World's Strongest Man

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The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition held annually and broadcast on US television during the summer and on UK television in December. The World's Strongest Man, the strongman world championship, has been held since 1977. The competition is organized by the International Management Group . Qualification for the World's Strongest Man takes place via the Giants Live events, which take place four to eight times each year. Here the athletes have to reach one of the top three finishes in order to participate in The World's Strongest Man. Furthermore, so-called wildcards can be given to unqualified athletes, which enable them to participate in the competition. The record winner with five World Strongest Man titles is Mariusz Pudzianowski .

Results

year winner 2nd place 3rd place venue
2019 United StatesUnited States Martins Licis PolandPoland Mateusz Kieliszkowski IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United StatesUnited States Bradenton , Florida
2018 IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson PolandPoland Mateusz Kieliszkowski United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw PhilippinesPhilippines Manila , Philippines
2017 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eddie Hall IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw BotswanaBotswana Gaborone , Botswana
2016 United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eddie Hall BotswanaBotswana Kasane , Botswana
2015 United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson MalaysiaMalaysia Putrajaya , Malaysia
2014 LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw United StatesUnited States Los Angeles , California
2013 United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sanya , China
2012 LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas LithuaniaLithuania Vytautas Lalas IcelandIceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United StatesUnited States Los Angeles , California
2011 United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Hollands United StatesUnited States Wingate , North Carolina
2010 LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw RussiaRussia Mikhail Koklyaev South AfricaSouth Africa Sun City , South Africa
2009 LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski United StatesUnited States Brian Shaw MaltaMalta Valletta , Malta
2008 PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski United StatesUnited States Derek Poundstone United StatesUnited States Dave Ostlund United StatesUnited States Charleston , West Virginia
2007 PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski PolandPoland Sebastian Wenta United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Hollands United StatesUnited States Anaheim , California
2006 United StatesUnited States Phil Pfister PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski United StatesUnited States Don Pope China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sanya , China
2005 PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski United StatesUnited States Jesse Marunde CanadaCanada Dominic Filiou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chengdu , China
2004 UkraineUkraine Vasyl Virastyuk LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas SwedenSweden Magnus Samuelsson BahamasBahamas Nassau , Bahamas
2003 PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas UkraineUkraine Vasyl Virastyuk ZambiaZambia Zambia Victoria Falls , Zambia
2002 PolandPoland Mariusz Pudzianowski LithuaniaLithuania Žydrūnas Savickas LatviaLatvia Raimonds Bergmanis MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
2001 NorwayNorway Svend Karlsen SwedenSweden Magnus Samuelsson FinlandFinland Janne Virtanen ZambiaZambia Zambia Victoria Falls , Zambia
2000 FinlandFinland Janne Virtanen NorwayNorway Svend Karlsen SwedenSweden Magnus Samuelsson South AfricaSouth Africa Sun City , South Africa
1999 FinlandFinland Jouko Ahola FinlandFinland Janne Virtanen NorwayNorway Svend Karlsen MaltaMalta Valletta , Malta
1998 SwedenSweden Magnus Samuelsson FinlandFinland Jouko Ahola NetherlandsNetherlands Wout Zijlstra MoroccoMorocco Tangier , Morocco
1997 FinlandFinland Jouko Ahola DenmarkDenmark Flemming Rasmussen SwedenSweden Magnus Samuelsson United StatesUnited States Primm , Nevada
1996 IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon FinlandFinland Riku Kiri South AfricaSouth Africa Gerrit Badenhorst MauritiusMauritius Port Louis , Mauritius
1995 IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon South AfricaSouth Africa Gerrit Badenhorst FinlandFinland Marko Varalahti BahamasBahamas Nassau , Bahamas
1994 IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon AustriaAustria Manfred Höberl FinlandFinland Riku Kiri South AfricaSouth Africa Sun City , South Africa
1993 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Taylor IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon FinlandFinland Riku Kiri FranceFrance Orange , France
1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Ted van der Parre IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Reeves IcelandIceland Reykjavík , Iceland
1991 IcelandIceland Magnús Ver Magnússon DenmarkDenmark Henning Thorsen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Taylor SpainSpain Tenerife , Canary Islands
1990 IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson United StatesUnited States OD Wilson FinlandFinland Ilkka Nummisto FinlandFinland Joensuu , Finland
1989 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Reeves NetherlandsNetherlands From Wolders IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson SpainSpain San Sebastian , Spain
1988 IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson United StatesUnited States Bill Kazmaier United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Reeves HungaryHungary Budapest , Hungary
1987 no implementation
1986 IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes NetherlandsNetherlands From Wolders FranceFrance Nice , France
1985 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson NetherlandsNetherlands Cees de Vreugd PortugalPortugal Cascais , Portugal
1984 IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson NetherlandsNetherlands From Wolders United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes SwedenSweden Mora , Sweden
1983 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes IcelandIceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson NetherlandsNetherlands Simon Wulfse New ZealandNew Zealand Christchurch , New Zealand
1982 United StatesUnited States Bill Kazmaier CanadaCanada Tom Magee United StatesUnited States John Gamble United StatesUnited States Magic Mountain , California
1981 United StatesUnited States Bill Kazmaier United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes United StatesUnited States Dave Waddington United StatesUnited States Magic Mountain , California
1980 United StatesUnited States Bill Kazmaier SwedenSweden Lars Hedlund United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geoff Capes United StatesUnited States Vernon , New Jersey
1979 United StatesUnited States Don Reinhoudt SwedenSweden Lars Hedlund United StatesUnited States Bill Kazmaier United StatesUnited States Universal Studios , California
1978 United StatesUnited States Bruce Wilhelm United StatesUnited States Don Reinhoudt SwedenSweden Lars Hedlund United StatesUnited States Universal Studios , California
1977 United StatesUnited States Bruce Wilhelm United StatesUnited States Bob Young United StatesUnited States Ken Patera United StatesUnited States Universal Studios , California

Source: The World's Stronges Man Archive

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The World Strongest Man . theworldsstrongestman.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  2. ^ The World's strongest man archive . theworldsstrongestman.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.