# 2014 World's Strongest Man

The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held in multiple venues in the Los Angeles County area, the same host area as the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest. The qualifying heats were held from March 22–25 and the finals on March 28 & 29. The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and began broadcasting in the United States on the CBS Sports Network from July 4-August 13, 2014.
Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished in first place, winning his fourth WSM title. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland finished in second place, and Brian Shaw from the United States came in third.

## Participants

* Mike Burke
* Terry Hollands
* Warrick Brant
* Tomas Rodriguez
* Øyvind Rein
* Frankie Scheun
* Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
* Jean-François Caron
* Dave Ostlund
* Rafal Kobylarz
* Ben Kelsey
* Robert Oberst
* Jerry Pritchett
* Eddie Hall
* Mike Caruso
* Grzegorz Szymanski
* Dimitar Savatinov
* Lauri Nami
* Zydrunas Savickas
* Laurence Shahlaei
* Mark Felix
* Nick Best
* Bjørn Andre Solvang
* Eben Le Roux
* Brian Shaw
* Martin Wildauer
* Graham Hicks
* Mikhail Shivlyakov
* Gerhard Van Staden
* Scott Cummine

## Heat Results

Unlike previous years when 10 athletes qualified for the finals, this year there were 12 qualifying spots. The top 2 from each heat qualified, as well as the 2 highest scoring 3rd place athletes from all 5 heats.

### Heat 1

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Mike Burke | United States | 29 |
| 2 | Terry Hollands | England | 27.5 |
| 3 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 26 |
| 4 | Tomas Rodriguez | Cuba | 17.5 |
| 5 | Øyvind Rein | Norway | 12 |
| 6 | Frankie Scheun | South Africa | 9 (Inj) |

### Heat 2

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 33.5 |
| 2 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 26 |
| 3 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 25.5 |
| 4 | Rafal Kobylarz | Poland | 16 |
| 5 | Ben Kelsey | England | 11 |
| 6 | Robert Oberst | United States | 10 (Inj) |

### Heat 3

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 25.5 |
| 2 | Eddie Hall | England | 24.5 |
| 3 | Mike Caruso | United States | 20.5 |
| 4 | Grzegorz Szymanski | Poland | 20 |
| 5 | Dimitar Savatinov | Bulgaria | 19.5 |
| 6 | Lauri Nami | Estonia | 16 |

### Heat 4

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 28.5 |
| 2 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 25.5 |
| 3 | Mark Felix | England | 23.5 |
| 4 | Nick Best | United States | 22 |
| 5 | Bjørn Andre Solvang | Norway | 16.5 |
| 6 | Eben Le Roux | Australia | 9 |

### Heat 5

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Brian Shaw | United States | 27 |
| 2 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 26 |
| 3 | Graham Hicks | England | 22 |
| 4 | Mikhail Shivlyakov | Russia | 18 |
| 5 | Gerhard Van Staden | South Africa | 17.5 |
| 6 | Scott Cummine | Canada | 14.5 |

## Finals Events Results
### Event 1: Loading Race

* Weight: 3 x 100 kilograms (220 lb) tyres
* Time limit: 60 seconds
| # | Name | Nationality | Time (sec) | Event Pts | Overall Pts |
| 1 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 36.07 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 38.49 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Mike Burke | United States | 41.85 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Brian Shaw | United States | 44.18 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 49.66 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 51.38 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Terry Hollands | England | 52.34 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 53.23 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 54.20 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 55.60 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 55.92 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Eddie Hall | England | 57.07 | 1 | 1 |

### Event 2: Overhead Medley

* Weight: 1 x 105 kilograms (231 lb) dumbbell, 1 x 163 kilograms (359 lb) for 2 repetitions each
* Time limit: 60 seconds
| # | Name | Nationality | Time (sec) | Event Pts | Overall Pts |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 4 in 26.42 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 4 in 28.46 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | United States | 4 in 29.02 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Mike Burke | United States | 4 in 30.58 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 4 in 57.44 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Eddie Hall | England | 3 in 40.17 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 3 in 46.30 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 1 in 26.50 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Terry Hollands | England | 1 in 52.15 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Event 3: Keg Toss

* Weight: 8 Keg series ranging from 18–25 kilograms (40–55 lb)
* Bar Height: 4.9 metres (16 ft)
* Time limit: 60 seconds
| # | Name | Nationality | Time (sec) | Event Pts | Overall Pts |
| 1 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 8 in 16.35 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Brian Shaw | United States | 8 in 16.59 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Mike Burke | United States | 8 in 28.94 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 8 in 30.42 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Terry Hollands | England | 6 in 60 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Eddie Hall | England | 6 in 60 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 6 in 60 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 6 in 60 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 6 in 60 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 4 in 60 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 4 in 60 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 4 in 60 | 2 | 11 |

### Event 4: Truck Pull

* Weight: 24,000 kilograms (53,000 lb)
* Course length: 25 metres (82 ft)
* Time limit: 60 seconds
| # | Name | Nationality | Time (sec) | Event Pts | Overall Pts |
| 1 | Brian Shaw | United States | 40.56 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 42.12 | 11 | 46 |
| 3 | Terry Hollands | England | 43.35 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 44.15 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 50.10 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Mike Burke | United States | 53.51 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 24.2 metres (79 ft) | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 23.1 metres (76 ft) | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 22.7 metres (74 ft) | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Eddie Hall | England | 21.4 metres (70 ft) | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 19.1 metres (63 ft) | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 17.3 metres (57 ft) | 1 | 16 |

### Event 5: Squat Lift

* Weight: 329 kilograms (725 lb)
* Time limit: 60 seconds
| # | Name | Nationality | Repetitions | Event Pts | Overall Pts |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 15 | 12 | 53 |
| 2 | Eddie Hall | England | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 11 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Brian Shaw | United States | 10 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 8 | 7.5 | 24.5 |
| 5 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 8 | 7.5 | 23.5 |
| 7 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 7 | 5.5 | 51.5 |
| 7 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 7 | 5.5 | 20.5 |
| 9 | Mike Burke | United States | 3 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Terry Hollands | England | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 0 | 0 | 19 |

### Event 6: Atlas Stones

* 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 19.46 | 12 | 63.5 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 5 in 23.53 | 11 | 64 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | United States | 5 in 23.94 | 10 | 61 |
| 4 | Terry Hollands | England | 5 in 28.47 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 5 in 32.57 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 5 in 34.68 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Mike Burke | United States | 5 in 36.92 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 5 in 37.02 | 5 | 28.5 |
| 9 | Eddie Hall | England | 5 in 38.32 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 5 in 38.85 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 5 in 47.04 | 2 | 22.5 |
| 12 | Laurence Shahlaei | England | 3 in 23.44 | 1 | 25.5 |

## Final standings

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 64 |
| 2 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Iceland | 63.5 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | United States | 61 |
| 4 | Mike Burke | United States | 46 |
| 5 | Terry Hollands | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 6 | Eddie Hall | United Kingdom | 32 |
| 6 | Dave Ostlund | United States | 32 |
| 8 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 28.5 |
| 9 | Jerry Pritchett | United States | 26 |
| 10 | Laurence Shahlaei | United Kingdom | 25.5 |
| 11 | Jean-François Caron | Canada | 22.5 |
| 12 | Martin Wildauer | Austria | 22 |