2014 World's Strongest Man

2014 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates22–29 March 2014
VenueLos Angeles
LocationCommerce, California
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating18
Champion(s)
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas[1]

The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man.[2] The event was held in multiple venues in the Los Angeles County area, the same host area as the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest.[2] The qualifying heats were held from March 22–25 and the finals on March 28 & 29.[2] The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and began broadcasting in the United States on the CBS Sports Network from July 4-August 13, 2014.[3][4]

Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished in first place, winning his fourth WSM title.[1] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland finished in second place, and Brian Shaw from the United States came in third.[1]

Participants

Heat Results

Unlike previous years when 10 athletes qualified for the finals, this year there were 12 qualifying spots. The top 2 from each heat qualified, as well as the 2 highest scoring 3rd place athletes from all 5 heats.

Heat 1

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mike Burke  United States 29
2 Terry Hollands  England 27.5
3 Warrick Brant  Australia 26
4 Tomas Rodriguez  Cuba 17.5
5 Øyvind Rein  Norway 12
6 Frankie Scheun  South Africa 9 (Inj)

Heat 2

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 33.5
2 Jean-François Caron  Canada 26
3 Dave Ostlund  United States 25.5
4 Rafal Kobylarz  Poland 16
5 Ben Kelsey  England 11
6 Robert Oberst  United States 10 (Inj)

Heat 3

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Jerry Pritchett  United States 25.5
2 Eddie Hall  England 24.5
3 Mike Caruso  United States 20.5
4 Grzegorz Szymanski  Poland 20
5 Dimitar Savatinov  Bulgaria 19.5
6 Lauri Nami  Estonia 16

Heat 4

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 28.5
2 Laurence Shahlaei  England 25.5
3 Mark Felix  England 23.5
4 Nick Best  United States 22
5 Bjørn Andre Solvang  Norway 16.5
6 Eben Le Roux  Australia 9

Heat 5

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw  United States 27
2 Martin Wildauer  Austria 26
3 Graham Hicks  England 22
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov  Russia 18
5 Gerhard Van Staden  South Africa 17.5
6 Scott Cummine  Canada 14.5

Finals Events Results

Event 1: Loading Race

  • Weight: 3 x 100 kilograms (220 lb) tyres
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 36.07 12 12
2 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 38.49 11 11
3 Mike Burke  United States 41.85 10 10
4 Brian Shaw  United States 44.18 9 9
5 Dave Ostlund  United States 49.66 8 8
6 Martin Wildauer  Austria 51.38 7 7
7 Terry Hollands  England 52.34 6 6
8 Jerry Pritchett  United States 53.23 5 5
9 Warrick Brant  Australia 54.20 4 4
10 Jean-François Caron  Canada 55.60 3 3
11 Laurence Shahlaei  England 55.92 2 2
12 Eddie Hall  England 57.07 1 1

Event 2: Overhead Medley

  • Weight: 1 x 105 kilograms (231 lb) dumbbell, 1 x 163 kilograms (359 lb) for 2 repetitions each
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 4 in 26.42 12 23
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 4 in 28.46 11 23
3 Brian Shaw  United States 4 in 29.02 10 19
4 Mike Burke  United States 4 in 30.58 9 19
5 Laurence Shahlaei  England 4 in 57.44 8 10
6 Eddie Hall  England 3 in 40.17 7 8
7 Jean-François Caron  Canada 3 in 46.30 6 9
8 Warrick Brant  Australia 1 in 26.50 5 9
9 Terry Hollands  England 1 in 52.15 4 10
10 Dave Ostlund  United States 0 0 8
10 Martin Wildauer  Austria 0 0 7
10 Jerry Pritchett  United States 0 0 5

Event 3: Keg Toss

  • Weight: 8 Keg series ranging from 18–25 kilograms (40–55 lb)
  • Bar Height: 4.9 metres (16 ft)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 8 in 16.35 12 35
2 Brian Shaw  United States 8 in 16.59 11 30
3 Mike Burke  United States 8 in 28.94 10 29
4 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 8 in 30.42 9 32
5 Terry Hollands  England 6 in 60 6 16
5 Eddie Hall  England 6 in 60 6 14
5 Dave Ostlund  United States 6 in 60 6 14
5 Warrick Brant  Australia 6 in 60 6 15
5 Martin Wildauer  Austria 6 in 60 6 13
10 Jerry Pritchett  United States 4 in 60 2 7
10 Laurence Shahlaei  England 4 in 60 2 12
10 Jean-François Caron  Canada 4 in 60 2 11

Event 4: Truck Pull

  • Weight: 24,000 kilograms (53,000 lb)
  • Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw  United States 40.56 12 42
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 42.12 11 46
3 Terry Hollands  England 43.35 10 26
4 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 44.15 9 41
5 Dave Ostlund  United States 50.10 8 22
6 Mike Burke  United States 53.51 7 36
7 Martin Wildauer  Austria 24.2 metres (79 ft) 6 19
8 Laurence Shahlaei  England 23.1 metres (76 ft) 5 17
9 Jean-François Caron  Canada 22.7 metres (74 ft) 4 15
10 Eddie Hall  England 21.4 metres (70 ft) 3 17
11 Jerry Pritchett  United States 19.1 metres (63 ft) 2 9
12 Warrick Brant  Australia 17.3 metres (57 ft) 1 16

Event 5: Squat Lift

  • Weight: 329 kilograms (725 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 15 12 53
2 Eddie Hall  England 14 11 28
3 Jerry Pritchett  United States 11 10 19
4 Brian Shaw  United States 10 9 51
5 Laurence Shahlaei  England 8 7.5 24.5
5 Warrick Brant  Australia 8 7.5 23.5
7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 7 5.5 51.5
7 Jean-François Caron  Canada 7 5.5 20.5
9 Mike Burke  United States 3 4 40
10 Terry Hollands  England 2 3 29
11 Dave Ostlund  United States 1 2 24
12 Martin Wildauer  Austria 0 0 19

Event 6: Atlas Stones

  • Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 130–186 kilograms (287–410 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 5 in 19.46 12 63.5
2 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 5 in 23.53 11 64
3 Brian Shaw  United States 5 in 23.94 10 61
4 Terry Hollands  England 5 in 28.47 9 38
5 Dave Ostlund  United States 5 in 32.57 8 32
6 Jerry Pritchett  United States 5 in 34.68 7 26
7 Mike Burke  United States 5 in 36.92 6 46
8 Warrick Brant  Australia 5 in 37.02 5 28.5
9 Eddie Hall  England 5 in 38.32 4 32
10 Martin Wildauer  Austria 5 in 38.85 3 22
11 Jean-François Caron  Canada 5 in 47.04 2 22.5
12 Laurence Shahlaei  England 3 in 23.44 1 25.5

Final standings

# Name Nationality Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Lithuania 64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Iceland Iceland 63.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Shaw United States United States 61
4 Mike Burke United States United States 46
5 Terry Hollands United Kingdom United Kingdom 38
6 Eddie Hall United Kingdom United Kingdom 32
6 Dave Ostlund United States United States 32
8 Warrick Brant Australia Australia 28.5
9 Jerry Pritchett United States United States 26
10 Laurence Shahlaei United Kingdom United Kingdom 25.5
11 Jean-François Caron Canada Canada 22.5
12 Martin Wildauer Austria Austria 22

References

  1. ^ a b c "Zydrunas Savickas Wins World's Strongest Man". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "It's Official: World's Strongest Man 2014 is Returning to Los Angeles". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ "World's Strongest Man: Trailer and CBS Sports Broadcast Schedule". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Press - CBS Sports Network". Cbssportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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