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1994 WSM Final

The 1994 WSM Final was held on 1994-10-18 in Sun City, South Africa. 8 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: October 18, 1994 – October 24, 1994
Location: Sun City, South Africa, South Africa
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Magnús Ver Magnússon
1st Place

Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸

Total Points: 50.5

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Truck Pull
  2. 2. Wheelbarrow Carry
  3. 3. Rock Press
  4. 4. Car Walk
  5. 5. Hercules Hold
  6. 6. Max Deadlift
  7. 7. Pole Push
  8. 8. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 ISL 50.5
2 Manfred Höberl 🇦🇹 AUT 49.5
3 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 FIN 48.0
4 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 RSA 38.5
5 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 GBR 36.5
6 Anton Boucher 🇳🇦 NAM 31.5
7 Joe Onosai 🇼🇸 SAM 12.5
8 Ted van der Parre 🇳🇱 NED 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 5 in 29.00 s 8.0
2 Manfred Höberl 5 in 29.87 s 7.0
3 Riku Kiri 5 in 35.60 s 6.0
4 Anton Boucher 5 in 38.42 s 5.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 5 in 38.87 s 4.0
6 Forbes Cowan 4 in 45.29 s 3.0
- Joe Onosai (Withdrew) 0.0
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 11.73 s 8.0
2 Manfred Höberl 13.60 s 7.0
3 Riku Kiri 14.76 s 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 19.30 s 5.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 23.00 s 4.0
6 Anton Boucher 29.84 s 3.0
- Joe Onosai (Did not attempt) 0.0
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 53.55 s 8.0
2 Forbes Cowan 52.64 s 7.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 43.15 s 6.0
4 Anton Boucher 41.87 s 5.0
5 Manfred Höberl 40.30 s 4.0
6 Joe Onosai 38.30 s 3.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 30.35 s 2.0
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 440 kg 8.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 430 kg 7.0
3 Riku Kiri 420 kg 6.0
4 Manfred Höberl 390 kg 5.0
5 Anton Boucher 380 kg 4.0
6 Joe Onosai 330 kg 3.0
7 Forbes Cowan (No lift) 2.0
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Pole Push

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 1st 8.0
2 Manfred Höberl 2nd 7.0
3 Forbes Cowan 3rd 6.0
4 Magnús Ver Magnússon 4th 2.5
4 Gerrit Badenhorst 4th 2.5
4 Anton Boucher 4th 2.5
4 Joe Onosai 4th 2.5
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Rock Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 135 kg 8.0
2 Anton Boucher 130 kg 7.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 130 kg 6.0
4 Manfred Höberl 120 kg 4.5
4 Forbes Cowan 120 kg 4.5
6 Riku Kiri 110 kg 3.0
7 Joe Onosai (No lift) 2.0
- Ted van der Parre (Withdrew) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Manfred Höberl 29.64 s 8.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 33.64 s 7.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 34.04 s 6.0
4 Ted van der Parre 34.07 s 5.0
5 Forbes Cowan 34.51 s 4.0
6 Riku Kiri 36.69 s 3.0
7 Anton Boucher 46.48 s 2.0
8 Joe Onosai 55.48 s 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 14.26 s 8.0
2 Manfred Höberl 16.10 s 7.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 16.21 s 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 17.42 s 5.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 23.55 s 4.0
6 Anton Boucher 23.76 s 3.0
7 Ted van der Parre 12.9 m 2.0
8 Joe Onosai 5.6 m 1.0

1994 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
2 Joe Onosai 🇼🇸 Samoa 11.0
3 Gary Taylor 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
4 Bill Lyndon 🇦🇺 Australia 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Forbes Cowan 33.02 s 4.0
2 Bill Lyndon 34.06 s 3.0
3 Gary Taylor 39.84 s 2.0
4 Joe Onosai 60.00 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Forbes Cowan 83.5 m 4.0
2 Joe Onosai 67.3 m 3.0
3 Gary Taylor 66.1 m 2.0
4 Bill Lyndon 59.8 m 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gary Taylor 160 kg 4.0
2 Joe Onosai 150 kg 3.0
3 Bill Lyndon 140 kg 2.0
4 Forbes Cowan 140 kg 1.0

Wrestling

# Athlete Result Points
1 Joe Onosai 1st 4.0
2 Gary Taylor 2nd 3.0
3 Forbes Cowan 3rd 2.0
4 Bill Lyndon 4th 1.0

1994 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Manfred Höberl 🇦🇹 Austria 14.0
2 Ted van der Parre 🇳🇱 Netherlands 11.0
3 László Fekete 🇭🇺 Hungary 10.0
4 Ron Trottier 🇨🇦 Canada 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Manfred Höberl 23.95 s 4.0
2 László Fekete 30.84 s 3.0
3 Ted van der Parre 31.26 s 2.0
4 Ron Trottier 50 m 1.0

McGlashen Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Manfred Höberl 5 in 23.35 s 4.0
2 László Fekete 5 in 30.20 s 3.0
3 Ted van der Parre 5 in 35.84 s 2.0
4 Ron Trottier 5 in 37.55 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ted van der Parre 22.90 s 4.0
2 László Fekete 25.42 s 3.0
3 Manfred Höberl 26.84 s 2.0
4 Ron Trottier 27.55 s 1.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Manfred Höberl 6 m 4.0
2 Ted van der Parre 5.75 m 3.0
3 Ron Trottier 5 m 2.0
4 László Fekete 4.5 m 1.0

1994 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 Iceland 13.0
2 Anton Boucher 🇳🇦 Namibia 12.0
3 Wayne Price 🇿🇦 South Africa 10.0
4 Henrik Ravn 🇩🇰 Denmark 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 15.08 s 4.0
2 Wayne Price 20.15 s 3.0
3 Henrik Ravn 23.95 s 2.0
4 Anton Boucher 25.87 s 1.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Anton Boucher 67.80 s 4.0
2 Wayne Price 36.10 s 3.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 24.80 s 2.0
4 Henrik Ravn 17.20 s 1.0

Húsafell Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Anton Boucher 41.2 m 4.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 15.7 m 3.0
3 Wayne Price 1.2 m 2.0
4 Henrik Ravn Withdrew 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 5 in 66.55 s 4.0
2 Anton Boucher 5 in 84.95 s 3.0
3 Wayne Price 4 implements 2.0
4 Henrik Ravn Withdrew 0.0

1994 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 Finland 14.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 13.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 9.0
4 Steve Pulcinella 🇺🇸 United States 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 22.51 s 4.0
2 Riku Kiri 29.60 s 3.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 51.37 s 2.0
4 Steve Pulcinella - 1.0

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 13.51 s 4.0
2 Riku Kiri 13.78 s 3.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 18.95 s 2.0
4 Steve Pulcinella 46.76 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 21 reps 4.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 17 reps 3.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 14 reps 2.0
4 Steve Pulcinella 9 reps 1.0

Tug of War

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 1st 4.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 2nd 3.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 3rd 2.0
4 Steve Pulcinella 4th 1.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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