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Strongman competition in 2001 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
2001 World's Strongest Man | |
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Competition information | |
Dates | 5-15 October 2001 |
Location | Victoria Falls |
Country | Zambia |
Athletes participating | 30 |
Nations participating | 17 |
Champion(s) | |
Svend Karlsen | |
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Juha-Matti Räsänen | Finland | 26 |
2 | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 25.5 |
3 | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 24 |
4 | Karl Gillingham | United States | 21.5 |
5 | Derek Boyer | Australia | 20 |
6 | Israel Garrido | Spain | 9 |
Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido.[2]
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 27.5 |
2 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 27 |
3 | Mark Philippi | United States | 22.5 |
4 | Torbjörn Samuelsson | Sweden | 21 |
5 | Marc Iliffe | United Kingdom | 14.5 |
6 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 13.5 |
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 28 |
2 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 26 |
3 | Travis Lyndon | Canada | 25 |
4 | Raimonds Bergmanis | Latvia | 17.5 |
5 | Johnny Perry | United States | 16.5 |
6 | Glenn Ross | United Kingdom | 13 |
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 31 |
2 | Andrew Raynes | United Kingdom | 21 |
3 | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 20 |
4 | Ralf Ber | Austria | 20 |
5 | Brian Schoonveld | United States | 17 |
6 | Levi Vaoga | New Zealand | 17 |
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.[2]
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Phil Pfister | United States | 31 |
2 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 30 |
3 | Odd Haugen | Norway | 21 |
4 | Adrian Rollinson | United Kingdom | 18.5 |
5 | Johan van Heerden | South Africa | 16.5 |
6 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 7 (injury) |
# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 53.5 |
2 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 51.5 |
3 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 50 |
4 | Phil Pfister | United States | 46 |
5 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 40 |
6 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 38.5 |
7 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 30 |
8 | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 28.5 |
9 | Juha-Matti Räsänen | Finland | 25.5 |
10 | Andrew Raynes | United Kingdom | 18.5 |
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