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2001 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2001

Strongman competition in 2001

FieldValue
competition_name2001 World's Strongest Man
dates5-15 October 2001
locationVictoria Falls
countryZAM
athletes participating30
nations participating17
winnerNOR Svend Karlsen
prevSun City 2000
nextKuala Lumpur 2002

The 2001 World's Strongest Man was the 24th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Svend Karlsen from Norway. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 2000 winner Janne Virtanen from Finland finished third. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
#NameNationalityPts
1Juha-Matti RäsänenFIN26
2Wout ZijlstraNED25.5
3Rob DixonUK24
4Karl GillinghamUSA21.5
5Derek BoyerAUS20
6Israel GarridoESP9

Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido.

Heat 2

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
#NameNationalityPts
1Svend KarlsenNOR27.5
2Hugo GirardCAN27
3Mark PhilippiUSA22.5
4Torbjörn SamuelssonSWE21
5Marc IliffeUK14.5
6Regin VagadalFRO13.5

Heat 3

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
#NameNationalityPts
1Magnus SamuelssonSWE28
2Martin MuhrGER26
3Travis LyndonCAN25
4Raimonds BergmanisLAT17.5
5Johnny PerryUSA16.5
6Glenn RossUK13

Heat 4

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
#NameNationalityPts
1Janne VirtanenFIN31
2Andrew RaynesUK21
3Heinz OlleschGER20
4Ralf BerAUT20
5Brian SchoonveldUSA17
6Levi VaogaNZL17

Bill Lyndon of Australia was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the Levi Vaoga who was not down as an official reserve.

Heat 5

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
#NameNationalityPts
1Phil PfisterUSA31
2Jarek DymekPOL30
3Odd HaugenNOR21
4Adrian RollinsonUK18.5
5Johan van HeerdenRSA16.5
6Flemming RasmussenDEN7 (injury)

Reserves

  • Israel Garrido Spain - used (Heat 1)
  • Brian Bell UK
  • Chad Coy USA

Final results

#NameNationalityPts
1Svend KarlsenNOR53.5
2Magnus SamuelssonSWE51.5
3Janne VirtanenFIN50
4Phil PfisterUSA46
5Martin MuhrGER40
6Hugo GirardCAN38.5
7Jarek DymekPOL30
8Wout ZijlstraNED28.5
9Juha-Matti RäsänenFIN25.5
10Andrew RaynesUK18.5

References

References

  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com".
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020206062141/http://worldsstrongestman.com/results/2001/results.shtml Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary]
  3. "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round".
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