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

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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois 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-Francois Caron  Canada 5 in 53.44 4 15.5
8 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 5 in 59.19 3 16.5
9 Terry Hollands[lower-alpha 1]  England 4 in 41.77 2 28.5
10 Ervin Katona[lower-alpha 2]  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
  • 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-Francois 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-Francois Caron  Canada 21.5
9 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 19.5
10 Ervin Katona  Serbia 9.5 (Injured)

References
  1. "Zydrunas Savickas: World's Strongest Man Winner". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  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.
  6. "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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