# South Africa's Strongest Man

South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in South Africa and features primarily South African strength athletes. It has been held since 1989. Gerrit Badenhorst and Ettiene Smit holds the record for the most titles with 8 wins each.
South Africa has also been the venue for Africa's Strongest Man competition which is the continents largest strongman competition. It has been held since 2015.

## National competitions
### South Africa's Strongest Man

| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
| 1989 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Wayne Price | (To be confirmed) |
| 1990 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Wayne Price | (To be confirmed) |
| 1991 | Wayne Price | Gerrit Badenhorst | (To be confirmed) |
| 1992 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Wayne Price | (To be confirmed) |
| 1993 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Wayne Price | (To be confirmed) |
| 1994 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Anton Boucher | Wayne Price |
| 1995 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Wayne Price | Anton Boucher |
| 1996 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 1997 | Johan Rheeder | Gerrit Badenhorst | Pieter de Bruyn |
| 1998 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Pieter de Bruyn | Johan Rheeder |
| 1999–2000 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2001 | Gerrit Badenhorst | Pieter de Bruyn | Etienne Smit |
| 2002 | Johan Ver Heerden | Etienne Smit | David Cooks |
| 2003 | David Cooks | Etienne Smit | Gerhard Botha |
| 2004 | Etienne Smit | David Cooks | Arno Lambrechts |
| 2005 | Etienne Smit | David Cooks | Arno Lambrechts |
| 2006 | Etienne Smit | Rory Scheepers | Hennie Jordaan |
| 2007 | Etienne Smit | Hennie Jordaan | Rory Scheepers |
| 2008 | Etienne Smit | Hennie Jordaan | Rory Scheepers |
| 2009 | Etienne Smit | Hennie Jordaan | Rory Scheepers |
| 2010 | Frankie Scheun | Gerhard van Staden | Willem Moore |
| 2011 | Gerhard van Staden | Ettiene Smit | Hennie Jordaan |
| 2012 | Tristen O'Brien | Andre Sweeney | Ettiene Smit |
| 2013 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2014 | Ettiene Smit | Sholto Luiters | Kelin Mills |
| 2015 | Frankie Scheun | Tristen O'Brien | Theron Kleinhans |
| 2016 | Ettiene Smit | Dean Shelly | Andre Sweeney |
| 2017 | Johan Rudd | Stefan Smit | Tristen O'Brien |
| 2018 | Kelin Mills | Dean Shelly | Chris van der Linde |
| 2019 | Kelin Mills | Ryan Preston | Dean Shelly |
| 2020–2021 | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2022 | Jaco Schoonwinkel | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
| 2023 | Rayno Nel | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
| 2024 | Rayno Nel | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
* Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip

## Regional competitions
### Africa's Strongest Man

| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
| 2015 | Gerhard van Staden | Andre Sweeney | Johan Rudd |
| 2016 | Johan Els | Mark Felix | Frankie Scheun |
| 2017 | Dean Shelley | Andre Sweeney | Sven Reimers |
| 2018 | Johan Els | Johan Rudd | Dean Shelley |
| 2019 | Chris van der Linde | Tristen O'Brien | Kelin Mills |
| 2020 | Dean Shelley | Chris van der Linde | Tristen O'Brien |
| 2021 | Thobelani Mabaso | Jaco Schoonwinkel | Ben Bucarizza |
| 2022 | Kelin Mills | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |
| 2023 | Rayno Nel | Dean Shelley | Chris van der Linde |
| 2024 | Rayno Nel | (To be confirmed) | (To be confirmed) |