1997 World's Strongest Man
Introduction The '''1997 World's Strongest Man''' was the 20th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland. It was his first title. Flemming Rasmussen from Denmark finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. Three time defending champion Magnus Ver Magnusson, chasing a fourth straight title and record fifth overall, was eliminated in the qualifying heats. The contest was held in Primm Valley Resort, Nevada.
Heats ===Group 1===PositionNameNationalityPoints 1.Svend Karlsen    21 2.Torfi Ólafsson    16 3.Magnús Ver Magnússon    15 4.Regin Vagadal    13.5 5.Joe Onosai    11 6.Brian Bell    7.5===Group 2===PositionNameNationalityPoints 1.Raimonds Bergmanis    18.5 2.Derek Boyer    17.5 3.Riku Kiri    17.5 4.Russ Bradley    16 5.Evgeny Popov    10.5 6.Jean-Luc Moalli    4===Group 3===PositionNameNationalityPoints 1.Magnus Samuelsson    20 2.Heinz Ollesch    19 3.Gerrit Badenhorst    16 4.Berend Veneberg    10 (injured) 4.Paul Lepik    10 6.Ginaud Dupuis    8===Group 4===PositionNameNationalityPoints 1.Flemming Rasmussen    20 2.Jouko Ahola    18 3.Robert Weir    16 4.Bill Lyndon    15 5.Michael Abdullah  *  9 6.Bernard Rolle    6* Michael Abdullah comes from Lebanon, but he represents Japan at the World's Strongest Man Championship.===Group USA===PositionNameNationalityPoints 1.Mark Philippi    108 2.Harold "Iron Bear" Collins    85.5 3.Tommy Ingalsbe    83.5 4.Ken Brown    79.5 4.Phil Martin    79.5 6.Kevin Toth    68 7.James Voronin    64.5 8.Gary Mitchell    46.5 (Injured)*The USA Group was actually the inaugural America's Strongest Man contest and took place at the Primm Valley Resort several weeks before the other qualifying heats.
Final results  # Name Nationality Truck Pull Log Lift Car Roll Husafell Stone Squat Keg Loading Dead Lift Final Race Pts 1 Jouko Ahola  6 '''9''' 6 8 7 9 '''10''' 6 61 2 Flemming Rasmussen   '''10''' '''9''' 5 7 8 '''10''' 4 4 57 3 Magnus Samuelsson   9 1.5 '''10''' '''10''' 3 7 2 '''10''' 52.5 4 Torfi Ólafsson   5 4 7 4 4.5 6 7 8 45.5 5 Raimonds Bergmanis  4 4 1 6 4.5 8 8 9 44.5 6 Heinz Ollesch   7 6.5 8 3 2 4 6 7 43.5 7 Mark Philippi   1 6.5 4 2 '''10''' 3 9 5 40.5 8 Svend Karlsen   8 4 9 9 1 1 1 0 33 9 Derek Boyer   3 1.5 3 5 6 5 5 0 28.5 10 Harold "Iron Bear" Collins   2 '''9''' 2 1 9 2 3 0 28
See also *America's Strongest Man
References
External links *  Official site*  1997 results at Bill Henderson's Strongest Man site