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2000 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2000

Field	Value
competition_name	2000 World's Strongest Man
dates	1-11 August 2000
venue	Sun City
country	RSA
athletes participating	30
nations participating	20
winner	Finland Janne Virtanen
prev	Malta 1999
next	Victoria Falls 2001

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	CAN	28
2	Rob Dixon	UK	27
3	Derek Boyer	FIJ	25.5
4	Whit Baskin	USA	23
5	Pieter de Bruyn	RSA	16.5
6	Jose Hervas	ESP	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	SWE	29
2	Regin Vagadal	FRO	23
3	Glenn Ross	UK	23
4	Johnny Perry	USA	18
5	Torfi Olafsson	ISL	18
6	René Minkwitz	DEN	14

Heat 3

Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Janne Virtanen	FIN	33
2	Gerrit Badenhorst	RSA	23.5
3	Brian Schoonveld	USA	19.5
4	Torbjörn Samuelsson	SWE	19
5	Bernd Kerschbaumer	AUT	18
6	Brian Bell	UK	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	NOR	32
2	Martin Muhr	GER	30
3	Levi Vaoga	NZL	20
4	Mark Philippi	USA	18 (injury)
5	Graham Mullins	UK	15
6	Jean-Marc Tocaven	FRA	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	POL	31
2	Phil Pfister	USA	27
3	Zydrunas Savickas	LIT	27
4	Peter Baltus	NLD	22.5
5	Adrian Rollinson	UK	12.5
6	László Fekete	HUN	1 (injury)

Final results

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Janne Virtanen	FIN	59
2	Svend Karlsen	NOR	54
3	Magnus Samuelsson	SWE	53
4	Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL	49
5	Phil Pfister	USA	42
6	Martin Muhr	GER	40
7	Gerrit Badenhorst	RSA	34
8	Regin Vagadal	FRO	26
9	Hugo Girard	CAN	url=http://www.btinternet.com/~m.d.pratesi/mp/WSMindex.html#tag_29	title=btinternet.com	accessdate=2010-01-16	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103215046/http://www.btinternet.com/~m.d.pratesi/mp/WSMindex.html	archivedate=3 January 2010	url-status=dead }}
10	Rob Dixon	GBR	5 (Injured)

Position	Name	Nationality	Event 1
Super Yoke	Event 2
Power Stairs	Event 3
Car Lift	Event 4
Farmer's Walk	Event 5
Truck Pull	Event 6
Fingal's Fingers	Event 7
Atlas Stones
1 (59pts)	Janne Virtanen	FIN	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	NOR	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	SWE	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	POL	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	USA	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	GER	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	RSA	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	FRO	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	CAN	4 (21.5s)	10 (2 stairs)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)
10 (5pts)	Rob Dixon	UK	8 (27.3s)	9 (21 stairs)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)	(Injured)

References

"theworldsstrongestman.com Results 2000 final".
"theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2000 Qualifying round".
"btinternet.com".
(31 December 2010). "World's Strongest Man 2010 Qualifiers: Heat 5".

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