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. 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. Brian Shaw from the United States placed first, winning his second WSM title after winning in 2011. 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.
Participants
Qualifying Heats
Heat 1 # Name Nationality Pts 1Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 31.5 2Robert Oberst 29 3Lauri Nami 24 4Nick Best 14.5 5Laurence Shahlaei 12 6Long Wu 6
Heat 2 # Name Nationality Pts 1Vytautas Lalas 29 2Johannes Arsjo 29 3Jerry Pritchett 20 4Gerhard Van Staden 18 5Graham Hicks 16 6Scott Cummine 14
Heat 3 # Name Nationality Pts 1Brian Shaw 34 2Terry Hollands 28 3Martin Wildauer 23.5 4Dainis Zageris 19 5Juha Matt Jarvi 11 6Frankie Scheun 10.5
Heat 4 # Name Nationality Pts 1Zydrunas Savickas 29.5 2Mike Burke 27.5 3Krzysztof Radzikowski 22.5 4Mark Felix 21 5Bjørn Andre Solvang 14 6Alex Moonen 11.5
Heat 5 # Name Nationality Pts 1Mikhail Koklyaev 25.5 2Mike Jenkins 25 3Eddie Hall 24 4Warrick Brant 21.5 5Akos Nagy 15 6Lloyd Renals 14
Finals events results Event 1: Frame Carry
Weight: Course length: 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 6 6 6 Zydrunas Savickas 5 5 7 Vytautas Lalas 4 4 8 Robert Oberst 3 3 9 Mikhail Koklyaev 2 2 10 Johannes Årsjö 1 1
Event 2: Truck Pull
Weight: Course length: Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 40.19 1017 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: Course length: Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Brian Shaw 13.64 1025 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 1035 2 Zydrunas Savickas 9 30 3 Vytautas Lalas 7 24 3 Mike Jenkins 7 27 3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 7 29 6 Terry Hollands 4.5 28.5 6 Mike Burke 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 dumbbell, 1 x barbell, 1 x dumbbell, 1 x barbell Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Zydrunas Savickas 4 in 43.53 1040 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 Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 23.31 1042 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 Brian Shaw 51 Zydrunas Savickas 48 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 42 4Mike Jenkins 41 5Mike Burke 38.5 6Vytautas Lalas 34 7Terry Hollands 28 (injured) 8Johannes Arsjo 16 9Robert Oberst 14 10Mikhail Koklyaev 2 (injured)
References
External links Official site