2016 Europe's Strongest Man Explained

The 2016 Europe's Strongest Man was a strongman competition that took place in Leeds, England on 9 July 2016 at the First Direct Arena. This event was part of the 2016 Giants live tour.

Laurence Shahlaei won the competition defeating the defending champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.^{[1] [2]}

Results of events

Event 1: Max Deadlift

• Notes: A number of athletes were invited to take part in this event only and therefore they did not score points.

	Name	Nationality	Weight Lifted	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson			10	10
2	Laurence Shahlaei			7.5	7.5
2	Terry Hollands			7.5	7.5
2	Mark Felix			7.5	7.5
2	Marius Lalas			7.5	7.5
6	Johannes Arsjo			4	4
6	Dimitar Savatinov			4	4
6	Adam Bishop			4	4
9	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		N/A	0	0
9	Stefan Solvi Petursson		N/A	0	0
N/A	Eddie Hall			-	-
N/A	Benedikt Magnússon			-	-
N/A	Jerry Pritchett			-	-

Event 2: Frame Carry

• Weight:
• Course Length:

	Name	Nationality	Time	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Laurence Shahlaei		0m 10.10	10	17.5
2	Johannes Arsjo		0m 11.05	9	13
3	Marius Lalas		0m 11.08	8	15.5
4	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		0m 11.17	7	17
5	Terry Hollands		0m 11.51	6	13.5
6	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		0m 12.41	5	5
7	Dimitar Savatinov		0m 14.38	4	8
8	Mark Felix		0m 14.56	3	10.5
9	Stefan Solvi Petursson		0m 16.40	2	2
10	Adam Bishop		0m 18.48	1	5

^ Marius Lalas sustained an injury in this event and took no further part in the competition.

^ Stefan Solvi Petursson sustained an injury in this event and took no further part in the competition.

Event 3: Log Lift

• Weight: for as many repetitions as possible.
• Time Limit: 75 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Repetitions	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		8	10	15
2	Johannes Arsjo		5	8.5	21.5
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		5	8.5	25.5
4	Dimitar Savatinov		4	7	15
5	Laurence Shahlaei		3	5.5	23
5	Terry Hollands		3	5.5	19
7	Adam Bishop		1	4	9
8	Mark Felix		0	0	10.5

Event 4: Car Walk

• Weight:
• Course Length:

	Name	Nationality	Time	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Laurence Shahlaei		0m 11.05	10	33
2	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		0m 11.56	9	24
3	Johannes Arsjo		0m 13.12	8	29.5
4	Terry Hollands		0m 14.22	7	26
5	Mark Felix		0m 15.78	6	16.5
6	Dimitar Savatinov		0m 16.11	5	20
7	Adam Bishop		0m 18.12	4	13
8	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		0m 18.44	3	28.5

Event 5: Atlas Stones

• Weight: 5 stone series ranging from 140–.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		5 in 0m 18.16	10	38.5
2	Johannes Arsjo		5 in 0m 28.13	9	38.5
3	Laurence Shahlaei		5 in 0m 30.80	8	41
4	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		5 in 0m 32.10	7	31
5	Dimitar Savatinov		5 in 0m 42.17	6	26
6	Adam Bishop		5 in 0m 45.73	5	18
7	Mark Felix		4 in 0m 22.45	4	20.5
8	Terry Hollands		3 in 0m 22.34	3	29

Final results

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Laurence Shahlaei		41
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		38.5
2	Johannes Arsjo		38.5
4	Mateusz Kieliszkowski		31
5	Terry Hollands		29
6	Dimitar Savatinov		26
7	Mark Felix		20.5
8	Adam Bishop		18
9	Marius Lalas		15.5
10	Stefan Solvi Petursson		2

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Game of Thrones star loses European strongman title to Swindon man . BBC News . 17 September 2023 . 17 July 2016.
2. Web site: Beirne . Kevin . Swindon man beats The Mountain to Europe's Strongest Man title . JOE.co.uk . 17 September 2023 . 18 July 2016.
3. Web site: Bayer . Paige . 12 July 2016 . Europe's Strongest Man 2016 results . FloElite.