times you can tune into the free stream to catch each event.
Arnold Strongman Classic
Friday, March 1 at 1 p.m. EST
- Elephant Bar Deadlift
- Timber Carry
Saturday, March 2 at noon EST
- Webster Stones
- Apollon Wheels
- Stone Medley
Arnold Strongwoman Classic
Friday, March 1 at 1 p.m. EST
- Elephant Bar Deadlift
- Timber Carry
Saturday, March 2 at noon EST
- Webster Stones
- Apollon’s Wheels
- Strength of Stones
Past Winners
The Arnold Strongman and Strongwoman Classic are two of the premier competitions on the planet for competitive strength athletes. Here’s every winner of each division.
Arnold Strongman Classic
- 2002: Mark Henry
- 2003: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2004: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2005: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2006: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2007: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2008: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2009: Derek Poundstone
- 2010: Derek Poundstone
- 2011: Brian Shaw
- 2012: Michael Jenkins
- 2013: Vytautas Lalas
- 2014: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2015: Brian Shaw
- 2016: Zydrunas Savickas
- 2017: Brian Shaw
- 2018: Hafthor Bjornsson
- 2019: Hafthor Bjornsson
- 2020: Hafthor Bjornsson
- 2022: Martins Licis
- 2023: Mitchell Hooper
- 2024: Mitchell Hooper
Arnold Strongwoman Classic
- 2017: Leifia Ingalls (USA)
- 2018: Donna Moore (United Kingdom)
- 2019: Olga Liaschuck (Ukraine)
- 2020: Olga Liaschuck (Ukraine)
- 2022: Victoria Long (USA)
- 2023: Victoria Long (USA)
2024 Prize Money
Part of the competition’s popularity among athletes is that it pays well. Here’s a full rundown of what athletes can expect to make!
Arnold Strongman Classic
- 1st Place: $80,000
- 2nd Place: $25,000
- 3rd Place: $20,000
- 4th Place: $15,000
- 5th Place: $13,000
- 6th Place: $8,000
- 7th Place: $7,000
- 8th Place: $6,000
- 9th Place: $5,000
- 10th Place: $3,000
- Total: $182,000
Arnold Strongwoman Classic
- 1st Place: $25,000
- 2nd Place: $15,000
- 3rd Place: $10,000
- 4th Place: $8,000
- 5th Place: $5,000
- 6th Place: $4,000
- 7th Place: $3,000
- 8th Place: $2,500
- 9th Place: $1,500
- 10th Place: $1,000
- Total: $75,000
Featured Image: TJ Darr
