The World Deadlift Championships

The World Deadlift Championships is a (mostly) annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world, competing exclusively in the Strongman Deadlift. It was created by Giants Live and the championship focuses mainly on the maximum deadlift in pursuit of the Deadlift world record, although in the 2017 edition, the event was changed to a 400 kg (882 lb) weight for the most repetitions in 60 seconds before reverting to a maximum weight format in 2019 after a one-year hiatus.

Champions[]

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Third Place	Host City
2021		Evan Singleton Adam Bishop Oleksii Novikov		Manchester, England
2019			Adam Bishop	Wembley, England
2017	JF Caron Konstantine Janashia		Benedikt Magnússon	Manchester, England
2016	Eddie Hall	Benedikt Magnússon		Leeds, England
2015	Eddie Hall	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		Leeds, England
2014	Benedikt Magnússon	Eddie Hall	Laurence Shahlaei Martin Wildauer	Leeds, England

Heaviest Lifts[]

In History[]

#	Weight	Competitor	Event	Bar	World Record?
1	501 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	2020 WUS Feats of Strength Event 1	Standard	Yes
2	500 kg	Eddie Hall	2016 World Deadlift Championships	Standard	Yes
3	481 kg	Peiman Maheripour	2021 WRPF World Championships	Standard	No
4	475 kg			Standard	No
5	475 kg		2021 World Deadlift Championships	Standard	No
6	474 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	2019 Arnold Strongman Classic	Elephant	Yes (Elephant only)
7	472.5 kg	Eddie Hall	2017 World's Strongest Man	Standard	No
8	472 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	2018 Arnold Strongman Classic	Elephant	Yes (Elephant only)
9	470 kg		2019 Strongman Champions League Moscow	Standard	No
10	467 kg		2017 Arnold Strongman Classic	Elephant	Yes (Elephant only)

At the Championships[]

#	Weight	Competitor	Year	Bar	Record Set
1	500 kg	Eddie Hall	2016	Standard	World Record
2	475 kg		2021	Standard	Russian Record
3	465 kg	Eddie Hall	2016	Standard	World Record
4	465 kg	Benedikt Magnússon	2016	Standard	World Record
5	465 kg		2016	Standard	World Record
6	463 kg	Eddie Hall	2015	Standard	World Record
7	461 kg	Benedikt Magnússon	2014	Standard	World Record
8	455 kg		2019	Standard	Estonian Record
9	455 kg		2019	Standard	-
10	453.5 kg		2021	Standard	Ukrainian Record

Continental records[]

• This list features lifts made with a standard bar.

Region	Weight	Athlete	Nation	Year set
Africa	440 kg		South Africa	2021
Asia	481 kg	Peiman Maheripour	Iran	2021
Oceania	475 kg		Australia	2021
Europe	501 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	2020
North, Central America and Caribbean	465 kg		United States	2016
South America	402.5 kg		Brazil	2014

Individual Results[]

2014[]

The 2014 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England on August 9, 2014. Magnússon set a new world record with a lift of 461 kg.^[1]

Results[]

#	Name	Weight
1	Benedikt Magnússon	461 kg
2	Eddie Hall	446 kg
3	Martin Wildauer	435 kg
3	Laurence Shahlaei	435 kg
5	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	420 kg
5	Mark Felix	420 kg
5	Johannes Årsjö	420 kg
8	Graham Hicks	400 kg
8	Vytautas Lalas	400 kg
8	Krzysztof Radzikowski	400 kg
8	Andy Bolton	400 kg
12	Mikhail Koklyaev	No lift
X	Brian Shaw	Withdrew

Records[]

Nation	Name	Weight
World	Benedikt Magnússon	461 kg
Icelandic	Benedikt Magnússon	461 kg
English	Eddie Hall	446 kg
Austrian	Martin Wildauer	435 kg
Swedish	Johannes Årsjö	420 kg

2015[]

The 2015 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England on July 11, 2015. Hall set a new world record with a lift of 463 kg.^[2]

Results[]

#	Name	Weight
1	Eddie Hall	463 kg
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	450 kg
3		435 kg
3		435 kg
5	Andy Bolton	430 kg
6	Mark Felix	400 kg
6	Krzysztof Radzikowski	400 kg
6	Terry Hollands	400 kg
6		400 kg
6		400 kg
11		360 kg
12	Luke Stoltman	No lift

Records[]

Nation	Name	Weight
World	Eddie Hall	463 kg
English	Eddie Hall	463 kg
Estonian		435 kg
Slovenian		400 kg

2016[]

The 2016 World Deadlift Championships were held at the 2016 Europe's Strongest Man event at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. Hall set a new world record, becoming the first person in history to deadlift 500 kg.^[3]

Results[]

#	Name	Weight
1	Eddie Hall	500 kg
2	Benedikt Magnússon	465 kg
2		465 kg
4	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	440 kg
5	Laurence Shahlaei	420 kg
5	Terry Hollands	420 kg
5	Mark Felix	420 kg
5		420 kg
9	Johannes Årsjö	400 kg
9		400 kg
9	Adam Bishop	400 kg
12	Mateusz Kieliszkowski	No lift
12	Stefan Solvi Petursson	No lift

Records[]

Nation	Name	Weight
World	Eddie Hall	500 kg
English	Eddie Hall	500 kg
Icelandic	Benedikt Magnússon	465 kg
American		465 kg

2017[]

The 2017 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Giants Live Finals event in Manchester, England. In this edition, the championships were changed to a deadlift for the most repetitions in 60 seconds format with a fixed weight of 400 kg.^[4]

Results[]

#	Name	Repetitions
1	JF Caron	5
1	Konstantine Janashia	5
3	Benedikt Magnússon	3
4	Žydrūnas Savickas	2
5	Mikhail Shivlyakov	1
6	Laurence Shahlaei	0
6	Nick Best	0
6	Terry Hollands	0
6	Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou	0

2019[]

The 2019 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, England, as the opening event for Giants Live Wembley. In this edition, the championships returned to the max weight deadlift format.^[5]

Results[]

#	Name	Weight
1		455 kg
1		455 kg
3		440 kg
3	Adam Bishop	440 kg
3		440 kg
6	Martins Licis	420 kg
6	Mikhail Shivlyakov	420 kg
6	Mark Felix	420 kg
9	Mateusz Kieliszkowski	400 kg
9	Tom Stoltman	400 kg
11	Luke Stoltman	No lift

Records[]

Nation	Name	Weight
Estonian		455 kg
Bosnian		440 kg

2021[]

The 2021 World Deadlift Championships were held at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, as the opening event for Giants Live World Open.

Results[]

#	Name	Weight
1		475 kg
2		453.5 kg
2	Evan Singleton	453.5 kg
2	Adam Bishop	453.5 kg
2	Oleksii Novikov	453.5 kg
2		453.5 kg
2		453.5 kg
8	Mikhail Shivlyakov	425 kg
8		425 kg
8		425 kg
8		425 kg

Records[]

Nation	Name	Weight
Russian		475 kg
Ukrainian	Oleksii Novikov	453.5 kg
Mexican		453.5 kg
Bosnian		453.5 kg
Welsh		425 kg

See also[]

• Europe's Strongest Man
• Giants Live
• The World Log Lift Championships

References[]

External links[]

• Official Site of Giants Live