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1995 WSM Final

The 1995 WSM Final was held on 1995-10-02 in Nassau, Bahamas. 10 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: October 2, 1995 – October 8, 1995
Location: Nassau, Bahamas, Bahamas
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Magnús Ver Magnússon
1st Place

Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸

Total Points: 71.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Truck Pull
  2. 2. Car Flip
  3. 3. Flintstone Barbell
  4. 4. Farmer's Walk
  5. 5. Caber Toss
  6. 6. Tug of War
  7. 7. Max Squat
  8. 8. Loading Race

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 ISL 71.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 RSA 62.5
3 Marko Varalahti 🇫🇮 FIN 48.5
4 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 GER 46.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 DEN 42.5
6 Gary Taylor 🇬🇧 GBR 42.0
7 Phil Martin 🇺🇸 USA 40.0
8 Wayne Price 🇿🇦 RSA 38.5
9 Joe Onosai 🇼🇸 SAM 29.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 19.0

Event-by-Event Results

Caber Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 5.45 m 9.5
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 5.45 m 9.5
3 Wayne Price 5.4 m 8.0
4 Flemming Rasmussen 5.4 m 7.0
5 Phil Martin 5.2 m 6.0
6 Marko Varalahti 4.7 m 4.5
6 Heinz Ollesch 4.7 m 4.5
8 Joe Onosai 4.4 m 3.0
9 Gary Taylor 4.4 m 2.0
10 Magnus Samuelsson 4 m 1.0

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 13.90 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 14.36 s 9.0
3 Marko Varalahti 14.87 s 8.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 14.97 s 7.0
5 Gary Taylor 15.87 s 6.0
6 Wayne Price 15.99 s 5.0
7 Flemming Rasmussen 16.50 s 4.0
8 Magnus Samuelsson 18.64 s 3.0
9 Phil Martin 26.42 s 2.0
10 Joe Onosai 29.26 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Marko Varalahti 33.64 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 45.30 s 9.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 50.51 s 8.0
4 Gary Taylor 88.1 m 7.0
5 Phil Martin 69.8 m 6.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen 66.8 m 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 63.2 m 4.0
8 Heinz Ollesch 56.3 m 3.0
9 Joe Onosai 52.7 m 2.0
10 Wayne Price 41.2 m 1.0

Flintstone Barbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gary Taylor 210 kg 10.0
2 Joe Onosai 205 kg 9.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 200 kg 8.0
4 Phil Martin 190 kg 7.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 180 kg 6.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 170 kg 5.0
7 Wayne Price 170 kg 4.0
8 Heinz Ollesch 150 kg 3.0
9 Marko Varalahti 130 kg 2.0
10 Magnus Samuelsson 120 kg 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Marko Varalahti 5 in 77.64 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 5 in 93.15 s 9.0
3 Phil Martin 5 in 117.55 s 8.0
4 Flemming Rasmussen 4 in 56.74 s 7.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 4 in 60.25 s 6.0
6 Wayne Price 4 in 66.00 s 5.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 4 in 88.79 s 4.0
8 Magnus Samuelsson 4 in 104.39 s 3.0
9 Joe Onosai 1 in 14.22 s 2.0
10 Gary Taylor 0 in 120.00 s 1.0

Max Squat

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 437.5 kg 10.0
2 Gary Taylor 407.5 kg 8.5
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 407.5 kg 8.5
4 Joe Onosai 352.5 kg 7.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 325 kg 6.0
6 Phil Martin 305 kg 4.5
6 Heinz Ollesch 305 kg 4.5
8 Wayne Price 275 kg 2.5
8 Marko Varalahti 275 kg 2.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson 237.5 kg 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 33.26 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 34.37 s 9.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 34.64 s 8.0
4 Marko Varalahti 36.24 s 7.0
5 Gary Taylor 36.30 s 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 37.10 s 5.0
7 Wayne Price 37.20 s 4.0
8 Flemming Rasmussen 39.10 s 3.0
9 Phil Martin 40.16 s 2.0
10 Joe Onosai 24.3 m 1.0

Tug of War

# Athlete Result Points
1 Heinz Ollesch 1st 10.0
2 Wayne Price 2nd 9.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 3rd 7.5
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 3rd 7.5
5 Phil Martin 5th 4.5
5 Joe Onosai 5th 4.5
5 Marko Varalahti 5th 4.5
5 Flemming Rasmussen 5th 4.5
9 Gary Taylor 9th 1.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson 9th 1.0

1995 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 Iceland 12.0
1 Joe Onosai 🇼🇸 Samoa 12.0
3 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 Netherlands 9.0
4 Anton Boucher 🇳🇦 Namibia 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Joe Onosai 21.15 s 4.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 21.73 s 3.0
3 Anton Boucher 25.20 s 2.0
4 Berend Veneberg 24.25 m 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 64.55 s 4.0
2 Joe Onosai 50.69 s 3.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 45.51 s 2.0
4 Anton Boucher 44.30 s 1.0

Incline Log Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Joe Onosai 23 reps 4.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 22 reps 3.0
3 Anton Boucher 21 reps 2.0
4 Berend Veneberg 19 reps 1.0

McGlashen Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 8 in 46.99 s 4.0
2 Berend Veneberg 8 in 49.35 s 3.0
3 Anton Boucher 6 in 32.22 s 2.0
4 Joe Onosai 1 in 13.28 s 1.0

1995 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Gary Taylor 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.5
2 Wayne Price 🇿🇦 South Africa 11.5
3 Bernard Rolle 🇧🇸 Bahamas 8.5
4 Stasys Mėčius 🇱🇹 Lithuania 7.5

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Wayne Price 87.37 s 4.0
2 Gary Taylor 115.26 s 3.0
3 Bernard Rolle 34.7 m 2.0
4 Stasys Mėčius 33.2 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bernard Rolle 46.55 s 4.0
2 Gary Taylor 31.76 s 3.0
3 Wayne Price 31.06 s 2.0
4 Stasys Mėčius 23.87 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stasys Mėčius 5 in 89.69 s 4.0
2 Wayne Price 4 implements 2.5
2 Gary Taylor 4 implements 2.5
4 Bernard Rolle 3 implements 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gary Taylor 145 kg 4.0
2 Wayne Price 130 kg 3.0
3 Bernard Rolle (No lift) 1.5
3 Stasys Mėčius (No lift) 1.5

1995 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 15.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 11.0
3 Colin Cox 🇳🇿 New Zealand 7.0
3 Bill Pittuck 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Bavarian Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Heinz Ollesch 320 kg 4.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 320 kg 3.0
3 Bill Pittuck 280 kg 2.0
4 Colin Cox 270 kg 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 1st 4.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 2nd 3.0
3 Colin Cox 3rd 2.0
4 Bill Pittuck 4th 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 16.26 s 4.0
2 Bill Pittuck 18.87 s 3.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 21.48 s 2.0
4 Colin Cox 7.4 m 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 52.35 s 4.0
2 Colin Cox 54.30 s 3.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 12.9 m 2.0
4 Bill Pittuck 5.1 m 1.0

1995 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Marko Varalahti 🇫🇮 Finland 14.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 Denmark 11.0
3 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
4 Curtis Leffler 🇺🇸 United States 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Marko Varalahti 5 in 30.15 s 4.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 5 in 30.45 s 3.0
3 Forbes Cowan 5 in 44.76 s 2.0
4 Curtis Leffler 1 in 15.66 s 1.0

Car Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Marko Varalahti 30.84 s 4.0
2 Forbes Cowan 31.51 s 3.0
3 Flemming Rasmussen 37.64 s 2.0
4 Curtis Leffler 25.25 m 1.0

Murder Ball

# Athlete Result Points
1 Flemming Rasmussen 1st 4.0
2 Marko Varalahti 2nd 3.0
3 Forbes Cowan 3rd 2.0
4 Curtis Leffler 4th 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Forbes Cowan 11.10 s 4.0
2 Marko Varalahti 11.48 s 3.0
3 Flemming Rasmussen 17.64 s 2.0
4 Curtis Leffler 2.45 m 1.0

1995 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 15.0
2 Phil Martin 🇺🇸 United States 10.0
3 Nathan Jones 🇦🇺 Australia 6.0
4 Torfi 🇮🇸 Iceland 2.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 56.95 s 4.0
2 Nathan Jones 87.42 s 3.0
3 Torfi 18.95 m 2.0
4 Phil Martin 18.28 m 1.0

Arm Wrestling

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 1st 4.0
2 Nathan Jones 2nd 3.0
3 Phil Martin 3rd 2.0
4 Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0

Slot Machine Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Martin 1st 4.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 2nd 3.0
3 Nathan Jones (Withdrew) 0.0
3 Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 6.5 m 4.0
2 Phil Martin 6 m 3.0
3 Nathan Jones (Withdrew) 0.0
3 Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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