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2000 WSM Final

The 2000 WSM Final was held on 2000-08-01 in Sun City, South Africa. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: August 1, 2000 – August 11, 2000
Location: Sun City, South Africa, South Africa
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Janne Virtanen
1st Place

Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮

Total Points: 59.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Super Yoke
  2. 2. Power Stairs
  3. 3. Deadlift Hold
  4. 4. Farmer's Walk
  5. 5. Truck Pull
  6. 6. Fingal's Fingers
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 59.0
2 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 54.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 53.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 49.0
5 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 42.0
6 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 40.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 RSA 34.0
8 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 FRO 26.0
9 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 8.0
10 Rob Dixon 🇬🇧 GBR 5.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 5 in 30.70 s 10.0
2 Janne Virtanen 5 in 34.50 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 37.20 s 8.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 50.20 s 7.0
5 Martin Muhr 5 in 54.20 s 6.0
6 Phil Pfister 4 in 35.80 s 5.0
7 Regin Vágadal 4 in 59.40 s 4.0
8 Gerrit Badenhorst 3 in 46.00 s 3.0
- Hugo Girard Withdrew 0.0
- Rob Dixon Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 72.20 s 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 70.00 s 9.0
3 Martin Muhr 49.70 s 8.0
4 Janne Virtanen 43.10 s 7.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 40.70 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 37.70 s 5.0
7 Phil Pfister 21.60 s 4.0
8 Regin Vágadal 8.20 s 3.0
- Hugo Girard Withdrew 0.0
- Rob Dixon Withdrew 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 25.00 s 10.0
2 Phil Pfister 25.60 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 26.30 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 26.90 s 7.0
5 Mariusz Pudzianowski 28.30 s 6.0
6 Martin Muhr 30.90 s 5.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 39.00 s 4.0
8 Regin Vágadal 16.3 m 3.0
- Hugo Girard Withdrew 0.0
- Rob Dixon Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 5 in 42.60 s 10.0
2 Phil Pfister 5 in 43.80 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 54.10 s 8.0
4 Janne Virtanen 4 in 43.00 s 7.0
5 Martin Muhr 3 in 25.20 s 6.0
6 Mariusz Pudzianowski 3 in 26.90 s 5.0
7 Gerrit Badenhorst 2 in 22.70 s 4.0
8 Regin Vágadal 2 in 23.80 s 3.0
- Hugo Girard Withdrew 0.0
- Rob Dixon Withdrew 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 27.90 s 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 28.70 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 33.50 s 8.0
4 Gerrit Badenhorst 34.70 s 7.0
5 Svend Karlsen 35.80 s 6.0
6 Phil Pfister 37.20 s 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 38.00 s 4.0
8 Regin Vágadal 56.30 s 3.0
9 Rob Dixon 21 stairs 2.0
10 Hugo Girard 2 stairs 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 13.70 s 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 17.80 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 19.80 s 8.0
4 Hugo Girard 21.50 s 7.0
5 Regin Vágadal 24.30 s 6.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 26.50 s 5.0
7 Mariusz Pudzianowski 26.80 s 4.0
8 Rob Dixon 27.30 s 3.0
9 Martin Muhr 32.90 s 2.0
10 Phil Pfister 40.70 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 49.00 s 10.0
2 Phil Pfister 51.40 s 9.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 54.00 s 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 54.20 s 7.0
5 Svend Karlsen 54.70 s 6.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 58.40 s 5.0
7 Regin Vágadal 64.90 s 4.0
8 Martin Muhr 66.10 s 3.0
- Hugo Girard Withdrew 0.0
- Rob Dixon Withdrew 0.0

2000 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 28.0
2 Rob Dixon 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 27.0
3 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 25.5
4 Whit Baskin 🇺🇸 United States 23.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 🇿🇦 South Africa 16.5
6 José Hervás 🇪🇸 Spain 2.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Dixon 59.8 m 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 59.3 m 5.0
3 Derek Boyer 54.9 m 4.0
4 Whit Baskin 51.4 m 3.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 34.4 m 2.0
6 José Hervás 26.2 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 5 in 46.90 s 6.0
2 Whit Baskin 4 in 33.10 s 5.0
3 Rob Dixon 4 in 37.50 s 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 4 in 42.40 s 3.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 4 in 55.30 s 2.0
6 José Hervás Withdrew 0.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 11 reps 6.0
2 Rob Dixon 9 reps 4.5
2 Whit Baskin 9 reps 4.5
4 Pieter de Bruyn 8 reps 2.5
4 Derek Boyer 8 reps 2.5
6 José Hervás Withdrew 0.0

Basque Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Dixon 190 ° 6.0
2 Whit Baskin 120 ° 5.0
3 Derek Boyer 110 ° 4.0
4 Pieter de Bruyn 20 ° 3.0
5 Hugo Girard 10 ° 2.0
6 José Hervás Withdrew 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Boyer 49.00 s 6.0
2 Pieter de Bruyn 64.50 s 5.0
3 Hugo Girard 65.30 s 4.0
4 Whit Baskin 19 stairs 2.5
4 Rob Dixon 19 stairs 2.5
6 José Hervás Withdrew 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Boyer 15.80 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 18.50 s 5.0
3 Rob Dixon 24.30 s 4.0
4 Whit Baskin 25.70 s 3.0
5 Pieter de Bruyn 27.50 s 2.0
6 José Hervás DNF 1.0

2000 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 29.0
2 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 Faroe Islands 23.0
3 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 23.0
4 Johnny Perry 🇺🇸 United States 19.0
5 Torfi 🇮🇸 Iceland 18.0
6 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 Denmark 14.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 76 m 6.0
2 Regin Vágadal 65.3 m 5.0
3 Torfi 54 m 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 51.1 m 3.0
5 Rene Minkwitz 45.2 m 2.0
6 Johnny Perry 43.1 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 36.00 s 6.0
2 Johnny Perry 5 in 41.30 s 5.0
3 Glenn Ross 5 in 61.10 s 4.0
4 Regin Vágadal 4 in 32.40 s 3.0
5 Torfi 4 in 40.10 s 2.0
6 Rene Minkwitz 4 in 41.70 s 1.0

Basque Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Regin Vágadal 275 ° 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 270 ° 5.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 105 ° 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 100 ° 3.0
5 Johnny Perry 50 ° 2.0
6 Torfi 40 ° 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 74.80 s 6.0
2 Torfi 48.10 s 5.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 39.00 s 4.0
4 Regin Vágadal 35.80 s 3.0
5 Johnny Perry 33.00 s 2.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 0.00 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 5 in 52.70 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 55.30 s 5.0
3 Torfi 4 in 47.90 s 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 4 in 53.30 s 3.0
5 Rene Minkwitz 3 in 32.50 s 2.0
6 Regin Vágadal 3 in 41.10 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 34.10 s 6.0
2 Regin Vágadal 46.40 s 5.0
3 Glenn Ross 47.30 s 4.0
4 Johnny Perry 49.90 s 3.0
5 Torfi 50.30 s 2.0
6 Rene Minkwitz 52.00 s 1.0

2000 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 33.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦 South Africa 23.5
3 Brian Schoonveld 🇺🇸 United States 19.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 19.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 🇦🇹 Austria 18.0
6 Brian Bell 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 76 m 6.0
2 Torbjörn Samuelsson 59.8 m 5.0
3 Brian Schoonveld 44.2 m 4.0
4 Bernd Kerschbaumer 40 m 3.0
5 Gerrit Badenhorst 39.4 m 2.0
6 Brian Bell 28 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 4 in 31.60 s 6.0
2 Brian Schoonveld 4 in 33.10 s 5.0
3 Torbjörn Samuelsson 4 in 64.90 s 4.0
4 Brian Bell 4 in 71.60 s 3.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 3 in 25.10 s 2.0
6 Gerrit Badenhorst 3 in 31.70 s 1.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Schoonveld 9 reps 5.5
1 Gerrit Badenhorst 9 reps 5.5
3 Brian Bell 8 reps 4.0
4 Janne Virtanen 6 reps 3.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 4 reps 2.0
6 Torbjörn Samuelsson 2 reps 1.0

Basque Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 190 ° 6.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 160 ° 5.0
3 Bernd Kerschbaumer 100 ° 4.0
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 90 ° 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 20 ° 2.0
6 Brian Bell - 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 31.50 s 6.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 36.10 s 5.0
3 Bernd Kerschbaumer 52.30 s 4.0
4 Brian Bell 21 stairs 3.0
5 Torbjörn Samuelsson 20 stairs 2.0
6 Brian Schoonveld 17 stairs 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 40.90 s 6.0
2 Gerrit Badenhorst 44.50 s 5.0
3 Torbjörn Samuelsson 45.20 s 4.0
4 Bernd Kerschbaumer 51.50 s 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 59.90 s 2.0
6 Brian Bell 17.5 m 1.0

2000 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 32.0
2 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 Germany 30.0
3 Levi Vaoga 🇳🇿 New Zealand 20.0
4 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
5 Graham Mullins 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven 🇫🇷 France 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 86.5 m 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 62.7 m 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 57.4 m 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 32.6 m 3.0
5 Jean-Marc Tocaven 8.5 m 2.0
6 Graham Mullins 4 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 5 in 33.50 s 6.0
2 Levi Vaoga 4 in 37.60 s 5.0
3 Martin Muhr 4 in 51.50 s 4.0
4 Graham Mullins 2 in 20.80 s 3.0
5 Jean-Marc Tocaven Withdrew 0.0
5 Mark Philippi Withdrew 0.0

Basque Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 205 ° 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 175 ° 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 50 ° 4.0
4 Graham Mullins 10 ° 3.0
5 Levi Vaoga 5 ° 2.0
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 55.70 s 6.0
2 Martin Muhr 52.50 s 5.0
3 Svend Karlsen 35.70 s 4.0
4 Levi Vaoga 23.60 s 3.0
5 Graham Mullins 22.00 s 2.0
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 4 in 39.60 s 6.0
2 Martin Muhr 4 in 51.60 s 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 4 in 52.00 s 4.0
4 Graham Mullins 3 in 37.30 s 3.0
5 Mark Philippi Withdrew 0.0
5 Jean-Marc Tocaven Withdrew 0.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 13.60 s 6.0
2 Mark Philippi 17.80 s 5.0
3 Martin Muhr 20.30 s 4.0
4 Graham Mullins 57.70 s 3.0
5 Levi Vaoga 20.9 m 2.0
6 Jean-Marc Tocaven 13.2 m 1.0

2000 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 Poland 31.0
2 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 United States 27.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 27.0
4 Peter Baltus 🇳🇱 Netherlands 22.5
5 Adrian Rollinson 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.5
6 László Fekete 🇭🇺 Hungary 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 110 m 6.0
2 Phil Pfister 94 m 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 68.9 m 4.0
4 Peter Baltus 67.4 m 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 44.4 m 2.0
6 László Fekete Withdrew 0.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 5 in 39.10 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 45.80 s 5.0
3 Peter Baltus 4 in 25.70 s 4.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 32.20 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 40.00 s 2.0
6 László Fekete Withdrew 0.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 11 reps 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 10 reps 5.0
3 Phil Pfister 8 reps 4.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 6 reps 2.5
4 Peter Baltus 6 reps 2.5
6 László Fekete Withdrew 0.0

Basque Circle

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 400 ° 6.0
2 Peter Baltus 270 ° 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 100 ° 4.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 10 ° 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 5 ° 2.0
6 László Fekete Withdrew 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 28.00 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 31.60 s 5.0
3 Peter Baltus 37.90 s 4.0
4 Phil Pfister 39.30 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 20 stairs 2.0
6 László Fekete Withdrew 0.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 39.50 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 40.90 s 5.0
3 Peter Baltus 42.70 s 4.0
4 Phil Pfister 53.30 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 57.80 s 2.0
6 László Fekete 75.00 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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