1996 World's Strongest Man
Host city | Port Louis, Mauritius |
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Winner | Magnús Ver Magnússon |
Nations participating | 21 (heats) 7 (final) |
Athletes participating | 24 (heats) 8 (final) |
The 1996 World's Strongest Man was the 19th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnús Ver Magnússon from Iceland. This was Magnús' fourth WSM title, tying the record of fellow Icelander Jón Páll Sigmarsson. Riku Kiri from Finland finished second, and Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished third after finishing second the previous year. The contest was held in Port Louis, Mauritius.[1]
Heats[]
Group 1[]
Place | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Iceland | 20 |
1. | Jorma Ojanaho | Finland | 20 |
3. | Nathan Jones | Australia | 17 |
4. | Canada | 10 | |
4. | Vladimir Turchinsky | Russia | 10 |
6. | Lithuania | 10 |
Group 2[]
Place | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 19 |
2. | Forbes Cowan | Scotland | 18 |
3. | Bill Lyndon | Australia | 14 |
3. | Bulgaria | 14 | |
5. | Hjalti Arnason | Iceland | 12 |
6. | Phil Martin | United States | 7 |
Group 3[]
Place | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 19 |
2. | Raimonds Bergmanis | Latvia | 18 |
3. | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 15 |
4. | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 13 |
5. | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 12 |
6. | Colin Cox | New Zealand | 7 |
Group 4[]
Place | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Riku Kiri | Finland | 18 |
2. | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 16 |
3. | Derek Boyer | Fiji | 15 |
3. | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 15 |
5. | Bill Pittuck | England | 14 |
6. | Scotland | 6 |
Final results[]
#[1] | Name[1] | Nationality[1] | Pts[1] |
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1 | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Iceland | 52 |
2 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 43 |
3 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 41 |
4 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 35.5 |
5 | Forbes Cowan | Scotland | 34 |
6 | Jorma Ojanaho | Finland | 32.5 |
7 | Raimonds Bergmanis | Latvia | 25 |
8 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 24 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1996 in sports
- World's Strongest Man competitions
- 1996 in Mauritius