Results

The Wife Carrying World Championships 2026 Results

2026 World Championship winners

SeriesWinnersCountryTime
World Championship, main seriesTaisto Miettinen / Katja KovanenFinland1:04.4
WomenSini Ylönen / Jasmin KaivolaFinland1:47.0
Senior series +40Tero Heikkinen / Päivi HeikkinenFinland1:13.4
Team competitionTeam Beer for my Horses (Andrew Lee, Devon Lee, Joshua Crafter, Vytautas Kirkliauskas)USA / Lithuania1:51.3
Sprint, finalTeemu Tuovinen / Jatta LeinonenFinland33.77

Full results below: Friday sprint and Saturday World Championship. All-time winners and world records: Champions and records →

Friday

Kilpailun sarjat: SPRINTTI; SPR_A1; SPR_A2; SPR_A3; SPR_FIN
SPRINTTISprintti 0.12 km, tilanne
Rank Bib Carrier/carried Country Results Diff
(1)70Jonatan Wasenius/Lotta LindroosFinland–  
(2)71Janno Sild/Anu SildEstonia–  
(3)72Robert Rissanen/Amelia LintuFinland–  
(4)73Saku Kuosmanen/Helmi-RiinaKangasFinland–  
(5)74Khid Khairudin/Friida TurkuSingapore–  
(6)75Ibrahim Asad/Emma SchellpeperUSA–  
(7)76Edward Nash/Kathryn KnightUnited Kingdom–  
(8)77Samuel Niemelä/Krista SaarinenFinland–  
(9)78Teemu Tuovinen/Jatta LeinonenFinland–  
(10)80Andrew Lee/Devon LeeUSA–  
(11)79Markus Ilves/Mairen MangussonEstonia–  
Sarjaluettelo
SPR_A1Heat 1. Alkuerä 0.12 km, tilanne
Rank Bib Carrier/carried Country Results Diff
1.70Jonatan Wasenius/Lotta LindroosFinland34.87  
2.73Saku Kuosmanen/Helmi-RiinaKangasFinland39.61  +4.74
3.71Janno Sild/Anu SildEstonia42.71  +7.84
4.72Robert Rissanen/Amelia LintuFinland49.21  +14.34
Sarjaluettelo
SPR_A2Heat 2. Alkuerä 0.12 km, tilanne
Rank Bib Carrier/carried Country Results Diff
1.76Edward Nash/Kathryn KnightUnited Kingdom37.07  
2.74Khid Khairudin/Friida TurkuSingapore42.97  +5.90
3.77Samuel Niemelä/Krista SaarinenFinland47.57  +10.50
4.75Ibrahim Asad/Emma SchellpeperUSA49.32  +12.25
Sarjaluettelo
SPR_A3Heat 3. Alkuerä 0.12 km, tilanne
Rank Bib Carrier/carried Country Results Diff
1.78Teemu Tuovinen/Jatta LeinonenFinland35.80  
2.80Andrew Lee/Devon LeeUSA39.46  +3.66
3.79Markus Ilves/Mairen MangussonEstonia43.11  +7.31
Sarjaluettelo
SPR_FINSprintti Finaali Sprint Final 0.12 km, tilanne
Rank Bib Carrier/carried Country Results Diff
1.78Teemu Tuovinen/Jatta LeinonenFinland33.77  
2.70Jonatan Wasenius/Lotta LindroosFinland34.38  +0.61
3.76Edward Nash/Kathryn KnightUnited Kingdom35.61  +1.84
4.80Andrew Lee/Devon LeeUSA42.37  +8.60
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Saturday

Kilpailun sarjat: JOUKKUE; W; M40; M/W
Rank Bib Carrier/Carried Carrier Team/Country Country Results Diff
JOUKKUEJoukkue Kisa Team Competition 0.253 km, tilanne
1.104Andrew Lee/Devon LeeJoshua Crafter/Vytautas KirkliauskasTeam Beer for my HorsesUSA/LTU1:51.3  
2.106Jani Kumpulehto/Siiri KoskinenJohn Lund/Joni JuntunenTeam Big BeefFIN2:09.2  +17.9
3.105Santeri Ilmivalta/Katy HagstedtLumi Hakomäki/Jori JuntunenTeam 2 SPOLKFIN/USA2:34.9  +43.6
4.101Pekka Savolainen/Sanna JänttiLeevi Partanen/Tatu HeiskanenMTK Sonkajärven maaseutunuoretFIN2:57.5  +1:06.2
5.103Heikki Korolainen/Annika JokelaiVille Kamaja/Waldo SeppäSonkajärven kuntaFIN3:05.9  +1:14.6
6.100Lasse Sevon/Venla LuukkonenKristian Saarisalo/Nicklas SutinenTulitaistelijat P121FIN3:07.8  +1:16.5
7.102Kari Väisänen/SannaPasi Nenonen/Aki TaskinenSakkyn toivotFIN3:14.9  +1:23.6
Varoitukset
105Santeri Ilmivalta/Katy Hagstedt Team 2 SPOLK
Aikasakko +15 sek
Sarjaluettelo
WNaiset Women 0.253 km, tilanne
1.1Sini Ylönen/Jasmin Kaivola FinlandFIN1:47.0  
2.2Elina Lohi/Johanna Kupiainen FinlandFIN1:49.9  +2.9
3.4Mona Vanha/Juulia Yliheikkilä FinlandFIN2:13.0  +26.0
4.3Nea Nieminen/Susanna Valtari FinlandFIN2:48.0  +1:01.0
5.6Akira Ahola/Leo Tapio FinlandFIN5:45.4  +3:58.4
DNS5Janita Riekkinen/Sanna Jäntti FinlandFINDNS–
Sarjaluettelo
M40Miehet Seniori sarja Men Senior series 0.253 km, tilanne
1.13Tero Heikkinen/Päivi Heikkinen FinlandFIN1:13.4  
2.19Timo Föhr/Suvi Björk FinlandFIN1:17.0  +3.6
3.10James Forster/Jenni Forster FinlandFIN1:18.2  +4.8
4.15Andrew Lee/Devon Lee USAUSA1:25.7  +12.3
5.17Petri Toivanen/Joida Arca FinlandFIN1:26.0  +12.6
6.11Sami Jokiniemi/Sari Pennanen FinlandFIN1:27.2  +13.8
7.8Janno Sild/Anu Sild EstoniaEST1:33.9  +20.5
8.12Bob Zuver/Christina Brown USAUSA1:40.2  +26.8
9.18Mikko Laitinen/Veepi Viinikainen FinlandFIN1:47.8  +34.4
10.9Ilkka Kojola/Niina Svenlin FinlandFIN1:54.2  +40.8
11.14Timo Jutila/Henna Rundgren FinlandFIN2:01.3  +47.9
12.16Jason Benedict/Janelle Benedict CanadaCAN2:16.5  +1:03.1
13.7Karl Robbins/Erin Kuosmanen Usa/FinlandUSA/FIN3:11.0  +1:57.6
Sarjaluettelo
M/WYleinen sarja Main series 0.253 km, tilanne
1.62Taisto Miettinen/Katja Kovanen FinlandFIN1:04.4  
2.49Vytautas Kirkliauskas/Neringa KiNeringa KirkliauskieneLithuaniaLTU1:06.2  +1.8
3.42Jonatan Wasenius/Lotta Lindroos FinlandFIN1:07.1  +2.7
4.47Teemu Tuovinen/Jatta Leinonen FinlandFIN1:08.8  +4.4
5.44Edward Nash/Kathryn Knight United KingdomGBR1:09.6  +5.2
6.58Ville Honkanen/Elviira Mikkonen FinlandFIN1:10.2  +5.8
7.50Perttu Saarinen/Senja Auvinen FinlandFIN1:11.8  +7.4
8.32Akseli Aninko/Helmiriina Kangas FinlandFIN1:15.5  +11.1
9.48Jori Mäkkeli/Pauliina Mäkkeli FinlandFIN1:15.5  +11.1
10.21Ivan Voronkov/Svetlana Rus/Fin/UkrRUS/FIN/1:17.0  +12.6
11.22Donncha O’Callaghan/Emma Doran IrelandIRL1:17.0  +12.6
12.25Jari Ruotsalainen/Aada Rissanen FinlandFIN1:17.1  +12.7
13.37Lasse Kuurila/Elina Lukkarinen FinlandFIN1:18.7  +14.3
14.45Matti Karttunen/Anette Lönnqvist FinlandFIN1:19.7  +15.3
15.57Teemu Kylämäki/Johanna Syrjämäki FinlandFIN1:19.8  +15.4
16.64Karol Bizewski/Elina Huhtanen FinlandFIN1:20.9  +16.5
17.41Joonas Sulisalo/Luara Silva Finland (Brazil)FIN(BRA)1:22.0  +17.6
18.34Teemu Seppä/Katja Kortström FinlandFIN1:22.0  +17.6
19.40Khid Khairudin/Friida Turku SingaporeSGP1:22.0  +17.6
20.30Kalle Ujainen/Anna Vaalivirta FinlandFIN1:22.5  +18.1
21.35Robert Rissanen/Amelia Lintu FinlandFIN1:23.1  +18.7
22.52Juuso Suhonen/Aija Ylönen FinlandFIN1:23.5  +19.1
23.53Lare Lautiainen/Serinja Berg FinlandFIN1:25.2  +20.8
24.46Jens Olesen/Sonja Cerne SwedenSWE1:25.3  +20.9
25.56Markus Ilves/Mairen Mangusson EstoniaEST1:26.2  +21.8
26.29Nikolaos Mach/Kristina Machova Czech RepublicCZE1:27.6  +23.2
27.54Leo Tapio/Akira Ahola FinlandFIN1:29.6  +25.2
28.60Joshua Crafter/Anette Nilsen USAUSA1:30.1  +25.7
29.59Mikael Rauste/Minttu-Ida Sykkö FinlandFIN1:32.1  +27.7
30.61Yusuf Riaz/Julia Silvennoinen FinlandFIN1:34.8  +30.4
31.36Pyry Pöyry/Rosie Pöyry FinlandFIN1:35.4  +31.0
32.43Timo Niinivaara/Vaimo FinlandFIN1:35.6  +31.2
33.24Joseph Ryan Casipong/Eugelynn MaEugelynn Marie GlynnPhilippinesPHL1:36.8  +32.4
34.51Robert Sapsed/Paula Knevitt United KingdomGBR1:37.1  +32.7
35.39Juho Luoma/Emmi Hannuksela FinlandFIN1:40.6  +36.2
36.38Teemu Tapio/Laura Hietamäki FinlandFIN1:49.6  +45.2
37.20Francois/Mathilde FranceFRA1:53.5  +49.1
38.63Andrew Nettle/Alexa Nettle United KingdomGBR1:56.8  +52.4
39.28Rei Higashida/Mao Tashiro FinlandFIN1:59.9  +55.5
40.26Tseng I Hung/Lina Reiter Singabore/GermanyGER/SGP2:12.3  +1:07.9
41.23David Polak/Simona Polakova SlovakiaSVK2:16.5  +1:12.1
42.31Tihomir Simin/Sanna Rautiainen Finland/SerbiaSRB/FIN2:22.2  +1:17.8
43.27John Lund/Stefanie Weisseisen-LuStefanie Weisseisen-LundUsa/AustriaUSA/AUT3:29.4  +2:25.0
DNS33Victor Kraft/Erica Scognamiglio ItalyITADNS–
DNS55Antti Romppanen/Janina Filenius-Janina Filenius-RomppainenFinlandFINDNS–
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