2011 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2011 2011 World's Strongest Man 15–22 September 2011 Wingate University Wingate, North Carolina USA 30 16 USA Brian Shaw South Africa 2010 Los Angeles 2012 The 2011 World's Strongest Man was the 34th edition of World's Strongest Man and was held on the campus grounds of Wingate UniversityBell Adam 2011-06-21 Strong man competition will be held at Wingate https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-strong-man-compet/168010402/ 2025-03-15 The Charlotte Observer B1 Newspapers.com in Wingate, North Carolina, US. The event was sponsored by MET-Rx.http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/Jun/MET-Rx_Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Set_For_North_Carolina.html MET-Rx World’s Strongest Man Set For North Carolina Ironmind.com 2011-06-21 2012-07-24 2012-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004143911/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/Jun/MET-Rx_Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Set_For_North_Carolina.html dead The qualifying heats were scheduled for September 15–18, and the finals on September 21 and 22, 2011.http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/category/2011-wsm/ 2011 WSM The Worlds Strongest Man 2012-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20110924032155/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/category/2011-wsm/ 2011-09-24 dead Brian Shaw placed first, 2009 and 2010 champion Zydrunas Savickas placed second, and Terry Hollands placed third. Participants 15em Brian Shaw United States Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Iceland Mark Felix England Jean-François Caron Canada Rauno Heinla Estonia Nick Best United States Laurence Shahlaei England Ervin Katona Serbia Espen Aune Norway Serhiy Romanchuk Ukraine Paul Pîrjol Romania Travis Ortmayer United States Vytautas Lalas Lithuania Terry Hollands England Martin Wildauer Austria Mateusz Baron Poland Jason Bergmann United States Juha Matti Järvi Finland Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania Mike Jenkins United States Louis-Philippe Jean Canada Josh Thigpen United States Alexander Klyushev Russia Rob Frampton England Derek Poundstone United States Stefán Sölvi Pétursson Iceland Jack McIntosh England Krzysztof Radzikowski Poland Vidas Blekaitis Lithuania Derek Boyer Fiji Heat results http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/Aug/MET-Rx_Worldxs_Strongest_Man-Athletes_and_Events.html MET-Rx World’s Strongest Man: Athletes and Events Ironmind.com 2011-08-26 2012-07-24 2012-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004144240/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/Aug/MET-Rx_Worldxs_Strongest_Man-Athletes_and_Events.html dead Heat 1 Loading Race: 4 kegs, 2 weighing 115 kg lb, 2 weighing 120 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: 450 kg lb down a 25 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: 12000 kg lb down a 20 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift: Car deadlift weighing 360 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Dumbbell Press: 4 dumbbells weighing between 100-115 kg lb. 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between 120-180 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. # Name Event 1Loading RaceEvent 2Car WalkEvent 3Truck PullEvent 4DeadliftEvent 5Dumbbell PressEvent 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 United States Brian Shaw 1st - 4 in 39.64s 1st - 16.88s 2nd - 48.03s 3rd - 6 reps 1st - 4 in 36.49s 1st - 5 in 22.36s 33 2 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 3rd - 4 in 43.51s 4th - 25.72s 1st - 38.94s 4th - 5 reps 2nd - 3 in 38.69s 2nd - 5 in 28.58s 25.5 3 England Mark Felix 4th - 4 in 44.60s 3rd - 24.72s 3rd - 18.56 m ft 1st - 11 reps 4th - 1 in 5.77s 6th - 4 in 27.26s 21 4 Canada Jean-François Caron 6th - 4 in 49.53s 5th - 1m 5.53s 4th - 18.34 m ft 2nd - 9 reps 5th - 1 in 6.03s 3rd - 5 in 47.42s 17 5 Estonia Rauno Heinla 2nd - 4 in 41.26s 6th - 17.1 m ft 6th - 10.82 m ft 4th - 5 reps 3rd - 2 in 81.03s 5th - 5 in 58.01s 15.5 6 United States Nick Best 5th - 4 in 47.11s 2nd - 23.22s 5th - 17.88 m ft 6th - 4 reps 6th - 0 in 1m 30s 4th - 5 in 53.05s 13 Strongman Archives - 2011 WSM Final https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=130 strongmanarchives.com 23 September 2023 Heat 2 Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing 125 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between 18-25 kg lb over a 4 m ft bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Squat Lift: 325 kg lb 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: 12000 kg lb down a 20 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Dumbbell Press: 4 dumbbells weighing between 100-115 kg lb. 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between 120-180 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. # Name Event 1Loading Race Event 2Keg Toss Event 3Squat Lift Event 4Truck Pull Event 5Dumbbell Press Event 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 England Laurence Shahlaei 2nd - 4 in 51.64s 2nd - 7 in 75.00s 1st - 8 reps 3rd - 16.5 m ft 1st - 3 in 61.21s 3rd - 4 in 32.26s 30 2 Serbia Ervin Katona 1st - 4 in 50.04s 1st - 8 in 21.88s 5th - 0 reps 1st - 19.4 m ft 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 2nd - 4 in 27.64s 23 3 Norway Espen Aune 4th - 3 in 39.35s 5th - 3 in 1m 15s 2nd - 5 reps 2nd - 18.35 m ft 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 1st - 4 in 25.48s 21 4 Ukraine Serhiy Romanchuk 3rd - 3 in 37.72s 4th - 5 in 1m 15s 3rd - 4 reps 4th - 14.5 m ft 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 4th - 4 in 42.83s 17 5 Romania Paul Pîrjol 6th - 3 in 46.57s 6th - 2 in 1m 15s 4th - 2 reps 5th - 4.5 m ft 2nd - 2 in 18.30s 5th - 4 in 51.42s 14 6 United States Travis Ortmayer 5th - 3 in 39.66s 3rd - 6 in 1m 15s 6th - 0 reps Withdrew Withdrew Withdrew 6 Heat 3 Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing 125 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between 18-25 kg lb over a 4 m ft bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: 450 kg lb down a 25 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift: Car deadlift weighing 360 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between 110-150 kg lb. 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between 120-180 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. # Name Event 1Loading Race Event 2Keg Toss Event 3Car Walk Event 4Deadlift Event 5Block Press Event 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 Lithuania Vytautas Lalas 1st - 4 in 44.08s 1st - 8 in 35.48s 2nd - 22.13s 1st - 10 reps 1st - 3 in 29.67s 2nd - in 39.93s 34.0 2 England Terry Hollands 3rd - 4 in 58.64s 2nd - 7 in 1m 15s 1st - 14.19s 2nd - 9 reps 5th - 2 in 25.46s 1st - 5 in 36.82 27.0 3 Austria Martin Wildauer 2nd - 4 in 48.93s 2nd - 7 in 1m 15s 3rd - 28.22s 2nd - 9 reps 6th - 2 in 61.14s 6th - 2 in 29.47s 20.0 4 Poland Mateusz Baron 4th - 4 in 73.17s 4th - 4 in 1m 15s 6th - 20.4 m ft 4th - 8 reps 3rd - 3 in 40.57s 3rd - 5 in 53.79s 17.5 5 United States Jason Bergmann 6th - 3 in 45.83s 4th - 4 in 1m 15s 4th - 28.25s 5th - 5 reps 2nd - 3 in 36.07s 4th - 4 in 23.57s 16.5 6 Finland Juha Matti Järvi 5th - 4 in 73.37s 6th - 2 in 1m 15s 5th - 29.35s 6th - 0 reps 4th - 2 in 22.60s 5th - 3 in 33.29s 10.0 Heat 4 Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing 125 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between 18-25 kg lb over a 4 m ft bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Squat Lift: 325 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: 12000 kg lb down a 20 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between 110-150 kg lb. 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between 120-180 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. # Name Event 1Loading Race Event 2Keg Toss Event 3Squat Lift Event 4Truck Pull Event 5Block Press Event 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas 2nd - 4 in 44.57s 1st - 8 in 19.42s 1st - 7 reps 2nd - 1m 6s 1st - 4 in 1m 11.54s 1st - 5 in 26.85s 34 2 United States Mike Jenkins 1st - 4 in 40.98s 4th - 6 in 1m 15s 2nd - 6 reps 1st - 1m 0.13s 3rd - 3 in 27.77s 2nd - 5 in 29.39s 28 3 Canada Louis-Philippe Jean 4th - 4 in 63.48s 4th - 6 in 1m 15s 2nd - 6 reps 3rd - 17.9 m ft 2nd - 3 in 25.46s 3rd - 5 in 29.48s 23 4 United States Josh Thigpen 3rd - 4 in 54.13s 2nd - 8 in 27.70s 5th - 2 reps 4th - 17.3 m ft 4th - 3 in 33.43s 4th - 5 in 30.70s 20 5 Russia Alexander Klyushev 5th - 3 in 55.19s 3rd - 7 in 1m 15s 4th - 4 reps 6th - 3.25 m ft 5th - 3 in 38.27s 6th - 3 in 30.25s 13 6 England Rob Frampton 6th - 2 in 32.16s 6th - 2 in 1m 15s 6th - 1 rep 5th - 14.89 m ft 6th - 3 in 39.51s 5th - 3 in 26.04s 8 Heat 5 Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing 125 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between 18-25 kg lb over a 4 m ft bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: 450 kg lb down a 25 m ft course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift Hold: 370 kg lb Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between 110-150 kg lb. 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between 120-180 kg lb. 1 minute 15 second time limit. # Name Event 1Loading Race Event 2Keg Toss Event 3Car Walk Event 4Deadlift Hold Event 5Block Press Event 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 United States Derek Poundstone 1st - 4 in 38.57s 2nd - 8 in 28.41s 1st - 19.28s 5th - 50.21s 1st - 4 in 51.93s 2nd - 5 in 31.26s 30 2 Iceland Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 3rd - 4 in 44.98s 3rd - 8 in 33.13s 3rd - 22.79s 6th - 39.75s 3rd - 3 in 36.02s 1st - 5 in 29.72s 23 3 England Jack McIntosh 2nd - 4 in 43.73s 4th - 8 in 41.09s 6th - 14.4 m ft 1st - 1m 19.49s 5th - 3 in 56.04s 3rd - 4 in 24.19s 21 4 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 5th - 4 in 1m 0.80s 1st - 8 in 27.49s 4th - 28.53s 3rd - 1m 3.41s 4th - 3 in 40.44s 4th - 4 in 27.38s 20.5 5 Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis 4th - 4 in 56.43s 5th - 4 in 1m 15s 2nd - 22.59s 4th - 52.43s 2nd - 3 in 20.02s 5th - 4 in 27.80s 19.5 6 Fiji Derek Boyer 5th - 4 in 1m 0.80s 5th - 4 in 1m 15s 5th - 38.94s 2nd - 1m 12.21s 6th - 0 in 1m 30s Withdrew 10 Finals events results Event 1: Frame Carry Weight: 375 kg lb Course Length: 30 m ft Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Mike Jenkins US 18.10 10 10 2 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 18.72 9 9 3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 23.25 8 8 4 Brian Shaw US 27.13 7 7 5 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 41.28 6 6 6 Terry Hollands ENG 28.5 m ft 5 5 7 Vytautas Lalas LTU 26.37 m ft 4 4 8 Derek Poundstone US 16.6 m ft 3 3 9 Ervin Katona SRB 13.15 m ft 2 2 10 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 3.5 m ft 1 1 Event 2: Super Yoke Weight: 450 kg lb Course Length: 25 m ft Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Mike Jenkins US 14.26 10 20 2 Brian Shaw US 14.28 9 16 3 Terry Hollands ENG 16.13 8 13 4 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 16.29 7 16 5 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 16.33 6 12 6 Derek Poundstone US 19.16 5 8 7 Vytautas Lalas LTU 20.37 4 8 8 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 23.50 3 4 9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 27.06 2 10 10 Ervin Katona SRB 0.26 m ft 1 3 Event 3: Truck Pull Weight: 10000 kg lb Course Length: 30 m ft Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds # Name Nationality Time Event pts Overall pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 57.94 10 14 2 Brian Shaw US 1m 2.81s 9 25 3 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 1m 11.63s 8 20 4 Terry Hollands ENG 28.52 m ft 7 20 5 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 27.8 m ft 6 22 6 Derek Poundstone US 27.67 m ft 5 13 7 Mike Jenkins US 22 m ft 4 24 8 Vytautas Lalas LTU 17.13 m ft 3 11 9 Ervin Katona SRB 13 m ft 2 5 10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 12.22 m ft 1 11 Event 4: Max Deadlift # Name Nationality Weight Event pts Overall pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 440 kg lb 10 30 2 Brian Shaw US 435 kg lb 8.5 33.5 2 Terry Hollands ENG 435 kg lb 8.5 28.5 4 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 415 kg lb 6.5 28.5 4 Derek Poundstone US 415 kg lb 6.5 19.5 6 Vytautas Lalas LTU 400 kg lb 5 16 7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 370 kg lb 2.5 16.5 7 Mike JenkinsAfter this event Mike Jenkins withdrew from the competition and took no further part. US 370 kg lb 2.5 26.5 7 Ervin KatonaAfter this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition and took no further part. SRB 370 kg lb 2.5 7.5 7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 370 kg lb 2.5 13.5 Event 5: Log Lift Weight: 155 kg lb Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds # Name Nationality Repetitions Event pts Overall pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 10 10 40 2 Derek Poundstone US 7 8.5 28 2 Vytautas Lalas LTU 7 8.5 24.5 4 Brian Shaw US 5 6.5 40 4 Terry Hollands ENG 5 6.5 35 6 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 4 5 33.5 7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 3 4 20.5 8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 2 3 16.5 Event 6: Atlas Stones Weight: 5 Stone series weighing 120-180 kg lb Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Brian Shaw US 5 in 19.67 10 50 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 5 in 24.35 9 29.5 3 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 5 in 26.20 8 48 4 Terry Hollands ENG 5 in 26.77 7 42 5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 5 in 27.46 6 22.5 6 Vytautas Lalas LTU 5 in 38.99 5 29.5 7 Derek Poundstone US 4 in 17.32 4 32 8 Laurence Shahlaei ENG 4 in 49.19 3 36.5 Final standings # Name Nationality Pts Brian Shaw US 50 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 48 Terry Hollands ENG 42 4Laurence Shahlaei ENG 36.5 5Derek Poundstone US 32 6Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 29.5 7Vytautas Lalas LTU 29.5 8Mike Jenkins US 26.5 9Stefán Sölvi Pétursson ISL 22.5 10Ervin Katona SRB 7.5 Television broadcast United States In the US the event was broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 on Sunday 1 January, with some repeat screenings from 14 January to 5 February.http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/uncategorized/usa-%E2%80%93-espn-tv-broadcast-schedule/ USA – ESPN TV Broadcast Schedule The Worlds Strongest Man 2011-10-10 2012-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120610011915/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/uncategorized/usa-%E2%80%93-espn-tv-broadcast-schedule/ 2012-06-10 dead United Kingdom In the UK, the show returned on Channel 5 to screen both The Giants Live Tour (the official qualifying tour for The World's Strongest Man) as well as the finals after Bravo screened the show for two years. Giants Live was shown on four consecutive days from 20 December 2011 to 23 December 2011. The finals were broadcast on six consecutive days from 27 December 2011 to 1 January 2012, with each episode dedicated to a qualifying group, and the sixth episode being the final.http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2011-wsm/uk-wsm-broadcast-details-channel-5/ UK WSM Broadcast details – Channel 5 The Worlds Strongest Man 2011-11-02 2012-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120604095839/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2011-wsm/uk-wsm-broadcast-details-channel-5/ 2012-06-04 dead References External links Official site 2010 World's Strongest Man 2011 World's Strongest Man 2012 World's Strongest Man Category:2011 in sports Category:World's Strongest Man Category:September 2011 sports events in the United States