2012 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2012 2012 World's Strongest Man 24 September - 1 October 2012 Commerce Casino Los Angeles, California USA 30 17 LTU Žydrūnas Savickashttp://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Oct/Zydrunas_Savickas-Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Winner.html Zydrunas Savickas: World’s Strongest Man Winner 2012-10-02 2012-11-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20121115184500/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Oct/Zydrunas_Savickas-Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Winner.html dead North Carolina 2011 Sanya 2013 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.http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2012-wsm/wsm-2012-los-angeles-24th-september-to-1st-october/ WSM 2012 – Los Angeles – 24th September to 1st October - The Worlds Strongest Man 2012-08-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120819053203/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2012-wsm/wsm-2012-los-angeles-24th-september-to-1st-october/ 2012-08-19 The event was sponsored by MET-Rx. The qualifying heats were held from September 24–27, and the finals took place Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 2012. 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. In the qualifying heats, Derek Poundstone set a new world record in the Giant Dumbbell press event by pressing a 210 lb kg on dumbbell overhead for 11 repetitions,http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Qualifiers-Poundstone_Breaks_World_Record.html World’s Strongest Man Qualifiers: Poundstone Breaks World Record 2012-10-03 2012-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120929012406/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Qualifiers-Poundstone_Breaks_World_Record.html dead and Vytautas Lalas set a new strongman squat world record by squatting 700 lb kg on for 11 repetitions.http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/Worldxs_Strongest_Man-Another_World_Record_Today.html World’s Strongest Man: Another World Record Today 2012-10-03 2012-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120930005154/http://ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/Worldxs_Strongest_Man-Another_World_Record_Today.html dead In the finals, Žydrūnas Savickas set a new Log Lift for Max Weight world record with a lift of 220 kg lb on.http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/WSM_Finals-Zydrunas_Savickas_Breaks_Log_Lift_World_Record.html WSM Finals: Zydrunas Savickas Breaks Log Lift World Record 2012-10-03 2013-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214122/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/WSM_Finals-Zydrunas_Savickas_Breaks_Log_Lift_World_Record.html dead Participants 15em Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Jean-François Caron CAN Derek Poundstone USA Mateusz Baron POL Jack McIntosh ENG Frankie Scheun RSA Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL Mike Jenkins USA Nick Best USA Eddie Hall ENG Sebastian Kurek POL Akos Nagy HUN Brian Shaw USA Johannes Årsjö SWE Martin Wildauer Austria Mikhail Koklyaev RUS Lauri Nami EST Chris Gearing ENG Vytautas Lalas LTU Ervin Katona SRB Louis Philippe Jean CAN Jerry Pritchett USA Graham Hicks ENG Ole Martin Hansen NOR Terry Hollands ENG Krzysztof Radzikowski POL Mike BurkeUSA Alex Moonen NED James Fennelly IRL Eben Le Roux AUS 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 results Heat 1 Events: loading, truck pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts 1Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 31.52Jean-François Caron CAN 293Derek Poundstone USA 27.54Mateusz Baron POL 15 5Jack McIntosh ENG 136Frankie Scheun RSA 10 Heat 2 Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, squat, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts 1Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 29.52Mike Jenkins USA 263Nick Best USA 214Eddie Hall ENG 195Sebastian Kurek POL 156Akos Nagy HUN 13.5 Heat 3 Events: loading, limo pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Brian Shaw USA 27.52Johannes Årsjö SWE 273Martin Wildauer Austria 23.54Mikhail Koklyaev RUS 225Lauri Nami EST 166Chris Gearing ENG 10 Heat 4 Events: loading, limo pull, viking press for reps, squat, keg toss, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Vytautas Lalas LTU 292Ervin Katona SRB 233Louis Philippe Jean CAN 214Jerry Pritchett USA 185Graham Hicks ENG 17.56Ole Martin Hansen NOR 16.5 Heat 5 Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, car deadlift for reps, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Terry Hollands ENG 302Krzysztof Radzikowski POL 27.53Mike Burke USA 244Alex Moonen NED 195James Fennelly IRL 18.56Eben Le Roux AUS5 Finals events results Event 1: Super Yoke Weight: 440 kg lb Course length: 40 m ft Time limit: 75 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Brian ShawUSA 28.40 10 10 2 Vytautas LalasLTU 30.05 9 9 3 Mike JenkinsUSA 31.49 8 8 4 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 31.85 7 7 5 Terry HollandsENG 32.27 6 6 6 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 33.55 5 5 7 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 37.89 4 4 8 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 33.9 m ft 3 3 9 Jean-François CaronCAN 27.3 m ft 2 2 10 Ervin KatonaSER 25.75 m ft 1 1 Event 2: Max Log Lift # Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 220 kg lb 10 14 2 Mike JenkinsUSA 210 kg lb 8.5 16.5 2 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 210 kg lb 8.5 15.5 4 Vytautas LalasLTU 200 kg lb 7 16 5 Brian ShawUSA 185 kg lb 4.5 14.5 5 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 185 kg lb 4.5 9.5 5 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 185 kg lb 4.5 7.5 5 Ervin KatonaSER 185 kg lb 4.5 5.5 9 Terry HollandsENG 170 kg lb 2 8 10 Jean-François CaronCAN No lift 0 2 Event 3: Bus Pull Weight: 24500 kg lb Course length: 25 m ft Time limit: 75 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Terry HollandsENG 42.97 10 18 2 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 44.71 9 18.5 3 Vytautas LalasLTU 52.56 8 24 4 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 55.35 7 21 5 Brian ShawUSA 65.12 6 20.5 6 Mike JenkinsUSA 70.41 5 21.5 7 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 19.9 m ft 4 11.5 8 Jean-François CaronCAN 9.9 m ft 3 5 9 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 4.55 m ft 2 17.5 10 Ervin KatonaSER 1.6 m ft 1 6.5 Event 4: Deadlift Weight: 360 kg lb Time limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 8 10 31 2 Terry HollandsENG 7 8.5 26.5 2 Vytautas LalasLTU 7 8.5 32.5 4 Brian ShawUSA 6 6.5 27 4 Jean-François CaronCAN 6 6.5 11.5 5 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 5 5 22.5 6 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 4 4 22.5 7 Mike JenkinsUSA 3 2 23.5 7 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 3 2 13.5 7 Ervin KatonaSER 3 2 8.5 Event 5: Natural Stones Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 137-170 kg lb Time limit: 75 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 5 in 25.52 10 32.5 2 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 5 in 32.13 9 40 3 Vytautas LalasLTU 5 in 33.29 8 40.5 4 Mike JenkinsUSA 5 in 37.40 7 30.5 5 Brian ShawUSA 5 in 38.56 6 33 6 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 5 in 49.27 5 27.5 7 Jean-François CaronCAN 5 in 53.44 4 15.5 8 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 5 in 59.19 3 16.5 9 Terry HollandsAfter this event Terry Hollands withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.ENG 4 in 41.77 2 28.5 10 Ervin KatonaAfter this event Ervin Katona withdrew from the competition due to injury and took no further part.SER 1 in 7.58 1 9.5 Event 6: Power Stairs Weight: 3 x 225 kg lb implements up 5 stairs each Time limit: 75 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus BjörnssonISL 36.82 10 42.5 2 Žydrūnas SavickasLTU 42.83 9 49 3 Mike JenkinsUSA 43.77 8 38.5 4 Brian ShawUSA 45.61 7 40 5 Jean-François CaronCAN 1m 14.84 6 21.5 6 Krzysztof RadzikowskiPOL 13 stairs 5 32.5 7 Vytautas LalasLTU 11 stairs 4 44.5 8 Johannes ÅrsjöSWE 10 stairs 3 19.5 Final standings # Name Nationality Pts Žydrūnas Savickas LTU 49.0 Vytautas Lalas LTU 44.5 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ISL 42.5 4Brian Shaw USA 40.0 5Mike Jenkins USA 38.5 6Krzysztof Radzikowski POL 32.5 7Terry Hollands ENG 28.5 (Injured) 8Jean-François Caron CAN 21.5 9Johannes Årsjö SWE 19.5 10Ervin Katona SER 9.5 (Injured) References External links Official site 2011 World's Strongest Man 2012 World's Strongest Man 2013 World's Strongest Man Category:2012 in American sports Category:World's Strongest Man