2008 World's Strongest Man

2008 World's Strongest Man

Host city	Charleston, West Virginia
Winner	Derek Poundstone
Nations participating	12
Athletes participating	30
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The 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Derek Poundstone from the USA. It was his second title. Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the USA finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.^[1]

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Derek Poundstone	USA	29
2	Jason Bergmann	USA	27.5
3	Mark Felix	United Kingdom	26
4	Stefán Sölvi Pétursson	Iceland	19
5	Jarek Dymek	Poland	18.5
6	Igor Werner	Germany	6

Heat 2

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Phil Pfister	USA	27.5
2	Sebastian Wenta	Poland	25
3	Johannes Årsjö	Sweden	22.5
4	Richard Skog	Norway	22.5
5	Oli Thompson	United Kingdom	19.5
6	Tobias Ide	Germany	8

Heat 3

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Tarmo Mitt	Estonia	28.5
2	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom	26.5
3	Kevin Nee	USA	23.5
4	Elbrus Nigmatullin	Russia	18.5
5	Janne Virtanen	Finland	18
6	Jean-Francois Caron	Canada	11

Heat 4

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	29
2	Arild Haugen	Norway	25
3	Brian Shaw	USA	21
4	Laurence Shahlaei	United Kingdom	20
5	Louis-Philippe Jean	Canada	19.5
6	Brian Siders	USA	11.5

Heat 5

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Travis Ortmayer	USA	31.5
2	Dave Ostlund	USA	28
3	Jimmy Marku	United Kingdom	23.5
4	Magnus Samuelsson	Sweden	19.5
5	Raivis Vidzis	Latvia	14.5
6	Florian Trimpl	Germany	9

Final results

#[1]	Name[1]	Nationality[1]	Pts[1]
1	Derek Poundstone	USA	58.5
2	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	53.5
3	Dave Ostlund	USA	49.5
4	Phil Pfister	USA	44.5
5	Travis Ortmayer	USA	39.5
6	Sebastian Wenta	Poland	38
7	Tarmo Mitt	Estonia	30.5
8	Arild Haugen	Norway	26
9	Jason Bergmann	USA	25
10	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom	19

References

External links

• Official site