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 weight for the most repetitions in 60 seconds before reverting to a maximum weight format in 2019 after a one-year hiatus.
Champions
1 While Makarov has declared for Russia, he competed for Ukraine at the 2021 World Deadlift Championships.
2 While Makarov has declared for Russia, he competed for Georgia at the 2022 and 2023 World Deadlift Championships.
Heaviest lifts
In history
At the championships
Continental records
* This list features lifts made with a standard bar.
Note: Oceanian record was set while Hooper was representing Australia. Since 2022, Hooper has chosen to represent Canada. The record by an athlete who is still representing Oceania is 460 kg (1,014 lb) by Mathew Ragg of New Zealand.
Records on other bars and standards
3 This lift has been included as a reference - sumo deadlifts are classified as illegal in strongman competitions.
Individual results
2014
The 2014 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
Headingley Stadium
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in
Leeds,
England on 9 August 2014 during the
2014 Europe's Strongest Man. Magnússon set a new world record with a lift of .
Results
Records
2015
The 2015 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, comprising two separate grounds; Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium, linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities. The grounds a ...
in
Leeds,
England on July 11, 2015. Hall set a new world record with a lift of .
Results
Records
2016
The 2016 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
2016 Europe's Strongest Man
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 defend ...
event at the
First Direct Arena
The First Direct Arena (also known as the Leeds Arena) is an entertainment-focused indoor arena located in the Arena Quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the first in the United Kingdom to have a fan-shaped orientation.
The arena o ...
in
Leeds,
England. Hall set a new world record, becoming the first person in history to deadlift .
Results
Records
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 .
Results
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.
Results
Records
2021
The 2021 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
AO Arena
Manchester Arena, currently referred to as the AO Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights space. The arena has the ...
in
Manchester,
England, as the opening event for Giants Live World Open.
Results
Records
2022
The 2022 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
Cardiff International Arena in
Cardiff,
Wales, as the opening event for Giants Live World Open. During this competition, as a result of another nationality change, Ivan Makarov became the first strongman to hold the national deadlift record for three different countries, having set the new Georgian record at 453.5kg. Makarov, at the time of the championships also held the Ukrainian (475kg - set 2021) and the Russian records (470kg - set 2019).
Results
Records
2023
The 2023 World Deadlift Championships were held at the
Cardiff International Arena in
Cardiff,
Wales, as the opening event for Giants Live World Open. This was the first championships to have female competitors, with Lucy Underdown setting a new undisputed world record of .
Results
Records
See also
*
Europe's Strongest Man
*
Giants Live
*
The World Log Lift Championships
The World Log Lift Championships (sometimes referred to as ''World Log Lift Challenge'') is an annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world, competing exclusively in the log clean and press. Created initially as part of t ...
References
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External links
Official Site of Giants Live
Strongmen competitions