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. 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 dumbbell overhead for 11 repetitions, and Vytautas Lalas set a new strongman squat world record by squatting for 11 repetitions. In the finals, Žydrūnas Savickas set a new Log Lift for Max Weight world record with a lift of .
Participants
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 31.52Jean-François Caron 293Derek Poundstone 27.54Mateusz Baron 15 5Jack McIntosh 136Frankie Scheun 10
Heat 2 Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, squat, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts 1Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 29.52Mike Jenkins 263Nick Best 214Eddie Hall 195Sebastian Kurek 156Akos Nagy 13.5
Heat 3 Events: loading, limo pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Brian Shaw 27.52Johannes Årsjö 273Martin Wildauer 23.54Mikhail Koklyaev 225Lauri Nami 166Chris Gearing 10
Heat 4 Events: loading, limo pull, viking press for reps, squat, keg toss, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Vytautas Lalas 292Ervin Katona 233Louis Philippe Jean 214Jerry Pritchett 185Graham Hicks 17.56Ole Martin Hansen 16.5
Heat 5 Events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, car deadlift for reps, atlas stones # Name Nationality Pts1Terry Hollands 302Krzysztof Radzikowski 27.53Mike Burke 244Alex Moonen 195James Fennelly 18.56Eben Le Roux 5
Finals events results Event 1: Super Yoke
Weight: Course length: Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Brian Shaw 28.40 10 10 2 Vytautas Lalas 30.05 9 9 3 Mike Jenkins 31.49 8 8 4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 31.85 7 7 5 Terry Hollands 32.27 6 6 6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 33.55 5 5 7 Žydrūnas Savickas 37.89 4 4 8 Johannes Årsjö 3 3 9 Jean-François Caron 2 2 10 Ervin Katona 1 1
Event 2: Max Log Lift
# Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas 10 14 2 Mike Jenkins 8.5 16.5 2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 8.5 15.5 4 Vytautas Lalas 7 16 5 Brian Shaw 4.5 14.5 5 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 4.5 9.5 5 Johannes Årsjö 4.5 7.5 5 Ervin Katona 4.5 5.5 9 Terry Hollands 2 8 10 Jean-François Caron No lift 0 2
Event 3: Bus Pull
Weight: Course length: Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Terry Hollands 42.97 10 18 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 44.71 9 18.5 3 Vytautas Lalas 52.56 8 24 4 Žydrūnas Savickas 55.35 7 21 5 Brian Shaw 65.12 6 20.5 6 Mike Jenkins 70.41 5 21.5 7 Johannes Årsjö 4 11.5 8 Jean-François Caron 3 5 9 Krzysztof Radzikowski 2 17.5 10 Ervin Katona 1 6.5
Event 4: Deadlift
Weight: Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 10 31 2 Terry Hollands 7 8.5 26.5 2 Vytautas Lalas 7 8.5 32.5 4 Brian Shaw 6 6.5 27 4 Jean-François Caron 6 6.5 11.5 5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 5 5 22.5 6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 4 4 22.5 7 Mike Jenkins 3 2 23.5 7 Johannes Årsjö 3 2 13.5 7 Ervin Katona 3 2 8.5
Event 5: Natural Stones
Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 25.52 10 32.5 2 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 32.13 9 40 3 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 33.29 8 40.5 4 Mike Jenkins 5 in 37.40 7 30.5 5 Brian Shaw 5 in 38.56 6 33 6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 5 in 49.27 5 27.5 7 Jean-François Caron 5 in 53.44 4 15.5 8 Johannes Årsjö 5 in 59.19 3 16.5 9 Terry Hollands 4 in 41.77 2 28.5 10 Ervin Katona 1 in 7.58 1 9.5
Event 6: Power Stairs
Weight: 3 x implements up 5 stairs each Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 36.82 10 42.5 2 Žydrūnas Savickas 42.83 9 49 3 Mike Jenkins 43.77 8 38.5 4 Brian Shaw 45.61 7 40 5 Jean-François Caron 1m 14.84 6 21.5 6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 13 stairs 5 32.5 7 Vytautas Lalas 11 stairs 4 44.5 8 Johannes Årsjö 10 stairs 3 19.5
Final standings # Name Nationality Pts Žydrūnas Savickas 49.0 Vytautas Lalas 44.5 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 42.5 4Brian Shaw 40.0 5Mike Jenkins 38.5 6Krzysztof Radzikowski 32.5 7Terry Hollands 28.5 (Injured) 8Jean-François Caron 21.5 9Johannes Årsjö 19.5 10Ervin Katona 9.5 (Injured)
References
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