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2009 WSM Final

The 2009 WSM Final was held on 2009-09-26 in Valletta, Malta. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: September 26, 2009 – October 3, 2009
Location: Valletta, Malta, Malta
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Žydrūnas Savickas
1st Place

Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹

Total Points: 58.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Fingal's Fingers
  2. 2. Farmer's Walk
  3. 3. Plane Pull
  4. 4. Axle Press
  5. 5. Arm Over Arm Pull
  6. 6. Deadlift
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 58.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 53.0
3 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 49.0
4 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 USA 46.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 USA 45.5
6 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 41.0
7 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 28.5
8 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 USA 25.0
9 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 GBR 23.5
10 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 CAN 14.5

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 32.44 s 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 39.38 s 9.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 45.88 s 8.0
4 Terry Hollands 47.07 s 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 50.89 s 6.0
6 Laurence Shahlaei 51.13 s 5.0
7 Derek Poundstone 62.06 s 4.0
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 62.94 s 3.0
9 Dave Ostlund 66.14 s 2.0
10 Louis-Philippe Jean 12.3 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 5 in 24.29 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 24.63 s 9.0
3 Terry Hollands 5 in 25.22 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 5 in 25.62 s 7.0
5 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 26.57 s 6.0
6 Derek Poundstone 5 in 27.03 s 5.0
7 Phil Pfister 5 in 28.67 s 4.0
8 Dave Ostlund 5 in 32.13 s 3.0
9 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 51.47 s 2.0
10 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 28.03 s 1.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 9 reps 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 8 reps 8.5
2 Derek Poundstone 8 reps 8.5
4 Travis Ortmayer 7 reps 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 6 reps 6.0
6 Phil Pfister 5 reps 4.5
6 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 reps 4.5
8 Dave Ostlund 4 reps 3.0
9 Terry Hollands 2 reps 1.5
9 Laurence Shahlaei 2 reps 1.5

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 11 reps 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 9 reps 8.5
2 Derek Poundstone 9 reps 8.5
4 Brian Shaw 8 reps 6.5
4 Terry Hollands 8 reps 6.5
6 Travis Ortmayer 7 reps 5.0
7 Laurence Shahlaei 6 reps 4.0
8 Dave Ostlund 5 reps 3.0
9 Louis-Philippe Jean 3 reps 2.0
- Phil Pfister 0 reps 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 25.05 s 10.0
2 Derek Poundstone 31.63 s 9.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 33.54 s 8.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 36.20 s 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 36.86 s 6.0
6 Terry Hollands 37.13 s 5.0
7 Brian Shaw 48.80 s 4.0
8 Louis-Philippe Jean 50.45 s 3.0
9 Dave Ostlund 72.37 s 2.0
10 Travis Ortmayer 45.05 m 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 28.69 s 10.0
2 Dave Ostlund 5 in 32.08 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 5 in 32.37 s 8.0
4 Travis Ortmayer 5 in 34.85 s 7.0
5 Derek Poundstone 5 in 35.38 s 6.0
6 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 36.47 s 5.0
7 Phil Pfister 5 in 37.57 s 4.0
8 Terry Hollands 5 in 43.07 s 3.0
9 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 38.03 s 2.0
10 Louis-Philippe Jean 4 in 44.11 s 1.0

Plane Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 38.19 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 40.24 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 40.53 s 7.5
3 Travis Ortmayer 40.53 s 7.5
5 Mariusz Pudzianowski 40.91 s 6.0
6 Derek Poundstone 41.12 s 5.0
7 Phil Pfister 42.56 s 4.0
8 Dave Ostlund 45.53 s 3.0
9 Laurence Shahlaei 45.54 s 2.0
10 Louis-Philippe Jean 46.69 s 1.0

2009 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 United States 34.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 Canada 25.0
3 Kostiantyn Ilin 🇺🇦 Ukraine 21.0
4 Jimmy Marku 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.0
5 Kevin Nee 🇺🇸 United States 11.0
6 Sebastian Wenta 🇵🇱 Poland 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 48.73 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 4 in 25.10 s 5.0
3 Jimmy Marku 4 in 59.60 s 4.0
4 Kostiantyn Ilin 2 in 37.42 s 3.0
5 Sebastian Wenta Withdrew 0.0
5 Kevin Nee Withdrew 0.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 19.09 s 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 26.60 s 5.0
3 Kevin Nee 46.53 s 4.0
4 Kostiantyn Ilin 49.34 s 3.0
5 Jimmy Marku 12.3 m 2.0
6 Sebastian Wenta Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 38.71 s 6.0
2 Jimmy Marku 44.06 s 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 46.00 s 4.0
4 Sebastian Wenta 54.37 s 3.0
5 Kostiantyn Ilin 66.49 s 2.0
6 Kevin Nee 16.6 m 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 9 reps 6.0
2 Kostiantyn Ilin 8 reps 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 6 reps 4.0
4 Jimmy Marku 0 reps 0.0
4 Sebastian Wenta Withdrew 0.0
4 Kevin Nee 0 reps 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jimmy Marku 6 in 25.57 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 6 in 30.02 s 5.0
3 Kevin Nee 6 in 31.19 s 4.0
4 Kostiantyn Ilin 6 in 31.85 s 3.0
5 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 26.38 s 2.0
6 Sebastian Wenta Withdrew 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 42.66 s 6.0
2 Kostiantyn Ilin 50.08 s 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 58.28 s 4.0
4 Sebastian Wenta 58.37 s 3.0
5 Kevin Nee 65.59 s 2.0
6 Jimmy Marku 67.47 s 1.0

2009 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 32.0
2 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 30.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 Iceland 21.0
4 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.0
5 Martin Wildauer 🇦🇹 Austria 13.5
6 Marshall White 🇺🇸 United States 12.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 28.20 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 29.27 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 30.43 s 4.0
4 Marshall White 5 in 37.67 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 5 in 48.49 s 2.0
6 Martin Wildauer 4 in 30.90 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 7 in 31.36 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 7 in 31.64 s 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 7 in 35.97 s 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 7 in 36.26 s 3.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 6 in 31.57 s 2.0
6 Marshall White 4 in 17.67 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 31.06 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 31.34 s 5.0
3 Marshall White 5 in 56.67 s 4.0
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 4 in 29.22 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 4 in 34.15 s 2.0
6 Martin Wildauer 4 in 56.68 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 8 in 23.53 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 8 in 29.41 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 in 30.19 s 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 6 in 75.00 s 2.5
4 Marshall White 6 in 75.00 s 2.5
6 Mark Felix 4 in 75.00 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 22.63 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 22.79 s 5.0
3 Mark Felix 24.13 s 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 25.28 s 3.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 26.78 s 2.0
6 Marshall White 28.67 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 42.19 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 43.53 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 50.07 s 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 50.94 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 51.56 s 2.0
6 Marshall White 56.97 s 1.0

2009 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 United States 30.5
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 Poland 27.5
3 Darren Sadler 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 22.0
4 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 Serbia 20.5
5 Alexander Klyushev 🇷🇺 Russia 17.5
6 Jimmy Laureys 🇧🇪 Belgium 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 5 in 24.88 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 33.91 s 5.0
3 Darren Sadler 4 in 35.85 s 4.0
4 Ervin Katona 4 in 37.14 s 3.0
5 Alexander Klyushev 4 in 38.27 s 2.0
6 Jimmy Laureys 4 in 39.21 s 1.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 20.30 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 20.72 s 5.0
3 Alexander Klyushev 25.06 s 4.0
4 Ervin Katona 28.28 s 3.0
5 Darren Sadler 47.41 s 2.0
6 Jimmy Laureys 5.8 m 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 35.90 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 37.81 s 5.0
3 Ervin Katona 44.12 s 4.0
4 Darren Sadler 45.17 s 3.0
5 Jimmy Laureys 49.53 s 2.0
6 Alexander Klyushev 49.83 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Darren Sadler 7 in 35.19 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 7 in 36.50 s 5.0
3 Ervin Katona 7 in 43.03 s 4.0
4 Alexander Klyushev 7 in 45.97 s 3.0
5 Jimmy Laureys 5 in 33.07 s 2.0
6 Phil Pfister 4 in 23.25 s 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Alexander Klyushev 6 reps 5.5
1 Phil Pfister 6 reps 5.5
3 Darren Sadler 4 reps 4.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 3 reps 2.5
4 Ervin Katona 3 reps 2.5
6 Jimmy Laureys 0 reps 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 40.91 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 45.40 s 5.0
3 Ervin Katona 49.22 s 4.0
4 Darren Sadler 62.31 s 3.0
5 Alexander Klyushev 70.06 s 2.0
6 Jimmy Laureys 70.91 s 1.0

2009 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 26.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 United States 23.0
3 Johannes 🇸🇪 Sweden 22.0
4 Ettiene Smit 🇿🇦 South Africa 20.0
5 Richard Skog 🇳🇴 Norway 19.5
6 Agris Kazeļņiks 🇱🇻 Latvia 15.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 5 in 27.96 s 6.0
2 Richard Skog 5 in 29.97 s 5.0
3 Johannes 5 in 35.23 s 4.0
4 Agris Kazeļņiks 4 in 47.43 s 3.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 25.54 s 2.0
6 Ettiene Smit 3 in 51.19 s 1.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 21.87 s 6.0
2 Ettiene Smit 22.66 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 24.44 s 4.0
4 Agris Kazeļņiks 25.63 s 3.0
5 Richard Skog 32.22 s 2.0
6 Johannes 34.41 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ettiene Smit 8 in 25.89 s 6.0
2 Johannes 7 in 75.00 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 6 in 75.00 s 4.0
4 Richard Skog 4 in 75.00 s 2.5
4 Agris Kazeļņiks 4 in 75.00 s 2.5
6 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 75.00 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 22.09 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 23.84 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 24.15 s 4.0
4 Richard Skog 25.03 s 3.0
5 Ettiene Smit 25.58 s 2.0
6 Agris Kazeļņiks 33.85 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 7 in 35.65 s 6.0
2 Ettiene Smit 6 in 27.48 s 5.0
3 Agris Kazeļņiks 6 in 32.27 s 4.0
4 Johannes 6 in 36.65 s 3.0
5 Richard Skog 4 in 18.05 s 2.0
6 Travis Ortmayer 2 in 7.57 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 45.42 s 6.0
2 Richard Skog 46.75 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 49.13 s 4.0
4 Johannes 56.32 s 3.0
5 Agris Kazeļņiks 56.88 s 2.0
6 Ettiene Smit 62.50 s 1.0

2009 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 29.0
2 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 United States 26.0
3 Andrus Murumets 🇪🇪 Estonia 26.0
4 Christian Savoie 🇨🇦 Canada 18.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 Poland 15.0
6 Florian Trimpl 🇩🇪 Germany 12.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 5 in 26.66 s 6.0
2 Andrus Murumets 5 in 30.03 s 5.0
3 Christian Savoie 5 in 32.85 s 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 5 in 44.05 s 3.0
5 Florian Trimpl 4 in 32.66 s 2.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 34.49 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrus Murumets 34.38 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 36.41 s 5.0
3 Christian Savoie 37.78 s 4.0
4 Florian Trimpl 41.98 s 3.0
5 Dave Ostlund 42.15 s 2.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 46.14 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 7 in 32.70 s 6.0
2 Andrus Murumets 6 in 30.89 s 5.0
3 Dave Ostlund 6 in 30.96 s 4.0
4 Christian Savoie 6 in 38.79 s 3.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 5 in 24.30 s 2.0
6 Florian Trimpl 5 in 32.74 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 5 in 33.84 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 4 in 27.83 s 5.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 32.47 s 4.0
4 Andrus Murumets 4 in 45.45 s 3.0
5 Florian Trimpl 4 in 49.85 s 2.0
6 Christian Savoie 3 in 22.83 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 7 in 75.00 s 6.0
2 Dave Ostlund 6 in 75.00 s 4.0
2 Terry Hollands 6 in 75.00 s 4.0
2 Andrus Murumets 6 in 75.00 s 4.0
5 Florian Trimpl 5 in 75.00 s 2.0
6 Christian Savoie 4 in 75.00 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 40.50 s 6.0
2 Christian Savoie 45.91 s 5.0
3 Dave Ostlund 46.28 s 4.0
4 Andrus Murumets 47.07 s 3.0
5 Florian Trimpl 57.43 s 2.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 16.2 m 1.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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