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 to 28.[2] 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.[3] Four-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.
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.[4] 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.
^"Eddie 'The Beast' Hall crowned World's Strongest Man". BBC. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^"World's Strongest Man 2017 Announcement". World's Strongest Man. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^Sentinel, Stoke; Gadd, Mick (28 May 2017). "Eddie Hall retires from World's Strongest Man competition after Brit claims historic victory". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^"WSM 2017 Groups and Events Released". World's Strongest Man. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^"2017 World's Strongest Man Final". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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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 to 28 2 The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of the United Kingdom with Hafthor Julius Bjornsson 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 3 Four 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 2017 World s Strongest ManCompetition informationDates20 28 May 2017VenueThree Dikgosi Monument Sir Seretse Khama International AirportLocationGaboroneCountry BotswanaAthletes participating30Nations participating16Champion s Eddie Hall 1 Kasane 2016Manila 2018 Contents 1 Participants 2 Heat Results 2 1 Heat 1 2 2 Heat 2 2 3 Heat 3 2 4 Heat 4 2 5 Heat 5 3 Finals Events Results 3 1 Event 1 Tyre Flip 3 2 Event 2 Squat Lift 3 3 Event 3 Viking Press 3 4 Event 4 Plane Pull 3 5 Event 5 Max Deadlift 3 6 Event 6 Atlas Stones 4 Final standings 5 References 6 External linksParticipants editBrian Shaw nbsp Jean Francois Caron nbsp Matjaz Belsak nbsp Colm Woulfe nbsp Tom Stoltman nbsp Mark Felix nbsp Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Martins Licis nbsp Luke Stoltman nbsp Jimmy Paquet nbsp Stefan Solvi Petursson nbsp Dimitar Savatinov nbsp Konstantine Janashia nbsp Laurence Shahlaei nbsp Mikhail Shivlyakov nbsp Johan Els nbsp Rob Kearney nbsp Mikkel Leicht nbsp Eddie Hall nbsp Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Ari Gunnarsson nbsp Lauri Nami nbsp Derek DeVaughn nbsp Gerhard Van Staden nbsp Nick Best nbsp Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Peiman Maheripour nbsp Terry Hollands nbsp Bryan Benzel nbsp Olu Fadesire nbsp Heat Results editA 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 4 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 edit Name Nationality Pts1 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 272 Jean Francois Caron nbsp Canada 243 Matjaz Belsak nbsp Slovenia 214 Colm Woulfe nbsp New Zealand 16 55 Tom Stoltman nbsp United Kingdom 66 Mark Felix nbsp United Kingdom 3 5Heat 2 edit Name Nationality Pts1 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 332 Martins Licis nbsp United States 213 Luke Stoltman nbsp United Kingdom 204 Stefan Solvi Petursson nbsp Iceland 145 Jimmy Paquet nbsp Canada 136 Dimitar Savatinov nbsp Bulgaria 4Heat 3 edit Name Nationality Pts1 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 24 52 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 193 Mikhail Shivlyakov nbsp Russia 184 Johan Els nbsp South Africa 155 Rob Kearney nbsp United States 156 Mikkel Leicht nbsp Denmark 13 5Heat 4 edit Name Nationality Pts1 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 24 52 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 22 53 Ari Gunnarsson nbsp Iceland 22 54 Derek DeVaughn nbsp United States 13 55 Lauri Nami nbsp Estonia 10 56 Gerhard Van Staden nbsp South Africa 7 5Heat 5 edit Name Nationality Pts1 Nick Best nbsp United States 222 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 223 Peiman Maheripour nbsp Iran 18 54 Terry Hollands nbsp United Kingdom 175 Bryan Benzel nbsp United States 13 56 Olu Fadesire nbsp Nigeria 5Finals Events Results editEvent 1 Tyre Flip edit 500 kilograms 1 100 lb tyre for 6 flips Time Limit 60 seconds Name Nationality Time sec Event Pts Overall Pts1 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 27 28 10 102 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 28 83 9 93 JF Caron nbsp Canada 31 56 8 84 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 34 52 7 75 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 35 12 6 66 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 39 87 5 57 Martins Licis nbsp United States 39 93 4 48 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia DNF 5 Flips 3 39 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania DNF 3 Flips 1 5 1 59 Nick Best nbsp United States DNF 3 Flips 1 5 1 5Event 2 Squat Lift edit Weight 317 5 kilograms 700 lb for repetitions 5 Time Limit 60 seconds Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts1 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 15 10 162 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 13 7 5 17 52 JF Caron nbsp Canada 13 7 5 15 52 Martins Licis nbsp United States 13 7 5 11 52 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 13 7 5 96 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 12 4 5 13 56 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 12 4 5 9 58 Nick Best nbsp United States 6 3 4 59 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 3 2 910 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 2 1 4Event 3 Viking Press edit Weight 160 kilograms 350 lb for repetitions Time Limit 60 seconds Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts1 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 15 10 262 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 14 9 22 53 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 12 8 25 54 JF Caron nbsp Canada 8 6 21 54 Martins Licis nbsp United States 8 6 17 54 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 8 6 107 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 7 3 5 137 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 7 3 5 12 59 Nick Best nbsp United States 3 2 6 510 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 2 1 10Event 4 Plane Pull edit Weight 26 000 kilograms 57 000 lb Course Length 40 metres 130 ft Time Limit 60 seconds Name Nationality Time sec Event Pts Overall Pts1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 40 07 10 22 52 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 41 10 9 31 53 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 42 92 8 344 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 44 14 7 205 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 47 60 6 31 56 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 47 73 5 157 Martins Licis nbsp United States 49 30 4 21 58 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 50 25 3 139 JF Caron nbsp Canada DNF 29 81 metres 97 8 ft 2 23 510 Nick Best nbsp United States DNF 21 38 metres 70 1 ft 1 7 5Event 5 Max Deadlift edit Opening Weight 380 kilograms 840 lb Name Nationality Weight Lifted Event Pts Overall Pts1 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 472 5 kilograms 1 042 lb 10 442 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 460 kilograms 1 010 lb 8 5 402 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 460 kilograms 1 010 lb 8 5 404 JF Caron nbsp Canada 440 kilograms 970 lb 6 29 54 Martins Licis nbsp United States 440 kilograms 970 lb 6 27 54 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 440 kilograms 970 lb 6 197 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 400 kilograms 880 lb 3 5 23 57 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 400 kilograms 880 lb 3 5 18 59 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 380 kilograms 840 lb 1 5 249 Nick Best nbsp United States 380 kilograms 840 lb 1 5 9Event 6 Atlas Stones edit 5 Atlas Stone series ranging from 150 210 kilograms 330 460 lb Time Limit 60 seconds Name Nationality Time sec Event Pts Overall Pts1 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 5 in 28 99 10 502 Martins Licis nbsp United States 5 in 33 24 9 36 53 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 5 in 40 48 8 484 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 5 in 58 74 7 515 JF Caron nbsp Canada 4 in 29 41 6 35 56 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 4 in 33 01 5 297 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 4 in 35 36 4 238 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 3 in 19 76 3 21 59 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 3 in 45 66 2 25 510 Nick Best nbsp United States 2 in 6 68 1 10Final standings edit Name Nationality Pts1 Eddie Hall nbsp United Kingdom 512 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson nbsp Iceland 503 Brian Shaw nbsp United States 484 Martins Licis nbsp United States 36 55 Jean Francois Caron nbsp Canada 35 56 Mateusz Kieliszkowski nbsp Poland 297 Laurence Shahlaei nbsp United Kingdom 25 58 Konstantine Janashia nbsp Georgia 239 Zydrunas Savickas nbsp Lithuania 21 510 Nick Best nbsp United States 10References edit Eddie The Beast Hall crowned World s Strongest Man BBC 29 May 2017 Retrieved 3 June 2017 World s Strongest Man 2017 Announcement World s Strongest Man 4 April 2017 Retrieved 4 January 2021 Sentinel Stoke Gadd Mick 28 May 2017 Eddie Hall retires from World s Strongest Man competition after Brit claims historic victory Daily Mirror Retrieved 4 January 2021 WSM 2017 Groups and Events Released World s Strongest Man 4 May 2017 Retrieved 4 January 2021 2017 World s Strongest Man Final 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