2014 World's Strongest Man

The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man.^[2] The event was held in multiple venues in the Los Angeles County area, the same host area as the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest.^[2] The qualifying heats were held from March 22–25 and the finals on March 28 & 29.^[2] The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and began broadcasting in the United States on the CBS Sports Network from July 4-August 13, 2014.^[3][4]

2014 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates	22–29 March 2014
Venue	Los Angeles
Location	Commerce, California
Country	United States
Athletes participating	30
Nations participating	18
Champion(s)
Zydrunas Savickas[1]
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Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished in first place, winning his fourth WSM title.^[1] Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland finished in second place, and Brian Shaw from the United States came in third.^[1]

Participants

• Mike Burke
• Terry Hollands
• Warrick Brant
• Tomas Rodriguez
• Øyvind Rein
• Frankie Scheun
• Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
• Jean-François Caron
• Dave Ostlund
• Rafal Kobylarz
• Ben Kelsey
• Robert Oberst
• Jerry Pritchett
• Eddie Hall
• Mike Caruso
• Grzegorz Szymanski
• Dimitar Savatinov
• Lauri Nami
• Zydrunas Savickas
• Laurence Shahlaei
• Mark Felix
• Nick Best
• Bjørn Andre Solvang
• Eben Le Roux
• Brian Shaw
• Martin Wildauer
• Graham Hicks
• Mikhail Shivlyakov
• Gerhard Van Staden
• Scott Cummine

Heat Results

Unlike previous years when 10 athletes qualified for the finals, this year there were 12 qualifying spots. The top 2 from each heat qualified, as well as the 2 highest scoring 3rd place athletes from all 5 heats.

Heat 1

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mike Burke	United States	29
2	Terry Hollands	England	27.5
3	Warrick Brant	Australia	26
4	Tomas Rodriguez	Cuba	17.5
5	Øyvind Rein	Norway	12
6	Frankie Scheun	South Africa	9 (Inj)

Heat 2

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	33.5
2	Jean-François Caron	Canada	26
3	Dave Ostlund	United States	25.5
4	Rafal Kobylarz	Poland	16
5	Ben Kelsey	England	11
6	Robert Oberst	United States	10 (Inj)

Heat 3

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Jerry Pritchett	United States	25.5
2	Eddie Hall	England	24.5
3	Mike Caruso	United States	20.5
4	Grzegorz Szymanski	Poland	20
5	Dimitar Savatinov	Bulgaria	19.5
6	Lauri Nami	Estonia	16

Heat 4

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	28.5
2	Laurence Shahlaei	England	25.5
3	Mark Felix	England	23.5
4	Nick Best	United States	22
5	Bjørn Andre Solvang	Norway	16.5
6	Eben Le Roux	Australia	9

Heat 5

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Brian Shaw	United States	27
2	Martin Wildauer	Austria	26
3	Graham Hicks	England	22
4	Mikhail Shivlyakov	Russia	18
5	Gerhard Van Staden	South Africa	17.5
6	Scott Cummine	Canada	14.5

Finals Events Results

Event 1: Loading Race

• Weight: 3 x 100 kilograms (220 lb) tyres
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	36.07	12	12
2	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	38.49	11	11
3	Mike Burke	United States	41.85	10	10
4	Brian Shaw	United States	44.18	9	9
5	Dave Ostlund	United States	49.66	8	8
6	Martin Wildauer	Austria	51.38	7	7
7	Terry Hollands	England	52.34	6	6
8	Jerry Pritchett	United States	53.23	5	5
9	Warrick Brant	Australia	54.20	4	4
10	Jean-François Caron	Canada	55.60	3	3
11	Laurence Shahlaei	England	55.92	2	2
12	Eddie Hall	England	57.07	1	1

Event 2: Overhead Medley

• Weight: 1 x 105 kilograms (231 lb) dumbbell, 1 x 163 kilograms (359 lb) for 2 repetitions each
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	4 in 26.42	12	23
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	4 in 28.46	11	23
3	Brian Shaw	United States	4 in 29.02	10	19
4	Mike Burke	United States	4 in 30.58	9	19
5	Laurence Shahlaei	England	4 in 57.44	8	10
6	Eddie Hall	England	3 in 40.17	7	8
7	Jean-François Caron	Canada	3 in 46.30	6	9
8	Warrick Brant	Australia	1 in 26.50	5	9
9	Terry Hollands	England	1 in 52.15	4	10
10	Dave Ostlund	United States	0	0	8
10	Martin Wildauer	Austria	0	0	7
10	Jerry Pritchett	United States	0	0	5

Event 3: Keg Toss

• Weight: 8 Keg series ranging from 18–25 kilograms (40–55 lb)
• Bar Height: 4.9 metres (16 ft)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	8 in 16.35	12	35
2	Brian Shaw	United States	8 in 16.59	11	30
3	Mike Burke	United States	8 in 28.94	10	29
4	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	8 in 30.42	9	32
5	Terry Hollands	England	6 in 60	6	16
5	Eddie Hall	England	6 in 60	6	14
5	Dave Ostlund	United States	6 in 60	6	14
5	Warrick Brant	Australia	6 in 60	6	15
5	Martin Wildauer	Austria	6 in 60	6	13
10	Jerry Pritchett	United States	4 in 60	2	7
10	Laurence Shahlaei	England	4 in 60	2	12
10	Jean-François Caron	Canada	4 in 60	2	11

Event 4: Truck Pull

• Weight: 24,000 kilograms (53,000 lb)
• Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Brian Shaw	United States	40.56	12	42
2	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	42.12	11	46
3	Terry Hollands	England	43.35	10	26
4	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	44.15	9	41
5	Dave Ostlund	United States	50.10	8	22
6	Mike Burke	United States	53.51	7	36
7	Martin Wildauer	Austria	24.2 metres (79 ft)	6	19
8	Laurence Shahlaei	England	23.1 metres (76 ft)	5	17
9	Jean-François Caron	Canada	22.7 metres (74 ft)	4	15
10	Eddie Hall	England	21.4 metres (70 ft)	3	17
11	Jerry Pritchett	United States	19.1 metres (63 ft)	2	9
12	Warrick Brant	Australia	17.3 metres (57 ft)	1	16

Event 5: Squat Lift

• Weight: 329 kilograms (725 lb)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Repetitions	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	15	12	53
2	Eddie Hall	England	14	11	28
3	Jerry Pritchett	United States	11	10	19
4	Brian Shaw	United States	10	9	51
5	Laurence Shahlaei	England	8	7.5	24.5
5	Warrick Brant	Australia	8	7.5	23.5
7	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	7	5.5	51.5
7	Jean-François Caron	Canada	7	5.5	20.5
9	Mike Burke	United States	3	4	40
10	Terry Hollands	England	2	3	29
11	Dave Ostlund	United States	1	2	24
12	Martin Wildauer	Austria	0	0	19

Event 6: Atlas Stones

• Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 130–186 kilograms (287–410 lb)
• Time limit: 60 seconds

#	Name	Nationality	Time (sec)	Event Pts	Overall Pts
1	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	5 in 19.46	12	63.5
2	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	5 in 23.53	11	64
3	Brian Shaw	United States	5 in 23.94	10	61
4	Terry Hollands	England	5 in 28.47	9	38
5	Dave Ostlund	United States	5 in 32.57	8	32
6	Jerry Pritchett	United States	5 in 34.68	7	26
7	Mike Burke	United States	5 in 36.92	6	46
8	Warrick Brant	Australia	5 in 37.02	5	28.5
9	Eddie Hall	England	5 in 38.32	4	32
10	Martin Wildauer	Austria	5 in 38.85	3	22
11	Jean-François Caron	Canada	5 in 47.04	2	22.5
12	Laurence Shahlaei	England	3 in 23.44	1	25.5

Final standings

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	64
	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	63.5
	Brian Shaw	United States	61
4	Mike Burke	United States	46
5	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom	38
6	Eddie Hall	United Kingdom	32
6	Dave Ostlund	United States	32
8	Warrick Brant	Australia	28.5
9	Jerry Pritchett	United States	26
10	Laurence Shahlaei	United Kingdom	25.5
11	Jean-François Caron	Canada	22.5
12	Martin Wildauer	Austria	22