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1998 IFSA Helsinki Grand Prix

The 1998 IFSA Helsinki Grand Prix was held on 1998-03-14 in Helsinki, Finland. 10 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: March 14, 1998
Location: Helsinki, Finland, Finland
Type: IFSA Grand Prix
Division: Men
Jouko Ahola
1st Place

Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮

Total Points: 74.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Vertical Lift
  2. 2. Crucifix Hold
  3. 3. Atlas Stones
  4. 4. Wheelbarrow Carry
  5. 5. Loading Race
  6. 6. Conan's Wheel
  7. 7. Farmer's Walk
  8. 8. Power Stairs

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 FIN 74.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 🇮🇸 ISL 62.5
3 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 61.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 50.0
5 Juha Tuhkasaari 🇫🇮 FIN 44.0
6 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 38.0
7 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 FIN 32.5
8 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 FRO 30.5
9 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 NED 24.5
10 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 GER 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 5 in 18.60 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 5 in 18.91 s 9.0
3 Riku Kiri 5 in 19.41 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 5 in 22.47 s 7.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 23.43 s 6.0
6 Regin Vágadal 5 in 32.79 s 5.0
7 Martin Muhr 5 in 45.03 s 4.0
8 Juha Tuhkasaari 5 in 67.00 s 3.0
9 Berend Veneberg 5 in 95.00 s 2.0
10 Heinz Ollesch DNF 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Juha Tuhkasaari 700 ° 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 680 ° 9.0
3 Svend Karlsen 460 ° 8.0
4 Regin Vágadal 410 ° 7.0
5 Magnús Ver Magnússon 405 ° 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 270 ° 5.0
7 Martin Muhr 70 ° 4.0
8 Berend Veneberg 10 ° 3.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Heinz Ollesch (Withdrew) 0.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 49.78 s 10.0
2 Juha Tuhkasaari 45.55 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 38.27 s 8.0
4 Berend Veneberg 33.86 s 7.0
5 Svend Karlsen 33.20 s 6.0
6 Regin Vágadal 30.33 s 4.5
6 Magnús Ver Magnússon 30.33 s 4.5
8 Riku Kiri 24.96 s 3.0
9 Heinz Ollesch 21.19 s 2.0
10 Martin Muhr 17.30 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 67.28 m 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 64.91 m 9.0
3 Svend Karlsen 63.45 m 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 60 m 7.0
5 Martin Muhr 52.65 m 6.0
6 Juha Tuhkasaari 45.04 m 5.0
7 Regin Vágadal 42.81 m 4.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Heinz Ollesch (Withdrew) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 28.83 s 10.0
2 Magnús Ver Magnússon 28.98 s 9.0
3 Jouko Ahola 31.17 s 8.0
4 Riku Kiri 32.10 s 7.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 33.15 s 6.0
6 Juha Tuhkasaari 35.74 s 5.0
7 Martin Muhr 38.43 s 4.0
8 Berend Veneberg 46.03 s 3.0
9 Regin Vágadal 47.45 s 2.0
- Heinz Ollesch (Withdrew) 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 28.49 s 10.0
2 Martin Muhr 28.94 s 9.0
3 Magnús Ver Magnússon 30.16 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 33.00 s 7.0
5 Juha Tuhkasaari 48.07 s 6.0
6 Regin Vágadal 49.76 s 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 60.00 s 4.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Heinz Ollesch (Withdrew) 0.0

Vertical Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 3.30 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 3.61 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 3.77 s 8.0
4 Martin Muhr 4.49 s 7.0
5 Svend Karlsen 4.72 s 6.0
6 Riku Kiri 5.17 s 4.5
6 Berend Veneberg 5.17 s 4.5
8 Heinz Ollesch 5.45 s 3.0
9 Juha Tuhkasaari 5.60 s 2.0
10 Regin Vágadal 9.62 s 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 11.11 s 10.0
2 Svend Karlsen 12.17 s 9.0
3 Jouko Ahola 12.71 s 8.0
4 Magnús Ver Magnússon 13.29 s 7.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 15.95 s 6.0
6 Berend Veneberg DNF 5.0
7 Juha Tuhkasaari DNF 4.0
8 Martin Muhr DNF 3.0
9 Regin Vágadal DNF 2.0
10 Heinz Ollesch DNF 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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