2014 World's Strongest Man Explained

Competition Name:	2014 World's Strongest Man
Dates:	22–29 March 2014
Venue:	Los Angeles
Location:	Commerce, California
Country:
Athletes Participating:	30
Nations Participating:	18
Winner:	Zydrunas Savickas^[1]
Next:	Putrajaya 2015

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]

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	Pts
1	Mike Burke	29
2	Terry Hollands	27.5
3	Warrick Brant	26
4		17.5
5		12
6	Frankie Scheun	9 (Inj)

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

	Name	Pts
1	Jerry Pritchett	25.5
2	Eddie Hall	24.5
3		20.5
4	Grzegorz Szymanski	20
5	Dimitar Savatinov	19.5
6	Lauri Nami	16

Heat 4

	Name	Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	28.5
2	Laurence Shahlaei	25.5
3	Mark Felix	23.5
4	Nick Best	22
5	Bjørn Andre Solvang	16.5
6	Eben Le Roux	9

Heat 5

	Name	Pts
1	Brian Shaw	27
2	Martin Wildauer	26
3	Graham Hicks	22
4	Mikhail Shivlyakov	18
5	Gerhard Van Staden	17.5
6	Scott Cummine	14.5

Finals Events Results

Event 1: Loading Race

Weight: 3 x 100kg (200lb) tyres
Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	36.07	12	12
2	Zydrunas Savickas	38.49	11	11
3	Mike Burke	41.85	10	10
4	Brian Shaw	44.18	9	9
5	Dave Ostlund	49.66	8	8
6	Martin Wildauer	51.38	7	7
7	Terry Hollands	52.34	6	6
8	Jerry Pritchett	53.23	5	5
9	Warrick Brant	54.20	4	4
10	Jean-François Caron	55.60	3	3
11	Laurence Shahlaei	55.92	2	2
12	Eddie Hall	57.07	1	1

Event 2: Overhead Medley

Weight: 1 x 105kg (231lb) dumbell, 1 x 163kg (359lb) for 2 repetitions each
Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	4 in 26.42	12	23
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	4 in 28.46	11	23
3	Brian Shaw	4 in 29.02	10	19
4	Mike Burke	4 in 30.58	9	19
5	Laurence Shahlaei	4 in 57.44	8	10
6	Eddie Hall	3 in 40.17	7	8
7	Jean-François Caron	3 in 46.30	6	9
8	Warrick Brant	1 in 26.50	5	9
9	Terry Hollands	1 in 52.15	4	10
10	Dave Ostlund	0	0	8
10	Martin Wildauer	0	0	7
10	Jerry Pritchett	0	0	5

Event 3: Keg Toss

Weight: 8 Keg series ranging from NaNkg (-2,147,483,648lb)
Bar Height: 4.9m (16.1feet)
Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	8 in 16.35	12	35
2	Brian Shaw	8 in 16.59	11	30
3	Mike Burke	8 in 28.94	10	29
4	Zydrunas Savickas	8 in 30.42	9	32
5	Terry Hollands	6 in 60	6	16
5	Eddie Hall	6 in 60	6	14
5	Dave Ostlund	6 in 60	6	14
5	Warrick Brant	6 in 60	6	15
5	Martin Wildauer	6 in 60	6	13
10	Jerry Pritchett	4 in 60	2	7
10	Laurence Shahlaei	4 in 60	2	12
10	Jean-François Caron	4 in 60	2	11

Event 4: Truck Pull

Weight: 24000kg (53,000lb)
Course length: 25m (82feet)
Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Brian Shaw	40.56	12	42
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	42.12	11	46
3	Terry Hollands	43.35	10	26
4	Zydrunas Savickas	44.15	9	41
5	Dave Ostlund	50.10	8	22
6	Mike Burke	53.51	7	36
7	Martin Wildauer	24.2m (79.4feet)	6	19
8	Laurence Shahlaei	23.1m (75.8feet)	5	17
9	Jean-François Caron	22.7m (74.5feet)	4	15
10	Eddie Hall	21.4m (70.2feet)	3	17
11	Jerry Pritchett	19.1m (62.7feet)	2	9
12	Warrick Brant	17.3m (56.8feet)	1	16

Event 5: Squat Lift

Weight: 329kg (725lb)
Time limit: 60 seconds

	Name	Repetitions	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	15	12	53
2	Eddie Hall	14	11	28
3	Jerry Pritchett	11	10	19
4	Brian Shaw	10	9	51
5	Laurence Shahlaei	8	7.5	24.5
5	Warrick Brant	8	7.5	23.5
7	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	7	5.5	51.5
7	Jean-François Caron	7	5.5	20.5
9	Mike Burke	3	4	40
10	Terry Hollands	2	3	29
11	Dave Ostlund	1	2	24
12	Martin Wildauer	0	0	19

Event 6: Atlas Stones

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

	Name	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	5 in 19.46	12	63.5
2	Zydrunas Savickas	5 in 23.53	11	64
3	Brian Shaw	5 in 23.94	10	61
4	Terry Hollands	5 in 28.47	9	38
5	Dave Ostlund	5 in 32.57	8	32
6	Jerry Pritchett	5 in 34.68	7	26
7	Mike Burke	5 in 36.92	6	46
8	Warrick Brant	5 in 37.02	5	28.5
9	Eddie Hall	5 in 38.32	4	32
10	Martin Wildauer	5 in 38.85	3	22
11	Jean-François Caron	5 in 47.04	2	22.5
12	Laurence Shahlaei	3 in 23.44	1	25.5

Final standings

	Name	Nationality	Pts
1		Lithuania	64
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	63.5
3	Brian Shaw	United States	61
4	Mike Burke	United States	46
5	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom	38
6	Eddie Hall	United Kingdom	32
6	Dave Ostlund	United States	32
8	Warrick Brant	Australia	28.5
9	Jerry Pritchett	United States	26
10	Laurence Shahlaei	United Kingdom	25.5
11		Jean-François Caron	Canada	22.5
12	Martin Wildauer	Austria	22

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Zydrunas Savickas Wins World’s Strongest Man. Ironmind.com. 21 November 2014.
Web site: It’s Official: World’s Strongest Man 2014 is Returning to Los Angeles. Ironmind.com. 21 November 2014.
Web site: World’s Strongest Man: Trailer and CBS Sports Broadcast Schedule. Ironmind.com. 21 November 2014.
Web site: Press - CBS Sports Network . Cbssportsnetwork.com . 21 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141120021528/http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/press . 20 November 2014 .