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The 2017 World's Strongest Man was the 40th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 20-28 2017.

The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of England, with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland second and defending champion Brian Shaw of the United States third. Hall announced after the competition that he would not defend his title.^[2] Multiple time champion Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania finished in ninth place; this marked the first time in his career that he failed to finish in the top three after qualifying for the final.

Qualifying

A change was made to the qualifying rounds for 2017. Each group participated in five normal events, with the highest scoring competitor at the end of those events being declared the group winner and automatically qualifying for the final. The lowest scoring competitor was eliminated from further competition.

In a throwback to early competitions, where a head to head competition determined the overall champion, the four remaining competitors faced off in an event called Last Man Standing. The event consisted of a hurdle placed in the middle of an octagon with a white square in the middle, in which was placed an Atlas Stone.

The event was conducted in a stepladder format, with the fifth place and fourth place competitors beginning the event. Each competitor took turns lifting the stone from their side of the square and dropping it over the hurdle. The lift had to be started from within the square and each competitor was given ten seconds to lift and drop the stone. Once one of them could not complete the task, he was eliminated from the event and the third place competitor stepped in. The survivor of that matchup took on the second place competitor, with the winner of the event joining the overall group winner in the final.

Heat 1

Name

Nationality

Pts

Brian Shaw

USA}}

Jean-François Caron

CAN}}

Matjaz Belsak

SLO}}

Colm Woulfe

NZL}}

16.5

Tom Stoltman

GBR}}

Mark Felix

GBR}}

3.5

Heat 2

Name

Nationality

Pts

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

ISL}}

Martins Licis

USA}}

Luke Stoltman

GBR}}

Stefán Sölvi Pétursson

ISL}}

Jimmy Paquet

CAN}}

Dimitar Savatinov

BUL}}

Heat 3

Name

Nationality

Pts

Konstantine Janashia

GEO}}

24.5

Laurence Shahlaei

GRB}}

Mikhail Shivlyakov

RUS}}

Johan Els

RSA}}

Rob Kearney

USA}}

Mikkel Leicht

DEN}}

13.5

Heat 4

Name

Nationality

Pts

Eddie Hall

GRB}}

24.5

Mateusz Kieliszkowski

POL}}

22.5

Ari Gunnarsson

ISL}}

22.5

Derek DeVaughn

USA}}

13.5

Lauri Nämi

EST}}

10.5

Gerhard Van Staden

RSA}}

7.5

Heat 5

Name

Nationality

Pts

Nick Best

USA}}

Zydrunas Savickas

LIT}}

Peiman Maheripour

IRI}}

18.5

Terry Hollands

GBR}}

Bryan Benzel

USA}}

13.5

Olu Fadesire

NGR}}

Final standings

Name

Nationality

Pts

Eddie Hall

GRB| Great Britain }}

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

ISL| Island}}

Brian Shaw

USA| United States}}

Martins Licis

USA| United States}}

36.5

Jean-François Caron

CAN| Canada}}

35.5

Mateusz Kieliszkowski

POL| Poland}}

Laurence Shahlaei

GRB| Great Britain}}

25.5

Konstantine Janashia

GEO| Georgia}}

Zydrunas Savickas

LIT| Lithuania}}

21.5

Nick Best

USA| United States}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-40083512|title=Eddie 'The Beast' Hall crowned World's Strongest Man|publisher=BBC|accessdate= 29 June 2017|date = 29 May 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/eddie-hall-worlds-strongest-man-10520711|title=Eddie Hall retires from World's Strongest Man competition after Brit claims historic victory|publisher=Daily Mirror|accessdate= 29 June 2017|date = 28 May 2017}}