2014 World's Strongest Man
2014 World's Strongest Man | |
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Competition information | |
Dates | 22–29 March 2014 |
Venue | Los Angeles |
Location | Commerce, California |
Country | ![]() |
Athletes participating | 30 |
Nations participating | 18 |
Champion(s) | |
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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
- Mike Burke
- Terry Hollands
- Warrick Brant
- Tomas Rodriguez
- Øyvind Rein
- Frankie Scheun
- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
- Jean-François Caron
- Dave Ostlund
- Rafal Kobylarz
- Ben Kelsey
- Robert Oberst
- Jerry Pritchett
- Eddie Hall
- Mike Caruso
- Grzegorz Szymanski
- Dimitar Savatinov
- Lauri Nami
- Zydrunas Savickas
- Laurence Shahlaei
- Mark Felix
- Nick Best
- Bjørn Andre Solvang
- Eben Le Roux
- Brian Shaw
- Martin Wildauer
- Graham Hicks
- Mikhail Shivlyakov
- Gerhard Van Staden
- Scott Cummine
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 |
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1 | Mike Burke | ![]() | 29 |
2 | Terry Hollands | ![]() | 27.5 |
3 | Warrick Brant | ![]() | 26 |
4 | Tomas Rodriguez | ![]() | 17.5 |
5 | Øyvind Rein | ![]() | 12 |
6 | Frankie Scheun | ![]() | 9 (Inj) |
Heat 2
# | Name | Nationality | 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 | Nationality | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Pritchett | ![]() | 25.5 |
2 | Eddie Hall | ![]() | 24.5 |
3 | Mike Caruso | ![]() | 20.5 |
4 | Grzegorz Szymanski | ![]() | 20 |
5 | Dimitar Savatinov | ![]() | 19.5 |
6 | Lauri Nami | ![]() | 16 |
Heat 4
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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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 | Nationality | 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 100 kilograms (220 lb) tyres
- Time limit: 60 seconds
# | Name | Nationality | 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 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 | ![]() | 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 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 | ![]() | 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: 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 24.2 metres (79 ft) | 6 | 19 |
8 | Laurence Shahlaei | ![]() | 23.1 metres (76 ft) | 5 | 17 |
9 | Jean-François Caron | ![]() | 22.7 metres (74 ft) | 4 | 15 |
10 | Eddie Hall | ![]() | 21.4 metres (70 ft) | 3 | 17 |
11 | Jerry Pritchett | ![]() | 19.1 metres (63 ft) | 2 | 9 |
12 | Warrick Brant | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 130–186 kilograms (287–410 lb)
- Time limit: 60 seconds
# | Name | Nationality | 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 | Zydrunas Savickas | ![]() | 64 |
2 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | ![]() | 63.5 |
3 | Brian Shaw | ![]() | 61 |
4 | Mike Burke | ![]() | 46 |
5 | Terry Hollands | ![]() | 38 |
6 | Eddie Hall | ![]() | 32 |
6 | Dave Ostlund | ![]() | 32 |
8 | Warrick Brant | ![]() | 28.5 |
9 | Jerry Pritchett | ![]() | 26 |
10 | Laurence Shahlaei | ![]() | 25.5 |
11 | Jean-François Caron | ![]() | 22.5 |
12 | Martin Wildauer | ![]() | 22 |
References
- ^ a b c "Zydrunas Savickas Wins World's Strongest Man". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "It's Official: World's Strongest Man 2014 is Returning to Los Angeles". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "World's Strongest Man: Trailer and CBS Sports Broadcast Schedule". Ironmind.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Press - CBS Sports Network". Cbssportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
External links
- Official site
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