The 2012 World's Strongest Man was the 35th edition of
World's Strongest Man. The event was held on the grounds of the
Commerce Casino
Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world. Established in 1983, the casino accounted for 38% of Commerce's tax revenues for th ...
in
Los Angeles, California, US.
The event was sponsored by
MET-Rx.
The qualifying heats were held from September 24–27, and the finals took place Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 2012.
The winner was
, it was his third WSM title.
Vytautas Lalas of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
was second, and
Iceland's
Hafþór JúlÃus Björnsson was third.
In the qualifying heats,
Derek Poundstone
Derek Poundstone (born September 28, 1981) is an American former professional strongman athlete from Woodbridge, Connecticut who placed runner-up at the 2008 World's Strongest Man. Derek Poundstone is a ...
set a new world record in the Giant Dumbbell press event by pressing a dumbbell overhead for 11 repetitions, and
Vytautas Lalas set a new strongman
squat world record by squatting for 11 repetitions. In the finals,
set a new
Log Lift for Max Weight world record with a lift of .
Line-up
Qualified athletes
Qualifying heats and final
Heat 1
*events: loading, truck pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones
Heat 2
*events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, squat, atlas stones
Heat 3
*events: loading, limo pull, giant dumbbell for reps, car deadlift for reps, keg toss, atlas stones
Heat 4
*events: loading, limo pull, viking press for reps, squat, keg toss, atlas stones
Heat 5
*events: loading, truck pull, viking press for reps, super yoke, car deadlift for reps, atlas stones
Finals
*events: super yoke, log lift for max weight, truck pull, deadlift for reps, natural stone lift, power stairs
References
External links
Official site
{{World's Strongest Man
2012 in American sports
World's Strongest Man