2013 World's Strongest Man Explained

Competition Name:	2013 World's Strongest Man
Dates:	17-24 August 2013
Venue:	Haitang Bay
Location:	Sanya
Country:
Athletes Participating:	30
Nations Participating:	18
Winner:	Brian Shaw
Next:	Los Angeles 2014

The 2013 World's Strongest Man was the 36th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held in Haitang Bay, Sanya, China, the same host city as the 2006 World's Strongest Man contest.^[1] The qualifying heats were held from August 17–20 and the finals on Aug. 23 & 24. The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and will be broadcast in the United States on the CBS Sports Network.^[2] Brian Shaw from the United States placed first, winning his second WSM title after winning in 2011.^[3] Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania was second after finishing 1st the year before, and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland was third for the second year in a row.

Qualifying Heats

Heat 1

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		31.5
2	Robert Oberst		29
3	Lauri Nami		24
4	Nick Best		14.5
5	Laurence Shahlaei		12
6	Long Wu		6

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Heat 2

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Vytautas Lalas		29
2	Johannes Arsjo		29
3	Jerry Pritchett		20
4	Gerhard Van Staden		18
5	Graham Hicks		16
6	Scott Cummine		14

Heat 3

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Brian Shaw		34
2	Terry Hollands		28
3	Martin Wildauer		23.5
4	Dainis Zageris		19
5	Juha Matt Jarvi		11
6	Frankie Scheun		10.5

Heat 4

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas		29.5
2	Mike Burke		27.5
3	Krzysztof Radzikowski		22.5
4	Mark Felix		21
5	Bjorn Andre Solvang		14
6	Alex Moonen		11.5

Heat 5

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mikhail Koklyaev		25.5
2	Mike Jenkins		25
3	Eddie Hall		24
4	Warrick Brant		21.5
5	Akos Nagy		15
6	Lloyd Renals		14

Finals events results

Event 1: Frame Carry

• Weight: 375kg (827lb)
• Course length: 30m (100feet)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Mike Jenkins		20.14	10	10
2	Mike Burke		21.30	9	9
3	Terry Hollands		36.71	8	8
4	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		43.47	7	7
5	Brian Shaw		25.7m (84.3feet)	6	6
6	Zydrunas Savickas		19.7m (64.6feet)	5	5
7	Vytautas Lalas		15.9m (52.2feet)	4	4
8	Robert Oberst		15m (49feet)	3	3
9	Mikhail Koklyaev		12.7m (41.7feet)	2	2
10	Johannes Årsjö		0.4m (01.3feet)	1	1

Event 2: Truck Pull

• Weight: 16000kg (35,000lb)
• Course length: 25m (82feet)
• Time limit: 75 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		40.19	10	17
2	Brian Shaw		41.23	9	15
3	Terry Hollands		42.47	8	16
4	Zydrunas Savickas		45.81	7	12
5	Vytautas Lalas		45.92	6	10
6	Mike Burke		46.95	5	14
7	Mike Jenkins		49.77	4	14
8	Johannes Årsjö		50.21	3	4
9	Robert Oberst		54.98	2	5

Event 3: Super Yoke

• Weight: 480kg (1,060lb)
• Course length: 20m (70feet)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Brian Shaw		13.64	10	25
2	Zydrunas Savickas		14.16	9	21
3	Terry Hollands		16.51	8	24
4	Vytautas Lalas		16.57	7	17
5	Mike Jenkins		16.94	6	20
6	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		17.77	5	22
7	Mike Burke		19.03	4	18
8	Robert Oberst		22.16	3	8
9	Johannes Årsjö		29.35	2	6

Event 4: Max Deadlift

	Name	Nationality	Weight	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Brian Shaw		442.5kg (975.5lb)	10	35
2	Zydrunas Savickas		420kg (930lb)	9	30
3	Vytautas Lalas		400kg (900lb)	7	24
3	Mike Jenkins		400kg (900lb)	7	27
3	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		400kg (900lb)	7	29
6	Terry Hollands		370kg (820lb)	4.5	28.5
6	Mike Burke		370kg (820lb)	4.5	22.5
8	Robert Oberst		No lift	0	8
8	Johannes Årsjö		No lift	0	6

Event 5: Overhead Medley

• Weight: 1 x 110kg (240lb) dumbell, 1 x 170kg (380lb) barbell, 1 x 120kg (270lb) dumbell, 1 x 180kg (400lb) barbell
• Time limit: 75 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas		4 in 43.53	10	40
2	Mike Burke		4 in 1m 8.17	9	31.5
3	Mike Jenkins		3 in 43.56	8	35
4	Brian Shaw		2 in 19.56	7	42
5	Vytautas Lalas		2 in 28.00	6	30
6	Johannes Årsjö		2 in 34.36	5	11
7	Robert Oberst		2 in 47.83	4	12
8	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		1 in 23.51	3	32
9	Terry Hollands		-	0	28.5

Event 6: Atlas Stones

• Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from NaNkg (-2,147,483,648lb)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		5 in 23.31	10	42
2	Brian Shaw		5 in 24.82	9	51
3	Zydrunas Savickas		5 in 25.63	8	48
4	Mike Burke		5 in 27.16	7	38.5
5	Mike Jenkins		5 in 31.10	6	41
6	Johannes Årsjö		5 in 35.27	5	16
7	Vytautas Lalas		5 in 48.80	4	34
8	Terry Hollands		4 in 35.66	3	31.5
9	Robert Oberst		4 in 38.76	2	14

Final standings

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1			51
2	Zydrunas Savickas		48
3	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		42
4	Mike Jenkins		41
5	Mike Burke		38.5
6	Vytautas Lalas		34
7	Terry Hollands		28 (injured)
8	Johannes Arsjo		16
9	Robert Oberst		14
10	Mikhail Koklyaev		2 (injured)

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giants Live Wrap Up: On to World’s Strongest Man 2013 . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927183700/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2013/Aug/Giants_Live_Wrap_Up-On_to_Worldxs_Strongest_Man_2013.html . 2013-09-27.
2. Web site: Press CBS Sports Network . 2014-11-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141120021528/http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/press . 2014-11-20 .
3. Web site: Brian Shaw Wins World’s Strongest Man . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927183702/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2013/Aug/Brian_Shaw_Wins_Worldxs_Strongest_Man.html . 2013-09-27.
4. Web site: WSM 2013 - Athlete Groupings & Events - The Worlds Strongest Man . 2013-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130817082216/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/uncategorized/wsm-2013-athlete-groupings-events/ . 2013-08-17 . dead .