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2003 WSM Final

The 2003 WSM Final was held on 2003-09-20 in Victoria Falls, Zambia. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: September 20, 2003 – September 28, 2003
Location: Victoria Falls, Zambia, Zambia
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Mariusz Pudzianowski
1st Place

Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱

Total Points: 66.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Carry & Drag
  2. 2. Overhead Medley
  3. 3. Hercules Hold
  4. 4. Atlas Stones
  5. 5. Train Pull
  6. 6. Deadlift
  7. 7. Farmer's Walk

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 66.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 46.0
3 Vasyl Virastyuk 🇺🇦 UKR 43.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 LAT 40.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 40.0
6 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 38.0
7 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 34.0
8 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 CAN 29.0
9 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 28.0
10 Geoff Dolan 🇨🇦 CAN 21.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 32.42 s 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 33.61 s 9.0
3 Jessen Paulin 5 in 34.53 s 8.0
4 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 36.00 s 7.0
5 Hugo Girard 5 in 38.34 s 6.0
6 Svend Karlsen 5 in 46.29 s 5.0
7 Geoff Dolan 4 in 22.50 s 4.0
8 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 30.15 s 3.0
9 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 32.00 s 2.0
10 Vasyl Virastyuk 4 in 39.03 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 23.41 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 23.90 s 9.0
3 Vasyl Virastyuk 26.34 s 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 28.45 s 7.0
5 Svend Karlsen 29.75 s 6.0
6 Raimonds Bergmanis 31.72 s 5.0
7 Hugo Girard 32.78 s 4.0
8 Geoff Dolan 33.56 s 3.0
9 Jessen Paulin 37.28 s 2.0
10 Jarosław Dymek 25.7 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 6 in 33.89 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 6 in 35.34 s 9.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 6 in 36.58 s 8.0
4 Svend Karlsen 6 in 39.77 s 7.0
5 Raimonds Bergmanis 5 in 27.19 s 6.0
6 Hugo Girard 5 in 34.77 s 5.0
7 Jessen Paulin 4 in 30.45 s 4.0
8 Magnus Samuelsson 3 in 18.86 s 3.0
9 Geoff Dolan 3 in 20.68 s 2.0
10 Vasyl Virastyuk 2 in 14.62 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vasyl Virastyuk 28.62 s 10.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 29.34 s 9.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 30.31 s 8.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 33.25 s 7.0
5 Hugo Girard 34.04 s 6.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 35.53 s 5.0
7 Svend Karlsen 42.69 s 4.0
8 Magnus Samuelsson 45.91 s 3.0
9 Jessen Paulin 57.29 s 2.0
10 Geoff Dolan 65.93 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 59.40 s 10.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 50.65 s 9.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 47.65 s 8.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 47.64 s 7.0
5 Vasyl Virastyuk 44.68 s 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 41.49 s 5.0
7 Geoff Dolan 38.67 s 4.0
8 Žydrūnas Savickas 36.03 s 3.0
9 Svend Karlsen 33.83 s 2.0
10 Hugo Girard 31.19 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 in 46.59 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 47.43 s 9.0
3 Vasyl Virastyuk 4 in 48.93 s 8.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 52.65 s 7.0
5 Hugo Girard 3 in 22.08 s 6.0
6 Magnus Samuelsson 3 in 30.83 s 5.0
7 Jarosław Dymek 3 in 35.15 s 4.0
8 Svend Karlsen 3 in 43.96 s 3.0
9 Geoff Dolan 2 in 14.87 s 2.0
10 Jessen Paulin 2 in 16.22 s 1.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 30.78 s 10.0
2 Vasyl Virastyuk 31.18 s 9.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 31.37 s 8.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 32.46 s 7.0
5 Hugo Girard 34.81 s 6.0
6 Geoff Dolan 36.71 s 5.0
7 Žydrūnas Savickas 38.53 s 4.0
8 Raimonds Bergmanis 38.84 s 3.0
9 Jessen Paulin 40.78 s 2.0
10 Svend Karlsen 69.15 s 1.0

2003 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 Poland 32.0
2 Geoff Dolan 🇨🇦 Canada 29.0
3 Peter Baltus 🇳🇱 Netherlands 25.0
4 Igor Pedan 🇷🇺 Russia 17.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.0
6 Jesse Marunde 🇺🇸 United States 2.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peter Baltus 4 in 18.96 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 4 in 19.45 s 5.0
3 Geoff Dolan 4 in 20.53 s 4.0
4 Igor Pedan 4 in 25.88 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 53.15 s 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde Withdrew 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peter Baltus 33.03 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 34.77 s 5.0
3 Geoff Dolan 42.02 s 4.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 57.05 s 3.0
5 Igor Pedan 65 m 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde 50.5 m 1.0

Log Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Dolan 3 in 27.06 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 3 in 27.46 s 5.0
3 Igor Pedan 3 in 28.09 s 4.0
4 Peter Baltus 3 in 29.06 s 3.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 2 in 15.69 s 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde Withdrew 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Dolan 5 in 25.01 s 6.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 25.09 s 5.0
3 Igor Pedan 5 in 29.04 s 4.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 5 in 30.18 s 3.0
5 Peter Baltus 5 in 32.99 s 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde 1 in 3.84 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 29.25 s 6.0
2 Peter Baltus 34.63 s 5.0
3 Geoff Dolan 35.28 s 4.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 36.18 s 3.0
5 Igor Pedan 37.15 s 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde Withdrew 0.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 29.03 s 6.0
2 Geoff Dolan 38.93 s 5.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 39.43 s 4.0
4 Peter Baltus 45.78 s 3.0
5 Igor Pedan 48.00 s 2.0
6 Jesse Marunde Withdrew 0.0

2003 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 29.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 Sweden 27.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 🇩🇰 Denmark 24.0
4 Don Pope 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
5 Eddy Ellwood 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0
6 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 Germany 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Magnus Samuelsson 5 in 26.15 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 25.46 s 5.0
3 Don Pope 4 in 35.84 s 4.0
4 Rene Minkwitz 3 in 26.47 s 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch Withdrew 0.0
5 Eddy Ellwood Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 31.53 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 35.15 s 5.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 43.33 s 4.0
4 Don Pope 49.14 s 3.0
5 Eddy Ellwood 50.97 s 2.0
6 Heinz Ollesch 55.21 s 1.0

Giant Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 12.78 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 12.96 s 5.0
3 Eddy Ellwood 20.01 s 4.0
4 Don Pope 20.75 s 3.0
5 Rene Minkwitz 14 m 2.0
6 Heinz Ollesch Withdrew 0.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 7 in 30.90 s 6.0
2 Rene Minkwitz 7 in 33.03 s 5.0
3 Eddy Ellwood 5 in 24.36 s 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 4 in 20.40 s 3.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 4 in 23.19 s 2.0
6 Don Pope 3 in 16.99 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rene Minkwitz 32.40 s 6.0
2 Don Pope 40.91 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 49.00 s 4.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 3 m 3.0
5 Eddy Ellwood Withdrew 0.0
5 Heinz Ollesch Withdrew 0.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Don Pope 31.25 s 6.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 32.50 s 5.0
3 Rene Minkwitz 35.65 s 4.0
4 Eddy Ellwood 36.65 s 3.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 43.78 s 2.0
6 Heinz Ollesch Withdrew 0.0

2003 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 🇱🇻 Latvia 30.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 Poland 29.5
3 Phil Pfister 🇺🇸 United States 24.5
4 Carl Broomfield 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 17.5
5 Jarno Hams 🇳🇱 Netherlands 14.0
6 Jörgen Ljungberg 🇸🇪 Sweden 8.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Phil Pfister 5 in 28.70 s 6.0
2 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 20.36 s 5.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 22.62 s 4.0
4 Jarno Hams 4 in 27.17 s 3.0
5 Carl Broomfield 4 in 33.82 s 2.0
6 Jörgen Ljungberg 1 in 32.25 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 13 reps 6.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 11 reps 4.5
2 Jörgen Ljungberg 11 reps 4.5
4 Jarno Hams 7 reps 3.0
5 Carl Broomfield 3 reps 1.5
5 Phil Pfister 3 reps 1.5

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 28.50 s 6.0
2 Phil Pfister 32.59 s 5.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 33.31 s 4.0
4 Carl Broomfield 39.15 s 3.0
5 Jarno Hams 49.4 m 2.0
6 Jörgen Ljungberg 4.3 m 1.0

Log Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raimonds Bergmanis 4 in 49.06 s 6.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 3 in 34.90 s 5.0
3 Phil Pfister 3 in 43.05 s 4.0
4 Jarno Hams 2 in 12.28 s 3.0
5 Carl Broomfield 1 in 4.82 s 2.0
6 Jörgen Ljungberg Withdrew 0.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 29.38 s 6.0
2 Phil Pfister 34.85 s 5.0
3 Carl Broomfield 35.46 s 4.0
4 Raimonds Bergmanis 37.19 s 3.0
5 Jarno Hams 45.19 s 2.0
6 Jörgen Ljungberg Withdrew 0.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 26.15 s 6.0
2 Carl Broomfield 29.46 s 5.0
3 Raimonds Bergmanis 30.53 s 4.0
4 Phil Pfister 33.06 s 3.0
5 Jörgen Ljungberg 33.69 s 2.0
6 Jarno Hams 44.56 s 1.0

2003 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 Canada 30.0
2 Vasyl Virastyuk 🇺🇦 Ukraine 27.0
3 Steve Kirit 🇺🇸 United States 19.0
4 Vidas Blekaitis 🇱🇹 Lithuania 18.0
5 Jón Valgeir Williams 🇮🇸 Iceland 17.0
6 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 4 in 17.78 s 6.0
2 Jón Valgeir Williams 4 in 24.12 s 5.0
3 Vasyl Virastyuk 4 in 25.50 s 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 4 in 27.56 s 3.0
5 Steve Kirit 4 in 31.40 s 2.0
6 Vidas Blekaitis 0 in 75.00 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vasyl Virastyuk 26.59 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 29.16 s 5.0
3 Vidas Blekaitis 35.97 s 4.0
4 Steve Kirit 47.88 s 3.0
5 Jón Valgeir Williams 63.25 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 59 m 1.0

Log Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 4 in 31.50 s 6.0
2 Vasyl Virastyuk 4 in 49.72 s 5.0
3 Steve Kirit 3 in 24.56 s 4.0
4 Glenn Ross 3 in 27.71 s 3.0
5 Vidas Blekaitis 3 in 27.87 s 2.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 2 in 18.74 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 7 in 33.56 s 6.0
2 Hugo Girard 7 in 35.71 s 5.0
3 Vidas Blekaitis 7 in 37.68 s 4.0
4 Vasyl Virastyuk 6 in 31.50 s 3.0
5 Steve Kirit 5 in 25.31 s 2.0
6 Jón Valgeir Williams 4 in 24.82 s 1.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jón Valgeir Williams 27.96 s 6.0
2 Steve Kirit 30.91 s 5.0
3 Hugo Girard 31.00 s 4.0
4 Vasyl Virastyuk 38.06 s 3.0
5 Vidas Blekaitis 39.11 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 40.18 s 1.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vasyl Virastyuk 25.44 s 6.0
2 Vidas Blekaitis 27.43 s 5.0
3 Hugo Girard 34.68 s 4.0
4 Steve Kirit 44.18 s 3.0
5 Jón Valgeir Williams 74.78 s 2.0
6 Glenn Ross 14 m 1.0

2003 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 Norway 32.0
2 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 Canada 27.0
3 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 22.0
4 Richard Gosling 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19.0
5 Franz Müllner 🇦🇹 Austria 18.0
6 Malone Horn 🇿🇦 South Africa 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 5 in 30.91 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 4 in 22.08 s 5.0
3 Franz Müllner 4 in 28.76 s 4.0
4 Richard Gosling 3 in 21.66 s 3.0
5 Mark Philippi 2 in 45.83 s 2.0
6 Malone Horn Withdrew 0.0

Carry & Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 37.32 s 6.0
2 Jessen Paulin 44.29 s 5.0
3 Richard Gosling 52.21 s 4.0
4 Franz Müllner 63.56 s 3.0
5 Mark Philippi 20.2 m 2.0
6 Malone Horn 15.5 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 12 reps 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 9 reps 5.0
3 Jessen Paulin 8 reps 4.0
4 Richard Gosling 6 reps 3.0
5 Franz Müllner 1 rep 2.0
6 Malone Horn Withdrew 0.0

Giant Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Gosling 15.28 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 16.09 s 5.0
3 Jessen Paulin 17.12 s 4.0
4 Mark Philippi 17.79 s 3.0
5 Franz Müllner 7.56 m 2.0
6 Malone Horn Withdrew 0.0

Tire Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 30.66 s 6.0
2 Svend Karlsen 31.68 s 5.0
3 Mark Philippi 32.68 s 4.0
4 Franz Müllner 35.75 s 3.0
5 Malone Horn Withdrew 0.0
5 Richard Gosling Withdrew 0.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 25.87 s 6.0
2 Mark Philippi 28.87 s 5.0
3 Franz Müllner 30.06 s 4.0
4 Richard Gosling 34.18 s 3.0
5 Jessen Paulin 54.06 s 2.0
6 Malone Horn Withdrew 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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