Here are the results of day 1, Saturday 17th August of WSM 2013. Groups 2, 3 and 4 saw 2 events take place today whilst Groups 1 and 5 eased themselves in with just one event. Find results for day 2 of World’s Strongest Man 2013 in China here.
Group 1 – Loading Race
- Hafthor Bjørnson – 39 seconds
- Robert Oberst – 46.5 seconds
- Nick Best – 47 seconds (joint)
- Lauri Nami – 47 seconds (joint)
- Laurence Shahlaei – 48 seconds
- Wu Long – 3 objects
Group 2 – Super Yoke
- Vytautas Lalas – 15.5 seconds
- Johannes Arsjo – 22.6 seconds
- Graham Hicks – 23 seconds
- Jerry Pritchett – 35.5 seconds
- Gerhrd V Staden – 21 metres
- Scott Cummine – 8.5 metres
Group 2 – Deadlift Hold
- Jerry Pritchett – 66 seconds
- Graham Hicks – 65 seconds
- Vytautas Lalas – 61.5 seconds (joint)
- Johannes Arsjo – 61.5 seconds (joint)
- Scott Cummine – 60 seconds
- Gerhrd V Staden – 33 seconds
Group 3 – Loading Race
- Brian Shaw – 39.7 seconds
- Terry Hollands – 41.9 seconds
- Dainis Zaigeris – 44.4 seconds
- Martin Wildauer – 45.6 seconds
- Frankie Scheun – 46 seconds
- Juha Matti Jarvi – 3 objects
Group 3 – Deadlift for Reps
- Martin Wildauer – 9 reps (joint)
- Terry Hollands – 9 reps (joint)
- Brian Shaw – 7 reps
- Dainis Zaigeris – 6 reps
- Frankie Scheun – 5 reps
- Juha Matti Jarvi – 1 rep
Group 4 – Loading Race
- Mike Burke – 40.4 seconds
- Žydrūnas Savickas – 41.7 seconds
- Mark Felix – 48.8 seconds
- Alex Moonen – 49.5 seconds
- Krzysztof Radzikowski – 63 seconds
- Bjorn Solvang – 3 objects
Group 4 – Deadlift for Reps
- Mark Felix – 10 reps
- Žydrūnas Savickas – 8 reps
- Krzysztof Radzikowski – 7 reps
- Mike Burke – 2 reps
- Alex Moonen – 1 rep (joint)
- Bjorn Solvang – 1 rep (joint)
Group 5 – Super Yoke
- Lloyd Renals – 27.5 seconds
- Mike Jenkins – 32 seconds
- Akos Nagy – 37.2 seconds
- Warrick Brandt – 38.6 seconds
- Misha Koklyaev – 45 seconds
- Eddie Hall – 20 meters
Credit to Per Gunnar for the photo
