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2017 WSM Final

The 2017 WSM Final was held on 2017-05-20 in Gaborone, Botswana. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: May 20, 2017 – May 28, 2017
Location: Gaborone, Botswana, Botswana
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Eddie Hall
1st Place

Eddie Hall 🇬🇧

Total Points: 51.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Tire Flip
  2. 2. Squat Lift
  3. 3. Viking Press
  4. 4. Plane Pull
  5. 5. Max Deadlift
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 GBR 51.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 50.0
3 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 48.0
4 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 36.5
5 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 35.5
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 POL 29.0
7 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 GBR 25.5
8 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 GEO 23.0
9 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 21.5
10 Nick Best 🇺🇸 USA 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 28.99 s 10.0
2 Martins Licis 5 in 33.24 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 5 in 40.48 s 8.0
4 Eddie Hall 5 in 58.74 s 7.0
5 Jean-François Caron 4 in 29.41 s 6.0
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 33.01 s 5.0
7 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 35.36 s 4.0
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 in 19.76 s 3.0
9 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 45.66 s 2.0
10 Nick Best 2 in 26.68 s 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 472.5 kg 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 460 kg 8.5
2 Brian Shaw 460 kg 8.5
4 Martins Licis 440 kg 6.0
4 Jean-François Caron 440 kg 6.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 440 kg 6.0
7 Laurence Shahlaei 400 kg 3.5
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 400 kg 3.5
9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 380 kg 1.5
9 Nick Best 380 kg 1.5

Plane Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 40.07 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 41.10 s 9.0
3 Eddie Hall 42.92 s 8.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 44.14 s 7.0
5 Brian Shaw 47.60 s 6.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 47.73 s 5.0
7 Martins Licis 49.30 s 4.0
8 Konstantine Janashia 50.25 s 3.0
9 Jean-François Caron 29.81 m 2.0
10 Nick Best 21.38 m 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 15 reps 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 13 reps 7.5
2 Martins Licis 13 reps 7.5
2 Jean-François Caron 13 reps 7.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 13 reps 7.5
6 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 12 reps 4.5
6 Laurence Shahlaei 12 reps 4.5
8 Nick Best 6 reps 3.0
9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 reps 2.0
10 Konstantine Janashia 2 reps 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 27.28 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 28.83 s 9.0
3 Jean-François Caron 31.56 s 8.0
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 34.52 s 7.0
5 Eddie Hall 35.12 s 6.0
6 Laurence Shahlaei 39.87 s 5.0
7 Martins Licis 39.93 s 4.0
8 Konstantine Janashia 5 flips 3.0
9 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 flips 1.5
9 Nick Best 3 flips 1.5

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 15 reps 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 14 reps 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 12 reps 8.0
4 Martins Licis 8 reps 6.0
4 Jean-François Caron 8 reps 6.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 8 reps 6.0
7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 reps 3.5
7 Laurence Shahlaei 7 reps 3.5
9 Nick Best 3 reps 2.0
10 Žydrūnas Savickas 2 reps 1.0

2017 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 27.0
2 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 24.0
3 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 Slovenia 21.0
4 Colm Woulfe 🇳🇿 New Zealand 16.5
5 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6.0
6 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3.5

Event-by-Event Results

Bullion Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 in 54.14 s 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 6 in 34.53 s 5.0
3 Colm Woulfe 6 in 35.30 s 4.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 26.38 s 3.0
5 Tom Stoltman Withdrew 0.0
5 Mark Felix Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 reps 5.5
1 Jean-François Caron 8 reps 5.5
3 Matjaž Belšak 7 reps 4.0
4 Colm Woulfe 2 reps 3.0
5 Tom Stoltman Withdrew 0.0
5 Mark Felix Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 in 45.93 s 6.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 4 in 38.37 s 5.0
3 Colm Woulfe 4 in 47.72 s 4.0
4 Jean-François Caron 4 in 50.09 s 3.0
5 Tom Stoltman 3 in 23.46 s 2.0
6 Mark Felix 0 in 60.00 s 0.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jean-François Caron 2 + 10.95 m 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 2 + 8.71 m 5.0
3 Colm Woulfe 2 + 7.85 m 4.0
4 Matjaž Belšak 2 + 4.95 m 3.0
5 Mark Felix 2 + 4.29 m 2.0
6 Tom Stoltman 2 + 3.71 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 6 reps 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 5 reps 4.5
2 Brian Shaw 5 reps 4.5
4 Tom Stoltman 3 reps 3.0
5 Colm Woulfe 1 rep 1.5
5 Mark Felix 1 rep 1.5

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Matjaž Belšak 20 reps 0.0
- Tom Stoltman Withdrew 0.0
- Jean-François Caron 10 reps 0.0
- Brian Shaw Qualified 0.0
- Colm Woulfe 11 reps 0.0
- Mark Felix Eliminated 0.0

2017 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 26.0
2 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 21.0
3 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.0
4 Jimmy Paquet 🇨🇦 Canada 13.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 Iceland 14.0
6 Dimitar Savatinov 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 reps 6.0
2 Martins Licis 3 reps 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2 reps 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 1 rep 3.0
5 Jimmy Paquet 0 reps 0.0
5 Dimitar Savatinov 0 reps 0.0

Bullion Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 6 in 32.96 s 6.0
2 Luke Stoltman 6 in 49.59 s 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 27.74 s 4.0
4 Jimmy Paquet 4 in 27.45 s 3.0
5 Martins Licis 2 in 21.02 s 2.0
6 Dimitar Savatinov Withdrew 0.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 35.01 s 6.0
2 Luke Stoltman 24.12 m 5.0
3 Jimmy Paquet 21.58 m 4.0
4 Martins Licis 21.08 m 3.0
5 Dimitar Savatinov 20.89 m 2.0
6 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 16.61 m 1.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3 in 64.03 s 6.0
2 Martins Licis 2 + 7.52 m 5.0
3 Luke Stoltman 2 + 6.43 m 4.0
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2 + 4.27 m 3.0
5 Dimitar Savatinov 2 + 3.73 m 2.0
6 Jimmy Paquet 2 + 3.15 m 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 11 reps 6.0
2 Jimmy Paquet 9 reps 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 reps 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 4 reps 3.0
5 Dimitar Savatinov 0 reps 0.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 0 reps 0.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Dimitar Savatinov Eliminated 0.0
- Luke Stoltman 10 reps 0.0
- Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 8 reps 0.0
- Martins Licis 9 reps 0.0
- Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson Qualified 0.0
- Jimmy Paquet 10 reps 0.0

2017 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 24.5
2 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 🇷🇺 Russia 18.0
4 Johan Els 🇿🇦 South Africa 15.0
5 Rob Kearney 🇺🇸 United States 15.0
6 Mikkel Leicht 🇩🇰 Denmark 13.5

Event-by-Event Results

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 42.69 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 44.69 s 5.0
3 Johan Els 48.14 s 4.0
4 Mikhail Shivlyakov 18.65 m 3.0
5 Mikkel Leicht 16.9 m 2.0
6 Rob Kearney 12.69 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 8 reps 5.5
1 Mikhail Shivlyakov 8 reps 5.5
3 Rob Kearney 6 reps 3.5
3 Laurence Shahlaei 6 reps 3.5
5 Mikkel Leicht 4 reps 2.0
6 Johan Els 3 reps 1.0

Elephant Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Konstantine Janashia 69.94 m 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 65.99 m 5.0
3 Rob Kearney 63.59 m 4.0
4 Johan Els 44.93 m 3.0
5 Mikhail Shivlyakov 35.97 m 2.0
6 Mikkel Leicht 30.84 m 1.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johan Els 2 + 5.82 m 6.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 2 + 5.77 m 5.0
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 2 + 2.59 m 4.0
4 Mikkel Leicht 2 + 2.57 m 3.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 2 + 1.96 m 2.0
6 Rob Kearney 2 + 0.76 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Kearney 5 reps 5.5
1 Mikkel Leicht 5 reps 5.5
3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 4 reps 3.5
3 Laurence Shahlaei 4 reps 3.5
5 Konstantine Janashia 3 reps 2.0
6 Johan Els 2 reps 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mikkel Leicht Eliminated 0.0
- Mikhail Shivlyakov 8 reps 0.0
- Rob Kearney 5 reps 0.0
- Laurence Shahlaei 5 reps 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia Qualified 0.0
- Johan Els 9 reps 0.0

2017 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Eddie Hall 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 24.5
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 Poland 22.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 22.5
4 Lauri Nämi 🇪🇪 Estonia 10.5
5 Derek DeVaughan 🇺🇸 United States 13.5
6 Gerhard van Staden 🇿🇦 South Africa 7.5

Event-by-Event Results

Bullion Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 6 in 23.08 s 6.0
2 Ari Gunnarsson 4 in 50.13 s 5.0
3 Eddie Hall 2 in 10.99 s 4.0
4 Derek DeVaughan 1 in 7.48 s 3.0
5 Gerhard van Staden Withdrew 0.0
5 Lauri Nämi 0 in 60.00 s 0.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 34.76 s 6.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 38.51 s 5.0
3 Ari Gunnarsson 45.68 s 4.0
4 Derek DeVaughan 48.63 s 3.0
5 Lauri Nämi 51.14 s 2.0
6 Gerhard van Staden 18.28 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Hall 4 reps 6.0
2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 reps 5.0
3 Lauri Nämi 2 reps 3.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 2 reps 3.5
5 Derek DeVaughan 1 rep 2.0
6 Gerhard van Staden Withdrew 0.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ari Gunnarsson 2 + 8.61 m 6.0
2 Gerhard van Staden 2 + 8.03 m 5.0
3 Derek DeVaughan 2 + 7.60 m 4.0
4 Eddie Hall 2 + 6.96 m 3.0
5 Lauri Nämi 2 + 4.34 m 2.0
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 2 + 3.89 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 reps 5.5
1 Eddie Hall 7 reps 5.5
3 Ari Gunnarsson 4 reps 4.0
4 Lauri Nämi 2 reps 3.0
5 Derek DeVaughan 1 rep 1.5
5 Gerhard van Staden 1 rep 1.5

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Lauri Nämi 8 reps 0.0
- Derek DeVaughan 6 reps 0.0
- Ari Gunnarsson 9 reps 0.0
- Gerhard van Staden Eliminated 0.0
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski 8 reps 0.0
- Eddie Hall Qualified 0.0

2017 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 22.0
3 Peiman Maheripourehir 🇮🇷 Iran 18.5
4 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.0
5 Bryan Benzel 🇺🇸 United States 13.5
6 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 🇳🇬 Nigeria 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 reps 6.0
2 Peiman Maheripourehir 1 rep 4.5
2 Nick Best 1 rep 4.5
4 Terry Hollands 0 reps 0.0
4 Bryan Benzel 0 reps 0.0
4 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 0 reps 0.0

Elephant Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 71.33 m 6.0
2 Peiman Maheripourehir 59.95 m 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 54.14 m 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 4.84 m 3.0
5 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 4.74 m 2.0
6 Bryan Benzel Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Benzel 5 in 46.99 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 4 in 44.62 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 3 in 23.04 s 4.0
4 Peiman Maheripourehir 3 in 29.36 s 3.0
5 Nick Best 3 in 36.16 s 2.0
6 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 3 in 39.35 s 1.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 3 in 74.92 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 2 + 9.07 m 5.0
3 Nick Best 2 + 8.10 m 4.0
4 Peiman Maheripourehir 2 + 7.62 m 3.0
5 Bryan Benzel 2 + 5.77 m 2.0
6 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 2 + 2.31 m 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Benzel 8 reps 5.5
1 Nick Best 8 reps 5.5
3 Peiman Maheripourehir 5 reps 3.0
3 Terry Hollands 5 reps 3.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 reps 3.0
6 Oluwatofunmi Fadesire 2 reps 1.0

Last Man Standing

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Oluwatofunmi Fadesire Eliminated 0.0
- Peiman Maheripourehir 12 reps 0.0
- Bryan Benzel Withdrew 0.0
- Žydrūnas Savickas 2 reps 0.0
- Nick Best Qualified 0.0
- Terry Hollands 11 reps 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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