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2001 WSM Final

The 2001 WSM Final was held on 2001-10-05 in Victoria Falls, Zambia. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: October 5, 2001 – October 15, 2001
Location: Victoria Falls, Zambia, Zambia
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Svend Karlsen
1st Place

Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴

Total Points: 53.5

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Carry & Flip
  2. 2. Squat Lift
  3. 3. Farmer's Walk
  4. 4. Log Lift
  5. 5. Vertical Lift
  6. 6. Conan's Wheel
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 53.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 51.5
3 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 50.0
4 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 USA 46.0
5 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 40.0
6 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 38.5
7 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 30.0
8 Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱 NED 28.5
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen 🇫🇮 FIN 25.5
10 Andrew Raynes 🇬🇧 GBR 18.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 28.00 s 10.0
2 Martin Muhr 5 in 39.11 s 9.0
3 Phil Pfister 5 in 41.03 s 8.0
4 Janne Virtanen 4 in 24.99 s 7.0
5 Hugo Girard 4 in 29.40 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 4 in 34.28 s 5.0
7 Wout Zijlstra 4 in 35.17 s 4.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 1 in 23.75 s 3.0
- Juha-Matti Räsänen (Withdrew) 0.0
- Andrew Raynes (Withdrew) 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 40.63 s 10.0
2 Svend Karlsen 40.75 s 9.0
3 Janne Virtanen 40.81 s 8.0
4 Hugo Girard 43.60 s 7.0
5 Wout Zijlstra 44.45 s 6.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 50.00 s 5.0
7 Juha-Matti Räsänen 53.25 s 4.0
8 Martin Muhr 60.80 s 3.0
9 Phil Pfister 34.5 m 2.0
10 Andrew Raynes 32 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 1144 ° 10.0
2 Martin Muhr 937 ° 9.0
3 Svend Karlsen 821 ° 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 805 ° 7.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 777 ° 6.0
6 Janne Virtanen 739 ° 5.0
7 Juha-Matti Räsänen 643 ° 4.0
8 Wout Zijlstra 501 ° 3.0
9 Hugo Girard 425 ° 2.0
10 Andrew Raynes 240 ° 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 32.22 s 10.0
2 Janne Virtanen 38.50 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 39.81 s 8.0
4 Wout Zijlstra 41.49 s 7.0
5 Juha-Matti Räsänen 49.77 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 49.78 s 5.0
7 Jarosław Dymek 57.50 s 4.0
8 Martin Muhr 74.6 m 3.0
9 Hugo Girard 71.3 m 2.0
10 Andrew Raynes 43.8 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 11 reps 10.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 10 reps 9.0
3 Svend Karlsen 7 reps 7.5
3 Phil Pfister 7 reps 7.5
5 Janne Virtanen 6 reps 5.0
5 Wout Zijlstra 6 reps 5.0
5 Andrew Raynes 6 reps 5.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 5 reps 3.0
9 Martin Muhr 4 reps 2.0
10 Juha-Matti Räsänen 3 reps 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 10 reps 10.0
2 Hugo Girard 9 reps 8.5
2 Andrew Raynes 9 reps 8.5
4 Martin Muhr 6 reps 7.0
5 Janne Virtanen 4 reps 6.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 1 rep 5.0
7 Magnus Samuelsson 0 reps 2.5
7 Phil Pfister 0 reps 2.5
7 Wout Zijlstra 0 reps 2.5
7 Juha-Matti Räsänen 0 reps 2.5

Vertical Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 13.27 s 10.0
2 Svend Karlsen 14.11 s 9.0
3 Juha-Matti Räsänen 14.39 s 8.0
4 Martin Muhr 15.66 s 7.0
5 Phil Pfister 16.11 s 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 20.32 s 5.0
7 Jarosław Dymek 25.87 s 4.0
8 Hugo Girard 44.20 s 3.0
9 Andrew Raynes 1.7 m 2.0
10 Wout Zijlstra 1.1 m 1.0

2001 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen 🇫🇮 Finland 26.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱 Netherlands 25.5
3 Rob Dixon 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 24.0
4 Karl Gillingham 🇺🇸 United States 21.5
5 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 20.0
6 Israel Garrido 🇪🇸 Spain 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Dixon 67.2 m 6.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 66.82 m 5.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 64.85 m 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 63.28 m 3.0
5 Karl Gillingham 62.76 m 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 51.26 m 1.0

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Wout Zijlstra 27.90 s 6.0
2 Karl Gillingham 30.40 s 5.0
3 Juha-Matti Räsänen 31.20 s 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 31.60 s 3.0
5 Rob Dixon 32.50 s 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 45.60 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Dixon 4 in 32.90 s 6.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 4 in 33.10 s 5.0
3 Derek Boyer 4 in 35.60 s 4.0
4 Juha-Matti Räsänen 4 in 38.30 s 3.0
5 Karl Gillingham 4 in 38.80 s 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 4 in 41.90 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen 45.20 s 6.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 59.10 s 5.0
3 Derek Boyer 34.7 m 4.0
4 Karl Gillingham 33.5 m 3.0
5 Rob Dixon 26.8 m 2.0
6 Israel Garrido 22.6 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rob Dixon 932 ° 6.0
2 Karl Gillingham 859 ° 5.0
3 Israel Garrido 791 ° 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 744 ° 3.0
5 Juha-Matti Räsänen 728 ° 2.0
6 Wout Zijlstra 692 ° 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen 350 kg 6.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 340 kg 4.5
2 Karl Gillingham 340 kg 4.5
4 Derek Boyer 330 kg 3.0
5 Rob Dixon 280 kg 2.0
6 Israel Garrido No lift 1.0

2001 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 27.5
2 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 27.0
3 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 22.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 21.0
5 Marc Iliffe 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.5
6 Regin Vágadal 🇫🇷 Faroe Islands 13.5

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torbjörn Samuelsson 26.80 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 27.20 s 5.0
3 Svend Karlsen 27.40 s 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 28.60 s 3.0
5 Marc Iliffe 29.10 s 2.0
6 Regin Vágadal 30.30 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torbjörn Samuelsson 5 in 43.50 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 4 in 27.20 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 4 in 39.00 s 4.0
4 Hugo Girard 4 in 40.80 s 3.0
5 Regin Vágadal 4 in 54.60 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe 4 in 57.40 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 38.20 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 43.90 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 34.8 m 4.0
4 Regin Vágadal 33 m 3.0
5 Marc Iliffe 28.3 m 2.0
6 Torbjörn Samuelsson 27.3 m 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 4 in 32.70 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 4 in 34.30 s 5.0
3 Torbjörn Samuelsson 4 in 46.90 s 4.0
4 Regin Vágadal 3 in 39.00 s 3.0
5 Mark Philippi 3 in 39.10 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe 3 in 39.70 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Marc Iliffe 41.70 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 33.70 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 30.60 s 4.0
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 27.90 s 3.0
5 Regin Vágadal 27.10 s 2.0
6 Svend Karlsen 25.90 s 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 350 kg 5.5
1 Mark Philippi 350 kg 5.5
3 Hugo Girard 340 kg 4.0
4 Marc Iliffe 330 kg 2.5
4 Regin Vágadal 330 kg 2.5
6 Torbjörn Samuelsson No lift 1.0

2001 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 28.0
2 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 Germany 26.0
3 Travis Lyndon 🇨🇦 Canada 25.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 Latvia 17.5
5 Johnny Perry 🇺🇸 United States 16.5
6 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 96 m 6.0
2 Travis Lyndon 82.95 m 5.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 71.2 m 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 60.39 m 3.0
5 Glenn Ross 46.31 m 2.0
6 Johnny Perry 39.38 m 1.0

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 25.10 s 6.0
2 Travis Lyndon 26.50 s 5.0
3 Martin Muhr 27.10 s 4.0
4 Johnny Perry 27.90 s 3.0
5 Raimonds Bergmanis 30.90 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 38.50 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 31.80 s 6.0
2 Travis Lyndon 5 in 36.10 s 5.0
3 Johnny Perry 5 in 43.40 s 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 39.20 s 3.0
5 Glenn Ross 4 in 42.00 s 2.0
6 Martin Muhr 4 in 55.40 s 1.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 35.00 s 6.0
2 Travis Lyndon 35.70 s 5.0
3 Martin Muhr 37.10 s 4.0
4 Johnny Perry 39.00 s 3.0
5 Raimonds Bergmanis 41.20 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 29.6 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 1117 ° 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 1013 ° 5.0
3 Travis Lyndon 1004 ° 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 969 ° 3.0
5 Johnny Perry 711 ° 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 536 ° 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 370 kg 6.0
2 Martin Muhr 365 kg 5.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 350 kg 3.5
3 Johnny Perry 350 kg 3.5
5 Magnus Samuelsson 330 kg 2.0
6 Travis Lyndon 300 kg 1.0

2001 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 31.0
2 Andrew Raynes 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
3 Ralf Ber 🇦🇹 Austria 20.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 20.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 🇺🇸 United States 17.0
5 Levi Vaoga 🇳🇿 New Zealand 17.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Raynes 77.7 m 6.0
2 Janne Virtanen 73.18 m 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 66.43 m 4.0
4 Brian Schoonveld 56 m 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 43.4 m 2.0
6 Ralf Ber 8.74 m 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Heinz Ollesch 5 in 47.40 s 6.0
2 Janne Virtanen 4 in 28.30 s 5.0
3 Ralf Ber 4 in 35.70 s 4.0
4 Brian Schoonveld 4 in 38.20 s 3.0
5 Levi Vaoga 4 in 47.90 s 2.0
6 Andrew Raynes 4 in 70.60 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ralf Ber 35.20 s 6.0
2 Janne Virtanen 37.40 s 5.0
3 Levi Vaoga 39.20 s 4.0
4 Andrew Raynes 57.90 s 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 32 m 2.0
6 Heinz Ollesch 29.7 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 775 ° 6.0
2 Brian Schoonveld 753 ° 5.0
3 Andrew Raynes 663 ° 4.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 656 ° 3.0
5 Levi Vaoga 507 ° 2.0
6 Ralf Ber 175 ° 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Raynes 350 kg 6.0
2 Janne Virtanen 340 kg 5.0
3 Ralf Ber 330 kg 4.0
4 Brian Schoonveld 320 kg 2.0
4 Levi Vaoga 320 kg 2.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 320 kg 2.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Heinz Ollesch 25.80 s 6.0
2 Janne Virtanen 26.10 s 5.0
3 Ralf Ber 26.90 s 4.0
4 Levi Vaoga 27.00 s 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 28.00 s 2.0
6 Andrew Raynes 29.20 s 1.0

2001 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 United States 31.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 Poland 30.0
3 Odd Haugen 🇳🇴 Norway 21.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.5
5 Johan van Heerden 🇿🇦 South Africa 16.5
6 Flemming Rasmussen 🇩🇰 Denmark 7.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 25.30 s 6.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 26.10 s 5.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 27.90 s 4.0
4 Johan van Heerden 28.00 s 3.0
5 Odd Haugen 28.90 s 2.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen 32.10 s 1.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 5 in 30.10 s 6.0
2 Odd Haugen 4 in 35.40 s 5.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 36.40 s 4.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 44.90 s 3.0
5 Johan van Heerden 4 in 61.80 s 2.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 32.20 s 6.0
2 Phil Pfister 36.60 s 5.0
3 Odd Haugen 39.10 s 4.0
4 Johan van Heerden 42.10 s 3.0
5 Flemming Rasmussen 48.60 s 2.0
6 Adrian Rollinson 60.00 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 5 in 40.30 s 6.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 39.00 s 5.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 52.80 s 4.0
4 Flemming Rasmussen 3 in 21.90 s 3.0
5 Odd Haugen 3 in 32.60 s 2.0
6 Johan van Heerden 2 in 15.70 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 59.80 s 6.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 44.60 s 5.0
3 Johan van Heerden 44.00 s 4.0
4 Odd Haugen 39.10 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 25.70 s 2.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen 8.00 s 1.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 330 kg 6.0
2 Odd Haugen 320 kg 5.0
3 Johan van Heerden 300 kg 3.5
3 Adrian Rollinson 300 kg 3.5
5 Phil Pfister No lift 2.0
6 Flemming Rasmussen Withdrew 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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