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.
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. 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

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Finals Events Results

Event 1: Tyre Flip

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1Brian Shaw0m 27.281010
2Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson0m 28.8399
3JF Caron0m 31.5688
4Mateusz Kieliszkowski0m 34.5277
5Eddie Hall0m 35.1266
6Laurence Shahlaei0m 39.8755
7Martins Licis0m 39.9344
8Konstantine JanashiaDNF 33
9Zydrunas SavickasDNF 1.51.5
9Nick BestDNF 1.51.5

Event 2: Squat lift

#NameNationalityRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1Eddie Hall151016
2Brian Shaw137.517.5
2JF Caron137.515.5
2Martins Licis137.511.5
2Zydrunas Savickas137.59
6Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson124.513.5
6Laurence Shahlaei124.59.5
8Nick Best634.5
9Mateusz Kieliszkowski329
10Konstantine Janashia214

Event 3: Viking press

#NameNationalityRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1Eddie Hall151026
2Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson14922.5
3Brian Shaw12825.5
4JF Caron8621.5
4Martins Licis8617.5
4Konstantine Janashia8610
7Laurence Shahlaei73.513
7Mateusz Kieliszkowski73.512.5
9Nick Best326.5
10Zydrunas Savickas2110

Event 4: Plane Pull

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1Mateusz Kieliszkowski0m 40.071022.5
2Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson0m 41.10931.5
3Eddie Hall0m 42.92834
4Laurence Shahlaei0m 44.14720
5Brian Shaw0m 47.60631.5
6Zydrunas Savickas0m 47.73515
7Martins Licis0m 49.30421.5
8Konstantine Janashia0m 50.25313
9JF CaronDNF 223.5
10Nick BestDNF 17.5

Event 5: Max Deadlift

Event 6: Atlas Stones

#NameNationalityTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson5 in 0m 28.991050
2Martins Licis5 in 0m 33.24936.5
3Brian Shaw5 in 0m 40.48848
4Eddie Hall5 in 0m 58.74751
5JF Caron4 in 0m 29.41635.5
6Mateusz Kieliszkowski4 in 0m 33.01529
7Konstantine Janashia4 in 0m 35.36423
8Zydrunas Savickas3 in 0m 19.76321.5
9Laurence Shahlaei3 in 0m 45.66225.5
10Nick Best2 in 0m 26.68110

Final standings