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2012 WSM Final

The 2012 WSM Final was held on 2012-09-24 in Los Angeles, California. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: September 24, 2012 – October 1, 2012
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Žydrūnas Savickas
1st Place

Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹

Total Points: 49.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Super Yoke
  2. 2. Max Log Lift
  3. 3. Bus Pull
  4. 4. Deadlift
  5. 5. Natural Stones
  6. 6. Power Stairs

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 49.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 LTU 44.5
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 42.5
4 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 40.0
5 Mike Jenkins 🇺🇸 USA 38.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 POL 32.5
7 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 28.5
8 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 21.5
9 Johannes 🇸🇪 SWE 19.5
10 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 SRB 9.5

Event-by-Event Results

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 42.97 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 44.71 s 9.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 52.56 s 8.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 55.35 s 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 65.12 s 6.0
6 Mike Jenkins 70.41 s 5.0
7 Johannes 19.9 m 4.0
8 Jean-François Caron 9.9 m 3.0
9 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4.55 m 2.0
10 Ervin Katona 1.6 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 reps 10.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 7 reps 8.5
2 Terry Hollands 7 reps 8.5
4 Brian Shaw 6 reps 6.5
4 Jean-François Caron 6 reps 6.5
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 5 reps 5.0
7 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 reps 4.0
8 Mike Jenkins 3 reps 2.0
8 Johannes 3 reps 2.0
8 Ervin Katona 3 reps 2.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 220 kg 10.0
2 Mike Jenkins 210 kg 8.5
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 210 kg 8.5
4 Vytautas Lalas 200 kg 7.0
5 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 185 kg 4.5
5 Brian Shaw 185 kg 4.5
5 Johannes 185 kg 4.5
5 Ervin Katona 185 kg 4.5
9 Terry Hollands 170 kg 2.0
- Jean-François Caron No lift 0.0

Natural Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 25.52 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 32.13 s 9.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 33.29 s 8.0
4 Mike Jenkins 5 in 37.40 s 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 5 in 38.56 s 6.0
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 5 in 49.27 s 5.0
7 Jean-François Caron 5 in 53.44 s 4.0
8 Johannes 5 in 59.19 s 3.0
9 Terry Hollands 4 in 41.77 s 2.0
10 Ervin Katona 1 in 7.58 s 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 36.82 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 42.83 s 9.0
3 Mike Jenkins 43.77 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 45.61 s 7.0
5 Jean-François Caron 74.84 s 6.0
6 Krzysztof Radzikowski 13 stairs 5.0
7 Vytautas Lalas 11 stairs 4.0
8 Johannes 10 stairs 3.0
- Terry Hollands Withdrew 0.0
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 28.40 s 10.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 30.05 s 9.0
3 Mike Jenkins 31.49 s 8.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 31.85 s 7.0
5 Terry Hollands 32.27 s 6.0
6 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 33.55 s 5.0
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 37.89 s 4.0
8 Johannes 33.9 m 3.0
9 Jean-François Caron 27.3 m 2.0
10 Ervin Katona 25.75 m 1.0

2012 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 31.5
2 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 29.0
3 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 United States 27.5
4 Mateusz Baron 🇵🇱 Poland 15.0
5 Jack McIntosh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0
6 Frankie Scheun 🇿🇦 South Africa 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 35.85 s 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 5 in 37.43 s 5.0
3 Derek Poundstone 5 in 51.94 s 4.0
4 Mateusz Baron 3 in 31.40 s 3.0
5 Frankie Scheun 3 in 52.68 s 2.0
6 Jack McIntosh 2 in 23.58 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 14 reps 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 12 reps 4.5
2 Derek Poundstone 12 reps 4.5
4 Mateusz Baron 11 reps 3.0
5 Frankie Scheun 6 reps 2.0
6 Jack McIntosh 3 reps 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 11 reps 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 9 reps 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 7 reps 4.0
4 Jack McIntosh 4 reps 3.0
5 Mateusz Baron 3 reps 2.0
6 Frankie Scheun 2 reps 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 in 19.12 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 8 in 21.47 s 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 7 in 75.00 s 4.0
4 Jack McIntosh 6 in 75.00 s 3.0
5 Frankie Scheun 5 in 75.00 s 2.0
6 Mateusz Baron 4 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 4 in 36.87 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 4 in 37.47 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 38.41 s 4.0
4 Jack McIntosh 4 in 47.24 s 3.0
5 Frankie Scheun 4 in 47.40 s 2.0
6 Mateusz Baron 4 in 52.02 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 29.94 s 6.0
2 Mateusz Baron 32.40 s 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 33.22 s 4.0
4 Derek Poundstone 34.09 s 3.0
5 Jack McIntosh 36.62 s 2.0
6 Frankie Scheun 37.97 s 1.0

2012 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 29.5
2 Mike Jenkins 🇺🇸 United States 26.0
3 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 21.0
4 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
5 Sebastian Kurek 🇵🇱 Poland 15.0
6 Ákos Nagy 🇭🇺 Hungary 13.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 27.80 s 6.0
2 Sebastian Kurek 4 in 32.52 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 4 in 39.24 s 4.0
4 Eddie Hall 4 in 42.24 s 3.0
5 Mike Jenkins 2 in 29.34 s 2.0
6 Ákos Nagy 2 in 35.64 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 38.29 s 6.0
2 Mike Jenkins 4 in 40.58 s 5.0
3 Sebastian Kurek 4 in 42.55 s 4.0
4 Nick Best 4 in 46.53 s 3.0
5 Eddie Hall 4 in 49.82 s 2.0
6 Ákos Nagy 3 in 49.02 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 9 reps 6.0
2 Nick Best 8 reps 5.0
3 Mike Jenkins 5 reps 4.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 reps 2.5
4 Ákos Nagy 4 reps 2.5
6 Sebastian Kurek 0 reps 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Jenkins 16.97 s 6.0
2 Nick Best 18.40 s 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 23.19 s 4.0
4 Ákos Nagy 28.84 s 3.0
5 Sebastian Kurek 33.59 s 2.0
6 Eddie Hall 6.3 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 26.93 s 6.0
2 Mike Jenkins 31.56 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 34.78 s 4.0
4 Ákos Nagy 36.31 s 3.0
5 Sebastian Kurek 37.93 s 2.0
6 Eddie Hall 38.94 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 9 reps 6.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 7 reps 5.0
3 Mike Jenkins 6 reps 4.0
4 Ákos Nagy 4 reps 3.0
5 Sebastian Kurek 3 reps 2.0
6 Nick Best 0 reps 0.0

2012 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 27.5
2 Johannes 🇸🇪 Sweden 27.0
3 Martin Wildauer 🇦🇹 Austria 23.5
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 🇷🇺 Russia 21.0
5 Lauri Nämi 🇪🇪 Estonia 16.0
6 Chris Gearing 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Wildauer 36.78 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 40.00 s 5.0
3 Mikhail Koklyaev 44.35 s 4.0
4 Johannes 49.09 s 3.0
5 Lauri Nämi 59.75 s 2.0
6 Chris Gearing 74.81 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 5 in 41.99 s 6.0
2 Lauri Nämi 5 in 59.32 s 5.0
3 Chris Gearing 4 in 36.28 s 4.0
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 4 in 64.83 s 3.0
5 Martin Wildauer 3 in 51.46 s 2.0
6 Brian Shaw 1 in 9.74 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Wildauer 12 reps 5.5
1 Brian Shaw 12 reps 5.5
3 Mikhail Koklyaev 11 reps 4.0
4 Johannes 7 reps 3.0
5 Chris Gearing 6 reps 2.0
6 Lauri Nämi 1 rep 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Koklyaev 10 reps 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 9 reps 5.0
3 Johannes 7 reps 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 5 reps 3.0
5 Lauri Nämi 3 reps 2.0
6 Chris Gearing 0 reps 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 in 21.78 s 6.0
2 Johannes 8 in 23.60 s 5.0
3 Martin Wildauer 8 in 27.56 s 4.0
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 8 in 62.25 s 3.0
5 Lauri Nämi 7 in 75.00 s 2.0
6 Chris Gearing 5 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 4 in 36.07 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 4 in 37.77 s 5.0
3 Lauri Nämi 4 in 42.46 s 4.0
4 Martin Wildauer 4 in 43.38 s 3.0
5 Chris Gearing 4 in 43.45 s 2.0
6 Mikhail Koklyaev 4 in 44.11 s 1.0

2012 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 29.0
2 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 Serbia 23.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 Canada 20.0
4 Jerry Pritchett 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
5 Graham Hicks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.0
6 Ole Martin Hansen 🇳🇴 Norway 17.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jerry Pritchett 37.28 s 6.0
2 Ervin Katona 39.53 s 5.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 59.12 s 4.0
4 Ole Martin Hansen 18.5 m 3.0
5 Louis-Philippe Jean 13.7 m 2.0
6 Graham Hicks 8.15 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 40.57 s 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 51.55 s 5.0
3 Jerry Pritchett 4 in 34.99 s 4.0
4 Ole Martin Hansen 3 in 33.92 s 3.0
5 Graham Hicks 3 in 47.02 s 2.0
6 Ervin Katona 1 in 9.83 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 8 in 47.63 s 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 7 in 75.00 s 5.0
3 Ole Martin Hansen 6 in 75.00 s 3.5
3 Graham Hicks 6 in 75.00 s 3.5
5 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 75.00 s 2.0
6 Jerry Pritchett 4 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Graham Hicks 4 in 41.99 s 6.0
2 Ole Martin Hansen 4 in 43.21 s 5.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 4 in 44.95 s 4.0
4 Ervin Katona 4 in 46.98 s 3.0
5 Jerry Pritchett 4 in 48.83 s 2.0
6 Louis-Philippe Jean 4 in 58.71 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 11 reps 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 9 reps 5.0
3 Jerry Pritchett 8 reps 4.0
4 Graham Hicks 4 reps 3.0
5 Ervin Katona 1 rep 2.0
6 Ole Martin Hansen 0 reps 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 11 reps 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 10 reps 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 9 reps 4.0
4 Graham Hicks 7 reps 2.5
4 Ole Martin Hansen 7 reps 2.5
6 Jerry Pritchett 3 reps 1.0

2012 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 30.0
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 Poland 27.5
3 Mike Burke 🇺🇸 United States 24.0
4 Alex Moonen 🇳🇱 Netherlands 19.0
5 James Fennelly 🇮🇪 Ireland 18.5
6 Eben le Roux 🇦🇺 Australia 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Burke 6 in 32.03 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 5 in 45.43 s 5.0
3 Alex Moonen 4 in 46.61 s 4.0
4 James Fennelly 3 in 45.93 s 3.0
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 2 in 8.02 s 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 0 in 75.00 s 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 James Fennelly 11 reps 5.5
1 Krzysztof Radzikowski 11 reps 5.5
3 Terry Hollands 8 reps 4.0
4 Mike Burke 5 reps 3.0
5 Alex Moonen 3 reps 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 1 rep 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 4 in 37.64 s 6.0
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 in 37.74 s 5.0
3 James Fennelly 4 in 39.76 s 4.0
4 Mike Burke 4 in 45.18 s 3.0
5 Eben le Roux 4 in 46.71 s 2.0
6 Alex Moonen 4 in 60.56 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 18.71 s 6.0
2 Krzysztof Radzikowski 20.31 s 5.0
3 Mike Burke 23.09 s 4.0
4 Alex Moonen 32.81 s 3.0
5 James Fennelly 38.69 s 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 23.1 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 27.47 s 6.0
2 Alex Moonen 32.19 s 5.0
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 32.41 s 4.0
4 Mike Burke 32.47 s 3.0
5 James Fennelly 37.41 s 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 39.22 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Krzysztof Radzikowski 14 reps 6.0
2 Mike Burke 11 reps 5.0
3 Alex Moonen 9 reps 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 7 reps 3.0
5 James Fennelly 1 rep 2.0
6 Eben le Roux 0 reps 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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