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. 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. 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.

Participants

Heat Results 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. 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 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Brian Shaw 27 2 Jean-François Caron 24 3 Matjaz Belsak 21 4 Colm Woulfe 16.5 5 Tom Stoltman 6 6 Mark Felix 3.5

Heat 2 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 33 2 Martins Licis 21 3 Luke Stoltman 20 4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 14 5 Jimmy Paquet 13 6 Dimitar Savatinov 4

Heat 3 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Konstantine Janashia 24.5 2 Laurence Shahlaei 19 3 Mikhail Shivlyakov 18 4 Johan Els 15 5 Rob Kearney 15 6 Mikkel Leicht 13.5

Heat 4 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Eddie Hall 24.5 2 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 22.5 3 Ari Gunnarsson 22.5 4 Derek DeVaughn 13.5 5 Lauri Nämi 10.5 6 Gerhard Van Staden 7.5

Heat 5 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Nick Best 22 2 Zydrunas Savickas 22 3 Peiman Maheripour 18.5 4 Terry Hollands 17 5 Bryan Benzel 13.5 6 Olu Fadesire 5

Finals Events Results Event 1: Tyre Flip tyre for 6 flips Time Limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Brian Shaw 27.28 10 10 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 28.83 9 9 3 JF Caron 31.56 8 8 4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 34.52 7 7 5 Eddie Hall 35.12 6 6 6 Laurence Shahlaei 39.87 5 5 7 Martins Licis 39.93 4 4 8 Konstantine Janashia DNF (5 Flips) 3 3 9 Zydrunas Savickas DNF (3 Flips) 1.5 1.5 9 Nick Best DNF (3 Flips) 1.5 1.5

Event 2: Squat Lift Weight: for repetitions Time Limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Eddie Hall 15 10 16 2 Brian Shaw 13 7.5 17.5 2 JF Caron 13 7.5 15.5 2 Martins Licis 13 7.5 11.5 2 Zydrunas Savickas 13 7.5 9 6 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 12 4.5 13.5 6 Laurence Shahlaei 12 4.5 9.5 8 Nick Best 6 3 4.5 9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 3 2 9 10 Konstantine Janashia 2 1 4

Event 3: Viking Press Weight: for repetitions Time Limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Eddie Hall 15 10 26 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 14 9 22.5 3 Brian Shaw 12 8 25.5 4 JF Caron 8 6 21.5 4 Martins Licis 8 6 17.5 4 Konstantine Janashia 8 6 10 7 Laurence Shahlaei 7 3.5 13 7 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 3.5 12.5 9 Nick Best 3 2 6.5 10 Zydrunas Savickas 2 1 10

Event 4: Plane Pull Weight: Course Length: Time Limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 40.07 10 22.5 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 41.10 9 31.5 3 Eddie Hall 42.92 8 34 4 Laurence Shahlaei 44.14 7 20 5 Brian Shaw 47.60 6 31.5 6 Zydrunas Savickas 47.73 5 15 7 Martins Licis 49.30 4 21.5 8 Konstantine Janashia 50.25 3 13 9 JF Caron DNF 2 23.5 10 Nick Best DNF 1 7.5

Event 5: Max Deadlift Opening Weight: # Name Nationality Weight Lifted Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Eddie Hall 10 44 2 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 8.5 40 2 Brian Shaw 8.5 40 4 JF Caron 6 29.5 4 Martins Licis 6 27.5 4 Konstantine Janashia 6 19 7 Laurence Shahlaei 3.5 23.5 7 Zydrunas Savickas 3.5 18.5 9 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 1.5 24 9 Nick Best 1.5 9

Event 6: Atlas Stones 5 Atlas Stone series ranging from Time Limit: 60 seconds # Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts 1 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 28.99 10 50 2 Martins Licis 5 in 33.24 9 36.5 3 Brian Shaw 5 in 40.48 8 48 4 Eddie Hall 5 in 58.74 7 51 5 JF Caron 4 in 29.41 6 35.5 6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 33.01 5 29 7 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 35.36 4 23 8 Zydrunas Savickas 3 in 19.76 3 21.5 9 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 45.66 2 25.5 10 Nick Best 2 in 6.68 1 10

Final standings # Name Nationality Pts Eddie Hall 51 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 50 Brian Shaw 48 4 Martins Licis 36.5 5 Jean-François Caron 35.5 6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 29 7 Laurence Shahlaei 25.5 8 Konstantine Janashia 23 9 Zydrunas Savickas 21.5 10 Nick Best 10

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