The 2011 World's Strongest Man was the 34th edition of

World's Strongest Man The World's Strongest Man is an international Strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of Decem ...

and was held on the campus grounds of

Wingate University Wingate University is a private Baptist university with campuses in Wingate, Charlotte, and Hendersonville, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern Baptist Convention). The university enr ...

in Wingate, North Carolina, US. The event was sponsored by MET-Rx. The qualifying heats were scheduled for September 15–18, and the finals on September 21 and 22, 2011. Brian Shaw placed first, 2009 and 2010 champion Zydrunas Savickas placed second, and Terry Hollands placed third.

Line-up

Qualified athletes

Qualifying heats and final

Heat 1

*events: loading, car walk, car deadlift, truck pull, dumbbell press, stones

Heat 2

*events: loading, keg toss, squat, truck pull, dumbbell press, stones

Heat 3

*events: loading, keg toss, car walk, car deadlift, block press, stones

Heat 4

*events: loading, keg toss, squat, truck pull, block press, stones

Heat 5

*events: loading, keg toss, car walk, car deadlift, block press, stones

Final

*Events: Steel Frame Carry, Giant Tyre Walk, Truck Pull, Deadlift, Log Press, Atlas Stones In the final Mike Jenkins and Ervin Katona were forced to withdraw; unluckily for Jenkins as he had a shot at a podium finish, having won the first 2 events.

Television broadcast

United States

In the US the event was broadcast on

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

and

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on Sunday 1 January, with some repeat screenings from 14 January to 5 February.

United Kingdom

In the UK, the show returned on Channel 5 to screen both The

Giants Live Giants Live was created in 2009 as the official Tour that qualifies strongmen to compete in the annual World's Strongest Man contest. At each Grand Prix, up to twelve international strongmen come together and compete over six events. The top three ...

Tour (the official qualifying tour for The World's Strongest Man) as well as the finals after Bravo screened the show for two years. Giants Live was shown on four consecutive days from 20 December 2011 to 23 December 2011. The finals were broadcast on six consecutive days from 27 December 2011 to 1 January 2012, with each episode dedicated to a qualifying group, and the sixth episode being the final.

References

External links

Official site
{{World's Strongest Man 2011 in sports World's Strongest Man September 2011 sports events in the United States