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2001 Northeast Strongman Showdown

The 2001 Northeast Strongman Showdown was held on 2001-02-17 in Wilmington, Massachusetts. 14 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: February 17, 2001
Location: Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
Type: Northeast Strongman Showdown
Division: Men
Svend Karlsen
1st Place

Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴

Total Points: 17.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Farmer's Walk
  2. 2. Viking Press
  3. 3. Tire Flip
  4. 4. Atlas Stones
  5. 5. Super Yoke
  6. 6. Truck Pull

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 17.5
2 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 22.0
3 Brian Schoonveld 🇺🇸 USA 24.0
4 Travis Lyndon 🇨🇦 CAN 26.5
5 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 38.0
6 Chad Coy 🇺🇸 USA 42.5
7 Bryan Neese 🇺🇸 USA 45.0
8 Bruce Tessier 🇺🇸 USA 48.5
9 Sami Heinonen 🇫🇮 FIN 52.5
10 Walt Gogola 🇺🇸 USA 54.5
11 Gary Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 63.0
12 Ed Brost 🇨🇦 CAN 63.5
13 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 GBR 64.5
14 Jamie Barr 🇬🇧 GBR 68.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Neese 2 in 75.00 s 14.0
2 Jamie Barr 3 in 30.29 s 13.0
3 Ed Brost 4 in 44.43 s 12.0
4 Glenn Ross 4 in 40.12 s 11.0
5 Hugo Girard 4 in 27.85 s 10.0
6 Walt Gogola 5 in 56.09 s 9.0
7 Sami Heinonen 5 in 45.44 s 8.0
8 Phil Pfister 5 in 44.53 s 7.0
9 Gary Mitchell 5 in 40.08 s 6.0
10 Brian Schoonveld 5 in 39.24 s 5.0
11 Bruce Tessier 5 in 39.09 s 4.0
12 Chad Coy 5 in 36.62 s 3.0
13 Travis Lyndon 5 in 30.64 s 2.0
14 Svend Karlsen 5 in 27.90 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bruce Tessier 21.34 m 14.0
2 Ed Brost 24.08 m 13.0
3 Gary Mitchell 24.61 m 12.0
4 Jamie Barr 27.74 m 11.0
5 Glenn Ross 30.33 m 10.0
6 Walt Gogola 40.54 m 9.0
7 Chad Coy 46.02 m 8.0
8 Bryan Neese 48.01 m 7.0
9 Travis Lyndon 48.16 m 6.0
10 Svend Karlsen 54.25 m 5.0
11 Sami Heinonen 55.47 m 4.0
12 Hugo Girard 27.20 s 3.0
13 Brian Schoonveld 26.90 s 2.0
14 Phil Pfister 26.20 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Sami Heinonen 3.18 m 14.0
2 Jamie Barr 5.87 m 13.0
3 Bruce Tessier 9.88 m 12.0
4 Gary Mitchell 22.91 m 11.0
5 Walt Gogola 23.24 m 10.0
6 Travis Lyndon 26.11 m 9.0
7 Glenn Ross 56.50 s 8.0
8 Bryan Neese 44.43 s 7.0
9 Chad Coy 34.20 s 6.0
10 Ed Brost 30.41 s 5.0
11 Phil Pfister 29.90 s 4.0
12 Hugo Girard 20.00 s 3.0
13 Brian Schoonveld 18.80 s 2.0
14 Svend Karlsen 16.00 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 28.96 m 14.0
2 Phil Pfister 29.87 m 12.5
2 Gary Mitchell 29.87 m 12.5
4 Ed Brost 30.18 m 11.0
5 Walt Gogola 90.00 s 10.0
6 Brian Schoonveld 84.08 s 9.0
7 Sami Heinonen 83.70 s 8.0
8 Bryan Neese 71.75 s 7.0
9 Chad Coy 62.70 s 6.0
10 Jamie Barr 58.76 s 5.0
11 Hugo Girard 57.10 s 4.0
12 Travis Lyndon 56.27 s 3.0
13 Bruce Tessier 55.47 s 2.0
14 Svend Karlsen 47.80 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ed Brost 29.87 m 14.0
2 Chad Coy 89.49 s 13.0
3 Jamie Barr 79.06 s 12.0
4 Gary Mitchell 75.32 s 11.0
5 Walt Gogola 73.45 s 10.0
6 Glenn Ross 67.84 s 9.0
7 Bruce Tessier 66.20 s 8.0
8 Bryan Neese 66.15 s 7.0
9 Sami Heinonen 58.56 s 6.0
10 Svend Karlsen 55.24 s 5.0
11 Brian Schoonveld 50.74 s 4.0
12 Phil Pfister 46.03 s 3.0
13 Travis Lyndon 45.74 s 2.0
14 Hugo Girard 45.08 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jamie Barr 5 reps 14.0
2 Sami Heinonen 8 reps 12.5
2 Glenn Ross 8 reps 12.5
4 Phil Pfister 9 reps 10.5
4 Gary Mitchell 9 reps 10.5
6 Bruce Tessier 10 reps 8.5
6 Ed Brost 10 reps 8.5
8 Chad Coy 11 reps 6.5
8 Walt Gogola 11 reps 6.5
10 Svend Karlsen 13 reps 4.5
10 Travis Lyndon 13 reps 4.5
12 Bryan Neese 14 reps 3.0
13 Brian Schoonveld 19 reps 2.0
14 Hugo Girard 21 reps 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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