The World Log Lift Championships

The World Log Lift Championships (sometimes referred to as World Log Lift Challenge) is a (mostly) annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world, competing exclusively in the Log Clean and Press. Created initially as part of the Strongman Champions League, it has since been part of Giants Live and the championship occasionally switches between the two series.

History

In its inaugural year, the Strongman Champions League introduced the World Log Lift Championships. The event had been a staple of strongman competitions since the early 1980s. Beginning with the 1980 World's Strongest Man contest, where Bill Kazmaier hoisted 157 kg to win the event and set a world record. Over eight years Kazmaier increased the record to 170 kg. Jamie Reeves, winner of the 1989 World's Strongest Man contest, managed 177 kg in 1989, and 180 kg at the 1992 World Mighty Man contest in Johannesburg, South Africa.

It was ten years before 2001 World's Strongest Man winner Svend Karlsen set a new record of 185 kg at the Strongman Super Series event in Sweden. In 2003, Hugo Girard set a new record at the Strongman Super Series event in Canada with 186 kg. In 2004, Žydrūnas Savickas set a new record of 188 kg, and Raimunds Bergmanis brought the record up to 190 kg at the Strongman Super Series event in Moscow.

Savickas began his long reign over the log lift world record starting in 2005, bringing it up to 200 kg in Hungary, and then again at the 2005 IFSA European Championships in Riga, Latvia with 202.5 kg. Savickas set another new record in 2006, bringing it up to 205 kg.

In 2008 Savickas broke the record twice more, with marks of 207.5 kg and 210 kg. Savickas set yet another world record of 212.5 kg at the 2009 World Log Lift Championship.

Savickas set another world record of 215 kg, set at the 2011 SCL Finals in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Feb. 7, 2012, and another world record of 216 kg by Savickas and was set at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest in Leeds, England on June 23, 2012. Savickas set yet another world record of 217.5 kg at the SCL Holland event in Zevenaar, Netherlands on June 30, 2012.

Savickas' final world record of 2012 was 220 kg, set during the finals of the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest which he eventually won, marking his third WSM title, marking Savickas' tenth consecutive log lift world record.

In 2013, Savickas set another world record at the 2013 Europe's Strongest Man in Leeds, England with a lift of 221 kg. The current world record is now at 228kg, set by Savickas in 2015 in Brazil, marking his sixteenth break of the world record.

Champions
Year Champion Runner-Up Third Place Host City
2021 Leeds, England
2019 WLLF Rongo Keene Vidas Blekaitis František Piros Panevežys, Lithuania
2019 GL Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou Rob Kearney Graham Hicks Leeds, England
2018 Eddie Hall Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Leeds, England
2017 Graham Hicks Vidas Blekaitis Vytautas Lalas Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Rob Kearney Vidas Blekaitis Vytautas Lalas Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Graham Hicks Eddie Hall Žydrūnas Savickas Doncaster, England
2013 Žydrūnas Savickas Vidas Blekaitis Krzysztof Radzikowski Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Žydrūnas Savickas Krzysztof Radzikowski Vytautas Lalas Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Žydrūnas Savickas Vidas Blekaitis Vytautas Lalas Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Žydrūnas Savickas Krzysztof Radzikowski Vidas Blekaitis Kaunas, Lithuania
2008 Žydrūnas Savickas Mikhail Koklyaev Oleksandr Lashyn Vilnius, Lithuania

Heaviest Lifts

In History
# Weight Competitor Event World Record?
1228kg Žydrūnas Savickas2015 Arnold Strongman Classic BrazilYes
2227kg Žydrūnas Savickas2014 Giants Live PolandYes
3223kg Žydrūnas Savickas2014 Arnold Strongman Classic BrazilYes
4222.5kg Žydrūnas Savickas2013 World Log Lift ChampionshipsYes
5221kg Žydrūnas Savickas2013 Europe's Strongest ManYes
6221kg Luke Stoltman2020 WUS Feats of Strength Event 16No
7220kg Žydrūnas Savickas2012 World's Strongest ManYes
8220kg Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou2019 World Log Lift ChampionshipsNo
9220kg Graham Hicks2020 Europe's Strongest ManNo
10217.5kg Žydrūnas Savickas2012 Strongman Champions League HollandYes

At the Championships
# Weight Competitor Year Record Set
1222.5kg Žydrūnas Savickas2013World Record
2220kg Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou2019Burkinabé Record
3214kg Rob Kearney2019American Record
214kg Graham Hicks2019English Record
214kg Mateusz Kieliszkowski2019-
6213kg Eddie Hall2018English Record
213kg Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou2018Burkinabé Record
213kg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson2018Icelandic Record
9212.5kg Žydrūnas Savickas2009World Record
10211kg Graham Hicks2015English Record

Continental records
Region Weight Athlete Nation Year set
Africa 220kg Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou Burkina Faso 2019
Asia-Pacific 207.5kg Rongo Keene Australia 2019
Europe 228kg Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania 2015
North, Central America and Caribbean 216kg Rob Kearney 1 United States 2020
South America 182.5kg Marcos Ferrari Brazil 2016

1 Cheick Sanou, who is a Canadian citizen, has the heaviest lift for this region at 220kg, but is not listed as he has declared for Burkina Faso.

Individual Results

NOTE: When competitors finish on the same weight, the results are sorted by the competitors' body weights with the lightest being given a higher position.

2008

Zydrunas Savickas entered the 2008 Log Lift World Championships as the clear favorite, and intended to set a new record with 212.5 kg.[1] Savickas' competitors included Mikhail Koklyaev, Ervin Katona, Sebastian Wenta, Oleksandr Lashyn, Tobias Ide, Agris Kazelniks, Oleksandr Pekanaov, Krzysztof Radzikowski and Saulius Brusokas.[1]

The competition, held in Lithuania, saw each lift judged by three officials similar to Powerlifting and Olympic Weightlifting. The referees were Strongman Champions League founders Ilkka Kinnunen, Marcel Mostert and Latvian weighlifter Viktors Ščerbatihs, who had won the bronze medal in the +105 kg superheavyweight class at the recent Beijing Olympics. One of the strongest contenders, Oleksandr Pekanov, who had a personal best of 190 kg missed his opener of 180 kg three times. However, a number of other athletes came away with personal records, and two National Records were set. Zydrunas Savickas missed his world record attempt of 212.5 kg, but won the championships with his lift of 200 kg.[2]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 200kg
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 195kg
3 Oleksandr Lashyn 195kg
4 Sebastian Wenta 195kg
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 180kg
6 Ervin Katona 180kg
7 Agris Kazeļņiks 170kg
8 Saulius Brusokas 160kg
9 Tobias Ide 160kg

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
Russian Mikhail Koklyaev 195kg
Polish Sebastian Wenta 195kg
Serbian Ervin Katona 180kg
  • Source of results:[3]

2009

The championships took place in Kaunas, Lithuania on November 21, 2009.

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 212.5kg
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 195kg
3 Vidas Blekaitis 190kg
4 Ervin Katona 180kg
5 Saulius Brusokas 170kg
6 Agris Kazeļņiks 165kg
7 Marys Leitis 165kg
8 Aleksandr Mantserov 160kg
9 Dainis Zageris 150kg

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
World Žydrūnas Savickas 212.5kg
Lithuanian Žydrūnas Savickas 212.5kg
Polish (Equalled) Krzysztof Radzikowski 195kg
  • Source of results:[4]

2010

The Log Lift Championships were not held in 2010, and was moved up to February 2011 to kick off the 2011 season of SCL.[5]

2011

The 2011 World Log Lift Championships were held in Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania on Feb. 12, 2011 to kick off the 2011 SCL season.[5] Key competitors were reigning champion Zydrunas Savickas, Vidas Blekaitis and Vytautas Lalas who finished in the top 3 places respectively, with Zavickas winning his 3rd straight log lift title. There were 12 athletes in total, 3 athletes failed their opening weight on all 3 attempts.[6] The event was broadcast live on Eurosport.[7]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 192.5kg[6]
2 Vidas Blekaitis 190kg
3 Vytautas Lalas 185kg
4 Patrick Baboumian 185kg
5 Ervin Katona 185kg
6 Warrick Brant 182.5kg
7 Bjørn Andrè Solvang 175kg
8 Agris Kazeļņiks 175kg
9 Marshall White 170kg

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
German Patrick Baboumian 185kg
Serbian Ervin Katona 185kg
Australian Warrick Brant 182.5kg

2012

The 2012 World Log Lift Championships were held in Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania on Sunday Oct. 7, 2012.[8]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 210kg
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 207.5kg
3 Vytautas Lalas 200kg
4 Vidas Blekaitis 200kg
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 200kg (NR)
6 Johannes Årsjö 185kg
7 Jean-François "JF" Caron 170kg
8 Ervin Katona 170kg
9 Alex Moonen 170kg
10 Juha-Matti Jarvi 170kg
X Ettiene Smit No lift

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
Russian Mikhail Koklyaev 200kg

2013

The 2013 World Log Lift Championships were held in Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania on Saturday October 19, 2013. Savickas set a new world record with a lift of 222.5 kg.[9]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 222.5kg
2 Vidas Blekaitis 205kg
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 200kg
4 Dainis Zageris 185kg
5 Matt Wanat 180kg

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
World Žydrūnas Savickas 222.5kg
Lithuanian Žydrūnas Savickas 222.5kg

2015

The 2015 World Log Lift Championships were held at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England on February 14, 2015. Savickas attempted to set a new world record with a lift of 228kg but narrowly failed.[10]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Graham Hicks 211kg
2 Eddie Hall 211kg
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 211kg
4 Dimitar Savatinov 200kg
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 180kg
6 Rob Frampton 180kg
7 Benedikt Magnússon 180kg
8 Robert Oberst 180kg
9 Michael Blumstein 160kg
10 Brian Irwin 160kg
11 Nick Best 160kg
12 Luke Stoltman 160kg
X Adam Bishop No lift

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
English Graham Hicks 211kg
English Eddie Hall 211kg

2016

The 2016 World Log Lift Championships were held at the SCL Lithuania event in Vilnius. [11]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Rob Kearney 202.5kg
2 Vidas Blekaitis 202.5kg
3 Vytautas Lalas 200kg
4 Dimitar Savatinov 195kg
5 Graham Hicks 190kg
6 Dainis Zageris 190kg
7 Gregorz Szymanski 190kg
8 Bjørn Andrè Solvang 185kg
9 Marcos Ferrari 182.5kg
10 Matjaz Belsak 180kg
11 Saulius Brusokas 175kg
12 Patrick Baboumian 170kg

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
Brazilian Marcos Ferrari 182.5kg

2017

The 2017 World Log Lift Championships were held at the SCL Lithuania event in Vilnius. [12]

Results
# Name Log Weight
1 Graham Hicks 192.5kg
2 Vidas Blekaitis 180kg
3 Vytautas Lalas 180kg
4 Alex Moonen 170kg
5 Dennis Kohlruss 170kg
6 Jiří Vytiska 170kg
7 Marcin Sendwicki 170kg
8 Martynas Brusokas 167kg
9 Jared Leask 165kg
10 Ivan Makarov 160kg
11 Oskars Martuzāns 160kg
12 Will Baggott 160kg

2018

The 2018 World Log Lift Championships were held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England, as the opening event for Europe's Strongest Man. Two strongmen attempted to set a new world record with a lift of 230kg but both failed.

# Name Log Weight
1 Eddie Hall 213kg
2 Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou 213kg
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 213kg
4 Rob Kearney 200kg
5 Graham Hicks 200kg
6 Konstantine Janashia 200kg
7 Krzysztof Radzikowski 200kg
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 200kg
9 Matjaz Belsak 190kg
10 Robert Oberst 190kg
11 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 175kg
12 Vytautas Lalas 175kg
X Terry Hollands No lift
X Mark Felix No lift

Records
Nation Name Log Weight
Burkinabé Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou 213kg
English Eddie Hall 213kg
Icelandic Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 213kg
Georgian Konstantine Janashia 200kg

2019

In 2019, there were two World Log Lift Championships, the first of which was held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England, again, as the opening event for Europe's Strongest Man. Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou attempted to set a new world record with a lift of 229kg but narrowly failed.[13] The second championship was run by the World Log Lift Federation in Lithuania

Results (Giants Live)
# Name Log Weight
1 Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou 220kg
2 Rob Kearney 214kg
3 Graham Hicks 214kg
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 214kg
5 Larry "Wheels" Williams 203kg
6 Konstantine Janashia 203kg
7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 203kg
8 Mikhail Shivlyakov 190kg
9 Tom Stoltman 190kg
10 Luke Stoltman 190kg
11 Laurence Shahlaei 175kg
X Adam Bishop No lift
X Mark Felix No lift

Records (Giants Live)
Nation Name Log Weight
Burkinabé Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou 220kg
English Graham Hicks 214kg
American Rob Kearney 214kg
Georgian Konstantine Janashia 203kg

Results (World Log Lift Federation)
# Name Log Weight
1 Rongo Keene 207.5kg
2 Vidas Blekaitis 200kg
3 František Piros 200kg
4 Jared Leask 200kg
5 Joachim Gustafsson 192.5kg
6 Robert Cyrwus 190kg
7 Didzis Zariņš 190kg
8 Oleg Pylypiak 185kg
9 Jiří Vytiska 180kg

Records (World Log Lift Federation)
Nation Name Log Weight
Australian Rongo Keene 207.5kg
Slovak František Piros 200kg
South African Jared Leask 200kg
World Junior Oleg Pylypiak 185kg

See also

References
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