2008 Zydrunas Savickas entered the 2008 Log Lift World Championships as the clear favorite, and intended to set a new record with . The competition, held in Lithuania, saw each lift judged by three officials similar to
Powerlifting and
Olympic Weightlifting. The referees were Strongman Champions League founders
Ilkka Kinnunen,
Marcel Mostert and
Latvian weightlifter
Viktors Ščerbatihs, who had won the bronze medal in the + superheavyweight class at the recent
Beijing Olympics. One of the strongest contenders,
Oleksandr Pekanov, who had a personal best of missed his opener of three times. However, a number of other athletes came away with personal records, and two National Records were set. Zydrunas Savickas missed his world record attempt of , but won the championships with his lift of .
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2009 The championships took place in
Kaunas, Lithuania on 21 November 2009.
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2010 The Log Lift Championships were not held in 2010, and was moved up to February 2011 to kick off the 2011 season of SCL.
2011 The 2011 World Log Lift Championships were held in
Siemens Arena in
Vilnius,
Lithuania on 12 February 2011 to kick off the 2011 SCL season. The event was broadcast live on
Eurosport.
Results Records 2012 The 2012 World Log Lift Championships were held in
Siemens Arena in
Vilnius,
Lithuania on Sunday 7 October 2012.
Results Records 2013 The 2013 World Log Lift Championships were held in
Siemens Arena in
Vilnius,
Lithuania on Saturday 19 October 2013. Savickas set a new world record with a lift of .
Results Records 2015 The 2015 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
Keepmoat Stadium in
Doncaster,
England on 14 February 2015. Savickas attempted to set a new world record with a lift of but narrowly failed.
Results Records 2016 The 2016 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
SCL Lithuania event in
Vilnius.
Results Records 2017 The 2017 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
SCL Lithuania event in
Vilnius.
Results 2018 The 2018 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
First Direct Arena in
Leeds,
England, as the opening event for
Europe's Strongest Man.
Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou,
Eddie Hall and
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson shared the first place. Sanou and Hall attempted a new world record but both failed.
Records 2019 In 2019, there were two World Log Lift Championships, the first of which was held at the
First Direct Arena in
Leeds,
England, again, as the opening event for
Europe's Strongest Man.
Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou attempted to set a new world record with a lift of but narrowly failed. The second championship was run by the World Log Lift Federation in Lithuania.
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Records (Giants Live) Results (World Log Lift Federation) Records (World Log Lift Federation) 2021 The 2021 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
First Direct Arena in
Leeds,
England, as the opening event for
Europe's Strongest Man.
Results 2022 The 2022 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
First Direct Arena in
Leeds,
England, as the opening event for
Europe's Strongest Man.
Results 2023 The 2023 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
OVO Hydro in
Glasgow,
Scotland, as the opening event for the Giants Live World Tour Finals.
Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou broke the world record with a lift of .
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Results (World Log Lift Federation) Records (World Log Lift Federation) 2024 The 2024 World Log Lift Championships were held at the
Utilita Arena Birmingham, as the opening event for the Giants Live World Open.
Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou broke the world record with a lift of .
Results Records 2025 The 2025 World Log Lift Championships were held in
Glasgow,
Scotland, as the opening event for the Giants World Tour Finals.
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