The World Deadlift Championships

• This list features lifts made with a standard bar.

Region	Weight	Athlete	Nation	Year set
Europe	501 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	2020
Asia-Oceania	481 kg	Peiman Maheripour	Iran	2021
North, Central America and Caribbean	475 kg	Mitchell Hooper	Canada	2021
Africa	440 kg	Chris van der Linde	South Africa	2021
South America	402.5 kg	Rafa Crestani	Brazil	2014

Lift details	Weight	Athlete	Nation	Year set
Silver Dollar (Elevated 18" height)	580 kg	Rauno Heinla	Estonia	2022
Hummer tyre (Elevated 15" height)	549 kg	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	2022
Axle bar (Elevated 18" height)	499 kg	Gabriel Peña	Mexico	2021
Elephant bar (Standard 9" height)	474 kg	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	2019
Power bar - Conventional (Standard 9" height)	460.4 kg	Benedikt Magnússon	Iceland	2011
Power bar - Sumo (Standard 9" height) 3	487.5 kg	Danny Grigsby	United States	2022

³ This lift has been included as a reference - sumo deadlifts are classified as illegal in strongman competitions.

The 2014 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England on August 9, 2014. Magnússon set a new world record with a lift of 461 kg.[1]

The 2015 World Deadlift Championships were held at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England on July 11, 2015. Hall set a new world record with a lift of 463 kg.[2]

The 2016 World Deadlift Championships were held at the 2016 Europe's Strongest Man event at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. Hall set a new world record, becoming the first person in history to deadlift 500 kg.[3]

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 400 kg.[4]

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.[5]

The 2021 World Deadlift Championships were held at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, as the opening event for Giants Live World Open.

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).

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 318kg.