2012 World's Strongest Man

The 2012 World's Strongest Man was the 35th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held on the grounds of the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California, US.[2] The event was sponsored by MET-Rx.[2] The qualifying heats were held from September 24–27, and the finals took place Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 2012.[2] The winner was Žydrūnas Savickas, it was his third WSM title. Vytautas Lalas of Lithuania was second, and Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson was third.[1]

2012 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates24 September - 1 October 2012
VenueCommerce Casino
LocationLos Angeles, California
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating17
Champion(s)
Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas[1]

In the qualifying heats, Derek Poundstone set a new world record in the Giant Dumbbell press event by pressing a 210 lb (95 kg) dumbbell overhead for 11 repetitions,[3] and Vytautas Lalas set a new strongman squat world record by squatting 700 lb (320 kg) for 11 repetitions.[4] In the finals, Žydrūnas Savickas set a new Log Lift for Max Weight world record with a lift of 220 kg (490 lb).[5]

Participants

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Heat results

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Heat 1

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  • Events: loading, truck pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 31.5
2 Jean-François Caron   Canada 29
3 Derek Poundstone   United States 27.5
4 Mateusz Baron   Poland 15
5 Jack McIntosh   England 13
6 Frankie Scheun   South Africa 10

Heat 2

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  • Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, squat, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 29.5
2 Mike Jenkins   United States 26
3 Nick Best   United States 21
4 Eddie Hall   England 19
5 Sebastian Kurek   Poland 15
6 Akos Nagy   Hungary 13.5

Heat 3

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  • Events: loading, limo pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 27.5
2 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 27
3 Martin Wildauer   Austria 23.5
4 Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 22
5 Lauri Nami   Estonia 16
6 Chris Gearing   England 10

Heat 4

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  • Events: loading, limo pull, viking press for reps, squat, keg toss, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 29
2 Ervin Katona   Serbia 23
3 Louis Philippe Jean   Canada 21
4 Jerry Pritchett   United States 18
5 Graham Hicks   England 17.5
6 Ole Martin Hansen   Norway 16.5

Heat 5

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  • Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, car deadlift for reps, atlas stones[6]
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Terry Hollands   England 30
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 27.5
3 Mike Burke   United States 24
4 Alex Moonen   Netherlands 19
5 James Fennelly   Ireland 18.5
6 Eben Le Roux   Australia 5

Finals events results

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Event 1: Super Yoke

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  • Weight: 440 kilograms (970 lb)
  • Course length: 40 metres (130 ft)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 28.40 10 10
2 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 30.05 9 9
3 Mike Jenkins   United States 31.49 8 8
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 31.85 7 7
5 Terry Hollands   England 32.27 6 6
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 33.55 5 5
7 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 37.89 4 4
8 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 33.9 metres (111 ft) 3 3
9 Jean-François Caron   Canada 27.3 metres (90 ft) 2 2
10 Ervin Katona   Serbia 25.75 metres (84.5 ft) 1 1

Event 2: Max Log Lift

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# Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 220 kilograms (490 lb) 10 14
2 Mike Jenkins   United States 210 kilograms (460 lb) 8.5 16.5
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 210 kilograms (460 lb) 8.5 15.5
4 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 200 kilograms (440 lb) 7 16
5 Brian Shaw   United States 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 14.5
5 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 9.5
5 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 7.5
5 Ervin Katona   Serbia 185 kilograms (408 lb) 4.5 5.5
9 Terry Hollands   England 170 kilograms (370 lb) 2 8
10 Jean-François Caron   Canada No lift 0 2

Event 3: Bus Pull

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  • Weight: 24,500 kilograms (54,000 lb)
  • Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Terry Hollands   England 42.97 10 18
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 44.71 9 18.5
3 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 52.56 8 24
4 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 55.35 7 21
5 Brian Shaw   United States 65.12 6 20.5
6 Mike Jenkins   United States 70.41 5 21.5
7 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 19.9 metres (65 ft) 4 11.5
8 Jean-François Caron   Canada 9.9 metres (32 ft) 3 5
9 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 4.55 metres (14.9 ft) 2 17.5
10 Ervin Katona   Serbia 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) 1 6.5

Event 4: Deadlift

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  • Weight: 360 kilograms (790 lb)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 8 10 31
2 Terry Hollands   England 7 8.5 26.5
2 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 7 8.5 32.5
4 Brian Shaw   United States 6 6.5 27
4 Jean-François Caron   Canada 6 6.5 11.5
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 5 5 22.5
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 4 4 22.5
7 Mike Jenkins   United States 3 2 23.5
7 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 3 2 13.5
7 Ervin Katona   Serbia 3 2 8.5

Event 5: Natural Stones

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  • Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 137–170 kilograms (302–375 lb)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 5 in 25.52 10 32.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 5 in 32.13 9 40
3 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 5 in 33.29 8 40.5
4 Mike Jenkins   United States 5 in 37.40 7 30.5
5 Brian Shaw   United States 5 in 38.56 6 33
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 5 in 49.27 5 27.5
7 Jean-François Caron   Canada 5 in 53.44 4 15.5
8 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 5 in 59.19 3 16.5
9 Terry Hollands[a]   England 4 in 41.77 2 28.5
10 Ervin Katona[b]   Serbia 1 in 7.58 1 9.5
  1. ^ After this event Terry Hollands withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.
  2. ^ After this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.

Event 6: Power Stairs

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  • Weight: 3 x 225 kilograms (496 lb) implements up 5 stairs each
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 36.82 10 42.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 42.83 9 49
3 Mike Jenkins   United States 43.77 8 38.5
4 Brian Shaw   United States 45.61 7 40
5 Jean-François Caron   Canada 1m 14.84 6 21.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 13 stairs 5 32.5
7 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 11 stairs 4 44.5
8 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 10 stairs 3 19.5

Final standings

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# Name Nationality Pts
1 Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 49.0
2 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 44.5
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 42.5
4 Brian Shaw   United States 40.0
5 Mike Jenkins   United States 38.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 32.5
7 Terry Hollands   England 28.5 (Injured)
8 Jean-François Caron   Canada 21.5
9 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 19.5
10 Ervin Katona   Serbia 9.5 (Injured)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zydrunas Savickas: World's Strongest Man Winner". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c "WSM 2012 – Los Angeles – 24th September to 1st October - The Worlds Strongest Man". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  3. ^ "World's Strongest Man Qualifiers: Poundstone Breaks World Record". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  4. ^ "World's Strongest Man: Another World Record Today". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  5. ^ "WSM Finals: Zydrunas Savickas Breaks Log Lift World Record". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "MET-Rx World's Strongest Man: Athletes and Events". Ironmind.com. 2011-08-26. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
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