The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man. 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. The qualifying heats were held from March 22–25 and the finals on March 28 & 29. 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.
Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished in first place, winning his fourth WSM title. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland finished in second place, and Brian Shaw from the United States came in third.
Participants
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 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 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 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 dumbbell, 1 x 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 Bar Height: 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: Course length: 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 6 19 8 Laurence Shahlaei 5 17 9 Jean-François Caron 4 15 10 Eddie Hall 3 17 11 Jerry Pritchett 2 9 12 Warrick Brant 1 16
Event 5: Squat Lift
Weight: 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 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 Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania 64 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Iceland 63.5 Brian Shaw United States 61 4Mike Burke United States 46 5 Terry Hollands United Kingdom 38 6Eddie 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 11Jean-François Caron Canada 22.5 12 Martin Wildauer Austria 22
References
External links Official site