2012 World's Strongest Man

2012 World's Strongest Man
2012 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates	24 September - 1 October 2012
Venue	Commerce Casino
Location	Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Athletes participating	30
Nations participating	17
Champion(s)
	Žydrūnas Savickas
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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]

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

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

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

Event 1: Super Yoke

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

#	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

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

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

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

^ After this event Terry Hollands withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.
^ After this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.

Event 6: Power Stairs

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

#	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

^ ^a ^b "Zydrunas Savickas: World's Strongest Man Winner". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
^ ^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.
^ "World's Strongest Man Qualifiers: Poundstone Breaks World Record". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^ "World's Strongest Man: Another World Record Today". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^ "WSM Finals: Zydrunas Savickas Breaks Log Lift World Record". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^ ^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.

External links

Official site

Preceded by 2011 World's Strongest Man	2012 World's Strongest Man	Succeeded by 2013 World's Strongest Man

[7] After this event Terry Hollands withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.

[8] After this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.

[ironmind.com-1] "Zydrunas Savickas: World's Strongest Man Winner". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.

[theworldsstrongestman.com-2] "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.

[Athletes_and_Heats-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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