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-Francois 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-Francois 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) dumbell, 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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
1 Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Lithuania 64
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Iceland Iceland 63.5
3 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. 1 2 3 "Zydrunas Savickas Wins World's Strongest Man". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "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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