2000 World's Strongest Man

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2000 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates1-11 August 2000
Venue Sun City
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Athletes participating30
Nations participating20
Champion(s)
Flag of Finland.svg 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]

Contents

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

#NameNationalityPts
1 Hugo Girard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28
2 Rob Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 27
3 Derek Boyer Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 25.5
4 Whit Baskin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23
5 Pieter de Bruyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16.5
6 Jose Hervas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 (injury)

[2]

Heat 2

#NameNationalityPts
1 Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 29
2 Regin Vagadal Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 23
3 Glenn Ross Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 23
4 Johnny Perry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18
5 Torfi Olafsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 18
6 René Minkwitz Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14

[2]

Heat 3

#NameNationalityPts
1 Janne Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 33
2 Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.5
3 Brian Schoonveld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18
6 Brian Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13

[2]

Heat 4

#NameNationalityPts
1 Svend Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 32
2 Martin Muhr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30
3 Levi Vaoga Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20
4 Mark Philippi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18 (injury)
5 Graham Mullins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 15
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven Flag of France.svg  France 3 (injury)

[2]

Heat 5

#NameNationalityPts
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 31
2 Phil Pfister Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27
3 Zydrunas Savickas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 27
4 Peter Baltus Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.5
5 Adrian Rollinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 12.5
6 László Fekete Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1 (injury)

[2]

Final results

#NameNationalityPts
1 Janne Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59
2 Svend Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54
3 Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 49
5 Phil Pfister Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42
6 Martin Muhr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40
7 Gerrit Badenhorst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 34
8 Regin Vagadal Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 26
9 Hugo Girard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Canada 8 (Injured) [3]
10 Rob Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5 (Injured) [3]

[4]

PositionNameNationalityEvent 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 Flag of Finland.svg  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 Flag of Norway.svg  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 Flag of Sweden.svg  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 Flag of Poland.svg  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 Flag of the United States.svg  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 Flag of Germany.svg  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 Flag of South Africa.svg  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 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  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 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 (21.5s)10 (2 stairs)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)
10 (5pts) Rob Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8 (27.3s)9 (21 stairs)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)(Injured)

Source [1]

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