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1998 WSM Final

The 1998 WSM Final was held on 1998-10-08 in Tangier, Morocco. 10 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: October 8, 1998 – October 18, 1998
Location: Tangier, Morocco, Morocco
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Magnus Samuelsson
1st Place

Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪

Total Points: 73.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Farmer's Walk
  2. 2. Truck Pull
  3. 3. Húsafell Stone
  4. 4. Car Flip
  5. 5. Power Stairs
  6. 6. Max Log Lift
  7. 7. Conan's Wheel
  8. 8. Medley

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 73.0
2 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 FIN 67.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱 NED 62.0
4 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 51.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 🇿🇦 RSA 46.0
6 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 FIN 26.0
7 Torfi 🇮🇸 ISL 19.0
8 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 USA 18.0
9 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 NED 9.0
10 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 24.75 s 10.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 27.50 s 9.0
3 Jouko Ahola 35.25 s 8.0
4 Phil Pfister 36.56 s 7.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 37.88 s 6.0
6 Torfi 38.24 s 5.0
7 Mark Philippi 1 flip 4.0
8 Riku Kiri 0.5 flips 3.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 360 ° 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 314 ° 9.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 266 ° 8.0
4 Phil Pfister 248 ° 7.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 143 ° 6.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Mark Philippi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 34.28 s 10.0
2 Riku Kiri 37.95 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 39.37 s 8.0
4 Wout Zijlstra 41.05 s 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 41.30 s 6.0
6 Mark Philippi 44.62 s 5.0
7 Pieter de Bruyn 52.65 s 4.0
8 Berend Veneberg 68 m 3.0
9 Torfi 66.5 m 2.0
10 Hugo Girard 60 m 1.0

Húsafell Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 79.71 m 10.0
2 Phil Pfister 70.3 m 9.0
3 Mark Philippi 69.51 m 8.0
4 Wout Zijlstra 65.84 m 7.0
5 Riku Kiri 56.51 m 6.0
6 Jouko Ahola 56.1 m 5.0
7 Berend Veneberg 51.97 m 4.0
8 Pieter de Bruyn 38.6 m 3.0
9 Torfi 22.7 m 2.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 147.5 kg 10.0
2 Pieter de Bruyn 145 kg 9.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 140 kg 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 137.5 kg 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 120 kg 6.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Mark Philippi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 35.31 s 10.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 36.60 s 9.0
3 Jouko Ahola 37.22 s 8.0
4 Phil Pfister 43.75 s 7.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn DNF 6.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Mark Philippi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 38.47 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 39.75 s 9.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 46.01 s 8.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 66.40 s 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 14 stairs 6.0
- Riku Kiri (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torfi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Mark Philippi (Withdrew) 0.0
- Berend Veneberg (Withdrew) 0.0
- Hugo Girard (Withdrew) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 62.06 s 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 63.03 s 9.0
3 Riku Kiri 66.28 s 8.0
4 Jouko Ahola 66.50 s 7.0
5 Wout Zijlstra 67.47 s 6.0
6 Pieter de Bruyn 70.59 s 5.0
7 Hugo Girard 71.15 s 4.0
8 Phil Pfister 72.65 s 3.0
9 Berend Veneberg 77.60 s 2.0
10 Mark Philippi 81.91 s 1.0

1998 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Riku Kiri 🇫🇮 Finland 14.5
2 Torben Sørensen 🇩🇰 Denmark 11.0
3 Jaromír Němec 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 8.0
4 Ralph Williams 🇺🇸 United States 4.5

Event-by-Event Results

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 55.18 s 4.0
2 Jaromír Němec 41.70 s 3.0
3 Torben Sørensen 21.18 s 2.0
4 Ralph Williams (Withdrew) 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 21.91 s 4.0
2 Torben Sørensen 5.13 m 3.0
3 Ralph Williams 1.03 m 2.0
4 Jaromír Němec - 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Riku Kiri 53.28 s 4.0
2 Jaromír Němec 26 m 3.0
3 Torben Sørensen 24 m 2.0
4 Ralph Williams (Withdrew) 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torben Sørensen 15 reps 4.0
2 Ralph Williams 14 reps 2.5
2 Riku Kiri 14 reps 2.5
4 Jaromír Němec 10 reps 1.0

1998 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 Denmark 14.0
2 Russ Bradley 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10.0
2 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 Germany 10.0
4 Ginaud Dupuis 🇨🇦 Canada 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 53.09 s 4.0
2 Russ Bradley 40.55 s 3.0
3 Flemming Rasmussen 32.61 s 2.0
4 Ginaud Dupuis 26.15 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Flemming Rasmussen 13.44 s 4.0
2 Russ Bradley 19.47 s 3.0
3 Martin Muhr 25.94 s 2.0
4 Ginaud Dupuis 18.49 m 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Flemming Rasmussen 87.09 s 4.0
2 Martin Muhr 27.96 m 3.0
3 Ginaud Dupuis 22.54 m 2.0
4 Russ Bradley 16.41 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Flemming Rasmussen 19 reps 4.0
2 Russ Bradley 18 reps 3.0
3 Ginaud Dupuis 17 reps 2.0
4 Martin Muhr 8 reps 1.0

1998 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Pieter de Bruyn 🇿🇦 South Africa 13.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 13.0
3 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 9.0
4 Terry Brennan 🇺🇸 United States 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pieter de Bruyn 58.25 s 4.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 63.56 s 3.0
3 Terry Brennan 22.65 m 2.0
4 Glenn Ross 9.34 m 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Heinz Ollesch 23.56 s 4.0
2 Pieter de Bruyn 24.88 s 3.0
3 Glenn Ross 29.09 s 2.0
4 Terry Brennan 65.00 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 12 reps 4.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 9 reps 3.0
3 Pieter de Bruyn 7 reps 2.0
4 Terry Brennan 3 reps 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pieter de Bruyn 29.6 m 4.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 25.21 m 3.0
3 Glenn Ross 20.4 m 2.0
4 Terry Brennan 12.67 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱 Netherlands 14.0
2 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 12.0
3 Kurt Kvikstad 🇳🇴 Norway 7.0
3 Fraser Tranter 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Boyer 53.25 s 4.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 47.25 m 3.0
3 Fraser Tranter 39.45 m 2.0
4 Kurt Kvikstad 30.38 m 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Boyer 113.75 s 4.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 108.60 s 3.0
3 Kurt Kvikstad 38.16 s 2.0
4 Fraser Tranter 30.78 s 1.0

The Winch

# Athlete Result Points
1 Wout Zijlstra 34.31 s 4.0
2 Fraser Tranter 38.90 s 3.0
3 Derek Boyer 40.21 s 2.0
4 Kurt Kvikstad 42.34 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Wout Zijlstra 66.77 s 4.0
2 Kurt Kvikstad 22.98 m 3.0
3 Derek Boyer 20.14 m 2.0
4 Fraser Tranter 11.12 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 14.0
2 Lee Bowers 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10.5
3 Ralf Ber 🇦🇹 Austria 10.5
4 Gustavo Pujadas 🇪🇸 Spain 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ralf Ber 15 reps 3.5
1 Lee Bowers 15 reps 3.5
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 14 reps 2.0
4 Gustavo Pujadas 0 reps 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 18.41 s 4.0
2 Lee Bowers 23.59 s 3.0
3 Ralf Ber 24.57 m 2.0
4 Gustavo Pujadas - 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 20.6 m 4.0
2 Lee Bowers 20.4 m 3.0
3 Ralf Ber 19.73 m 2.0
4 Gustavo Pujadas 18.76 m 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 16.56 s 4.0
2 Ralf Ber 30.10 s 3.0
3 Gustavo Pujadas 6.36 m 2.0
4 Lee Bowers 5.96 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 6 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 15.0
2 Jamie Barr 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10.5
3 Wayne Price 🇿🇦 South Africa 10.0
4 Michael Abdullah 🇯🇵 Japan 4.5

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 53.18 s 4.0
2 Jamie Barr 22.69 m 3.0
3 Wayne Price 14.60 s 2.0
4 Michael Abdullah 12.61 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 22.32 s 4.0
2 Wayne Price 27.59 s 3.0
3 Jamie Barr 37.96 s 2.0
4 Michael Abdullah 35.95 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 9 reps 4.0
2 Wayne Price 6 reps 3.0
3 Jamie Barr 3 reps 1.5
3 Michael Abdullah 3 reps 1.5

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jamie Barr 70.91 s 4.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 74.22 s 3.0
3 Wayne Price 89.22 s 2.0
4 Michael Abdullah 15.58 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 7 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 Netherlands 13.0
2 László Fekete 🇭🇺 Hungary 11.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9.0
4 Ken Brown 🇺🇸 United States 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 László Fekete 5 in 50.59 s 4.0
2 Berend Veneberg 4 stones 3.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 2 stones 2.0
4 Ken Brown 1 stone 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 44.13 m 4.0
2 Ken Brown 43.18 m 3.0
3 Berend Veneberg 34.08 m 2.0
4 László Fekete 30.12 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 45.75 s 4.0
2 László Fekete 33.28 s 3.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 32.96 s 2.0
4 Ken Brown 18.34 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 28.6 m 4.0
2 László Fekete 27.48 m 3.0
3 Ken Brown 22.68 m 2.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 19.25 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 8 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Torfi 🇮🇸 Iceland 13.0
2 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 13.0
3 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 United States 10.0
4 Alexander Matveev 🇷🇺 Russia 0.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 48.11 m 4.0
2 Phil Pfister 46.19 m 3.0
3 Torfi 40.34 m 2.0
4 Alexander Matveev - 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 98.94 s 4.0
2 Phil Pfister 78.40 s 3.0
3 Janne Virtanen 40.20 s 2.0
4 Alexander Matveev (Withdrew) 0.0

The Winch

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 34.00 s 4.0
2 Torfi 34.03 s 3.0
3 Phil Pfister 35.18 s 2.0
4 Alexander Matveev (Withdrew) 0.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 26.22 m 4.0
2 Janne Virtanen 24.86 m 3.0
3 Phil Pfister 20.12 m 2.0
4 Alexander Matveev (Withdrew) 0.0

1998 WSM Group 9 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 16.0
2 Evgeny Popov 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 11.0
3 Bill Lyndon 🇦🇺 Australia 9.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 🇷🇺 Russia 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 20 reps 4.0
2 Evgeny Popov 15 reps 3.0
3 Bill Lyndon 11 reps 2.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 7 reps 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 25.13 s 4.0
2 Evgeny Popov 22.4 m 3.0
3 Bill Lyndon 5.1 m 2.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 1.5 m 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 30 m 4.0
2 Evgeny Popov 28.43 m 3.0
3 Bill Lyndon 22.8 m 2.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 12.8 m 1.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 21.14 s 4.0
2 Bill Lyndon 51.30 s 3.0
3 Evgeny Popov 23.1 m 2.0
4 Vladimir Turchinsky 5.76 m 1.0

1998 WSM Group 10 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 Finland 15.0
2 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 12.0
3 Stuart Murray 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 7.0
4 Gunnar Thór Gudjónsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 4 in 46.57 s 4.0
2 Hugo Girard 4 in 65.66 s 3.0
3 Stuart Murray 3 in 75.91 s 2.0
4 Gunnar Thór Gudjónsson 2 in 37.20 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 56.07 s 4.0
2 Hugo Girard 42.42 m 3.0
3 Gunnar Thór Gudjónsson 41.71 m 2.0
4 Stuart Murray 25.93 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 47.10 s 4.0
2 Stuart Murray 43.71 s 3.0
3 Hugo Girard 41.95 s 2.0
4 Gunnar Thór Gudjónsson 36.60 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 73.28 s 4.0
2 Jouko Ahola 83.69 s 3.0
3 Gunnar Thór Gudjónsson 25.64 m 2.0
4 Stuart Murray 18.3 m 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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