2017 World 's Strongest Man - wikipedia 2017 World 's Strongest Man 2017 World 's Strongest Man Host city Gaborone, Botswana Winner Eddie Hall Athletes participating 29 ← Kasane 2016 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 the United Kingdom, 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. Qualifying 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. Final standings Name Nationality Pts Eddie Hall 51 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 50 Brian Shaw 48 Martins Licis 36.5 Jean - François Caron 35.5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 29 Laurence Shahlaei 25.5 Konstantine Janashia 23 Zydrunas Savickas 21.5 Nick Best 10 References Jump up ^ `` Eddie ' The Beast ' Hall crowned World 's Strongest Man ''. BBC. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Hall retires from World 's Strongest Man competition after Brit claims historic victory ''. Daily Mirror. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017. World 's Strongest Man Hollywood 1977 Hollywood 1978 Hollywood 1979 New Jersey 1980 Six Flags Magic Mountain 1981 Six Flags Magic Mountain 1982 Christchurch 1983 Mora 1984 Cascais 1985 Nice 1986 Not held 1987 Budapest 1988 San Sebastián 1989 Joensuu 1990 Tenerife 1991 Reykjavik 1992 Orange 1993 Sun City 1994 Nassau 1995 Port Louis 1996 Primm Valley Resort 1997 Tangier 1998 Malta 1999 Sun City 2000 Victoria Falls 2001 Kuala Lumpur 2002 Victoria Falls 2003 Nassau 2004 Chengdu 2005 Sanya 2006 Anaheim 2007 Charleston 2008 Valletta 2009 Sun City 2010 North Carolina 2011 Los Angeles 2012 Sanya 2013 Los Angeles 2014 Putrajaya 2015 Kasane 2016 Gaborone 2017 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_World%27s_Strongest_Man&oldid=802029017 '' Categories : World 's Strongest Man competitions Talk About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2017, at 14 : 38. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the world's strongest man 2017 being held
Answer: Gaborone, Botswana