2023 Strongest Man in Iceland Results

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The Strongest Man in Iceland has been crowned.

The results are in for the 2023 Strongest Man in Iceland event, which took place on June 3. With Iceland being home to 2018 World’s Strongest Man, Hafþór Bjornsson, the event could prove to produce the next big strongman athlete coming out of the country.

Featuring ten strongman athletes participating in eight events, the competition will determine who from Iceland will have the best chance at representing their country at the next Europe’s Strongest Man, eventually leading to the World’s Strongest Man competition. After it was all said and done, one man towered above all as the strongest in Iceland.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson would once again retain his title of the Strongest Man in Iceland. Putting up some impressive numbers in every event, Haraldsson proved he’s a force to be reckoned with.

The eight events at the competition were the Max Dumbbell, the Bag Over Bar, the Front Hold, the Max Deadlift, the Arm-Over-Arm Pull, the Mooring Bitt Carry, the Block Press, and a Farmer’s Carry & Yoke Medley.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson started strong in the Max Dumbbell event alongside Vilius Jokužys. It wasn’t until the Max Deadlift event that Haraldsson took over and began to pull away from the field. From that point on every other athlete was playing catch up while Haraldsson pushed towards victory. The results for the eight events were as follows:

Max Dumbbell

Each strongman attempts their max dumbbell lifts.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 110 kilograms (T-first)
Vilius Jokužys — 110 kilograms (T-first)
Stefán Karel Torfason— 100 kilograms
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 90 kilograms
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 80 kilograms (T-fifth)
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 80 kilograms (T-fifth)
Birgir Gudnason — 70 kilograms (T-seventh)
Alexander Andersen — 70 kilograms (T-seventh)
Fannar Katrínarson — 70 kilograms (T-seventh)
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 70 kilograms (T-seventh)

Bag Over Bar

The event features each strongman tossing six bags weighing 16 to 32 kilograms over a 4.3-meter bar in the fastest time possible within 60 seconds:

Stefán Karel Torfason — Six in 18.67 seconds
Kristján Jón Haraldsson — Six in 19.51 seconds
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — Six in 26.44 seconds
Vilius Jokužys — Five in 19.81 seconds
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — Four in 14.88 seconds
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — Four in 24.85 seconds
Birgir Gudnason — Three in 10.69 seconds
Alexander Andersen — Two in 9.86 seconds
Fannar Katrínarson — Two in 11.05 seconds
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — One in 4.8 seconds

Front Hold

Each strongman established their longest front hold with 25 kilograms.

Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 49.24 seconds
Stefán Karel Torfason — 44.19 seconds
Vilius Jokužys — 44.09 seconds
Birgir Gudnason — 40.39 seconds
Fannar Katrínarson — 38 seconds
Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 37.31 seconds
Alexander Andersen — 35.53 seconds
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 32.5 seconds
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 30.46 seconds
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 10.65 seconds

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Max Deadlift

In rounds of ascending weight, each strongman established their max deadlift.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 400 kilograms
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 380 kilograms
Stefán Karel Torfason — 360 kilograms
Vilius Jokužys — 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
Birgir Gudnason — 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
Fannar Katrínarson — 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 320 kilograms
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 300 kilograms
Alexander Andersen — 260 kilograms (T-ninth)
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 260 kilograms (T-ninth)

Arm-Over-Arm Pull

Athletes had 60 seconds to pull weight through a 15-meter course for the fastest time.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 41.95 seconds
Vilius Jokužys — 60 seconds
Stefán Karel Torfason — 12.4 meters
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 11.45 meters
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 11.35 meters
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 9.54 meters
Birgir Gudnason — 9.25 meters
Alexander Andersen — 9.1 meters
Fannar Katrínarson — 4.85 meters
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 1.6 meters

Mooring Bitt Carry

Each strongman carries 140 kilograms for distance.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 40 meters
Vilius Jokužys — 37.2 meters
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 32.3 meters
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 25 meters
Alexander Andersen — 24.35 meters
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 19.9 meters
Fannar Katrínarson — 13.2 meters
Birgir Gudnason — 6.5 meters
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 4.15 meters
Stefán Karel Torfason— withdrew

Block Press

The Block Press event consisted of four implements ranging from 90 to 120 kilograms. Each strongman had a 75-second time limit to score their fastest possible time.

Kristján Jón Haraldsson — Four in 67.31 seconds
Vilius Jokužys — Three in 24.49 seconds
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — Three in 65.08 seconds
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — Two in 31.03 seconds
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — One in 10.35 seconds
Alexander Andersen — One in 12.47 seconds
Birgir Gudnason — One in 13.44 seconds
Fannar Katrínarson — One in 21.62 seconds
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — One in 29.28 seconds
Stefán Karel Torfason— withdrew

Farmer’s Carry & Yoke Medley

The Medley consisted of a 120-kilogram farmer’s carry and a 400-kilogram yoke. Each implement was carried down the 20-meter course for the fastest time in a 90-second time limit.

Vilius Jokužys — 27.51 seconds
Kristján Jón Haraldsson — 38.15 seconds
Gudmundur Adalsteinsson — 43.46 seconds
Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 57.10 seconds
Birgir Gudnason — 36.8 meters
Alexander Andersen — 34.95 meters
Aron Geir Gudmundsson — 23.1 meters
Ólafur Haukur Tómasson — 10.8 meters
Fannar Katrínarson — 2.35 meters
Stefán Karel Torfason— withdrew

The list of the overall results can be found below. Each event offered up points and the athlete with the most was declared the victor. The full overall results are as follows.