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. 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.
In the finals, Zydrunas Savickas set a new world record in the Giant Wooden Log Lift for Max Weight event by lifting.

Heat results

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. If there is a tie at the end of the qualifier, the competitor with the most individual event wins gets the advantage.

Heat 1

PositionNameNationalityEvent 1 MedleyEvent 2 Truck PullEvent 3 Power StairsEvent 4 DeadliftEvent 5 Overhead LiftEvent 6 Loading Race
1 Brian ShawUnited States

Heat 2

PositionNameNationalityEvent 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 Derek PoundstoneUnited States

Heat 3

PositionNameNationalityEvent 1
Medley
Event 2
Truck Pull
Event 3
Power Stairs
Event 4
Deadlift
Event 5
Dumbbell Press
Event 6
Loading Race
1 Ervin KatonaSerbia

Heat 4

PositionNameNationalityEvent 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 Zydrunas SavickasLithuania

Heat 5

PositionNameNationalityEvent 1
Medley
Event 2
Squat Lift
Event 3
Africa Stone
Event 4
Metal Block Press
Event 5
Deadlift Hold
Event 6
Loading Race
1 Jason BergmannUnited States

Final results

Source

Television broadcast

United States

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United Kingdom

Bravo again screened both The Giants Live Tour 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.