2017 World's Strongest Man

The 2017 World's Strongest Man was the 40th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 20-28 2017.

2017 World's Strongest Man
Host city Gaborone, Botswana
Winner Eddie Hall[1]
Athletes participating29

The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of England, with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland second and defending champion Brian Shaw of the United States third. Hall announced after the competition that he would not defend his title.[2] Multiple time champion Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania finished in ninth place; this marked the first time in his career that he failed to finish in the top three after qualifying for the final.

Heat Results

A change was made to the qualifying rounds for 2017. Each group participated in five normal events, with the highest scoring competitor at the end of those events being declared the group winner and automatically qualifying for the final. The lowest scoring competitor was eliminated from further competition.

In a throwback to early competitions, where a head to head competition determined the overall champion, the four remaining competitors faced off in an event called Last Man Standing. The event consisted of a hurdle placed in the middle of an octagon with a white square in the middle, in which was placed an Atlas Stone.

The event was conducted in a stepladder format, with the fifth place and fourth place competitors beginning the event. Each competitor took turns lifting the stone from their side of the square and dropping it over the hurdle. The lift had to be started from within the square and each competitor was given ten seconds to lift and drop the stone. Once one of them could not complete the task, he was eliminated from the event and the third place competitor stepped in. The survivor of that matchup took on the second place competitor, with the winner of the event joining the overall group winner in the final.

Heat 1
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Brian Shaw 27
2 Jean-François Caron 24
3 Matjaz Belsak 21
4 Colm Woulfe 16.5
5 Tom Stoltman 6
6 Mark Felix 3.5

Heat 2
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 33
2 Martins Licis 21
3 Luke Stoltman 20
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 14
5 Jimmy Paquet 13
6 Dimitar Savatinov 4

Heat 3
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Konstantine Janashia 24.5
2 Laurence Shahlaei 19
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 18
4 Johan Els 15
5 Rob Kearney 15
6 Mikkel Leicht 13.5

Heat 4
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Eddie Hall 24.5
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 22.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 22.5
4 Derek DeVaughn 13.5
5 Lauri Nämi 10.5
6 Gerhard Van Staden 7.5

Heat 5
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Nick Best 22
2 Zydrunas Savickas 22
3 Peiman Maheripour 18.5
4 Terry Hollands 17
5 Bryan Benzel 13.5
6 Olu Fadesire 5

Finals Events Results

Event 1: Tyre Flip
  • 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) tyre for 6 flips.
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Brian Shaw 0m 27.28 10 10
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 0m 28.83 9 9
3 JF Caron 0m 31.56 8 8
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 0m 34.52 7 7
5 Eddie Hall 0m 35.12 6 6
6 Laurence Shahlaei 0m 39.87 5 5
7 Martins Licis 0m 39.93 4 4
8 Konstantine Janashia DNF (5 Flips) 3 3
9 Zydrunas Savickas DNF (3 Flips) 1.5 1.5
9 Nick Best DNF (3 Flips) 1.5 1.5

Event 2: Squat lift
  • 320 kilograms (710 lb) squat for as many repetitions as possible.
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Eddie Hall 15 10 16
2 Brian Shaw 13 7.5 17.5
2 JF Caron 13 7.5 15.5
2 Martins Licis 13 7.5 11.5
2 Zydrunas Savickas 13 7.5 9
6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 12 4.5 13.5
6 Laurence Shahlaei 12 4.5 9.5
8 Nick Best 6 3 4.5
9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 2 9
10 Konstantine Janashia 2 1 4

Event 3: Viking press
  • 160 kilograms (350 lb) safe press for as many repetitions as possible.
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Eddie Hall 15 10 26
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 14 9 22.5
3 Brian Shaw 12 8 25.5
4 JF Caron 8 6 21.5
4 Martins Licis 8 6 17.5
4 Konstantine Janashia 8 6 10
7 Laurence Shahlaei 7 3.5 13
7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 3.5 12.5
9 Nick Best 3 2 6.5
10 Zydrunas Savickas 2 1 10

Event 4: Plane Pull
  • 26,000 kilograms (57,000 lb) over a 30 metres (98 ft) course.
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 0m 40.07 10 22.5
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 0m 41.10 9 31.5
3 Eddie Hall 0m 42.92 8 34
4 Laurence Shahlaei 0m 44.14 7 20
5 Brian Shaw 0m 47.60 6 31.5
6 Zydrunas Savickas 0m 47.73 5 15
7 Martins Licis 0m 49.30 4 21.5
8 Konstantine Janashia 0m 50.25 3 13
9 JF Caron DNF 29.81 metres (97.8 ft) 2 23.5
10 Nick Best DNF 21.38 metres (70.1 ft) 1 7.5

Event 5: Max Deadlift
# Name Nationality Weight Lifted Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Eddie Hall 472.5 kilograms (1,042 lb) 10 44
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 460 kilograms (1,010 lb) 8.5 40
2 Brian Shaw 460 kilograms (1,010 lb) 8.5 40
4 JF Caron 440 kilograms (970 lb) 6 29.5
4 Martins Licis 440 kilograms (970 lb) 6 27.5
4 Konstantine Janashia 440 kilograms (970 lb) 6 19
7 Laurence Shahlaei 400 kilograms (880 lb) 3.5 23.5
7 Zydrunas Savickas 400 kilograms (880 lb) 3.5 18.5
9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 380 kilograms (840 lb) 1.5 24
9 Nick Best 380 kilograms (840 lb) 1.5 9

Event 6: Atlas Stones
  • 5 Atlas stone series ranging from 150–210 kilograms (330–460 lb).
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 0m 28.99 10 50
2 Martins Licis 5 in 0m 33.24 9 36.5
3 Brian Shaw 5 in 0m 40.48 8 48
4 Eddie Hall 5 in 0m 58.74 7 51
5 JF Caron 4 in 0m 29.41 6 35.5
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 0m 33.01 5 29
7 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 0m 35.36 4 23
8 Zydrunas Savickas 3 in 0m 19.76 3 21.5
9 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 0m 45.66 2 25.5
10 Nick Best 2 in 0m 26.68 1 10


Final standings
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Eddie Hall 51
2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 50
3 Brian Shaw 48
4 Martins Licis 36.5
5 Jean-François Caron 35.5
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 29
7 Laurence Shahlaei 25.5
8 Konstantine Janashia 23
9 Zydrunas Savickas 21.5
10 Nick Best 10

References
  1. "Eddie 'The Beast' Hall crowned World's Strongest Man". BBC. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. "Eddie Hall retires from World's Strongest Man competition after Brit claims historic victory". Daily Mirror. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
Preceded by
2016 World's Strongest Man		 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2018 World's Strongest Man
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