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1996 WSM Final

The 1996 WSM Final was held. 8 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: Date unknown
Location: Location unknown
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Magnús Ver Magnússon
1st Place

Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸

Total Points: 52.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Tractor Pull
  2. 2. Car Flip
  3. 3. Weight Throw
  4. 4. Hercules Hold
  5. 5. Cask Circle
  6. 6. Farmer's Walk
  7. 7. Max Deadlift
  8. 8. Power Stairs

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 ISL 52.0
2 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 FIN 43.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 RSA 41.0
4 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 DEN 35.5
5 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 GBR 34.0
6 Jorma Ojanaho 🇫🇮 FIN 32.5
7 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 LAT 25.0
8 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 FRO 24.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 11.51 s 8.0
2 Riku Kiri 12.42 s 7.0
3 Flemming Rasmussen 14.15 s 6.0
4 Magnús Ver Magnússon 15.64 s 5.0
5 Forbes Cowan 21.26 s 4.0
6 Regin Vágadal 24.26 s 3.0
7 Jorma Ojanaho 27.00 s 2.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 39.60 s 1.0

Cask Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 946 ° 8.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 830 ° 7.0
3 Regin Vágadal 799 ° 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 767 ° 5.0
5 Riku Kiri 720 ° 4.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen 703 ° 3.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 701 ° 2.0
8 Jorma Ojanaho 653 ° 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 28.19 s 8.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 29.95 s 7.0
3 Riku Kiri 30.53 s 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 30.77 s 5.0
5 Raimonds Bergmanis 31.80 s 4.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 32.24 s 3.0
7 Jorma Ojanaho 33.48 s 2.0
8 Regin Vágadal 82.38 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 49.19 s 8.0
2 Jorma Ojanaho 47.80 s 7.0
3 Forbes Cowan 46.60 s 6.0
4 Magnús Ver Magnússon 35.00 s 5.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 30.42 s 4.0
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 29.86 s 3.0
7 Regin Vágadal 29.21 s 2.0
8 Gerrit Badenhorst 18.55 s 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 410 kg 8.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 370 kg 7.0
3 Riku Kiri 370 kg 6.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 350 kg 5.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 330 kg 3.5
5 Jorma Ojanaho 330 kg 3.5
7 Regin Vágadal 310 kg 2.0
8 Forbes Cowan 230 kg 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 48.42 s 8.0
2 Jorma Ojanaho 53.64 s 7.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 57.87 s 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 61.15 s 5.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 17 stairs 4.0
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 14 stairs 3.0
7 Regin Vágadal 7 stairs 2.0
- Riku Kiri 0 stairs 0.0

Tractor Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jorma Ojanaho 34.26 s 8.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 34.51 s 7.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 34.69 s 6.0
4 Forbes Cowan 36.55 s 5.0
5 Riku Kiri 40.55 s 4.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen 41.69 s 3.0
7 Regin Vágadal 50.06 s 2.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 13.98 m 1.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 6.6 m 8.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 6.3 m 7.0
3 Regin Vágadal 6.15 m 6.0
4 Flemming Rasmussen 6 m 5.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 5.85 m 4.0
6 Forbes Cowan 5.85 m 3.0
7 Jorma Ojanaho 5.85 m 2.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 5.35 m 1.0

1996 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 Iceland 20.0
2 Jorma Ojanaho 🇫🇮 Finland 20.0
3 Nathan Jones 🇦🇺 Australia 17.0
4 Paul Lepik 🇪🇪 Estonia 10.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 🇷🇺 Russia 10.0
6 Stasys Mėčius 🇱🇹 Lithuania 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nathan Jones 44.06 s 6.0
2 Jorma Ojanaho 47.06 s 5.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 56.87 s 4.0
4 Stasys Mėčius 73.00 s 3.0
5 Vladimir Turchinsky 23.65 m 2.0
6 Paul Lepik 22.74 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jorma Ojanaho 4 in 82.60 s 6.0
2 Nathan Jones 4 in 88.67 s 5.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 4 in 99.71 s 4.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 3 in 94.31 s 3.0
5 Stasys Mėčius 3 in 96.86 s 2.0
6 Paul Lepik 1 in 14.71 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 14 reps 6.0
2 Jorma Ojanaho 13 reps 5.0
3 Vladimir Turchinsky 8 reps 3.0
3 Nathan Jones 8 reps 3.0
3 Paul Lepik 8 reps 3.0
6 Stasys Mėčius 7 reps 1.0

Max Squat

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 410 kg 6.0
2 Paul Lepik 410 kg 5.0
3 Jorma Ojanaho 335 kg 4.0
4 Nathan Jones 285 kg 3.0
5 Vladimir Turchinsky 260 kg 2.0
6 Stasys Mėčius 235 kg 1.0

1996 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 19.0
2 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.0
3 Bill Lyndon 🇦🇺 Australia 14.0
3 Evgeny Popov 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 14.0
5 Hjalti Árnason 🇮🇸 Iceland 12.0
6 Phil Martin 🇺🇸 United States 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 99.19 s 6.0
2 Forbes Cowan 74.15 s 5.0
3 Evgeny Popov 73.48 s 4.0
4 Hjalti Árnason 69.90 s 3.0
5 Bill Lyndon 55.06 s 2.0
6 Phil Martin 44.68 s 1.0

Leg Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bill Lyndon 22 reps 6.0
2 Hjalti Árnason 18 reps 5.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 12 reps 4.0
4 Evgeny Popov 11 reps 3.0
5 Phil Martin 10 reps 2.0
6 Forbes Cowan 1 rep 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Forbes Cowan 5 in 54.10 s 6.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 5 in 59.06 s 5.0
3 Bill Lyndon 5 in 69.48 s 4.0
4 Phil Martin 4 in 50.67 s 3.0
5 Evgeny Popov 4 in 85.30 s 2.0
6 Hjalti Árnason 4 in 90.00 s 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Forbes Cowan 20.99 s 6.0
2 Evgeny Popov 54.37 s 5.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 56.20 s 4.0
4 Hjalti Árnason 69.80 s 3.0
5 Bill Lyndon 22.62 m 2.0
6 Phil Martin 13.64 m 1.0

1996 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 Faroe Islands 19.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 Latvia 18.0
3 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 Netherlands 15.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 13.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 12.0
6 Colin Cox 🇳🇿 New Zealand 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 65.55 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 61.55 s 5.0
3 Regin Vágadal 55.90 s 4.0
4 Berend Veneberg 53.87 s 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 44.69 s 2.0
6 Colin Cox 41.60 s 1.0

Duck Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Regin Vágadal 28.10 s 6.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 32.62 s 5.0
3 Berend Veneberg 39.30 s 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 46.18 m 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 45.34 m 2.0
6 Colin Cox 29.13 m 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 22.51 s 6.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 22.60 s 5.0
3 Regin Vágadal 24.51 s 4.0
4 Colin Cox 26.87 s 3.0
5 Berend Veneberg 29.55 s 2.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 7.17 m 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 48.69 s 6.0
2 Regin Vágadal 67.80 s 5.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 14.88 m 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 13.6 m 3.0
5 Colin Cox 13 m 2.0
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 10.82 m 1.0

1996 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 Finland 18.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 Denmark 16.0
3 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 15.0
3 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 15.0
5 Bill Pittuck 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.0
6 Brian Bell 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 5 in 35.87 s 6.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 5 in 42.35 s 5.0
3 Svend Karlsen 5 in 45.51 s 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 4 in 35.83 s 3.0
5 Bill Pittuck 4 in 43.04 s 2.0
6 Brian Bell 4 in 57.36 s 1.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Boyer 20.37 s 6.0
2 Bill Pittuck 21.55 s 5.0
3 Riku Kiri 24.76 s 4.0
4 Svend Karlsen 25.37 s 3.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 27.42 s 2.0
6 Brian Bell 36.64 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 53.00 s 6.0
2 Derek Boyer 72.87 s 5.0
3 Flemming Rasmussen 57.3 m 4.0
4 Bill Pittuck 55.04 m 3.0
5 Svend Karlsen 54.8 m 2.0
6 Brian Bell 52.24 m 1.0

Flintstone Barbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 200 kg 6.0
2 Flemming Rasmussen 190 kg 5.0
3 Bill Pittuck 190 kg 4.0
4 Brian Bell 185 kg 3.0
5 Riku Kiri 180 kg 2.0
6 Derek Boyer 170 kg 1.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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