The 2011 World's Strongest Man was the 34th edition of World's Strongest Man and was held on the campus grounds of Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina, US. The event was sponsored by MET-Rx. The qualifying heats were scheduled for September 15–18, and the finals on September 21 and 22, 2011.

Brian Shaw placed first, 2009 and 2010 champion Zydrunas Savickas placed second, and Terry Hollands placed third.

Participants

Heat results

Heat 1

Loading Race: 4 kegs, 2 weighing , 2 weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift: Car deadlift weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Dumbbell Press: 4 dumbbells weighing between . 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between . 1 minute 15 second time limit.

# Name Event 1Loading RaceEvent 2Car WalkEvent 3Truck PullEvent 4DeadliftEvent 5Dumbbell PressEvent 6Atlas Stones Pts 1 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 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 Mark Felix 4th - 4 in 44.60s 3rd - 24.72s 3rd - 1st - 11 reps 4th - 1 in 5.77s 6th - 4 in 27.26s 21 4 Jean-François Caron 6th - 4 in 49.53s 5th - 1m 5.53s 4th - 2nd - 9 reps 5th - 1 in 6.03s 3rd - 5 in 47.42s 17 5 Rauno Heinla 2nd - 4 in 41.26s 6th - 6th - 4th - 5 reps 3rd - 2 in 81.03s 5th - 5 in 58.01s 15.5 6 Nick Best 5th - 4 in 47.11s 2nd - 23.22s 5th - 6th - 4 reps 6th - 0 in 1m 30s 4th - 5 in 53.05s 13

Heat 2

Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between over a bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Squat Lift: 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Dumbbell Press: 4 dumbbells weighing between . 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between . 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 Laurence Shahlaei 2nd - 4 in 51.64s 2nd - 7 in 75.00s 1st - 8 reps 3rd - 1st - 3 in 61.21s 3rd - 4 in 32.26s 30 2 Ervin Katona 1st - 4 in 50.04s 1st - 8 in 21.88s 5th - 0 reps 1st - 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 2nd - 4 in 27.64s 23 3 Espen Aune 4th - 3 in 39.35s 5th - 3 in 1m 15s 2nd - 5 reps 2nd - 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 1st - 4 in 25.48s 21 4 Serhiy Romanchuk 3rd - 3 in 37.72s 4th - 5 in 1m 15s 3rd - 4 reps 4th - 3rd - 0 in 1m 30s 4th - 4 in 42.83s 17 5 Paul Pîrjol 6th - 3 in 46.57s 6th - 2 in 1m 15s 4th - 2 reps 5th - 2nd - 2 in 18.30s 5th - 4 in 51.42s 14 6 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 . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between over a bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift: Car deadlift weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between . 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between . 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 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 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 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 Mateusz Baron 4th - 4 in 73.17s 4th - 4 in 1m 15s 6th - 4th - 8 reps 3rd - 3 in 40.57s 3rd - 5 in 53.79s 17.5 5 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 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 . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between over a bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Squat Lift: . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Truck Pull: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between . 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between . 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 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 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 Louis-Philippe Jean 4th - 4 in 63.48s 4th - 6 in 1m 15s 2nd - 6 reps 3rd - 2nd - 3 in 25.46s 3rd - 5 in 29.48s 23 4 Josh Thigpen 3rd - 4 in 54.13s 2nd - 8 in 27.70s 5th - 2 reps 4th - 4th - 3 in 33.43s 4th - 5 in 30.70s 20 5 Alexander Klyushev 5th - 3 in 55.19s 3rd - 7 in 1m 15s 4th - 4 reps 6th - 5th - 3 in 38.27s 6th - 3 in 30.25s 13 6 Rob Frampton 6th - 2 in 32.16s 6th - 2 in 1m 15s 6th - 1 rep 5th - 6th - 3 in 39.51s 5th - 3 in 26.04s 8

Heat 5

Loading Race: 4 sacks weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit. Keg Toss: 8 kegs weighing between over a bar. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Car Walk: down a course. 1 minute 15 second time limit. Deadlift Hold: Block Press: 4 blocks weighing between . 1 minute 30 second time limit. Atlas Stones: 5 stones weighing between . 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 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 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 Jack McIntosh 2nd - 4 in 43.73s 4th - 8 in 41.09s 6th - 1st - 1m 19.49s 5th - 3 in 56.04s 3rd - 4 in 24.19s 21 4 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 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 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: Course Length: Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds

# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Mike Jenkins 18.10 10 10 2 Laurence Shahlaei 18.72 9 9 3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 23.25 8 8 4 Brian Shaw 27.13 7 7 5 Žydrūnas Savickas 41.28 6 6 6 Terry Hollands 5 5 7 Vytautas Lalas 4 4 8 Derek Poundstone 3 3 9 Ervin Katona 2 2 10 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 1 1

Event 2: Super Yoke

Weight: Course Length: Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds

# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Mike Jenkins 14.26 10 20 2 Brian Shaw 14.28 9 16 3 Terry Hollands 16.13 8 13 4 Laurence Shahlaei 16.29 7 16 5 Žydrūnas Savickas 16.33 6 12 6 Derek Poundstone 19.16 5 8 7 Vytautas Lalas 20.37 4 8 8 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 23.50 3 4 9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 27.06 2 10 10 Ervin Katona 1 3

Event 3: Truck Pull

Weight: Course Length: Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds

# Name Nationality Time Event pts Overall pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 57.94 10 14 2 Brian Shaw 1m 2.81s 9 25 3 Žydrūnas Savickas 1m 11.63s 8 20 4 Terry Hollands 7 20 5 Laurence Shahlaei 6 22 6 Derek Poundstone 5 13 7 Mike Jenkins 4 24 8 Vytautas Lalas 3 11 9 Ervin Katona 2 5 10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 1 11

Event 4: Max Deadlift # Name Nationality Weight Event pts Overall pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas 10 30 2 Brian Shaw 8.5 33.5 2 Terry Hollands 8.5 28.5 4 Laurence Shahlaei 6.5 28.5 4 Derek Poundstone 6.5 19.5 6 Vytautas Lalas 5 16 7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2.5 16.5 7 Mike Jenkins 2.5 26.5 7 Ervin Katona 2.5 7.5 7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2.5 13.5

Event 5: Log Lift

Weight: Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds

# Name Nationality Repetitions Event pts Overall pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas 10 10 40 2 Derek Poundstone 7 8.5 28 2 Vytautas Lalas 7 8.5 24.5 4 Brian Shaw 5 6.5 40 4 Terry Hollands 5 6.5 35 6 Laurence Shahlaei 4 5 33.5 7 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 3 4 20.5 8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2 3 16.5

Event 6: Atlas Stones

Weight: 5 Stone series weighing Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds

# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event pts Overall pts 1 Brian Shaw 5 in 19.67 10 50 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 24.35 9 29.5 3 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 26.20 8 48 4 Terry Hollands 5 in 26.77 7 42 5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 27.46 6 22.5 6 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 38.99 5 29.5 7 Derek Poundstone 4 in 17.32 4 32 8 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 49.19 3 36.5

Final standings # Name Nationality Pts Brian Shaw 50 Žydrūnas Savickas 48 Terry Hollands 42 4Laurence Shahlaei 36.5 5Derek Poundstone 32 6Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 29.5 7Vytautas Lalas 29.5 8Mike Jenkins 26.5 9Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 22.5 10Ervin Katona 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.

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.

References

External links Official site