2004 World's Strongest Man

2004 World's Strongest Man

Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Winner	Vasyl Virastyuk
Nations participating	13
Athletes participating	14
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The 2004 World's Strongest Man was the 27th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Vasyl Virastyuk from Ukraine. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished second for the third year in a row. Originally Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland finished third, but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, thus third place was given to Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas.^[1] The qualifying heats saw a major format change, going from the traditional 5-6 man heats with the top 2 going to the finals. This year's format was a 12 man round-robin competition taking place over 5 days, with the top six going onto the finals.

Qualifying heats

#[2]	Name[2]	Nationality[2]	Points[2]
1	Vasyl Virastyuk	Ukraine	55
2	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	55
3	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	54
4	Raimonds Bergmanis	Latvia	50
5	Magnus Samuelsson	Sweden	49
6	Svend Karlsen	Norway	48
7	Tomi Lotta	Finland	46
8	Andrus Murumets	Estonia	40 (replaced Steve Kirit)
9	Mark Felix	Grenada	37
10	Adrian Rollinson	United Kingdom	34
11	René Minkwitz	Denmark	31
12	Brian Turner	Scotland	25 (replaced Hugo Girard)
-	Hugo Girard	Canada	Withdrew due to injury
-	Steve Kirit	USA	Withdrew due to injury

Final results

#[1]	Name[1]	Nationality[1]	Pts[1]
1	Vasyl Virastyuk	Ukraine	37
2	Zydrunas Savickas	Lithuania	36
3	Magnus Samuelsson	Sweden	29
4	Raimonds Bergmanis	Latvia	19
5	Svend Karlsen	Norway	9 (Injured)[3][4]
x	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	Disqualified[3][4][5]

References

External links

• Official site