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2003 World Muscle Power Classic

The 2003 World Muscle Power Classic was held on 2003-06-07 in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Canada. 12 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: June 7, 2003 – June 8, 2003
Location: Dolbeau-Mistassini, Canada, Canada
Type: World Muscle Power Classic
Division: Men
Hugo Girard
1st Place

Hugo Girard 🇨🇦

Total Points: 73.5

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Vertical Lift
  2. 2. Viking Press
  3. 3. Fingal's Fingers
  4. 4. Power Stairs
  5. 5. Squat Lift
  6. 6. Hercules Hold
  7. 7. Atlas Stones
  8. 8. Farmer's Walk

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 73.5
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 72.5
3 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 68.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 67.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 61.5
6 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 51.5
7 Travis Lyndon 🇨🇦 CAN 51.0
8 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 41.5
9 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 CAN 40.5
10 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 34.0
11 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 DEN 30.5
12 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 LAT 28.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Lyndon 5 in 45.42 s 12.0
2 Jessen Paulin 5 in 49.36 s 11.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 71.55 s 10.0
4 Hugo Girard 4 in 29.52 s 9.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 31.90 s 8.0
6 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 in 33.78 s 7.0
7 Rene Minkwitz 4 in 45.80 s 6.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 49.03 s 5.0
9 Svend Karlsen 4 in 69.54 s 4.0
10 Martin Muhr 3 in 21.20 s 3.0
11 Raimonds Bergmanis 3 in 42.82 s 2.0
- Janne Virtanen (Withdrew) 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 45.41 s 12.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 28.4 m 11.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 23.63 m 10.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 20.6 m 9.0
5 Magnus Samuelsson 20.05 m 8.0
6 Svend Karlsen 19.9 m 7.0
7 Jessen Paulin 19.8 m 6.0
8 Martin Muhr 18.19 m 5.0
9 Rene Minkwitz 15.39 m 4.0
10 Raimonds Bergmanis 13.59 m 3.0
11 Travis Lyndon 6.78 m 2.0
- Janne Virtanen (Withdrew) 0.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 45.15 s 12.0
2 Hugo Girard 5 in 56.20 s 11.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 56.33 s 10.0
4 Travis Lyndon 5 in 69.78 s 9.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 26.43 s 8.0
6 Janne Virtanen 4 in 29.56 s 7.0
7 Svend Karlsen 4 in 33.76 s 6.0
8 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 in 35.10 s 5.0
9 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 36.06 s 4.0
10 Martin Muhr 4 in 41.34 s 3.0
11 Jessen Paulin 4 in 45.75 s 2.0
12 Rene Minkwitz 3 in 20.63 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 64.53 s 12.0
2 Travis Lyndon 56.93 s 11.0
3 Janne Virtanen 54.12 s 10.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 52.84 s 9.0
5 Hugo Girard 49.53 s 8.0
6 Mariusz Pudzianowski 47.89 s 7.0
7 Jarosław Dymek 45.46 s 6.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 41.50 s 5.0
9 Rene Minkwitz 39.56 s 4.0
10 Martin Muhr 38.06 s 3.0
11 Svend Karlsen 35.50 s 2.0
12 Žydrūnas Savickas 35.09 s 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 55.00 s 12.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 60.87 s 11.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 85.75 s 10.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 17 stairs 8.5
4 Janne Virtanen 17 stairs 8.5
6 Martin Muhr 16 stairs 7.0
7 Travis Lyndon 15 stairs 5.5
7 Hugo Girard 15 stairs 5.5
9 Svend Karlsen 14 stairs 3.5
9 Raimonds Bergmanis 14 stairs 3.5
11 Jessen Paulin 12 stairs 1.5
11 Rene Minkwitz 12 stairs 1.5

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 13 reps 12.0
2 Svend Karlsen 12 reps 11.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 11 reps 10.0
4 Hugo Girard 10 reps 9.0
5 Martin Muhr 9 reps 8.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 7 reps 7.0
7 Rene Minkwitz 5 reps 6.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 3 reps 5.0
9 Janne Virtanen 2 reps 4.0
10 Magnus Samuelsson 1 rep 2.5
10 Travis Lyndon 1 rep 2.5
- Jessen Paulin 0 reps 0.0

Vertical Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 28.91 s 12.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 29.90 s 11.0
3 Svend Karlsen 31.28 s 10.0
4 Janne Virtanen 31.69 s 9.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 33.56 s 8.0
6 Hugo Girard 37.06 s 7.0
7 Jessen Paulin 38.81 s 6.0
8 Martin Muhr 38.96 s 5.0
9 Travis Lyndon 39.62 s 4.0
10 Rene Minkwitz 45.28 s 3.0
11 Žydrūnas Savickas 65.60 s 2.0
12 Raimonds Bergmanis DNF 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 20 reps 12.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 16 reps 11.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 13 reps 9.5
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 13 reps 9.5
5 Svend Karlsen 9 reps 8.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 8 reps 7.0
7 Travis Lyndon 7 reps 5.0
7 Rene Minkwitz 7 reps 5.0
7 Raimonds Bergmanis 7 reps 5.0
10 Janne Virtanen 6 reps 3.0
11 Jessen Paulin 4 reps 2.0
- Martin Muhr 0 reps 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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