2015 World's Strongest Man

The 2015 World's Strongest Man was the 38th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. The event was held in Malaysia,[2] for the first time since 2002. The competition was held in spring for the second year in a row. The qualifying heats were held from April 19-22 and the finals on April 25 & 26. Unlike previous years placings for the final event in the heats, the atlas stones were awarded double points. The top two from each heat qualified.

2015 World's Strongest Man
Host city Putrajaya, Malaysia
Winner Brian Shaw[1]
Nations participating14
Athletes participating30

Heat Results

Heat 1

Name Nationality Pts
Brian Shaw[2] 36.5
Jean-François Caron 33
Martin Forsmark 26.5
Robert Oberst 20.5
Adam Bishop 16
Mateusz Baron 10.5 (Inj)

Heat 2

Name Nationality Pts
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 38
Dimitar Savatinov 31
Rafal Kobylarz 26
Josh Thigpen 19
Akos Nagy 17
Graham Hicks 8(Inj)

Heat 3

Name Nationality Pts
Žydrūnas Savickas 40
Mikhail Shivlyakov 28
Nick Best 24
David Nystrom 19
Benedikt Magnússon 9 (Inj)
Laurence Shahlaei 8 (Inj)

Heat 4

Name Nationality Pts
Mark Felix 31
Jerry Pritchett 27.5
Dainis Zageris 25.5
Krzysztof Radzikowski 25
Alexander Lysenko 21
Gerhard Van Staden 15

Heat 5

Name Nationality Pts
Mike Burke 37
Eddie Hall 34
Matjaž Belšak 27.5
Grzegorz Szymanski 26
Mike Caruso 12.5
Ole Martin Hanson 9

Final Standings

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw 53
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 49.5
3 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 49
4 Eddie Hall 45.5
5 Mike Burke 34.5
6 Jean-François Caron 31
7 Dimitar Savatinov 22
8 Mark Felix 17.5
9 Mikhail Shivlyakov 13
10 Jerry Pritchett 11
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References

  1. "Zydrunas Savickas Wins World's Strongest Man". WorldsStrongestMan.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  2. "Brian Shaw Wins 2015 World's Strongest Man Title". Muscle and Fitness.
Preceded by
2014 World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2016 World's Strongest Man
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