The events schedule for the 2023 World’s Strongest Man has been announced
One week before the biggest event in strongman, the 2023 World’s Strongest Man events schedule was announced via The Best Experiences Podcast. The 2023 World’s Strongest Man is scheduled to take place April 19-23, 2023 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Tom Stoltman has won the last two WSM competitions – and aims to defend his title for a third year.
Notably, the 2023 World’s Strongest Man has changed locations from the blistering heat of Sacramento, CA to a much milder climate in Myrtle Beach, SC. Due to this, we expect to see far less limiting factors on the athletes – and healthier conditions all around. 30 athletes will be competing in the qualifying stage. Ultimately, 10 strongmen will qualify and advance into the finals – which will be split over two days.
The qualifying stage – consisting of athletes placed into groups – will take place from April 19-20. April 21st will be a rest day followed by the finals on April 22-23. Currently, the group athlete lists have not been listed – but will be revealed one day before the competition on April 18th.
However, we now have an official schedule for the list of events that will be taking place over the course of the 2023 World’s Strongest Man. Let’s break it down below.
2023 World’s Strongest Man Event Schedule
NOTE: All times for the below schedule are listed in EST. The public will have free access starting at 7am each day.
Qualifying Stage
Day One
- Event One: Loading Race — April 19 | 8 a.m.
- Event Two: Deadlift Machine — April 19 | 11:29 a.m.
- Event Three: Log Ladder — April 19 | 4:49 p.m.
Day Two
- Event Four: Conan’s Wheel — April 20 | 8 a.m.
- Event Five: Kettlebell Toss — April 20 | 1:20 p.m.
- Event Six: Stone Off — April 20 | 6:13 p.m.
NOTE: Rest Day — April 21, 2023
Finals Stage
Day One
- Event One: Fingal’s Fingers — April 22 | 8 a.m.
- Event Two: KNAACK Deadlift — April 22 | 10:41 a.m.
- Event Three: Reign Shield Carry — April 22 | 2:18 p.m.
Day Two
- Event Four: Max Dumbbell — April 23 | 8 a.m.
- Event Five: Vehicle Pull — April 23 | 10:10 a.m.
- Event Six: Atlas Stones — April 23 | 1:54 p.m.
2023 World’s Strongest Man Lineup
30 of the best strongmen in the world will be competing against each other to claim the title of World’s Strongest Man. This includes returning champion Tom Stoltman. But he’ll have his work cut out for him with a packed lineup of hungry competitors all looking to knock him off the throne.
Below is the official roster for the 2023 WSM:
- Tom Stoltman (UK) — Returning champion
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine)
- Evan Singleton (USA)
- Mitchell Hooper (Canada)
- Trey Mitchell (USA)
- Adam Bishop (UK)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia)
- Kevin Faires (USA)
- Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted (Iceland)
- Paul Smith (UK)
- Rauno Heinla (Estonia)
- Bobby Thompson (USA)
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Poland)
- Gavin Bilton (UK)
- Spenser Remick (USA)
- Eddie Williams (Australia)
- Konstantine Janashia (Georgia)
- Graham Hicks (UK)
- Luke Stoltman (UK)
- Mathew Ragg (New Zealand)
- Gabriel Rhéaume (Canada)
- Brian Shaw (USA)
- Fadi El Masri (Australia)
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (South Africa)
- Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine)
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf (Australia)
- Mark Felix (UK)
- Pa O’Dwyer (Ireland)
- Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou (Burkina Faso)
- Thomas Evans (USA)
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy (Ukraine) — withdrawn
- Maxime Boudreault (Canada) — withdrawn
You can check out the full episode of The Best Experiences Podcast – going into detail about the entire schedule below:
