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1997 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 1997

Field	Value
competition_name	1997 World's Strongest Man
dates	2-13 October 1997
venue	Primm Valley Resort
location	Primm, Nevada
country	USA
athletes participating	32
nations participating	20
winner	FIN Jouko Ahola
prev	Port Louis 1996
next	Tangier 1998

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

Position	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Svend Karlsen	NOR	21
2.	Torfi Ólafsson	ISL	16
3.	Magnús Ver Magnússon	ISL	15
4.	Regin Vagadal	FRO	13.5
5.	Joe Onosai	SAM	11
6.	Brian Bell	SCO	7.5

Group 2

Position	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Raimonds Bergmanis	LAT	18.5
2.	Derek Boyer	FJI	17.5
3.	Riku Kiri	FIN	17.5
4.	Russ Bradley	ENG	16
5.	Evgeny Popov	BGR	10.5
6.	Jean-Luc Moalli	FRA	4

Group 3

Position	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Magnus Samuelsson	SWE	20
2.	Heinz Ollesch	DEU	19
3.	Gerrit Badenhorst	ZAF	16
4.	Berend Veneberg	NLD	10 (injured)
4.	Paul Lepik	EST	10
6.	Ginaud Dupuis	CAN	8

Group 4

Position	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Flemming Rasmussen	DNK	20
2.	Jouko Ahola	FIN	18
3.	Robert Weir	ENG	16
4.	Bill Lyndon	AUS	15
5.	Michael Abdullah	JPN*	9
6.	Bernard Rolle	BHS	6

Michael Abdullah comes from Lebanon, but he represents Japan at the World's Strongest Man Championship.

Group USA

Position	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Mark Philippi	USA	108
2.	Harold "Iron Bear" Collins	USA	85.5
3.	Tommy Ingalsbe	USA	83.5
4.	Ken Brown	USA	79.5
4.	Phil Martin	USA	79.5
6.	Kevin Toth	USA	68
7.	James Voronin	USA	64.5
8.	Gary Mitchell	USA	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	FIN	6	9	6	8	7	9	10	6	61
2	Flemming Rasmussen	DEN	10	9	5	7	8	10	4	4	57
3	Magnus Samuelsson	SWE	9	1.5	10	10	3	7	2	10	52.5
4	Torfi Ólafsson	ISL	5	4	7	4	4.5	6	7	8	45.5
5	Raimonds Bergmanis	LAT	4	4	1	6	4.5	8	8	9	44.5
6	Heinz Ollesch	GER	7	6.5	8	3	2	4	6	7	43.5
7	Mark Philippi	USA	1	6.5	4	2	10	3	9	5	40.5
8	Svend Karlsen	NOR	8	4	9	9	1	1	1	0	33
9	Derek Boyer	FIJ	3	1.5	3	5	6	5	5	0	28.5
10	Harold "Iron Bear" Collins	USA	2	9	2	1	9	2	3	0	28

References

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