2000 World's Strongest Man
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Host city | Sun City, South Africa |
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Winner | Janne Virtanen |
Nations participating | 20 |
Athletes participating | 30 |
The 2000 World's Strongest Man was the 23rd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Janne Virtanen from Finland. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. Svend Karlsen from Norway finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. The contest was held in Sun City, South Africa.[1]
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Qualifying heats
Qualifying heats in World's Strongest Man involve a series of six events. The field is divided into groups of six competitors with the top two in each of the groups reaching the ten man final. A win in an event gives a competitor 6 points, second place gets 5, and so on (4,3,2,1).
Heat 1
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 28 |
2 | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 27 |
3 | Derek Boyer | Fiji | 25.5 |
4 | Whit Baskin | USA | 23 |
5 | Pieter de Bruyn | South Africa | 16.5 |
6 | Jose Hervas | Spain | 2 |
Source[2]
Heat 2
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 29 |
2 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 23 |
3 | Glenn Ross | United Kingdom | 23 |
4 | Johnny Perry | USA | 18 |
5 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 18 |
6 | René Minkwitz | Denmark | 14 |
Source[2]
Heat 3
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 33 |
2 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 23.5 |
3 | Brian Schoonveld | USA | 19.5 |
4 | Torbjörn Samuelsson | Sweden | 19 |
5 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Austria | 18 |
6 | Brian Bell | United Kingdom | 13 |
Source[2]
Heat 4
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 32 |
2 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 30 |
3 | Levi Vaoga | New Zealand | 20 |
4 | Mark Philippi | USA | 18 |
5 | Graham Mullins | GBR | 15 |
6 | Jean-Marc Tocaven | France | 3 |
Source[2]
Heat 5
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 31 |
2 | Phil Pfister | USA | 27 |
3 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 27 |
4 | Peter Baltus | Netherlands | 22.5 |
5 | Adrian Rollinson | United Kingdom | 12.5 |
6 | László Fekete | Hungary | 1 |
Source[2]
Final results
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 59 |
2 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 54 |
3 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 53 |
4 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 49 |
5 | Phil Pfister | USA | 42 |
6 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 40 |
7 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 34 |
8 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 26 |
9 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 8 (Injured)[3] |
10 | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 5 (Injured)[3] |
Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Super Yoke |
Event 2 Power Stairs |
Event 3 Car Lift |
Event 4 Farmer's Walk |
Event 5 Truck Pull |
Event 6 Fingal's Fingers |
Event 7 Atlas Stones |
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1 (59pts) | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 3 (19.8s) | 3 (33.5s) | 4 (43.1s) | 1 (25.0s) | 1 (49.0s) | 4 (4 in 43.0s) | 2 (5 in 34.5s) |
2 (54pts) | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 1 (13.7s) | 5 (35.8s) | 6 (37.7s) | 4 (26.9s) | 5 (54.7s) | 1 (5 in 42.6s) | 1 (5 in 30.7s) |
3 (53pts) | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 2 (17.8s) | 7 (38.0s) | 2 (70.0s) | 3 (26.3s) | 4 (54.2s) | 3 (5 in 54.1s) | 3 (5 in 37.7s) |
4 (49pts) | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 7 (26.8s) | 2 (28.7s) | 1 (72.2s) | 5 (28.3s) | 3 (54.0s) | 6 (2 in 26.9s) | 4 (5 in 50.2s) |
5 (42pts) | Phil Pfister | USA | 10 (40.7s) | 6 (37.2s) | 7 (21.6s) | 2 (25.6s) | 2 (51.4s) | 2 (5 in 43.8s) | 6 (4 in 35.8s) |
6 (40pts) | Martin Muhr | Germany | 9 (32.9s) | 1 (27.9s) | 3 (49.7s) | 6 (30.9s) | 8 (66.1s) | 5 (3 in 25.2s) | 5 (5 in 54.2s) |
7 (34pts) | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 6 (26.5s) | 4 (34.7s) | 5 (40.7s) | 7 (39.0s) | 6 (58.4s) | 7 (2 in 22.7s) | 8 (3 in 46.0s) |
8 (26pts) | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 5 (24.3s) | 8 (56.3s) | 8 (8.2s) | 8 (16.3 m) | 7 (64.9s) | 8 (2 in 23.8s) | 7 (4 in 59.4s) |
9 (8pts) | Hugo Girard | Canada | 4 (21.5s) | 10 (2 stairs) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) |
10 (5pts) | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 8 (27.3s) | 9 (21 stairs) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) |
Source[1]
References
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- ↑ http://the5thstone.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/world%E2%80%99s-strongest-man-2010-qualifiers-heat-5/