2000 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2000 July 2023 July 2023 2000 World's Strongest Man 1-11 August 2000 Sun City RSA 30 20 Finland Janne Virtanen Malta 1999 Victoria Falls 2001 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. http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2000_results.php theworldsstrongestman.com Results 2000 final 2010-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104031955/http://theworldsstrongestman.com/2000_results.php 4 January 2010 dead 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 Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Hugo Girard CAN 28 2 Rob Dixon UK 27 3 Derek Boyer FIJ 25.5 4 Whit Baskin USA 23 5 Pieter de Bruyn RSA 16.5 6 Jose Hervas ESP 2 (injury) http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/results00.html theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2000 Qualifying round 2010-01-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080201095906/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/results00.html 2008-02-01 Heat 2 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 SWE 29 2 Regin Vagadal FRO 23 3 Glenn Ross UK 23 4 Johnny Perry USA 18 5 Torfi Olafsson ISL 18 6 René Minkwitz DEN 14 Heat 3 Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen FIN 33 2 Gerrit Badenhorst RSA 23.5 3 Brian Schoonveld USA 19.5 4 Torbjörn Samuelsson SWE 19 5 Bernd Kerschbaumer AUT 18 6 Brian Bell UK 13 Heat 4 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 NOR 32 2 Martin Muhr GER 30 3 Levi Vaoga NZL 20 4 Mark Philippi USA 18 (injury) 5 Graham Mullins UK 15 6 Jean-Marc Tocaven FRA 3 (injury) Heat 5 Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski POL 31 2 Phil Pfister USA 27 3 Zydrunas Savickas LIT 27 4 Peter Baltus NLD 22.5 5 Adrian Rollinson UK 12.5 6 László Fekete HUN 1 (injury) Final results # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen FIN 59 2 Svend Karlsen NOR 54 3 Magnus Samuelsson SWE 53 4 Mariusz Pudzianowski POL 49 5 Phil Pfister USA 42 6 Martin Muhr GER 40 7 Gerrit Badenhorst RSA 34 8 Regin Vagadal FRO 26 9 Hugo Girard CAN 8 (Injured)http://www.btinternet.com/~m.d.pratesi/mp/WSMindex.html#tag_29 btinternet.com 2010-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100103215046/http://www.btinternet.com/~m.d.pratesi/mp/WSMindex.html 3 January 2010 dead 10 Rob Dixon GBR 5 (Injured) https://the5thstone.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/world%e2%80%99s-strongest-man-2010-qualifiers-heat-5/ World's Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 5 31 December 2010 Position Name Nationality Event 1Super Yoke Event 2Power Stairs Event 3Car Lift Event 4Farmer's Walk Event 5Truck Pull Event 6Fingal's Fingers Event 7Atlas Stones 1 (59pts) Janne Virtanen FIN 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 NOR 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 SWE 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 POL 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 GER 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 RSA 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 FRO 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 CAN 4 (21.5s) 10 (2 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) 10 (5pts) Rob Dixon UK 8 (27.3s) 9 (21 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured)Source References External links Official site 1999 World's Strongest Man 2000 World's Strongest Man 2001 World's Strongest Man Category:2000 in South African sport Category:World's Strongest Man