2000 World's Strongest Man


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.

Heat 1

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Heat 2

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Heat 3

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Heat 4

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Heat 5

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Final results

PositionNameNationalityEvent 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 Janne Virtanen Finland3 3 4 1 1 4 2
2 Svend Karlsen Norway1 5 6 4 5 1 1
3 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden2 7 2 3 4 3 3
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland7 2 1 5 3 6 4
5 Phil Pfister United States10 6 7 2 2 2 6
6 Martin Muhr Germany9 1 3 6 8 5 5
7 Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa6 4 5 7 6 7 8
8 Regin Vagadal Faroe Islands5 8 8 8 7 8 7
9 Hugo Girard Canada4 10
10 Rob Dixon United Kingdom8 9
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