2012 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates24 September - 1 October 2012
VenueCommerce Casino
LocationLos Angeles, California
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating17
Champion(s)
Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas[1]

The 2012 World's Strongest Man was the 35th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held on the grounds of the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California, US.[2] The event was sponsored by MET-Rx.[2] The qualifying heats were held from September 24–27, and the finals took place Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 2012.[2] The winner was Žydrūnas Savickas, it was his third WSM title. Vytautas Lalas of Lithuania was second, and Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson was third.[1]

In the qualifying heats, Derek Poundstone set a new world record in the Giant Dumbbell press event by pressing a 210 lb (95 kg) dumbbell overhead for 11 repetitions,[3] and Vytautas Lalas set a new strongman squat world record by squatting 700 lb (320 kg) for 11 repetitions.[4] In the finals, Žydrūnas Savickas set a new Log Lift for Max Weight world record with a lift of 220 kg (490 lb).[5]

Participants

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Heat results

Heat 1

  • Events: loading, truck pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 31.5
2 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 29
3 Derek Poundstone  United States 27.5
4 Mateusz Baron  Poland 15
5 Jack McIntosh  England 13
6 Frankie Scheun  South Africa 10

Heat 2

  • Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, squat, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 29.5
2 Mike Jenkins  United States 26
3 Nick Best  United States 21
4 Eddie Hall  England 19
5 Sebastian Kurek  Poland 15
6 Akos Nagy  Hungary 13.5

Heat 3

  • Events: loading, limo pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw  United States 27.5
2 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 27
3 Martin Wildauer  Austria 23.5
4 Mikhail Koklyaev  Russia 22
5 Lauri Nami  Estonia 16
6 Chris Gearing  England 10

Heat 4

  • Events: loading, limo pull, viking press for reps, squat, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 29
2 Ervin Katona  Serbia 23
3 Louis Philippe Jean  Canada 21
4 Jerry Pritchett  United States 18
5 Graham Hicks  England 17.5
6 Ole Martin Hansen  Norway 16.5

Heat 5

  • Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, car deadlift for reps, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Terry Hollands  England 30
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 27.5
3 Mike Burke  United States 24
4 Alex Moonen  Netherlands 19
5 James Fennelly  Ireland 18.5
6 Eben Le Roux  Australia 5

Finals events results

Event 1: Super Yoke

  • Weight: 440 kilograms (970 lb)
  • Course length: 40 metres (130 ft)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw  United States 28.40 10 10
2 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 30.05 9 9
3 Mike Jenkins  United States 31.49 8 8
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 31.85 7 7
5 Terry Hollands  England 32.27 6 6
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 33.55 5 5
7 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 37.89 4 4
8 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 33.9 metres (111 ft) 3 3
9 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 27.3 metres (90 ft) 2 2
10 Ervin Katona  Serbia 25.75 metres (84.5 ft) 1 1

Event 2: Max Log Lift

# Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 220 kilograms (490 lb) 10 14
2 Mike Jenkins  United States 210 kilograms (460 lb) 8.5 16.5
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 210 kilograms (460 lb) 8.5 15.5
4 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 200 kilograms (440 lb) 7 16
5 Brian Shaw  United States 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 14.5
5 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 9.5
5 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 7.5
5 Ervin Katona  Serbia 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 5.5
9 Terry Hollands  England 170 kilograms (370 lb) 2 8
10 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada No lift 0 2

Event 3: Bus Pull

  • Weight: 24,500 kilograms (54,000 lb)
  • Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Terry Hollands  England 42.97 10 18
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 44.71 9 18.5
3 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 52.56 8 24
4 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 55.35 7 21
5 Brian Shaw  United States 65.12 6 20.5
6 Mike Jenkins  United States 70.41 5 21.5
7 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 19.9 metres (65 ft) 4 11.5
8 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 9.9 metres (32 ft) 3 5
9 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 4.55 metres (14.9 ft) 2 17.5
10 Ervin Katona  Serbia 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) 1 6.5

Event 4: Deadlift

  • Weight: 360 kilograms (790 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 8 10 31
2 Terry Hollands  England 7 8.5 26.5
2 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 7 8.5 32.5
4 Brian Shaw  United States 6 6.5 27
4 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 6 6.5 11.5
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 5 5 22.5
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 4 4 22.5
7 Mike Jenkins  United States 3 2 23.5
7 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 3 2 13.5
7 Ervin Katona  Serbia 3 2 8.5

Event 5: Natural Stones

  • Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 137–170 kilograms (302–375 lb)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 5 in 25.52 10 32.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 5 in 32.13 9 40
3 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 5 in 33.29 8 40.5
4 Mike Jenkins  United States 5 in 37.40 7 30.5
5 Brian Shaw  United States 5 in 38.56 6 33
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 5 in 49.27 5 27.5
7 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 5 in 53.44 4 15.5
8 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 5 in 59.19 3 16.5
9 Terry Hollands[lower-alpha 1]  England 4 in 41.77 2 28.5
10 Ervin Katona[lower-alpha 2]  Serbia 1 in 7.58 1 9.5
  1. ↑ After this event Terry Hollands withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.
  2. ↑ After this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.

Event 6: Power Stairs

  • Weight: 3 x 225 kilograms (496 lb) implements up 5 stairs each
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 36.82 10 42.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 42.83 9 49
3 Mike Jenkins  United States 43.77 8 38.5
4 Brian Shaw  United States 45.61 7 40
5 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 1m 14.84 6 21.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 13 stairs 5 32.5
7 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 11 stairs 4 44.5
8 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 10 stairs 3 19.5

Final standings

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas  Lithuania 49.0
2 Vytautas Lalas  Lithuania 44.5
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 42.5
4 Brian Shaw  United States 40.0
5 Mike Jenkins  United States 38.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland 32.5
7 Terry Hollands  England 28.5 (Injured)
8 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 21.5
9 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 19.5
10 Ervin Katona  Serbia 9.5 (Injured)

References

  1. 1 2 "Zydrunas Savickas: World's Strongest Man Winner". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "WSM 2012 – Los Angeles – 24th September to 1st October - The Worlds Strongest Man". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  3. ↑ "World's Strongest Man Qualifiers: Poundstone Breaks World Record". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  4. ↑ "World's Strongest Man: Another World Record Today". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  5. ↑ "WSM Finals: Zydrunas Savickas Breaks Log Lift World Record". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MET-Rx World's Strongest Man: Athletes and Events". Ironmind.com. 2011-08-26. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
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