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2000 World's Strongest Man

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2000 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates1-11 August 2000
VenueSun City
Country South Africa
Athletes participating30
Nations participating20
Champion(s)
Finland Janne Virtanen

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]

Qualifying heats

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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

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  • Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Hugo Girard  Canada 28
2 Rob Dixon  United Kingdom 27
3 Derek Boyer  Fiji 25.5
4 Whit Baskin  United States 23
5 Pieter de Bruyn  South Africa 16.5
6 Jose Hervas  Spain 2 (injury)

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Heat 2

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  • Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 29
2 Regin Vagadal  Faroe Islands 23
3 Glenn Ross  United Kingdom 23
4 Johnny Perry  United States 18
5 Torfi Olafsson  Iceland 18
6 René Minkwitz  Denmark 14

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Heat 3

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  • Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Janne Virtanen  Finland 33
2 Gerrit Badenhorst  South Africa 23.5
3 Brian Schoonveld  United States 19.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson  Sweden 19
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer  Austria 18
6 Brian Bell  United Kingdom 13

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Heat 4

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  • Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Svend Karlsen  Norway 32
2 Martin Muhr  Germany 30
3 Levi Vaoga  New Zealand 20
4 Mark Philippi  United States 18 (injury)
5 Graham Mullins  United Kingdom 15
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven  France 3 (injury)

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Heat 5

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  • Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland 31
2 Phil Pfister  United States 27
3 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 27
4 Peter Baltus  Netherlands 22.5
5 Adrian Rollinson  United Kingdom 12.5
6 László Fekete  Hungary 1 (injury)

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Final results

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# 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  United States 42
6 Martin Muhr  Germany 40
7 Gerrit Badenhorst  South Africa 34
8 Regin Vagadal  Faroe Islands 26
9 Hugo Girard  Canada Canada 8 (Injured)[3]
10 Rob Dixon  Great Britain 5 (Injured)[3]

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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
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  United States 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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  1. ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com Results 2000 final". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2000 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b "btinternet.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ "World's Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 5". 31 December 2010.
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