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2013 World's Strongest Man

The 2013 World's Strongest Man was the 36th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held in Haitang Bay, Sanya, China, the same host city as the 2006 World's Strongest Man contest.[1] The qualifying heats were held from August 17–20 and the finals on Aug. 23 & 24.[1] The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and will be broadcast in the United States on the CBS Sports Network.[2] Brian Shaw from the United States placed first, winning his second WSM title after winning in 2011.[3] Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania was second after finishing 1st the year before, and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland was third for the second year in a row.[3]

2013 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates17-24 August 2013
VenueHaitang Bay
LocationSanya
Country China
Athletes participating30
Nations participating18
Champion(s)
United States Brian Shaw

Participants edit

Qualifying Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 31.5
2 Robert Oberst   United States 29
3 Lauri Nami   Estonia 24
4 Nick Best   United States 14.5
5 Laurence Shahlaei   England 12
6 Long Wu   China 6

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Heat 2 edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 29
2 Johannes Arsjo   Sweden 29
3 Jerry Pritchett   United States 20
4 Gerhard Van Staden   South Africa 18
5 Graham Hicks   England 16
6 Scott Cummine   Canada 14

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Heat 3 edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 34
2 Terry Hollands   England 28
3 Martin Wildauer   Austria 23.5
4 Dainis Zageris   Latvia 19
5 Juha Matt Jarvi   Finland 11
6 Frankie Scheun   South Africa 10.5

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Heat 4 edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 29.5
2 Mike Burke   United States 27.5
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski   Poland 22.5
4 Mark Felix   England 21
5 Bjorn Andre Solvang   Norway 14
6 Alex Moonen   Netherlands 11.5

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Heat 5 edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 25.5
2 Mike Jenkins   United States 25
3 Eddie Hall   England 24
4 Warrick Brant   Australia 21.5
5 Akos Nagy   Hungary 15
6 Lloyd Renals   England 14

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Finals events results edit

Event 1: Frame Carry edit

  • Weight: 375 kilograms (827 lb)
  • Course length: 30 metres (98 ft)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mike Jenkins   United States 20.14 10 10
2 Mike Burke   United States 21.30 9 9
3 Terry Hollands   England 36.71 8 8
4 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 43.47 7 7
5 Brian Shaw   United States 25.7 metres (84 ft) 6 6
6 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 19.7 metres (65 ft) 5 5
7 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 15.9 metres (52 ft) 4 4
8 Robert Oberst   United States 15 metres (49 ft) 3 3
9 Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 12.7 metres (42 ft) 2 2
10 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 0.4 metres (1.3 ft) 1 1

Event 2: Truck Pull edit

  • Weight: 16,000 kilograms (35,000 lb)
  • Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 40.19 10 17
2 Brian Shaw   United States 41.23 9 15
3 Terry Hollands   England 42.47 8 16
4 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 45.81 7 12
5 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 45.92 6 10
6 Mike Burke   United States 46.95 5 14
7 Mike Jenkins   United States 49.77 4 14
8 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 50.21 3 4
9 Robert Oberst   United States 54.98 2 5

Event 3: Super Yoke edit

  • Weight: 480 kilograms (1,060 lb)
  • Course length: 20 metres (66 ft)
  • Time limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 13.64 10 25
2 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 14.16 9 21
3 Terry Hollands   England 16.51 8 24
4 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 16.57 7 17
5 Mike Jenkins   United States 16.94 6 20
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 17.77 5 22
7 Mike Burke   United States 19.03 4 18
8 Robert Oberst   United States 22.16 3 8
9 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 29.35 2 6

Event 4: Max Deadlift edit

# Name Nationality Weight Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 442.5 kilograms (976 lb) 10 35
2 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 420 kilograms (930 lb) 9 30
3 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 400 kilograms (880 lb) 7 24
3 Mike Jenkins   United States 400 kilograms (880 lb) 7 27
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 400 kilograms (880 lb) 7 29
6 Terry Hollands   England 370 kilograms (820 lb) 4.5 28.5
6 Mike Burke   United States 370 kilograms (820 lb) 4.5 22.5
8 Robert Oberst   United States No lift 0 8
8 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden No lift 0 6

Event 5: Overhead Medley edit

  • Weight: 1 x 110 kilograms (240 lb) dumbell, 1 x 170 kilograms (370 lb) barbell, 1 x 120 kilograms (260 lb) dumbell, 1 x 180 kilograms (400 lb) barbell
  • Time limit: 75 seconds
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 4 in 43.53 10 40
2 Mike Burke   United States 4 in 1m 8.17 9 31.5
3 Mike Jenkins   United States 3 in 43.56 8 35
4 Brian Shaw   United States 2 in 19.56 7 42
5 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 2 in 28.00 6 30
6 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 2 in 34.36 5 11
7 Robert Oberst   United States 2 in 47.83 4 12
8 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 1 in 23.51 3 32
9 Terry Hollands   England - 0 28.5

Event 6: Atlas Stones edit

  • 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 23.31 10 42
2 Brian Shaw   United States 5 in 24.82 9 51
3 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 5 in 25.63 8 48
4 Mike Burke   United States 5 in 27.16 7 38.5
5 Mike Jenkins   United States 5 in 31.10 6 41
6 Johannes Årsjö   Sweden 5 in 35.27 5 16
7 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 5 in 48.80 4 34
8 Terry Hollands   England 4 in 35.66 3 31.5
9 Robert Oberst   United States 4 in 38.76 2 14

Final standings edit

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw   United States 51
2 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 48
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson   Iceland 42
4 Mike Jenkins   United States 41
5 Mike Burke   United States 38.5
6 Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 34
7 Terry Hollands   England 28 (injured)
8 Johannes Arsjo   Sweden 16
9 Robert Oberst   United States 14
10 Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 2 (injured)

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Giants Live Wrap Up: On to World's Strongest Man 2013". www.ironmind.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
  2. ^ "Press | CBS Sports Network". Archived from the original on 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  3. ^ a b c "Brian Shaw Wins World's Strongest Man". www.ironmind.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e "WSM 2013 - Athlete Groupings & Events - The Worlds Strongest Man". Archived from the original on 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2013-08-14.

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