They came to an agreement to do their contest in order of Olympic-style weightlifting with 10 attempts for each, 5 in snatch and 5 in clean and jerk. Rigoulot won the challenge with 1.082,0 kg against 1.077,5 kg by Cadine and reached the highest two arms results with 120,5 kg in snatch and 156,0 kg in clean and jerk. In 1932 he became a professional wrestler and was billed as "l'homme le plus fort dans le monde" ("the strongest man in the world") and had matches with Henri DeGlane and Strangler Lewis.
They concurred to hold their contest in a manner akin to Olympic-style weightlifting, with 10 attempts for each event, comprising 5 snatch lifts and 5 clean and jerk lifts. Rigoulot secured the top spot with a total lift of 1.082,0 kg, outdoing Cadine's 1.077,5 kg. He achieved the highest scores in both snatch (120,5 kg) and clean and jerk (156,0 kg).