Contests Featuring a Squat Event
Date Contest Division Event Name Details Event Winner
2019-06-16 2019 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 340 kg / 75 second time limit Martins Licis
2020-11-15 2020 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 318 kg Trey Mitchell
2020-11-15 2020 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 318 kg Jean-François Caron, Bobby Thompson
2018-05-06 2018 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 7 lifts, 270 to 360 kg Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
2018-05-06 2018 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 7 lifts, 270 to 360 kg Graham Hicks
2017-05-28 2017 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 320 kg / 60 second time limit Eddie Hall
2017-05-28 2017 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 320 kg / 60 second time limit Martins Licis
2017-05-28 2017 WSM Group 5 Open Squat Lift 320 kg / 60 second time limit Nick Best, Bryan Benzel
2016-08-20 2016 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 60 second time limit Martins Licis
2016-08-20 2016 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 60 second time limit Jean-François Caron, Laurence Shahlaei
2015-04-26 2015 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 320 kg / 60 second time limit Josh Thigpen
2015-04-26 2015 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 320 kg / 60 second time limit Žydrūnas Savickas
2014-03-29 2014 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 329 kg / 60 second time limit
2014-03-29 2014 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 60 second time limit / 7 lifts, 280 to
370 kg
Warrick Brant
2014-03-29 2014 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 60 second time limit / 7 lifts, 280 to
370 kg
Eddie Hall
2013-08-24 2013 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 60 second time limit Laurence Shahlaei
2013-08-24 2013 WSM Group 5 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 60 second time limit Eddie Hall
2012-10-01 2012 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Eddie Hall
2012-10-01 2012 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Vytautas Lalas
2011-09-22 2011 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 75 second time limit Laurence Shahlaei
2011-09-22 2011 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 325 kg / 75 second time limit Žydrūnas Savickas
2010-09-22 2010 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 345 kg / 75 second time limit Žydrūnas Savickas, Laurence Shahlaei
2010-09-22 2010 WSM Group 5 Open Squat Lift 345 kg / 75 second time limit Jason Bergmann
2009-10-03 2009 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 280 to
370 kg
Jimmy Marku
2009-10-03 2009 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 280 to
370 kg
Laurence Shahlaei
2008-09-13 2008 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 265 to
363 kg
Oliver Thompson
2008-09-13 2008 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 265 to
363 kg
Laurence Shahlaei
2007-09-23 2007 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 260 to
360 kg
Don Pope
2007-09-23 2007 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 260 to
360 kg
Jimmy Marku
2005-10-06 2005 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 260 to
360 kg
Mariusz Pudzianowski
2005-10-06 2005 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 260 to
360 kg
Mark Philippi
2005-10-06 2005 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 260 to
360 kg
Mykhailo Starov
2004-10-03 2004 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 265 to
370 kg
Žydrūnas Savickas
2004-10-03 2004 WSM Qualifying Round Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 265 to
370 kg (bonus points start on 3rd lift)
Žydrūnas Savickas
2003-09-28 2003 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 245 to
345 kg
Geoff Dolan
2003-09-28 2003 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 245 to
345 kg
Žydrūnas Savickas
2003-09-28 2003 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 75 second time limit / 7 lifts, 245 to
345 kg
Glenn Ross
2002-09-23 2002 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 318 kg Svend Karlsen
2001-10-15 2001 WSM Final Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 60 second time limit Svend Karlsen
2018-03-17 2018 Arnold Australia Open Squat Lift 320 kg Martins Licis
2018-07-08 2018 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick Open Squat Lift Martins Licis, Jean-François Caron
2017-07-09 2017 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick Open Squat Lift 320 kg Vytautas Lalas
2015-07-05 2015 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick Open Squat Lift Jean-François Caron
2002-06-08 2002 L'Homme Fort Dolbeau-Mistassini Open Squat Lift Hugo Girard
2020-09-12 2020 Pasaulio Taurė Open Squat Lift Aivars Šmaukstelis
2019-05-18 2019 Pasaulio Taurė Open Squat Lift 280 kg / 60 second time limit Aivars Šmaukstelis
2005-08-10 2005 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix Open Squat Lift 454 kg / Partial squat Mariusz Pudzianowski
2003-08-01 2003 Canada Grand Prix Open Squat Lift 300 kg / Car squat Svend Karlsen
2019-09-08 2019 Savickas Classic Open Squat Lift 300 kg Vidas Blekaitis
2004-06-06 2004 World Muscle Power Classic Open Squat Lift 320 kg Mark Philippi
2003-06-08 2003 World Muscle Power Classic Open Squat Lift Žydrūnas Savickas
2004-07-10 2004 WSMC Bad Häring Open Squat Lift 230 kg Mykhailo Starov
2010-12-18 2010 SCL Ukraine Open Squat Lift 350 kg / 60 second time limit Kostiantyn Ilin
2019-09-15 2019 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 320 kg Jean-François Caron
2018-09-16 2018 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 318 kg Jimmy Paquet
2016-09-11 2016 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Jean-François Caron
2011-08-21 2011 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Jean-François Caron
2008-08-17 2008 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 328 kg / Car squat Louis-Philippe Jean, Jean-François Caron
2007-08-19 2007 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 330 kg Hugo Girard
2006-09-04 2006 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Chris Colonval
2004-09-06 2004 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Geoff Dolan
2003-07-06 2003 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 307 kg Hugo Girard
2020-08-29 2020 Lithuania's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 280 kg / 60 second time limit Žydrūnas Savickas
2019-09-28 2019 Lithuania's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Karolis Aleksandravičius
2008-09-14 2008 Lithuania's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Vidas Blekaitis
2014-09-21 2014 Norway's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 250 kg / 60 second time limit Espen Aune
2021-08-28 2021 Shaw Classic Open Squat Lift 371 kg / Car squat Kevin Faires
2020-10-04 2020 UK's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 250 kg / 75 second time limit Mark Felix
2021-06-20 2021 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 318 kg Brian Shaw, Aivars Šmaukstelis
2021-06-20 2021 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 318 kg Jean-François Caron
1999-04-09 1999 AFSA Dubai Full Strength Challenge Open Squat Lift Riku Kiri
2021-08-01 2021 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 310 kg Philippe St-Cyr, Brad Shepherd
2002 2002 Britain's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 235 kg Glenn Ross, Andrew Raynes
2011-08-24 2011 Giants Live Ukraine Open Squat Lift Sergii Romanchuk
2021-08-08 2021 Iceland's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted
2006-12-29 2006 IFSA Ukraine Grand Prix Open Squat Lift 350 kg / 60 second time limit / Car
squat
Oleksandr Pekanov
2021-11-13 2021 People Are Stronger Than Machines Open Squat Lift 270 kg / 60 second time limit Artem Tarasov
2021-06-05 2021 U105 Strongman World Cup U105 Squat Lift 300 kg / 60 second time limit / Car
squat
David Shamey
2013-07-28 2013 U105 Strongman World Championships U105 Squat Lift 330 kg / 60 second time limit / Car
squat
Ben Kelsey, Marcin Sendwicki
2009-11-15 2009 U105 Strongman World Championships U105 Squat Lift 310 kg / 60 second time limit / Car
squat
Vitaly Gerasimov
2005-05-07 2005 USS Serbia Open Squat Lift 290 kg Mykhailo Starov
2022-03-06 2022 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships Open Squat Lift 297 kg Thomas Evans, Alexander Kopp
2022-03-06 2022 U105 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships U105 Squat Lift 256 kg Servando Marroquin
2022-03-06 2022 U80 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships U80 Squat Lift 215 kg Josh Kowalewski
2022-03-27 2022 Australia's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 310 kg Thomas Wren
2018-07-01 2018 Ultimate Strongman Masters World Championships Masters Squat Lift Kostiantyn Ilin
2022-06-05 2022 UK's Strongest Man Open Squat for Reps 250 kg Paul Smith
2022-08-27 2022 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 311 kg Kelly Branton
2023-05-07 2023 Georgia's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 280 kg Nikoloz Lekaidze
2023-07-06 2023 Pasaulio Taurė Open Squat Lift 280 kg / 60 second time limit Didzis Zariņš
2023-08-27 2023 Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 318 kg Simon Pratte
2022-07-30 2022 Pasaulio Taurė Open Squat Lift 300 kg / 60 second time limit Didzis Zariņš
2022-06-05 2022 Poland's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 280 kg Oskar Ziółkowski
2023-10-14 2023 Sweden's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 285 kg / 90 second time limit Joachim Kvick
2024-01-14 2024 Brazil's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 320 kg Roberto Feriotti
2024-08-18 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Open Squat Lift 368 kg Mitchell Hooper
2024-03-03 2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships Open Squat Lift Joe Mass
1997-10-13 1997 WSM Final Open Max Squat Mark Philippi
1996 1996 WSM Group 1 Open Max Squat Magnús Ver Magnússon
1982 1982 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Tom Magee, Ernie Hackett, Dave Waddington
1981 1981 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Bill Kazmaier
1980 1980 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Bill Kazmaier
1979 1979 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Don Reinhoudt
1978 1978 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Don Reinhoudt
1977 1977 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Bob Young
1999-07-24 1999 IFSA Holland Grand Prix Open Max Squat Gerrit Badenhorst, Jouko Ahola
2022-03-05 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic Open Max Squat 3 attempts Jean-François Caron
1999 1999 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Open Max Squat Peter Baltus
1982-05-02 1982 Viking 82 Open Max Squat Pauli Mellberg
2024-01-28 2024 Middle East's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Buffalo bar, wagon wheels Stephen Wamalwa
2003-01-17 2002 Hawaii Grand Prix Open Front Squat Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Svend Karlsen
1997-10-13 1997 WSM U.S. Group Open Max Squat Mark Philippi
1995-10-08 1995 WSM Final Open Max Squat Magnús Ver Magnússon
2003-11-09 2003 X-Treme Strongman Championships Open Max Squat Svend Karlsen
2003-08-09 2003 America's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Mark Philippi



Most Successful Athletes: Squat
Name Squat Events (min. 5) Squat Wins Win %
Žydrūnas Savickas 19 8 42.11%
Mariusz Pudzianowski 14 3 21.43%
Jean-François Caron 11 6 54.55%
Magnus Samuelsson 10 0 0%
Hugo Girard 9 1 11.11%
Svend Karlsen 9 5 55.56%
Raimonds Bergmanis 9 0 0%
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 9 1 11.11%
Laurence Shahlaei 9 6 66.67%
Jarosław Dymek 8 0 0%
Nick Best 7 1 14.29%
Maxime Boudreault 7 0 0%
Martins Licis 7 5 71.43%
Don Pope 6 1 16.67%
Mark Felix 6 0 0%
Vasyl Virastyuk 6 0 0%
Brian Shaw 6 1 16.67%
Trey Mitchell 6 1 16.67%
Bobby Thompson 5 1 20%
Aivars Šmaukstelis 5 3 60%
Vidas Blekaitis 5 1 20%
Matjaž Belšak 5 0 0%
Graham Hicks 5 1 20%
Karolis Aleksandravičius 5 0 0%
Jessen Paulin 5 0 0%
Janne Virtanen 5 0 0%
Rene Minkwitz 5 0 0%
Luke Stoltman 5 0 0%
Louis-Philippe Jean 5 0 0%
Mark Philippi 5 4 80%
Geoff Dolan 5 1 20%
Dimitar Savatinov 5 0 0%
Contests Featuring a Squat Event
Date Contest Division Event Name Details Event Winner
2003-09-30 2003 World's Strongest Woman Open Squat Lift 175 kg / 60 second time limit Aneta Florczyk
2002-09-24 2002 World's Strongest Woman Open Squat Lift Jill Mills
2001-10-15 2001 World's Strongest Woman Open Squat Lift Robin Coleman
2022-03-06 2022 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships Open Squat Lift 175 kg Inez Carrasquillo
2022-03-06 2022 U82 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships U82 Squat Lift 152 kg Samantha Belliveau, Nancy Johnson
2022-03-06 2022 U64 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships U64 Squat Lift 129 kg Chloe Brennan
2022-03-27 2022 Australia's Strongest Woman Open Squat Lift 170 kg Alirene Clair
2024-03-03 2024 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships Open Squat Lift Jennifer Lyle
2024-07-28 2024 North America's Strongest Woman Open Squat Lift Gabi Dixson
1997 1997 World's Strongest Woman Open Max Squat Anna Stikkelstad