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2000 Europe's Strongest Man

The 2000 Europe's Strongest Man was held on 2000-06-18 in Sevenum, Netherlands. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: June 18, 2000
Location: Sevenum, Netherlands, Netherlands
Type: Europe's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Berend Veneberg
1st Place

Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱

Total Points: 48.5

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Berend Veneberg 🇳🇱 NED 48.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 47.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 43.5
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 LAT 37.0
4 Pasi Paavisto 🇫🇮 FIN 37.0
6 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 33.0
7 László Fekete 🇭🇺 HUN 27.0
8 Jamie Barr 🇬🇧 GBR 22.5
9 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 FRO 20.5
10 Israel Garrido 🇪🇸 ESP 14.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 21.47 s 10.0
2 Berend Veneberg 21.81 s 9.0
3 Pasi Paavisto 22.56 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 23.03 s 7.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 23.53 s 6.0
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 23.59 s 5.0
7 Regin Vágadal 23.91 s 4.0
8 Jamie Barr 25.47 s 3.0
9 László Fekete 27.78 s 2.0
10 Israel Garrido 28.31 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 27.13 s 10.0
2 László Fekete 4 in 20.89 s 9.0
3 Svend Karlsen 4 in 21.65 s 8.0
4 Berend Veneberg 4 in 22.90 s 6.5
4 Pasi Paavisto 4 in 22.90 s 6.5
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 26.96 s 5.0
7 Regin Vágadal 4 in 28.61 s 4.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 3 in 19.95 s 3.0
9 Israel Garrido 3 in 29.20 s 2.0
10 Jamie Barr 2 in 21.41 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 77.62 s 10.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 72.91 s 9.0
3 Berend Veneberg 65.50 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 58.81 s 7.0
5 Jamie Barr 58.31 s 6.0
6 Israel Garrido 59.38 s 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 56.39 s 4.0
8 László Fekete 41.93 s 3.0
9 Pasi Paavisto 41.66 s 2.0
10 Regin Vágadal 35.97 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 38.66 s 10.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 46.74 s 9.0
3 Pasi Paavisto 48.62 s 8.0
4 Regin Vágadal 51.37 s 7.0
5 Jamie Barr 55.31 s 6.0
6 Berend Veneberg 59.48 s 5.0
7 Raimonds Bergmanis 60.72 s 4.0
8 László Fekete 69.68 s 3.0
9 Svend Karlsen DNF 1.5
9 Israel Garrido DNF 1.5

Rock Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 125 kg 10.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 120 kg 9.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 110 kg 7.5
3 Svend Karlsen 110 kg 7.5
5 László Fekete 110 kg 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 100 kg 5.0
7 Pasi Paavisto 100 kg 3.5
7 Israel Garrido 100 kg 3.5
9 Jamie Barr No lift 1.5
9 Regin Vágadal No lift 1.5

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Berend Veneberg 5.4 m 10.0
2 Pasi Paavisto 5.4 m 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 5 m 8.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 4.8 m 6.5
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 4.8 m 6.5
6 Jamie Barr 4.8 m 5.0
7 László Fekete 4.6 m 4.0
8 Regin Vágadal 4.6 m 3.0
9 Svend Karlsen 4 m 2.0
10 Israel Garrido - 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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