2001 World's Strongest Man
2001 World's Strongest Man | |
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Competition information | |
Dates | 5-15 October 2001 |
Location | Victoria Falls |
Country | ![]() |
Athletes participating | 30 |
Nations participating | 17 |
Champion(s) | |
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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]
Qualifying heats
Heat 1
- Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Juha-Matti Räsänen | ![]() | 26 |
2 | Wout Zijlstra | ![]() | 25.5 |
3 | Rob Dixon | ![]() | 24 |
4 | Karl Gillingham | ![]() | 21.5 |
5 | Derek Boyer | ![]() | 20 |
6 | Israel Garrido | ![]() | 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
- Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Svend Karlsen | ![]() | 27.5 |
2 | Hugo Girard | ![]() | 27 |
3 | Mark Philippi | ![]() | 22.5 |
4 | Torbjörn Samuelsson | ![]() | 21 |
5 | Marc Iliffe | ![]() | 14.5 |
6 | Regin Vagadal | ![]() | 13.5 |
[3]
Heat 3
- Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Magnus Samuelsson | ![]() | 28 |
2 | Martin Muhr | ![]() | 26 |
3 | Travis Lyndon | ![]() | 25 |
4 | Raimonds Bergmanis | ![]() | 17.5 |
5 | Johnny Perry | ![]() | 16.5 |
6 | Glenn Ross | ![]() | 13 |
[3]
Heat 4
- Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Janne Virtanen | ![]() | 31 |
2 | Andrew Raynes | ![]() | 21 |
3 | Heinz Ollesch | ![]() | 20 |
4 | Ralf Ber | ![]() | 20 |
5 | Brian Schoonveld | ![]() | 17 |
6 | Levi Vaoga | ![]() | 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
- Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Phil Pfister | ![]() | 31 |
2 | Jarek Dymek | ![]() | 30 |
3 | Odd Haugen | ![]() | 21 |
4 | Adrian Rollinson | ![]() | 18.5 |
5 | Johan van Heerden | ![]() | 16.5 |
6 | Flemming Rasmussen | ![]() | 7 (injury) |
[3]
Reserves
- Israel Garrido
Spain - used (Heat 1)
- Brian Bell
United Kingdom
- Chad Coy
United States
Final results
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Svend Karlsen | ![]() | 53.5 |
2 | Magnus Samuelsson | ![]() | 51.5 |
3 | Janne Virtanen | ![]() | 50 |
4 | Phil Pfister | ![]() | 46 |
5 | Martin Muhr | ![]() | 40 |
6 | Hugo Girard | ![]() | 38.5 |
7 | Jarek Dymek | ![]() | 30 |
8 | Wout Zijlstra | ![]() | 28.5 |
9 | Juha-Matti Räsänen | ![]() | 25.5 |
10 | Andrew Raynes | ![]() | 18.5 |
[1]
References
- ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ a b Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary
- ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
External links
- Official site
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