1978 World's Strongest Man

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1978 World's Strongest Man
Host cityUnited States Universal Studios, California, United States
WinnerUnited States Bruce Wilhelm
Nations participating4 (final)
Athletes participating10 (final)

The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States. It was his second title. Don Reinhoudt also from the United States finished second, and Lars Hedlund from Sweden third. The contest was held at the Universal Studios, California.[1]

Final results[]

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Bruce Wilhelm United States United States 64.33
2 Don Reinhoudt United States United States 58
3 Lars Hedlund Sweden Sweden 38.9
4 Jon Kolb United States United States 23.4
5 Gus Rethwisch United States United States 16.73
6 Boris Djerassi Israel Israel[2] 15.23
7 Brian Oldfield United States United States 12
8 Ivan Putski Poland Poland[2] 5.4
9 John Matuszak United States United States 4
10 Jack Wright United States United States 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  2. ^ a b "btinternet.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.

External links[]

Preceded by 1978 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
Retrieved from ""