2001 World's Strongest Man

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2001 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates5-15 October 2001
Location Victoria Falls
CountryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Athletes participating30
Nations participating17
Champion(s)
Flag of Norway.svg Svend Karlsen

The 2001 World's Strongest Man was the 24th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Svend Karlsen from Norway. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 2000 winner Janne Virtanen from Finland finished third. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia. [1]

Contents

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

#NameNationalityPts
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26
2 Wout Zijlstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.5
3 Rob Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24
4 Karl Gillingham Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.5
5 Derek Boyer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20
6 Israel Garrido Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9

Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido. [2]

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Heat 2

#NameNationalityPts
1 Svend Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 27.5
2 Hugo Girard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27
3 Mark Philippi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21
5 Marc Iliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 14.5
6 Regin Vagadal Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 13.5

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Heat 3

#NameNationalityPts
1 Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 28
2 Martin Muhr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26
3 Travis Lyndon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25
4 Raimonds Bergmanis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17.5
5 Johnny Perry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.5
6 Glenn Ross Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13

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Heat 4

#NameNationalityPts
1 Janne Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 31
2 Andrew Raynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21
3 Heinz Ollesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20
4 Ralf Ber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20
5 Brian Schoonveld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17
6 Levi Vaoga Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 17

Bill Lyndon of Australia was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the Levi Vaoga who was not down as an official reserve. [2]

[3]

Heat 5

#NameNationalityPts
1 Phil Pfister Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31
2 Jarek Dymek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30
3 Odd Haugen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21
4 Adrian Rollinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18.5
5 Johan van Heerden Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16.5
6 Flemming Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7 (injury)

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Reserves

Final results

#NameNationalityPts
1 Svend Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 51.5
3 Janne Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50
4 Phil Pfister Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46
5 Martin Muhr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40
6 Hugo Girard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 38.5
7 Jarek Dymek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30
8 Wout Zijlstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 28.5
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.5
10 Andrew Raynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18.5

[1]

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