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2002 Viking Challenge

The 2002 Viking Challenge was held on 2002-03-28 in Miami Beach, Florida. 12 athletes competed across 12 events were contested.

Date: March 28, 2002 – March 31, 2002
Location: Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Type: Viking Challenge
Division: Men
Johnny Perry
1st Place

Johnny Perry 🇺🇸

Total Points: 94.0

Events (12 total)

  1. 1. Wheelbarrow Carry
  2. 2. Arm Over Arm Pull
  3. 3. Conan's Wheel
  4. 4. Carry & Drag
  5. 5. Truck Pull
  6. 6. Keg Toss
  7. 7. Farmer's Walk
  8. 8. Tire Flip
  9. 9. Medley
  10. 10. Atlas Stones
  11. 11. Hercules Hold
  12. 12. Loading Race

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Johnny Perry 🇺🇸 USA 94.0
2 Torfi 🇮🇸 ISL 75.0
3 Bryan Neese 🇺🇸 USA 69.0
4 Walt Gogola 🇺🇸 USA 68.0
5 Shawn Smith 🇺🇸 USA 62.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 🇮🇸 ISL 48.5
7 Grétar Gudmundsson 🇮🇸 ISL 47.0
8 Gary Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 44.5
9 Mark Keshishian 🇺🇸 USA 40.0
10 Jón Björn Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 39.0
11 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 🇮🇸 ISL 38.0
12 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 🇮🇸 ISL 35.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Over Arm Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 15.94 s 10.0
2 Gary Mitchell 17.72 s 9.0
3 Torfi 18.95 s 8.0
4 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 19.24 s 7.0
5 Bryan Neese 20.43 s 6.0
6 Mark Keshishian 21.69 s 5.0
7 Jón Björn Björnsson 21.92 s 4.0
8 Jón Valgeir Williams 21.97 s 3.0
9 Shawn Smith 22.47 s 2.0
10 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 23.45 s 1.0
- Walt Gogola (N/A) 0.0
- Grétar Gudmundsson (N/A) 0.0

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 5 in 25.81 s 10.0
2 Shawn Smith 5 in 27.70 s 9.0
3 Jón Valgeir Williams 5 in 36.91 s 8.0
4 Mark Keshishian 5 in 38.35 s 7.0
5 Walt Gogola 5 in 89.88 s 6.0
6 Grétar Gudmundsson 3 in 27.24 s 5.0
7 Gary Mitchell 3 in 28.53 s 4.0
8 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 3 in 53.24 s 3.0
9 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 2 in 87.10 s 2.0
10 Jón Björn Björnsson 1 stone 1.0
- Torfi (N/A) 0.0
- Bryan Neese (N/A) 0.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 58.30 s 10.0
2 Johnny Perry 62.00 s 9.0
3 Grétar Gudmundsson 65.23 s 8.0
4 Walt Gogola 68.05 s 7.0
5 Jón Björn Björnsson 72.16 s 6.0
6 Bryan Neese 82.93 s 5.0
7 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 16.76 m 4.0
8 Mark Keshishian 10.49 m 3.0
9 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 9.14 m 2.0
10 Shawn Smith 8.94 m 1.0
- Jón Valgeir Williams (N/A) 0.0
- Gary Mitchell (N/A) 0.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 49.73 m 10.0
2 Walt Gogola 48.34 m 9.0
3 Shawn Smith 48.23 m 8.0
4 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 43.89 m 7.0
5 Torfi 41.86 m 6.0
6 Jón Björn Björnsson 25.04 m 5.0
7 Grétar Gudmundsson 21.08 m 4.0
8 Mark Keshishian 20.01 m 3.0
9 Jón Valgeir Williams 7.37 m 2.0
10 Gary Mitchell 4.37 m 1.0
- Bryan Neese (N/A) 0.0
- Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson (N/A) 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Neese 71.15 m 10.0
2 Johnny Perry 60.66 m 9.0
3 Walt Gogola 57.12 m 8.0
4 Grétar Gudmundsson 55.88 m 7.0
5 Gary Mitchell 55.17 m 6.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 52.48 m 5.0
7 Torfi 52.12 m 4.0
8 Mark Keshishian 38.1 m 3.0
9 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 36.58 m 2.0
10 Jón Björn Björnsson 36.09 m 1.0
- Shawn Smith (N/A) 0.0
- Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson (N/A) 0.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryan Neese 63.24 s 10.0
2 Johnny Perry 51.13 s 9.0
3 Walt Gogola 50.45 s 8.0
4 Gary Mitchell 49.09 s 7.0
5 Torfi 41.37 s 6.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 40.06 s 5.0
7 Grétar Gudmundsson 39.94 s 4.0
8 Jón Björn Björnsson 38.31 s 3.0
9 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 37.09 s 2.0
10 Mark Keshishian 32.18 s 1.0
- Shawn Smith (N/A) 0.0
- Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson (N/A) 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 6.71 m 10.0
2 Shawn Smith 6.10 m 9.0
3 Walt Gogola 5.79 m 8.0
4 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 5.79 m 7.0
5 Torfi 5.49 m 6.0
6 Bryan Neese 5.49 m 5.0
7 Jón Valgeir Williams 5.49 m 3.5
7 Gary Mitchell 5.49 m 3.5
9 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 5.49 m 2.0
10 Grétar Gudmundsson 5.18 m 1.0
- Mark Keshishian (N/A) 0.0
- Jón Björn Björnsson (N/A) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Shawn Smith 43.58 s 10.0
2 Jón Valgeir Williams 43.59 s 9.0
3 Bryan Neese 46.74 s 8.0
4 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 48.38 s 7.0
5 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 48.62 s 6.0
6 Grétar Gudmundsson 50.78 s 5.0
7 Jón Björn Björnsson 51.96 s 4.0
8 Walt Gogola 54.65 s 3.0
9 Mark Keshishian 80.47 s 2.0
10 Gary Mitchell 88.00 s 1.0
- Torfi (N/A) 0.0
- Johnny Perry (N/A) 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 31.92 s 10.0
2 Grétar Gudmundsson 32.15 s 9.0
3 Jón Björn Björnsson 34.43 s 8.0
4 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 39.49 s 7.0
5 Bryan Neese 39.75 s 6.0
6 Walt Gogola 41.28 s 5.0
7 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 41.95 s 4.0
8 Shawn Smith 42.47 s 3.0
9 Mark Keshishian 49.61 s 2.0
10 Gary Mitchell 54.31 s 1.0
- Jón Valgeir Williams (N/A) 0.0
- Johnny Perry (N/A) 0.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 112.95 s 10.0
2 Walt Gogola 11.63 m 9.0
3 Mark Keshishian 8.89 m 8.0
4 Shawn Smith 5.33 m 7.0
5 Torfi 3.51 m 6.0
6 Jón Björn Björnsson 2.79 m 5.0
7 Bryan Neese 0.23 m 4.0
8 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 0.2 m 3.0
9 Jón Valgeir Williams 0.03 m 2.0
10 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 0.01 m 1.0
- Grétar Gudmundsson (N/A) 0.0
- Gary Mitchell (N/A) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Torfi 26.16 s 10.0
2 Shawn Smith 28.53 s 9.0
3 Bryan Neese 28.67 s 8.0
4 Johnny Perry 29.42 s 7.0
5 Jón Valgeir Williams 31.05 s 6.0
6 Walt Gogola 32.06 s 5.0
7 Gary Mitchell 33.29 s 4.0
8 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 33.84 s 3.0
9 Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson 35.37 s 2.0
10 Grétar Gudmundsson 37.03 s 1.0
- Mark Keshishian (N/A) 0.0
- Jón Björn Björnsson (N/A) 0.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 13.41 s 10.0
2 Torfi 15.81 s 9.0
3 Gary Mitchell 19.00 s 8.0
4 Bryan Neese 20.10 s 7.0
5 Mark Keshishian 21.44 s 6.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 23.27 s 5.0
7 Shawn Smith 25.19 s 4.0
8 Grétar Gudmundsson 29.41 s 3.0
9 Jón Björn Björnsson 42.30 s 2.0
10 Guðmundur Otri Sigurðsson 8.99 m 1.0
- Walt Gogola (N/A) 0.0
- Ólafur Karl Eyjólfsson (N/A) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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