2010 World's Strongest Man

The 2010 World's Strongest Man was the 33rd edition of World's Strongest Man held at Sun City, South Africa from September 15–22, 2010.[1] Zydrunas Savickas won his second title, Brian Shaw placed second, moving up 1 spot from 3rd place the previous year, and Mikhail Koklyaev placed third.[2]

2010 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates15-22 September 2010
VenueSun City
Country South Africa
Athletes participating30
Nations participating15
Champion(s)
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas

In the finals, Zydrunas Savickas set a new world record in the Giant Wooden Log Lift for Max Weight event by lifting 210 kg (460 lb).[3]

Line-up

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Competitors – Original listing

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Name Nationality WSM record Other Strongman Achievements
JordanHennie Jordan   South Africa
BergmannJason Bergmann   United States 9th place 2008 World's Strongest Man 2nd place America's Strongest Man 2008
WestabyMark Westaby   United Kingdom
SkogRichard Skog   Norway 2 time Norway's strongest man 2009 & 2010.
2nd in Giants Live Viking Power Challenge.
FelixMark Felix   United Kingdom 4th place 2006 World's Strongest Man, 7th place 2007 Rolling Thunder World Champion and World Record Holder
IFSA Britain's Strongest Man 2005
KoklyaevMikhail Koklyaev   Russia 3rd in 2005, 2nd in 2006 & 2007 IFSA World Championship
multiple wins in the Strongman Champions League,
2nd in the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic
OrtmayerTravis Ortmayer   United States 5th place 2008 & 2009 World's Strongest Man 3rd place 2009 & 2010 Arnold Strongman Classic
PoundstoneDerek Poundstone   United States 2nd place World's Strongest Man 2008, 4th place 2009 2007 & 2008 America's strongest man champion
2 time Arnold Strongman Classic champion in 2009 & 2010
Fortissimus champion 2008, 2nd place 2009
Strongman Super Series World Champion 2008
3 time Mohegan Sun Super Series champion 2008–2010
Giants Live Ukraine 2010 champion
ShawBrian Shaw   United States 3rd place 2009 World's Strongest Man 3rd at Fortissimus 2009
Winner of 2009 FIT Expo
Strongman Super Series 2009 overall champion
bESTNick Best   United States 2009 All American Strongman Challenge winner
9th place 2006 IFSA Strongman World Championships
2nd place Strongman Super Series Romania 2009
SzczepanskiRobert Szczepanski   Poland 2nd place Giants Live Poland 2010
IFSA Strongman World Championships 9th place 2005, 6th place 2006, 7th place 2007
SavickasZydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 2009 World's Strongest Man, 2nd place 2002–2004 Six time winner of Arnold Strongman Classic from 2003–2008, 2nd place 2010
2 time winner IFSA Strongman World Championships, 3rd place 2007
2008 Strongman Champions League winner
2009 winner Strongest Man on the Planet, 2nd place 2008
2004 overall winner Strongman Super Series, 3rd in 2002, 2nd in 2003
World Log Lift Champion
RomanchukSerhiy Romanchuk   Ukraine
HollandsTerry Hollands   United Kingdom 3rd place World's Strongest Man 2007, 7th place 2006, 10th place 2008, 6th place 2009 Britain's Strongest Man 2007
UK's Strongest Man 2005
England's Strongest Man (WSM) 2009
KulagaJanusz Kulaga   Poland
PéturssonStefán Sölvi Pétursson   Iceland Iceland's Strongest Man 2009 & 2010
2008 IFSA Iceland's Strongest Man
3rd place Giants Live Poland 2009
ShahlaeiLaurence Shahlaei   United Kingdom 9th place 2009 World's Strongest Man England's Strongest Man 2009
SadlerDarren Sadler   United Kingdom 2007 Champion IFSA World Strongman Challenge u105k
2nd 2005 World Championships u105k(IFSA)
TodorchevStoyan Todorchev   Bulgaria
ArsjoJohannes Årsjö
withdrew before competition
  Sweden 4th Place Viking Power Challenge 2009
LalasVytautas Lalas   Lithuania winner Giants Live 2010 Poland
winner Lithuania's Strongest Man 2010, 3rd place 2009
OstlundDave Ostlund   United States 3rd place World's Strongest Man 2008, 9th place 2005, 6th place 2007, 8th place 2009 1st Venice Beach Super Series 2007
3rd Madison Square Garden Super Series 2008
BrantWarrick Brant   Australia
KazelniksAgris Kazelniks   Latvia 2nd place Strongman Champions League Holland Grand Prix 2009
2nd place overall 2009 Strongman Champions League
SmitEttiene Smit   South Africa 6 times South Africa's Strongest Man
KatonaErvin Katona   Serbia 2nd place overall 2008 Strongman Champions League
3 times Serbia's Strongest Man
winner 2010 Strongman Champions League Bulgaria
winner 2010 Strongman Champions League Serbia
SavoieChristian Savoie   Canada 2009 Canada's Strongest Man
JeanLouis Philippe Jean   Canada 10th place 2009 World's Strongest Man 2008 Canada's Strongest Man
CurlettoAlex Curletto   Italy
IlinKostyantyn Ilin   Ukraine 2009 Ukraine's Strongest Man
FramptonReserve:
Rob Frampton
competed in place of Johannes Årsjö
  United Kingdom
ScheunReserve:
Frankie Scheun
  South Africa

Heat results

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Qualifying heats in World's Strongest Man involve a series of six events. The field is divided into groups of six competitors with the top two in each of the groups reaching the ten man final. A win in an event gives a competitor 6 points, second place gets 5, and so on (4,3,2,1). If there is a tie at the end of the qualifier, the competitor with the most individual event wins gets the advantage.

Heat 1

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Position Name Nationality Event 1 Medley Event 2 Truck Pull Event 3 Power Stairs Event 4 Deadlift Event 5 Overhead Lift Event 6 Loading Race
1 (30pts) Brian Shaw   United States 1 (7 in 0:46.53) 1 (0:44.82) 1 (12 in 0:41.58) 2 (7 reps) 1 (4 reps) 6 (2 in 0:36.32)
2 (27pts) Stefan Solvi Petursson   Iceland 2 (7 in 1:09.18) 3 (1:01.44) 3 (12 in 0:51.13) 4 (4 reps) 2 (3 reps) 1 (4 0:58.11)
3 (20pts) Mark Felix   England 6 (3 in 1:15.00) 2 (0:49.44) 6 (8 in 1:15.00) 1 (8 reps) 4 (1 rep) 3 (4 1:07.48)
4 (17pts) Stoyan Todorchev   Bulgaria 3 (6 in 1:15.00) 4 (1:04.35) 2 (12 in 0:50.13) 5 (3 reps) 5 (0 reps) 4 (4 in 1:12.29)
5 (16.5pts) Serhiy Romanchuk   Ukraine 4 (5 in 1:15.00) 5 (1.00 m) 4 (12 in 0:55.92) 6 (0 reps) 3 (2 reps) 2 (4 in 0:59.76)
6 (11.5pts) Ettiene Smit   South Africa 4 (5 in 1:15.00) 6 (0.85 m) 5 (11 in 1:15.00) 3 (6 reps) 5 (0 reps) 5 (3 in 0:49.07)

(Shaw and Petursson advance to final)

Heat 2

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Position Name Nationality Event 1
Giant Farmer's Walk
Event 2
Power Stairs
Event 3
Deadlift
Event 4
Africa Stone
Event 5
Metal Block Press
Event 6
Loading Race
1 (30pts) Derek Poundstone   United States 3 (36.2m) 3 (9 in 1:15.00s) 1 (6 reps) 2 (63.4m) 1 (3 in 22.23s) 2 (4 in 1:10.63s)
2 (29pts) Terry Hollands   England 1 (23.28s) 1 (12 in 48.52s) 2 (5 reps) 4 (36.3m) 2 (3 in 44.80s) 3 (4 in 1:11.16s)
3 (20pts) Richard Skog   Norway 4 (32.9m) 6 (4 in 1:15.00s) 4= (0 reps) 1 (67.4m) 3 (3 in 45.29s) 1 (4 in 48.26s)
4 (17pts) Alex Curletto   Italy 5 (27.2m) 4 (6 in 1:15.00s) 3 (4 reps) 5 (29.9m) 4 (2 in 25.84s) 4 (3 in 42.48s)
5 (11pts) Hennie Jordan   South Africa 6 (1.7m) 5 (5 in 1:15.00s) 4= (0 reps) 3 (44.3m) 5 (2 in 52.60s) 5 (2 in 37.25s)
WD (after Rd 4) Robert Szczepanski   Poland 2 (27.90s) 2 (11 in 1:15.00s) 4= (0 reps) WD WD WD

(Poundstone and Hollands advance to final)

† Szczepanski left the competition with a biceps injury during the Africa Stone (4th Event). He had 10 points after three events.

Heat 3

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Position Name Nationality Event 1
Medley
Event 2
Truck Pull
Event 3
Power Stairs
Event 4
Deadlift
Event 5
Dumbbell Press
Event 6
Loading Race
1 (29pts) Ervin Katona   Serbia 2 (7 flips in 1:05.18s) 1 (52.16s) 1 (12 in 1:01.01s) 2 (8 reps) 4 (5 reps) 3 (4 in 58.28s)
2 (28.5pts) Travis Ortmayer   United States 1 (7 flips in 1:05.18s) 2 (1:06.19s) 3 (11 in 1:15.00s) 4= (4 reps) 1 (9 reps) 2 (4 in 54.94s)
3 (27.5pts) Vytautas Lalas   Lithuania 3 (6 flips in 1:15.00s) 3 (1:10.03s) 4 (10 in 1:15.00s) 1 (9 reps) 2= (8 reps) 1 (4 in 46.71s)
4 (17.5pts) Kostyantyn Ilin   Ukraine 5 (3 flips in 1:15.00s) 5 (0.77m) 5 (8 in 1:15.00s) 3 (5 reps) 2= (8 reps) 4 (4 in 1:14.14s)
5 (15.5pts) Janusz Kulaga   Poland 4 (5 flips in 1:15.00s) 4 (0.80m) 2 (12 in 1:11.77s) 4= (4 reps) 5 (0 reps) 5 (3 in 37.73s)
WD (after Rd 1) Darren Sadler   England 6 (0 flips in 1:15.00s) WD WD WD WD WD

(Katona and Ortmayer advance to final)

† Sadler left the competition with a torn biceps injury in the Medley (1st event) almost as soon as it began.

Heat 4

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Position Name Nationality Event 1
Giant Farmer's Walk
Event 2
Squat Lift
Event 3
Africa Stone
Event 4
Overhead Lift
Event 5
Deadlift Hold
Event 6
Loading Race
1 (27.5pts) Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 1 (21.31s) 1= (11 reps) 2 (62.1m) 1 (8 reps) 3 (1:08.12s) 6 (1 in 22.01s)
2= (25pts)† Nick Best   United States 3 (29.72s) 3= (10 reps) 1 (79.4m) 6 (0 reps) 1 (1:18.68s) 1 (3 in 36.95s)
2= (25pts)† Laurence Shahlaei   England 2 (23.75s) 1= (11 reps) 4 (54.2m) 3= (5 reps) 4 (1:02.33s) 2 (3 in 42.05s)
4 (22pts) Louis-Philippe Jean   Canada 4 (31.16s) 6 (7 reps) 3 (60.8m) 2 (7 reps) 2 (1:10.07s) 3 (3 in 49.95s)
5 (13.5pts) Warrick Brant   Australia 6 (12.6m) 3= (10 reps) 5 (51.6m) 3= (5 reps) 6 (45.03s) 4 (3 in 1:04.45s)
6 (12pts) Agris Kazelniks   Latvia 5 (34.6m) 3= (10 reps) 6 (15.3m) 5 (1 rep) 5 (54.35s) 5 (2 in 42.06s)

(Savickas and Best advance to final)

† Although Best and Shahlaei tied in points, the tiebreaker is with individual event wins. Best won three events and Shahlaei only won one, so Best advanced to the final.

Heat 5

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Position Name Nationality Event 1
Medley
Event 2
Squat Lift
Event 3
Africa Stone
Event 4
Metal Block Press
Event 5
Deadlift Hold
Event 6
Loading Race
1 (28pts) Jason Bergmann   United States 2 (7 flips in 1:09.91s) 1 (12 reps) 2 (65.6m) 3 (2 in 12.79s) 1 (1:27.00s) 5 (3 in 37.67s)
2 (26pts) Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 4 (6 flips in 1:15.00s) 2 (9 reps) 5 (3.9m) 1 (3 in 19.48s) 2 (1:17.23s) 2 (4 in 51.51s)
3 (24pts) Dave Ostlund   United States 1 (7 flips in 1:04.75s) 6 (2 reps) 4 (57.1m) 2 (3 in 23.20s) 4 (1:12.37s) 1 (4 in 50.01s)
4 (18.5pts) Mark Westaby   England 3 (7 flips in 1:10.62s) 3= (8 reps) 3 (65.5m) 4 (2 in 26.21s) 6 (50.41s) 4 (4 in 1:06.95s)
5 (16.5pts) Christian Savoie   Canada 5= (5 flips in 1:15.00s) 5 (6 reps) 1 (67.0m) 6 (1 in 54.47s) 5 (1:09.23s) 3 (4 in 54.20s)
6 (12pts) Rob Frampton§   England 5= (5 flips in 1:15.00s) 3= (8 reps) 6 (0.0m) 5 (2 in 36.25s) 3 (1:14.85s) 6 (2 in 42.64s)

(Bergmann and Koklyaev advance to final)

§ Frampton, initially a reserve, replaced Johannes Årsjö, who withdrew prior to the competition.

Final results

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# Name Nationality Pts Event 1 Loading Race Event 2 Keg Toss Event 3 Giant Log Press Event 4 Whiskey Barrel Carry Event 5 Deadlift Event 6 Atlas Stones
1 Zydrunas Savickas   Lithuania 51.5
(countback 2 wins & one 2nd place)
6 (2 in 0:45.58) 2 (8 in 0:21.19) 1 (210 kg) 1 (0:26.54) 1= (11 reps) 3 (5 in 0:29.64)
2 Brian Shaw   United States 51.5
(countback 2 wins & one 3rd place)
3 (3 in 1:08.89) 1 (8 in 0:20.75) 4 (177.5 kg) 4 (0:40.05) 1= (11 reps) 1 (5 in 0:27.11)
3 Mikhail Koklyaev   Russia 46 2 (3 in 1:08.34) 4 (8 in 0:27.61) 2 (202.5 kg) 5 (0:40.84) 3 (10 reps) 4 (5 in 0:39.83)
4 Stefan Solvi Petursson   Iceland 33 10 (2 in 0:50.13) 5 (8 in 0:36.53) 5 (170 kg) 3 (0:33.67) 8 (5 reps) 2 (5 in 0:28.23)
5 Travis Ortmayer   United States 30.5 1 (3 in 0:58.72) 3 (8 in 0:22.16) 6= (155 kg) 9 (6.4 m) 5= (8 reps) 9 (3 in 0:20.29)
6 Nick Best   United States 27 8 (2 in 0:47.51) 9 (4 in 0:23.14) 6= (155 kg) 2 (0:33.32) 4 (9 reps) 8 (4 in 0:36.01)
7 Ervin Katona   Serbia 25 4 (3 in 1:12.57) 6 (8 in 0:41.69) 6= (155 kg) 6 (35.8 m) 7 (7 reps) 10 (3 in 0:27.12)
8 Terry Hollands   England 24.5 7 (2 in 45.73) 8 (6 in 0:30.63) 6= (155 kg) 7 (26.1 m) 5= (8 reps) 6 (5 in 0:53.23)
9 Derek Poundstone   United States 22 9 ( 2 in 0:48.82) 7 (7 in 0:33.73) 3 (185 kg) 8 (8.1 m) 10 (1 reps) 7 (4 in 0:30.95)
10 Jason Bergmann   United States 19 5 (2 in 0:35.09) 10 (4 in 0:44.28) 6= (155 kg) 10 (2.2 m) 9 (4 reps) 5 (5 in 0:41.30

Source[2][9]

Television broadcast

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United States

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Information needed

United Kingdom

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Bravo again screened both The Giants Live Tour (the official qualifying tour for The World's Strongest Man) as well as the finals. They were both aired before Bravo closed on Saturday 1 January 2011. Giants Live was shown on three consecutive days from Tuesday 21 December 2010 to Thursday 23 December 2010. The finals were broadcast on six consecutive days from Sunday 26 December 2010 to Friday 31 December 2010, with each episode dedicated to a qualifying group, and the sixth episode being the final. The UK broadcast was once again produced by IMG Media for Bravo and featured presenters Martin Bayfield and Alex Reid. The commentators were Paul Dickenson and Colin J L Bryce and the outside broadcast was performed by 021 Television Ltd.

References

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  1. ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  2. ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com Results 2010 final". Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  3. ^ "Zydrunas Savickas Breaks Log Lift World Record at the World's Strongest Man Contest". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  4. ^ Strength Tree (2017-06-02), World's Strongest Man 2010 UK version Heats & Final, retrieved 2019-05-28
  5. ^ World’s Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 2 « The 5th Stone – The World's Strongest Man Blog. The5thstone.wordpress.com (2010-12-28). Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
  6. ^ World’s Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 3 « The 5th Stone – The World's Strongest Man Blog. The5thstone.wordpress.com (2010-12-29). Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
  7. ^ World’s Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 4 « The 5th Stone – The World's Strongest Man Blog. The5thstone.wordpress.com (2010-12-30). Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
  8. ^ World’s Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 5 « The 5th Stone – The World's Strongest Man Blog. The5thstone.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
  9. ^ Strength Tree (2017-06-02), World's Strongest Man 2010 UK version Heats & Final, retrieved 2019-05-29
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