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1999 Atlantic Giant

The 1999 Atlantic Giant was held on 1999-05-16. 8 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: May 16, 1999
Location: Location unknown
Type: IFSA Grand Prix
Division: Men
Jouko Ahola
1st Place

Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮

Total Points: 56.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Natural Stones
  2. 2. Max Deadlift
  3. 3. Húsafell Stone
  4. 4. Duck Walk
  5. 5. Conan's Wheel
  6. 6. Barrel Hold
  7. 7. Loading Race
  8. 8. Tire Flip

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 FIN 56.0
2 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 FRO 51.5
3 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 49.5
4 Torfi 🇮🇸 ISL 38.0
5 László Fekete 🇭🇺 HUN 34.0
6 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 NED 28.5
7 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 DEN 14.5
8 Torben Sørensen 🇩🇰 DEN 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Barrel Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 38.16 s 8.0
2 Jouko Ahola 37.66 s 7.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 32.81 s 6.0
4 Regin Vágadal 32.06 s 5.0
5 Berend Veneberg 21.03 s 4.0
6 László Fekete 18.88 s 3.0
- Rene Minkwitz (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torben Sørensen (Withdrew) 0.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 1230 ° 8.0
2 Regin Vágadal 1205 ° 6.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson 1205 ° 6.5
4 Torfi 405 ° 5.0
5 László Fekete 185 ° 4.0
6 Berend Veneberg 30 ° 3.0
- Rene Minkwitz (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torben Sørensen (Withdrew) 0.0

Duck Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 17.91 s 8.0
2 Regin Vágadal 18.21 s 7.0
3 Jouko Ahola 18.56 s 6.0
4 László Fekete 18.88 s 5.0
5 Torfi 22.21 s 4.0
6 Berend Veneberg 23.65 s 3.0
7 Rene Minkwitz 24.30 s 2.0
8 Torben Sørensen DNF 1.0

Húsafell Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 17.39 s 8.0
2 Regin Vágadal 22.47 s 7.0
3 Jouko Ahola 30.40 s 6.0
4 László Fekete 33.22 s 5.0
5 Rene Minkwitz 34.38 s 4.0
6 Berend Veneberg 40.52 s 3.0
7 Torfi 25.57 m 2.0
8 Torben Sørensen 18.6 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Regin Vágadal 32.44 s 8.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 32.84 s 7.0
3 Jouko Ahola 35.12 s 6.0
4 Berend Veneberg 40.56 s 5.0
5 Torfi 41.18 s 4.0
6 László Fekete 41.22 s 3.0
- Rene Minkwitz (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torben Sørensen (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 420 kg 8.0
2 Torfi 400 kg 7.0
3 Berend Veneberg 380 kg 5.5
3 Rene Minkwitz 380 kg 5.5
5 Regin Vágadal 360 kg 4.0
6 László Fekete 360 kg 3.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 340 kg 2.0
8 Torben Sørensen 320 kg 1.0

Natural Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Regin Vágadal 5 in 37.24 s 8.0
2 Jouko Ahola 5 in 39.37 s 7.0
3 László Fekete 5 in 48.17 s 6.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 4 in 22.34 s 5.0
5 Torfi 4 in 27.55 s 4.0
6 Rene Minkwitz 4 in 33.36 s 3.0
7 Berend Veneberg 4 in 34.93 s 2.0
8 Torben Sørensen 3 in 30.97 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 27.19 s 8.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 28.87 s 7.0
3 Regin Vágadal 36.25 s 6.0
4 László Fekete 43.72 s 5.0
5 Torfi 49.25 s 4.0
6 Berend Veneberg 55.03 s 3.0
- Rene Minkwitz (Withdrew) 0.0
- Torben Sørensen (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 22, 2026

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