1997 World's Strongest Man

1997 World's Strongest Man
Host city United States Primm Valley Resort, Nevada, USA
Winner Finland Jouko Ahola
Nations participating 7 (final)
Athletes participating 32 (heats) 10 (final)

The 1997 World's Strongest Man was the 20th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland. It was his first title. Flemming Rasmussen from Denmark finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. Three time defending champion Magnus Ver Magnusson, chasing a fourth straight title and record fifth overall, was eliminated in the qualifying heats. The contest was held in Primm Valley Resort, Nevada.[1]

Heats

Group 1

Position Name Nationality Points
1. Svend Karlsen  Norway 21
2. Torfi Ólafsson  Iceland 16
3. Magnús Ver Magnússon  Iceland 15
4. Regin Vagadal  Faroe Islands 13,5
5. Joe Onosai American Samoa Samoa 11
6. Brian Bell  Scotland 7,5

Group 2

Position Name Nationality Points
1. Raimonds Bergmanis  Latvia 18,5
2. Derek Boyer  Fiji 17,5
3. Riku Kiri  Finland 17,5
4. Russ Bradley  England 16
5. Evgeny Popov  Bulgaria 10,5
6. Jean-Luc Moalli  France 4

Group 3

Position Name Nationality Points
1. Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 20
2. Heinz Ollesch  Germany 19
3. Gerrit Badenhorst  South Africa 16
4. Berend Veneberg  Netherlands 10 (injured)
4. Paul Lepik  Estonia 10
6. Ginaud Dupuis  Canada 8

Group 4

Position Name Nationality Points
1. Flemming Rasmussen  Denmark 20
2. Jouko Ahola  Finland 18
3. Robert Weir  England 16
4. Bill Lyndon  Australia 15
5. Michael Abdullah  Japan 9
6. Bernard Rolle  Bahamas 6

Group USA

Position Name Nationality Points
1. Mark Philippi  United States 108
2. Harold "Iron Bear" Collins  United States 85,5
3. Tommy Ingalsbe  United States 83,5
4. Ken Brown  United States 79,5
4. Phil Martin  United States 79,5
6. Kevin Toth  United States 68
7. James Voronin  United States 64,5
8. Gary Mitchell  United States 46.5 (Injured)

Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Truck Pull Log Lift Car Roll Husafel Stone Squat Keg Loading Dead Lift Final Race Pts[1]
1 Jouko Ahola Finland Finland 6 9 6 8 7 9 10 6 61
2 Flemming Rasmussen Denmark Denmark 10 9 5 7 8 10 4 4 57
3 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Sweden 9 1.5 10 10 3 7 2 10 52.5
4 Torfi Ólafsson Iceland Iceland 5 4 7 4 4.5 6 7 8 45.5
5 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia Latvia 4 4 1 6 4.5 8 8 9 44.5
6 Heinz Ollesch Germany Germany 7 6.5 8 3 2 4 6 7 43.5
7 Mark Philippi United States USA 1 6.5 4 2 10 3 9 5 40.5
8 Svend Karlsen Norway Norway 8 4 9 9 1 1 1 0 33
9 Derek Boyer Fiji Fiji 3 1.5 3 5 6 5 5 0 28.5
10 Harold "Iron Bear" Collins United States USA 2 9 2 1 9 2 3 0 28

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.

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