1998 World's Strongest Man
Host city | Tangier, Morocco |
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Winner | Magnus Samuelsson |
Nations participating | 7 (final) |
Athletes participating | 40 (heats) 10 (final) |
The 1998 World's Strongest Man was the 21st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. 1997 champion Jouko Ahola from Finland finished second, and Wout Zijlstra from the Netherlands finished third. This year had 10 qualifying heats with the winner of each heat going onto the finals. Half the field got injured during the finals of the contest, as well as several heat winners prior to the finals such as Flemming Rasmussen and Gerrit Badenhorst. The contest was held in Tangier, Morocco.[1]
Heats[]
Group 1[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Riku Kiri | Finland | 14.5 |
2. | Denmark | 11 | |
3. | Czech Republic | 8 | |
4. | United States | 4.5 (injured) |
Group 2[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 14 (injured) |
2. | Russ Bradley | England | 10 |
2. | Martin Muhr | Germany | 10 |
4. | Ginaud Dupuis | Canada | 6 |
Group 3[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1. | South Africa | 13 | |
2. | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 13 |
3. | Glenn Ross | Northern Ireland | 9 |
4. | Terry Brennan | United States | 5 |
Group 4[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 14 |
2. | Derek Boyer | Fiji | 12 |
3. | Norway | 7 | |
3. | Fraser Tranter | England | 7 |
Group 5[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 14 (injured) |
2. | Lee Bowers | England | 10.5 |
3. | Austria | 10.5 | |
4. | Spain | 5 |
Group 6[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 15 |
2. | Scotland | 10.5 | |
3. | Wayne Price | South Africa | 10 |
4. | Japan | 4.5 |
Group 7[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 13 |
2. | László Fekete | Hungary | 11 |
3. | Žydrūnas Savickas | Lithuania | 9 |
4. | United States | 7 |
Group 8[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Torfi Ólafsson | Iceland | 13 |
2. | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 13 |
3. | Phil Pfister | United States | 10 |
4. | Russia | 0 (injured) |
Group 9[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Mark Philippi | United States | 16 |
2. | Bulgaria | 11 | |
3. | Bill Lyndon | Australia | 9 |
4. | Vladimir Turchinsky | Russia | 4 |
Group 10[]
Position | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Jouko Ahola | Finland | 15 |
2. | Hugo Girard | Canada | 12 |
3. | Stuart Murray | Scotland | 7 |
4. | Gunnar Thor | Iceland | 6 |
Final results[]
#[1] | Name[1] | Nationality[1] | Pts[1] |
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1 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 73 |
2 | Jouko Ahola | Finland | 67 |
3 | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 62 |
4 | Phil Pfister | United States | 51 |
5 | South Africa | 46 | |
6 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 26 (injured) |
7 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 19 (injured) |
8 | Mark Philippi | United States | 18 (injured) |
9 | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 9 (injured) |
10 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 5 (injured) |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
External links[]
Categories:
- World's Strongest Man competitions
- 1998 in Moroccan sport