2004 World's Strongest Man
Introduction The '''2004 World's Strongest Man''' was the 27th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Vasyl Virastyuk from Ukraine. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished second for the third year in a row. Originally Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland finished third, but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, thus third place was given to Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas. The qualifying heats saw a major format change, going from the traditional 5-6 man heats with the top 2 going to the finals. This year's format was a 12-man round-robin competition taking place over 5 days, with the top six going onto the finals.
Qualifying heats * Events: Deadlift with Barrels Machine, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Safe Lift for reps, Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Giant Farmer's Walk, Carry & Drag (Carry an Anchor & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Wrestling, Stone Circle, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Points 1 Vasyl Virastyuk   55 2 Mariusz Pudzianowski   55 3 Zydrunas Savickas   54 4 Raimonds Bergmanis   50 5 Magnus Samuelsson   49 6 Svend Karlsen   48 7 Tomi Lotta   46 8 Andrus Murumets   40 (replaced Steve Kirit) 9 Brian Turner   39 (replaced Hugo Girard) 10 Mark Felix   37 11 Adrian Rollinson   34 12 René Minkwitz   31 - Hugo Girard   Withdrew due to injury - Steve Kirit   Withdrew due to injury
Final results  # Name Nationality Pts 1 Vasyl Virastyuk   37 2 Zydrunas Savickas   36 3 Magnus Samuelsson   29 4 Raimonds Bergmanis   19 5 Svend Karlsen   9 (Injured) x Mariusz Pudzianowski   DisqualifiedEvents: Carry Race (Carry an Anchor & Giant Farmer's Walk), Fridge Carry (Super Yoke), Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Car Deadlift for reps, Safe Lift for reps, Truck Pull, Wheelbarrow Race, Atlas Stones
References
External links *  Official site