2000 World's Strongest Man
Introduction 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.
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===* Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Hugo Girard   28 2 Rob Dixon   27 3 Derek Boyer   25.5 4 Whit Baskin   23 5 Pieter de Bruyn   16.5 6 Jose Hervas   2 (injury)===Heat 2===* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Magnus Samuelsson   29 2 Regin Vagadal   23 3 Glenn Ross   23 4 Johnny Perry   18 5 Torfi Olafsson   18 6 René Minkwitz   14===Heat 3===* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen   33 2 Gerrit Badenhorst   23.5 3 Brian Schoonveld   19.5 4 Torbjörn Samuelsson   19 5 Bernd Kerschbaumer   18 6 Brian Bell   13===Heat 4===* Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Svend Karlsen  32 2 Martin Muhr   30 3 Levi Vaoga   20 4 Mark Philippi   18 (injury) 5 Graham Mullins   15 6 Jean-Marc Tocaven  3 (injury)===Heat 5===* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski   31 2 Phil Pfister   27 3 Zydrunas Savickas   27 4 Peter Baltus   22.5 5 Adrian Rollinson   12.5 6 László Fekete   1 (injury)
Final results  # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen   59 2 Svend Karlsen   54 3 Magnus Samuelsson   53 4 Mariusz Pudzianowski   49 5 Phil Pfister   42 6 Martin Muhr   40 7 Gerrit Badenhorst   34 8 Regin Vagadal   26 9 Hugo Girard  Canada 8 (Injured) 10 Rob Dixon   5 (Injured) Position Name Nationality Event 1Super Yoke Event 2Power Stairs Event 3Car Lift Event 4Farmer's Walk Event 5Truck Pull Event 6Fingal's Fingers Event 7Atlas Stones 1 (59pts) Janne Virtanen   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   4 (21.5s) 10 (2 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) 10 (5pts) Rob Dixon   8 (27.3s) 9 (21 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured)
References
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