2002 IFSA Turkey Grand Prix

The 2002 IFSA Turkey Grand Prix was held on 2002-05-18 in Istanbul, Turkey. 12 athletes competed across 5 events were contested.

Date: May 18, 2002

Location: Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey

Type: IFSA Grand Prix

Division: Men

1st Place

Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮

Total Points: 55.0

Final standings with every athlete's result and points in each of the 5 events. Scroll sideways for later events.
Place	Athlete	Total	Atlas Stones	Crucifix Hold	Farmer's Walk	Max Log Lift	Power Stairs
1	Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮	55.0	12.0 5 stones	10.0 54.15 s	12.0 80 m	11.0 155 kg	10.0 50.59 s
2	Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱	45.0	10.0 4 stones	7.0 38.01 s	11.0 73.2 m	9.0 145 kg	8.0 69.73 s
3	Bernd Kerschbaumer 🇦🇹	38.5	6.0 3 stones	9.0 48.43 s	5.0 42.33 m	6.5 145 kg	12.0 46.34 s
4	Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰	37.0	8.0 3 stones	6.0 37.09 s	6.0 44 m	10.0 145 kg	7.0 71.29 s
5	Gerrit Badenhorst 🇿🇦	36.0	7.0 3 stones	1.0 28.67 s	7.0 49.12 m	12.0 165 kg	9.0 58.26 s
6	Martin Muhr 🇩🇪	36.0	11.0 4 stones	3.0 29.65 s	10.0 69.15 m	1.0 115 kg	11.0 46.96 s
7	Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪	33.0	9.0 4 stones	4.0 32.89 s	9.0 60.4 m	5.0 135 kg	6.0 16 stairs
8	Ireneusz Kuraś 🇵🇱	29.5	5.0 2 stones	11.0 55.15 s	3.0 26.15 m	6.5 145 kg	4.0 12 stairs
9	Tibor Mészáros 🇭🇺	24.0	1.0 0 stones	2.0 29.41 s	8.0 53.6 m	8.0 145 kg	5.0 13 stairs
10	Ersin Kuruel 🇹🇷	22.0	4.0 2 stones	8.0 48.03 s	4.0 38.8 m	4.0 135 kg	2.0 9 stairs
11	Ziya Demircan 🇹🇷	20.5	3.0 2 stones	12.0 56.49 s	2.0 21.1 m	2.5 125 kg	1.0 8 stairs
12	Aaron Marsa 🇪🇸	13.5	2.0 1 stone	5.0 34.82 s	1.0 10.55 m	2.5 125 kg	3.0 10 stairs

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Janne Virtanen	5 stones	12.0
2	Martin Muhr	4 stones	11.0
3	Wout Zijlstra	4 stones	10.0
4	Heinz Ollesch	4 stones	9.0
5	Rene Minkwitz	3 stones	8.0
6	Gerrit Badenhorst	3 stones	7.0
7	Bernd Kerschbaumer	3 stones	6.0
8	Ireneusz Kuraś	2 stones	5.0
9	Ersin Kuruel	2 stones	4.0
10	Ziya Demircan	2 stones	3.0
11	Aaron Marsa	1 stone	2.0
12	Tibor Mészáros	0 stones	1.0

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Ziya Demircan	56.49 s	12.0
2	Ireneusz Kuraś	55.15 s	11.0
3	Janne Virtanen	54.15 s	10.0
4	Bernd Kerschbaumer	48.43 s	9.0
5	Ersin Kuruel	48.03 s	8.0
6	Wout Zijlstra	38.01 s	7.0
7	Rene Minkwitz	37.09 s	6.0
8	Aaron Marsa	34.82 s	5.0
9	Heinz Ollesch	32.89 s	4.0
10	Martin Muhr	29.65 s	3.0
11	Tibor Mészáros	29.41 s	2.0
12	Gerrit Badenhorst	28.67 s	1.0

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Janne Virtanen	80 m	12.0
2	Wout Zijlstra	73.2 m	11.0
3	Martin Muhr	69.15 m	10.0
4	Heinz Ollesch	60.4 m	9.0
5	Tibor Mészáros	53.6 m	8.0
6	Gerrit Badenhorst	49.12 m	7.0
7	Rene Minkwitz	44 m	6.0
8	Bernd Kerschbaumer	42.33 m	5.0
9	Ersin Kuruel	38.8 m	4.0
10	Ireneusz Kuraś	26.15 m	3.0
11	Ziya Demircan	21.1 m	2.0
12	Aaron Marsa	10.55 m	1.0

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Gerrit Badenhorst	165 kg	12.0
2	Janne Virtanen	155 kg	11.0
3	Rene Minkwitz	145 kg	10.0
4	Wout Zijlstra	145 kg	9.0
5	Tibor Mészáros	145 kg	8.0
6	Bernd Kerschbaumer	145 kg	6.5
6	Ireneusz Kuraś	145 kg	6.5
8	Heinz Ollesch	135 kg	5.0
9	Ersin Kuruel	135 kg	4.0
10	Ziya Demircan	125 kg	2.5
10	Aaron Marsa	125 kg	2.5
12	Martin Muhr	115 kg	1.0

#	Athlete	Result	Points
1	Bernd Kerschbaumer	46.34 s	12.0
2	Martin Muhr	46.96 s	11.0
3	Janne Virtanen	50.59 s	10.0
4	Gerrit Badenhorst	58.26 s	9.0
5	Wout Zijlstra	69.73 s	8.0
6	Rene Minkwitz	71.29 s	7.0
7	Heinz Ollesch	16 stairs	6.0
8	Tibor Mészáros	13 stairs	5.0
9	Ireneusz Kuraś	12 stairs	4.0
10	Aaron Marsa	10 stairs	3.0
11	Ersin Kuruel	9 stairs	2.0
12	Ziya Demircan	8 stairs	1.0

Last updated: February 23, 2026

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