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1999 WSM Final

The 1999 WSM Final was held on 1999-09-09 in Valletta, Malta. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: September 9, 1999 – September 18, 1999
Location: Valletta, Malta, Malta
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Jouko Ahola
1st Place

Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮

Total Points: 60.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Super Yoke
  2. 2. Max Deadlift
  3. 3. Arm Over Arm Pull
  4. 4. Atlas Stones
  5. 5. Plane Pull
  6. 6. Viking Press
  7. 7. Medley

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 FIN 60.0
2 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 53.0
3 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 52.5
4 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 49.5
5 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 47.0
6 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 NED 41.0
7 Torfi 🇮🇸 ISL 29.5
8 László Fekete 🇭🇺 HUN 23.0
9 Jamie Barr 🇬🇧 GBR 22.5
10 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 DEN 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 31.62 s 10.0
2 Hugo Girard 32.27 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 33.81 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 35.88 s 7.0
5 Jouko Ahola 36.20 s 6.0
6 Berend Veneberg 44.56 s 5.0
7 Torfi 44.62 s 4.0
8 Jamie Barr 54.04 s 3.0
9 László Fekete 57.88 s 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 László Fekete 5 in 43.13 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 5 in 43.65 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 5 in 45.59 s 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 57.03 s 7.0
5 Berend Veneberg 5 in 61.82 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 4 in 25.63 s 5.0
7 Hugo Girard 4 in 37.32 s 4.0
8 Torfi 4 in 37.72 s 3.0
9 Jamie Barr 2 in 63.09 s 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 380 kg 10.0
2 Svend Karlsen 375 kg 9.0
3 Berend Veneberg 370 kg 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 320 kg 6.0
4 Torfi 320 kg 6.0
4 Janne Virtanen 320 kg 6.0
7 Hugo Girard 320 kg 3.5
7 Jamie Barr 320 kg 3.5
9 László Fekete 300 kg 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 41.00 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 43.65 s 9.0
3 Hugo Girard 46.91 s 8.0
4 Janne Virtanen 47.03 s 7.0
5 Berend Veneberg 56.00 s 6.0
6 Jamie Barr 77.40 s 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 9.72 m 4.0
8 László Fekete 9.65 m 3.0
9 Torfi 9.5 m 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

Plane Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 39.48 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 40.44 s 9.0
3 Hugo Girard 43.42 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 43.78 s 7.0
5 Torfi 44.53 s 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 44.66 s 5.0
7 Berend Veneberg 47.66 s 4.0
8 Jamie Barr 59.63 s 3.0
9 László Fekete 24.5 m 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 20.12 s 10.0
2 Jouko Ahola 21.34 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 23.43 s 8.0
4 Hugo Girard 23.71 s 7.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 25.22 s 6.0
6 Berend Veneberg 41.38 s 5.0
7 Torfi 41.49 s 4.0
8 Jamie Barr 24.2 m 3.0
9 László Fekete 10.91 m 2.0
10 Rene Minkwitz 1.8 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 17 reps 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 15 reps 9.0
3 Jouko Ahola 14 reps 8.0
4 Berend Veneberg 11 reps 7.0
5 Janne Virtanen 9 reps 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 8 reps 4.5
6 Torfi 8 reps 4.5
8 Jamie Barr 6 reps 3.0
9 László Fekete 1 rep 2.0
- Rene Minkwitz Withdrew 0.0

1999 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 33.0
2 Jamie Barr 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 27.0
3 Joe Onosai 🇼🇸 Samoa 21.5
3 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 21.5
5 Grant Edwards 🇦🇺 Australia 13.0
6 Israel Garrido 🇪🇸 Spain 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jamie Barr 16.6 m 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 16.05 m 5.0
3 Joe Onosai 10.39 m 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 8.04 m 3.0
5 Grant Edwards 6.85 m 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 4.91 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Grant Edwards 37.38 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 36.49 s 5.0
3 Jamie Barr 34.53 s 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 34.10 s 3.0
5 Joe Onosai 32.16 s 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 32.04 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 44.09 s 6.0
2 Jamie Barr 5 in 56.52 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 5 in 71.31 s 4.0
4 Joe Onosai 4 implements 3.0
5 Israel Garrido 3 implements 2.0
6 Grant Edwards 1 implement 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 10 reps 6.0
2 Mark Philippi 9 reps 4.5
2 Joe Onosai 9 reps 4.5
4 Jamie Barr 4 reps 3.0
5 Israel Garrido 3 reps 2.0
6 Grant Edwards 2 reps 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 46.10 s 6.0
2 Jamie Barr 52.03 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 53.09 s 4.0
4 Israel Garrido 85.09 s 3.0
5 Joe Onosai 90.44 s 2.0
6 Grant Edwards DNF 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Joe Onosai 37.47 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 37.91 s 5.0
3 Jamie Barr 42.63 s 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 46.28 s 3.0
5 Grant Edwards 48.47 s 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 55.41 s 1.0

1999 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jouko Ahola 🇫🇮 Finland 32.0
2 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 Denmark 27.0
3 Levi Vaoga 🇳🇿 New Zealand 25.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 🇿🇦 South Africa 18.0
5 Steve Brooks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
6 Bryan Neese 🇺🇸 United States 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 5 in 41.31 s 6.0
2 Rene Minkwitz 4 stones 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 4 stones 4.0
4 Bryan Neese 3 stones 3.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 2 stones 2.0
6 Steve Brooks 2 stones 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rene Minkwitz 19.02 m 6.0
2 Jouko Ahola 14.55 m 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 13.85 m 4.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 9.64 m 3.0
5 Steve Brooks 8.38 m 2.0
6 Bryan Neese 7.02 m 1.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pieter de Bruyn 55.50 s 6.0
2 Jouko Ahola 50.53 s 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 48.22 s 4.0
4 Rene Minkwitz 43.59 s 3.0
5 Steve Brooks 42.13 s 2.0
6 Bryan Neese 38.12 s 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rene Minkwitz 77.38 s 6.0
2 Levi Vaoga 76.15 s 5.0
3 Jouko Ahola 66.35 s 4.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 61.56 s 3.0
5 Steve Brooks 50.32 s 2.0
6 Bryan Neese Withdrew 0.0

Húsafell Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 66.1 m 6.0
2 Rene Minkwitz 57.99 m 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 53.76 m 4.0
4 Steve Brooks 50 m 3.0
5 Bryan Neese 44.96 m 2.0
6 Pieter de Bruyn 38.7 m 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jouko Ahola 54.18 s 6.0
2 Steve Brooks 61.16 s 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 62.54 s 4.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 71.22 s 3.0
5 Rene Minkwitz DNF 2.0
6 Bryan Neese Withdrew 0.0

1999 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 31.5
2 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 22.5
3 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
4 Jorma Paananen 🇸🇪 Sweden 18.5
5 Niko Noga 🇺🇸 United States 17.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 15.5

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 17.77 m 6.0
2 Glenn Ross 15.97 m 5.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 14.56 m 4.0
4 Jorma Paananen 13.12 m 3.0
5 Svend Karlsen 10.35 m 2.0
6 Niko Noga 8.39 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 33.17 s 6.0
2 Niko Noga 25.47 s 5.0
3 Glenn Ross 25.45 s 4.0
4 Jorma Paananen 24.61 s 3.0
5 Svend Karlsen 24.20 s 2.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 23.24 s 1.0

Húsafell Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 67.66 m 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 66.11 m 5.0
3 Jorma Paananen 65.34 m 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 51.56 m 3.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 43.68 m 2.0
6 Niko Noga 43.48 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 5 in 42.05 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 5 in 45.84 s 5.0
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 5 in 61.77 s 4.0
4 Jorma Paananen 5 in 62.16 s 3.0
5 Niko Noga 5 in 64.78 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 5 in 74.28 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 11 reps 6.0
2 Niko Noga 9 reps 5.0
3 Svend Karlsen 8 reps 3.5
3 Gerrit Badenhorst 8 reps 3.5
5 Jorma Paananen 7 reps 1.5
5 Janne Virtanen 7 reps 1.5

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 46.91 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 47.34 s 5.0
3 Jorma Paananen 47.41 s 4.0
4 Niko Noga 56.81 s 3.0
5 Glenn Ross 65.22 s 2.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 72.41 s 1.0

1999 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 34.0
2 Torfi 🇮🇸 Iceland 27.0
3 Ken Brown 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
3 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 Faroe Islands 22.0
5 Hubert Dörer 🇦🇹 Austria 12.0
6 Lee Bowers 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 15.82 m 6.0
2 Regin Vágadal 15.06 m 5.0
3 Ken Brown 10.13 m 4.0
4 Torfi 8.37 m 3.0
5 Hubert Dörer 7.24 m 2.0
6 Lee Bowers 4.52 m 1.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 63.91 s 6.0
2 Ken Brown 51.19 s 5.0
3 Regin Vágadal 47.81 s 4.0
4 Hubert Dörer 44.09 s 3.0
5 Torfi 40.47 s 2.0
6 Lee Bowers 40.04 s 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 88.69 s 6.0
2 Torfi 81.90 s 5.0
3 Regin Vágadal 79.97 s 4.0
4 Ken Brown 78.47 s 3.0
5 Lee Bowers 71.34 s 2.0
6 Hubert Dörer 59.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 5 in 50.81 s 6.0
2 Torfi 5 in 53.82 s 5.0
3 Ken Brown 5 in 64.25 s 4.0
4 Regin Vágadal 5 in 70.20 s 3.0
5 Hubert Dörer 4 implements 2.0
6 Lee Bowers 4 implements 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 50.04 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 50.14 s 5.0
3 Ken Brown 55.66 s 4.0
4 Hubert Dörer 64.09 s 3.0
5 Regin Vágadal DNF 2.0
6 Lee Bowers DNF 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 38.88 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 40.41 s 5.0
3 Regin Vágadal 42.06 s 4.0
4 Lee Bowers 43.16 s 3.0
5 Ken Brown 45.69 s 2.0
6 Hubert Dörer 47.90 s 1.0

1999 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 Netherlands 31.0
2 László Fekete 🇭🇺 Hungary 23.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 Latvia 23.0
4 Whit Baskin 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
5 Andreas Hoffmann 🇩🇪 Germany 16.0
6 Bill Pittuck 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 László Fekete 5 in 45.08 s 6.0
2 Berend Veneberg 4 stones 5.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 stones 4.0
4 Bill Pittuck 4 stones 3.0
5 Andreas Hoffmann 4 stones 2.0
6 Whit Baskin 3 stones 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Whit Baskin 10.58 m 6.0
2 Berend Veneberg 10.44 m 5.0
3 László Fekete 10.35 m 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 7.27 m 3.0
5 Andreas Hoffmann 3.6 m 2.0
6 Bill Pittuck 3.26 m 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Whit Baskin 131.84 s 6.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 80.56 s 5.0
3 Berend Veneberg 62.28 s 4.0
4 László Fekete 59.38 s 3.0
5 Andreas Hoffmann 52.56 s 2.0
6 Bill Pittuck 45.00 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 45.87 s 6.0
2 László Fekete 38.16 s 5.0
3 Andreas Hoffmann 35.08 s 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 33.91 s 3.0
5 Whit Baskin 33.20 s 2.0
6 Bill Pittuck 26.79 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 54.77 s 6.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 56.15 s 5.0
3 Bill Pittuck 63.09 s 4.0
4 László Fekete 69.65 s 3.0
5 Andreas Hoffmann 80.69 s 2.0
6 Whit Baskin 91.63 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Whit Baskin 38.81 s 6.0
2 Berend Veneberg 40.56 s 5.0
3 Andreas Hoffmann 45.09 s 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 45.35 s 3.0
5 László Fekete 46.18 s 2.0
6 Bill Pittuck 46.41 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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