2003 World's Strongest Man
Introduction The '''2003 World's Strongest Man''' was the 26th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his second title, and Pudzianowski's record-setting score of 66 points in the Final eclipsed the previous record of 60.His margin of victory (20 points) was also a record. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.
Qualifying heats ===Heat 1===* Events: Farmer's Walk, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Train Pull, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski   32 2 Geoff Dolan   29 3 Peter Baltus   25 4 Adrian Rollinson   17 5 Igor Pedan   17 6 Jesse Marunde   2 (injury)===Heat 2===* Events: Carry & Flip (Duck Walk & Tyre Flip), Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Train Pull, Giant Farmer's Walk, Atlas Stones, Tyre Flip # Name Nationality Pts 1 Zydrunas Savickas   29 2 Magnus Samuelsson   27 3 René Minkwitz   24 4 Don Pope   22 5 Eddy Ellwood   13 (injury) 6 Heinz Ollesch   3 (injury)Levi Vaoga was originally in this heat but could not go to Zambia, and he was replaced by Heinz Ollesch.===Heat 3===* Events: Farmer's Walk, Train Pull, Car Dead Lift for reps, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip # Name Nationality Pts 1 Raimonds Bergmanis   30 2 Jarek Dymek   29.5 3 Phil Pfister   24.5 4 Carl Broomfield   17.5 5 Jarno Hams  14 6 Jorgen Ljungberg   8.5 (injury)===Heat 4===* Events: Farmer's Walk, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine; Train Pull, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip # Name Nationality Pts 1 Hugo Girard   30 2 Vasyl Virastyuk   27 3 Steve Kirit   19 4 Vidas Blekaitis   18 5 Jon Valgeir Williams   17 6 Glenn Ross   15===Heat 5===* Events: Carry & Flip (Duck Walk & Tyre Flip), Train Pull, Giant Farmer's Walk, Car Dead Lift for reps, Atlas Stones, Tyre Flip # Name Nationality Pts 1 Svend Karlsen   32 2 Jessen Paulin   27 3 Mark Philippi   22 4 Richard Gosling   19 (injury) 5 Franz Muellner   18 6 Malone Horn   1 (injury)Juha-Matti Räsänen was supposed to be in this heat but injured his bicep just before the contest. He was replaced by Malone Horn.
Final results  # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski   66 2 Zydrunas Savickas   46 3 Vasyl Virastyuk   43 4 Magnus Samuelsson   40 5 Raimonds Bergmanis   40 6 Jarek Dymek   38 7 Hugo Girard   34 8 Jessen Paulin   29 9 Svend Karlsen   28 10 Geoff Dolan   21 events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Log Lift Ladder, Hercules Hold, Atlas Stones, Train Pull, Dead Lift with Barrels Machine, Farmer's Walk
References
External links *  Official site