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2000 IFSA Finland Grand Prix

The 2000 IFSA Finland Grand Prix was held on 2000-03-18 in Helsinki, Finland. 12 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: March 18, 2000
Location: Helsinki, Finland, Finland
Type: IFSA Grand Prix
Division: Men
Janne Virtanen
1st Place

Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮

Total Points: 56.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Wheelbarrow Carry
  2. 2. Viking Press
  3. 3. Conan's Wheel
  4. 4. Loading Race
  5. 5. Weight Throw
  6. 6. Crucifix Hold

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 56.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 55.0
3 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 52.5
4 Peter Baltus 🇳🇱 NED 48.0
5 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 42.5
6 Sami Heinonen 🇫🇮 FIN 42.0
7 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 38.5
8 Harri Simonen 🇫🇮 FIN 38.0
9 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 USA 33.0
10 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 30.0
11 Odd Haugen 🇳🇴 NOR 20.5
12 Andrés Guðmundsson 🇮🇸 ISL 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 874 ° 12.0
2 Martin Muhr 847 ° 11.0
3 Svend Karlsen 771 ° 10.0
4 Phil Pfister 737 ° 9.0
5 Janne Virtanen 688 ° 8.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 626 ° 7.0
7 Peter Baltus 580 ° 6.0
8 Sami Heinonen 525 ° 5.0
9 Andrés Guðmundsson 350 ° 4.0
10 Odd Haugen 326 ° 3.0
11 Mark Philippi 280 ° 2.0
12 Harri Simonen 235 ° 1.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 57.46 s 12.0
2 Janne Virtanen 46.30 s 11.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 40.13 s 10.0
4 Mark Philippi 38.81 s 9.0
5 Sami Heinonen 38.42 s 8.0
6 Svend Karlsen 37.14 s 7.0
7 Mariusz Pudzianowski 36.18 s 6.0
8 Harri Simonen 33.29 s 5.0
9 Peter Baltus 33.00 s 4.0
10 Odd Haugen 32.42 s 3.0
11 Martin Muhr 26.03 s 2.0
- Andrés Guðmundsson (Withdrew) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 39.23 s 12.0
2 Harri Simonen 39.49 s 11.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 40.16 s 10.0
4 Peter Baltus 42.60 s 9.0
5 Martin Muhr 43.38 s 8.0
6 Svend Karlsen 43.52 s 7.0
7 Mark Philippi 44.27 s 6.0
8 Sami Heinonen 44.56 s 5.0
9 Phil Pfister 48.37 s 4.0
10 Odd Haugen 51.32 s 3.0
11 Mariusz Pudzianowski 58.49 s 2.0
12 Andrés Guðmundsson 60.00 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 16 reps 12.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 15 reps 10.5
2 Sami Heinonen 15 reps 10.5
4 Harri Simonen 14 reps 9.0
5 Mark Philippi 12 reps 8.0
6 Janne Virtanen 11 reps 6.5
6 Svend Karlsen 11 reps 6.5
8 Peter Baltus 9 reps 5.0
9 Mariusz Pudzianowski 8 reps 3.5
9 Andrés Guðmundsson 8 reps 3.5
11 Odd Haugen 7 reps 2.0
12 Martin Muhr 4 reps 1.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peter Baltus 5.2 m 12.0
2 Svend Karlsen 5 m 11.0
3 Janne Virtanen 4.5 m 8.5
3 Magnus Samuelsson 4.5 m 8.5
3 Sami Heinonen 4.5 m 8.5
3 Martin Muhr 4.5 m 8.5
7 Harri Simonen 4.5 m 6.0
8 Mark Philippi 4.5 m 5.0
9 Phil Pfister 4 m 4.0
10 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 m 2.5
10 Odd Haugen 4 m 2.5
- Andrés Guðmundsson (Withdrew) 0.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peter Baltus 11.72 s 12.0
2 Svend Karlsen 12.41 s 11.0
3 Janne Virtanen 12.96 s 10.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 13.14 s 9.0
5 Martin Muhr 16.36 s 8.0
6 Odd Haugen 17.08 s 7.0
7 Harri Simonen 17.96 s 6.0
8 Sami Heinonen 19.20 s 5.0
9 Mariusz Pudzianowski 24.25 s 4.0
10 Mark Philippi 5.83 m 3.0
11 Phil Pfister - 1.5
11 Andrés Guðmundsson - 1.5
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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