2013 World's Strongest Man

The 2013 World's Strongest Man was the 36th edition of World's Strongest Man. The event was held in Haitang Bay, Sanya, China, the same host city as the 2006 World's Strongest Man contest. The qualifying heats were held from August 17–20 and the finals on Aug. 23 & 24. The event was sponsored by the Commerce Casino and will be broadcast in the United States on the CBS Sports Network. Brian Shaw from the United States placed first, winning his second WSM title after winning in 2011. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania was second after finishing 1st the year before, and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Iceland was third for the second year in a row.

Participants
• Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸

• Robert Oberst 🇺🇸

• Lauri Nami 🇪🇪

• Nick Best 🇺🇸

• Laurence Shahlaei 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• Long Wu 🇨🇳

• Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹

• Johannes Årsjö 🇸🇪

• Jerry Pritchett 🇺🇸

• Gerhard Van Staden

• Graham Hicks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• Scott Cummine 🇨🇦

• Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

• Terry Hollands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• Martin Wildauer 🇦🇹

• Dainis Zageris

• Juha Matt Jarvi 🇫🇮

• Frankie Scheun

• Zydrunas Savickas 🇱🇹

• Mike Burke 🇺🇸

• Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱

• Mark Felix 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• Bjorn Andre Solvang 🇳🇴

• Alex Moonen

• Mikhail Koklyaev 🇷🇺

• Mike Jenkins🇺🇸

• Eddie Hall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• Warrick Brant 🇦🇺

• Akos Nagy 🇭🇺

• Lloyd Renals 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Event 1: Frame Carry

 * Weight: 375 kg
 * Course length: 30 m
 * Time limit: 60 seconds

Event 2: Truck Pull

 * Weight: 16000 kg
 * Course length: 25 m
 * Time limit: 75 seconds

Event 3: Super Yoke

 * Weight: 480 kg
 * Course length: 20 m
 * Time limit: 60 seconds

Event 5: Overhead Medley

 * Weight: 1 x 110 kg dumbell, 1 x 170 kg barbell, 1 x 120 kg dumbell, 1 x 180 kg barbell
 * Time limit: 75 seconds

Event 6: Atlas Stones

 * Weight: 5 Stone series ranging from 130-186 kg
 * Time limit: 60 seconds