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2002 WSM Final

The 2002 WSM Final was held on 2002-09-15 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: September 15, 2002 – September 23, 2002
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Mariusz Pudzianowski
1st Place

Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱

Total Points: 58.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Flip & Drag
  2. 2. Farmer's Walk
  3. 3. Squat Lift
  4. 4. Truck Pull
  5. 5. Shield Carry
  6. 6. Deadlift
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 58.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 50.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 LAT 47.5
4 Johnny Perry 🇺🇸 USA 42.0
5 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 39.0
6 Juha-Matti Räsänen 🇫🇮 FIN 38.5
7 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 38.5
8 Gregor Edmunds 🇬🇧 GBR 27.5
9 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 24.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 12.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 5 in 41.05 s 10.0
2 Johnny Perry 5 in 43.86 s 9.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 55.40 s 8.0
4 Hugo Girard 4 in 28.11 s 7.0
5 Gregor Edmunds 4 in 29.62 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 4 in 30.28 s 5.0
7 Juha-Matti Räsänen 4 in 32.65 s 4.0
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 54.75 s 3.0
9 Jarosław Dymek 3 in 23.97 s 2.0
- Magnus Samuelsson Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 11 reps 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 9 reps 8.5
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 9 reps 8.5
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 8 reps 6.0
4 Johnny Perry 8 reps 6.0
4 Svend Karlsen 8 reps 6.0
7 Hugo Girard 6 reps 3.5
7 Jarosław Dymek 6 reps 3.5
- Gregor Edmunds 0 reps 0.0
- Magnus Samuelsson Withdrew 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 33.95 s 10.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 40.07 s 9.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 44.28 s 8.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 50.37 s 7.0
5 Johnny Perry 53.96 s 6.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 54.34 s 5.0
7 Hugo Girard 55.06 s 4.0
8 Svend Karlsen 72.6 m 3.0
9 Magnus Samuelsson 70 m 2.0
10 Gregor Edmunds 30 m 1.0

Flip & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 39.01 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 46.55 s 9.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 51.96 s 8.0
4 Gregor Edmunds 61.03 s 7.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 69.35 s 6.0
6 Hugo Girard 29.9 m 5.0
7 Svend Karlsen 28.5 m 4.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 27 m 3.0
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen 24.9 m 2.0
10 Johnny Perry 22.1 m 1.0

Shield Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 127.4 m 10.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 112.35 m 9.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 107.75 m 8.0
4 Gregor Edmunds 107.5 m 7.0
5 Johnny Perry 81.9 m 6.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 81 m 5.0
7 Svend Karlsen 79.6 m 4.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 70.35 m 3.0
9 Hugo Girard 68.55 m 2.0
- Magnus Samuelsson Withdrew 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 14 reps 10.0
2 Hugo Girard 12 reps 9.0
3 Johnny Perry 9 reps 8.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 6 reps 6.5
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 6 reps 6.5
6 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 reps 5.0
7 Juha-Matti Räsänen 3 reps 4.0
8 Gregor Edmunds 1 rep 2.5
8 Magnus Samuelsson 1 rep 2.5
- Jarosław Dymek 0 reps 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 43.97 s 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 44.38 s 9.0
3 Hugo Girard 44.84 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 46.00 s 7.0
5 Johnny Perry 46.21 s 6.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 52.03 s 5.0
7 Gregor Edmunds 61.06 s 4.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 64.56 s 3.0
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen 27.4 m 2.0
- Magnus Samuelsson Withdrew 0.0

2002 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 31.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 Poland 26.0
3 Jesse Marunde 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
4 Bernd Kerschbaumer 🇦🇹 Austria 21.0
5 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 Canada 17.0
6 Stuart Murray 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 5 in 47.62 s 6.0
2 Jesse Marunde 4 in 31.75 s 5.0
3 Svend Karlsen 4 in 33.72 s 4.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 41.48 s 3.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 3 in 25.00 s 2.0
6 Stuart Murray 3 in 44.00 s 1.0

Car Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 20.33 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 20.94 s 5.0
3 Bernd Kerschbaumer 27.09 s 4.0
4 Jesse Marunde 29.57 s 3.0
5 Jessen Paulin 36.00 s 2.0
6 Stuart Murray 23.03 m 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 34.87 m 6.0
2 Bernd Kerschbaumer 34.5 m 5.0
3 Jesse Marunde 32.54 m 4.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 31.95 m 3.0
5 Jessen Paulin 31.14 m 2.0
6 Stuart Murray 29 m 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 5 in 43.97 s 6.0
2 Jesse Marunde 5 in 49.50 s 5.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 35.51 s 4.0
4 Jessen Paulin 4 in 68.00 s 3.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 3 in 24.09 s 2.0
6 Stuart Murray 1 in 32.33 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 17 reps 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 16 reps 5.0
3 Jessen Paulin 15 reps 4.0
4 Jesse Marunde 12 reps 3.0
5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 7 reps 2.0
6 Stuart Murray 5 reps 1.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bernd Kerschbaumer 4.8 m 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 4.7 m 5.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 4.3 m 4.0
4 Stuart Murray 4.3 m 3.0
5 Jesse Marunde 4.1 m 2.0
6 Jessen Paulin - 0.0

2002 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 Latvia 28.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 🇫🇮 Finland 25.0
3 Brian Schoonveld 🇺🇸 United States 23.5
4 Jarno Hams 🇳🇱 Netherlands 22.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 21.5
6 Marc Iliffe 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 5 in 53.70 s 6.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 4 in 33.07 s 5.0
3 Jarno Hams 4 in 37.72 s 4.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 4 in 38.22 s 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 4 in 46.06 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarno Hams 36.62 s 6.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 37.13 s 5.0
3 Juha-Matti Räsänen 37.35 s 4.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 38.03 s 3.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 46.00 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe 54.65 s 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 1309 ° 6.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 1298 ° 5.0
3 Jarno Hams 902 ° 4.0
4 Brian Schoonveld 728 ° 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 596 ° 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe Withdrew 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Schoonveld 5 in 64.82 s 6.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 5 in 70.03 s 5.0
3 Juha-Matti Räsänen 4 in 32.84 s 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 40.12 s 3.0
5 Jarno Hams 4 in 43.85 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe 3 in 35.09 s 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 170 kg 6.0
2 Heinz Ollesch 165 kg 4.5
2 Brian Schoonveld 165 kg 4.5
4 Jarno Hams 155 kg 3.0
5 Juha-Matti Räsänen 137.5 kg 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe No lift 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Schoonveld 44.56 s 6.0
2 Juha-Matti Räsänen 45.32 s 5.0
3 Heinz Ollesch 45.84 s 4.0
4 Jarno Hams 51.81 s 3.0
5 Raimonds Bergmanis 52.09 s 2.0
6 Marc Iliffe 59.82 s 1.0

2002 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 31.0
2 Gregor Edmunds 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 28.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 Denmark 24.0
4 Steve Kirit 🇺🇸 United States 20.0
5 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 14.0
6 Nigel Moss 🇿🇦 South Africa 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 33.01 s 6.0
2 Gregor Edmunds 5 in 38.52 s 5.0
3 Derek Boyer 4 in 32.25 s 4.0
4 Steve Kirit 4 in 32.38 s 3.0
5 Rene Minkwitz 4 in 35.31 s 2.0
6 Nigel Moss 4 in 44.79 s 1.0

Car Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rene Minkwitz 19.09 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 19.63 s 5.0
3 Gregor Edmunds 22.80 s 4.0
4 Steve Kirit 26.50 s 3.0
5 Derek Boyer 28.01 s 2.0
6 Nigel Moss 22.55 m 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 47.89 s 6.0
2 Rene Minkwitz 33.45 m 5.0
3 Gregor Edmunds 32.44 m 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 32.3 m 3.0
5 Steve Kirit 30.3 m 2.0
6 Nigel Moss 29.5 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gregor Edmunds 1322 ° 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 1021 ° 5.0
3 Steve Kirit 1007 ° 4.0
4 Derek Boyer 947 ° 3.0
5 Nigel Moss 850 ° 2.0
6 Rene Minkwitz 784 ° 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 45.03 s 6.0
2 Gregor Edmunds 5 in 46.47 s 5.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 3 in 26.37 s 4.0
4 Steve Kirit 3 in 27.00 s 3.0
5 Derek Boyer 3 in 32.53 s 2.0
6 Nigel Moss 3 in 34.59 s 1.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rene Minkwitz 5 m 6.0
2 Steve Kirit 4.9 m 5.0
3 Gregor Edmunds 4.7 m 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 4.5 m 3.0
5 Nigel Moss 4.3 m 2.0
6 Derek Boyer - 0.0

2002 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Johnny Perry 🇺🇸 United States 33.5
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 31.5
3 Jón Valgeir Williams 🇮🇸 Iceland 17.5
4 David Warner 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0
5 Odd Haugen 🇳🇴 Norway 11.0
6 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 9.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 5 in 41.84 s 6.0
2 David Warner 4 in 28.82 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 35.94 s 4.0
4 Jón Valgeir Williams 4 in 36.24 s 3.0
5 Janne Virtanen Withdrew 0.0
5 Odd Haugen Withdrew 0.0

Car Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 21.01 s 6.0
2 Johnny Perry 23.22 s 5.0
3 Jón Valgeir Williams 32.35 s 4.0
4 David Warner 33.15 s 3.0
5 Odd Haugen 11.65 m 2.0
6 Janne Virtanen Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 28.22 s 6.0
2 Johnny Perry 33.32 s 5.0
3 Janne Virtanen 34.16 s 4.0
4 Odd Haugen 36.34 s 3.0
5 David Warner 40.50 s 2.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 51.03 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 5 in 41.90 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 42.00 s 5.0
3 Jón Valgeir Williams 5 in 59.36 s 4.0
4 Janne Virtanen 3 in 23.37 s 3.0
5 Odd Haugen 3 in 30.78 s 2.0
6 David Warner 3 in 32.41 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 14 reps 5.5
1 Johnny Perry 14 reps 5.5
3 David Warner 10 reps 4.0
4 Jón Valgeir Williams 8 reps 3.0
5 Janne Virtanen Withdrew 0.0
5 Odd Haugen Withdrew 0.0

Weight Throw

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johnny Perry 4.7 m 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 4.5 m 5.0
3 Odd Haugen 4.5 m 4.0
4 Jón Valgeir Williams 4.3 m 2.5
4 Janne Virtanen 4.3 m 2.5
6 David Warner - 0.0

2002 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 29.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 Poland 26.5
3 Karl Gillingham 🇺🇸 United States 22.5
4 Mick Gosling 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
5 Torbjörn Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 17.5
6 Tibor Mészáros 🇭🇺 Hungary 11.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Karl Gillingham 5 in 38.63 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 5 in 39.22 s 5.0
3 Torbjörn Samuelsson 4 in 38.37 s 4.0
4 Mick Gosling 3 in 57.12 s 3.0
5 Mariusz Pudzianowski 2 in 13.03 s 2.0
6 Tibor Mészáros 2 in 24.31 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 27.03 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 32.9 m 5.0
3 Karl Gillingham 31.6 m 4.0
4 Mick Gosling 29.9 m 3.0
5 Tibor Mészáros 26.3 m 2.0
6 Torbjörn Samuelsson 24.3 m 1.0

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 1440 ° 6.0
2 Karl Gillingham 1132 ° 5.0
3 Mick Gosling 1012 ° 4.0
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 923 ° 3.0
5 Tibor Mészáros 642 ° 2.0
6 Hugo Girard 360 ° 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 5 in 44.75 s 6.0
2 Torbjörn Samuelsson 5 in 48.81 s 5.0
3 Mick Gosling 4 in 40.62 s 4.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 3 in 24.87 s 3.0
5 Karl Gillingham 3 in 25.34 s 2.0
6 Tibor Mészáros 3 in 64.13 s 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 160 kg 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 155 kg 4.5
2 Tibor Mészáros 155 kg 4.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 150 kg 2.5
4 Karl Gillingham 150 kg 2.5
6 Mick Gosling 120 kg 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 43.16 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 46.84 s 5.0
3 Mick Gosling 50.43 s 4.0
4 Karl Gillingham 51.03 s 3.0
5 Torbjörn Samuelsson 52.43 s 2.0
6 Tibor Mészáros 24 m 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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