2000 World's Strongest Man

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]

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

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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