1995 World's Strongest Man

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1995 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates2-8 October 1995
Location Nassau
CountryFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Athletes participating20
Nations participating15
Champion(s)
Flag of Iceland.svg Magnús Ver Magnússon

The 1995 World's Strongest Man was the 18th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Ver Magnusson from Iceland, it was his second consecutive and third overall title. Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Marko Varalahti from Finland finished third. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas. [1]

Contents

Heats

Group 1

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 12
1. Joe Onosai Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 12
3. Berend Veneberg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 9
4. Anton Boucher Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 7

Group 2

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. Gary Taylor Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 12.5
2. Wayne Price Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 11.5
3. Bernard Rolle Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8.5
4. Stasys Mėčius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7.5

Group 3

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15
2. Heinz Ollesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11
3. Bill Pittuck Flag of England.svg  England 7
4. Colin Cox Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7

Group 4

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. Marko Varalahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14
2. Flemming Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11
3. Forbes Cowan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 11
4. Curtis Leffler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4

Group 5

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15
2. Phil Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10
3. Nathan Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6 (injured)
4. Torfi Ólafsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2 (injured)

Events of the Final

Final results

#NameNationalityPts
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 71
2 Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 62.5
3 Marko Varalahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48.5
4 Heinz Ollesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46
5 Flemming Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42.5
6 Gary Taylor Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 42
7 Phil Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40
8 Wayne Price Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 38.5
9 Joe Onosai Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 29.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19.5

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
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