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
2025-06-08 2025 Western Canada's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 237, 280 or 318 kg Colten Sloan
2025-08-03 2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski Open Squat Lift 288 kg Keven Malenfant-Caron
2025-08-09 2025 Real Strength Cup Open Squat Lift 300 kg Oleh Pylypiak
2006-11-26 2006 Nordcup Open Squat Lift 200 kg Stefan Arnold, Uwe Helmbold, Ron Magnus Tietz
2022-06-18 2022 Austria's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 230 or 270 kg Daniel Hagmann
2001 2001 Austria's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift Ralf Ber
2025-08-30 2025 Lithuania's Strongest Man Open Squat Lift 60 second time limit / 260 or 300 kg Modestas Struckus
2003-03-29 2003 Viking Challenge Open Squat Lift Machine squat for max Torfi Ólafsson, Phil Pfister, Gregor Edmunds, Flemming Rasmussen
2026-04-24 2026 WSM Group 1 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Luke Richardson
2026-04-24 2026 WSM Group 2 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Austin Andrade
2026-04-24 2026 WSM Group 3 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Lucas Hatton
2026-04-24 2026 WSM Group 4 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Martins Licis
2026-04-24 2026 WSM Group 5 Open Squat Lift 318 kg / 75 second time limit Trey Mitchell
1997-10-13 1997 WSM Final Open Max Squat Mark Philippi
1996-09-22 1996 WSM Group 1 Open Max Squat Magnús Ver Magnússon
1982-06-28 1982 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Tom Magee, Ernie Hackett, Dave Waddington
1981-06-26 1981 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Bill Kazmaier
1980-08-22 1980 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Bill Kazmaier
1979-06-29 1979 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Don Reinhoudt
1978-07-14 1978 World's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Don Reinhoudt
1977-07-08 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
2024-05-05 2024 Rainier Classic Pro-Am (Men) Open Max Squat Marc Sanchez
2004 2004 UK's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Glenn Ross
2005-07-09 2005 Strongest Man in the Netherlands Open Max Squat Jarno Hams
2003-01-17 2002 Hawaii Grand Prix Open Front Squat Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Svend Karlsen
2015-02-07 2015 All-American Strongman Challenge Open Front Squat Martins Licis, Shawn Doyle
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
2025-06-29 2025 UK's Strongest Man Open Max Squat Car squat Paul Smith



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%
Raimonds Bergmanis 9 0 0%
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 9 1 11.11%
Laurence Shahlaei 9 6 66.67%
Hugo Girard 9 1 11.11%
Svend Karlsen 9 5 55.56%
Jarosław Dymek 8 0 0%
Martins Licis 8 6 75%
Maxime Boudreault 7 0 0%
Trey Mitchell 7 2 28.57%
Don Pope 7 1 14.29%
Nick Best 7 1 14.29%
Mark Felix 6 0 0%
Vasyl Virastyuk 6 0 0%
Brian Shaw 6 1 16.67%
Aivars Šmaukstelis 6 3 50%
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%
Tom Stoltman 5 0 0%
Bobby Thompson 5 1 20%
Heinz Ollesch 5 0 0%
Vidas Blekaitis 5 1 20%
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