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2005 WSM Final

The 2005 WSM Final was held on 2005-09-27 in Chengdu, China. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: September 27, 2005 – October 6, 2005
Location: Chengdu, China, China
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Mariusz Pudzianowski
1st Place

Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱

Total Points: 60.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Fingal's Fingers
  2. 2. Hercules Hold
  3. 3. Fridge Carry
  4. 4. Log Lift
  5. 5. Squat Lift
  6. 6. Ding Carry
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 POL 60.0
2 Jesse Marunde 🇺🇸 USA 46.0
3 Dominic Filiou 🇨🇦 CAN 42.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 POL 37.5
5 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 FIN 37.0
6 Tarmo Mitt 🇪🇪 EST 34.0
7 Ralf Ber 🇦🇹 AUT 33.5
8 Don Pope 🇺🇸 USA 33.0
9 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 USA 32.0
10 Elbrus Nigmatullin 🇷🇺 RUS 30.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 27.49 s 10.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 5 in 30.44 s 9.0
3 Dave Ostlund 5 in 36.46 s 8.0
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin 5 in 41.12 s 7.0
5 Jesse Marunde 5 in 46.33 s 6.0
6 Dominic Filiou 5 in 47.21 s 5.0
7 Don Pope 4 in 28.25 s 4.0
8 Janne Virtanen 4 in 29.61 s 3.0
9 Ralf Ber 4 in 42.45 s 2.0
10 Jarosław Dymek 0 in 75.00 s 1.0

Ding Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 90 m 10.0
2 Janne Virtanen 77.5 m 9.0
3 Tarmo Mitt 77 m 8.0
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin 69 m 7.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 68.5 m 6.0
6 Dave Ostlund 65.5 m 5.0
7 Jesse Marunde 62.9 m 4.0
8 Ralf Ber 48.6 m 3.0
9 Don Pope 45.2 m 2.0
10 Dominic Filiou 21 m 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 5 in 34.27 s 10.0
2 Dominic Filiou 5 in 38.24 s 9.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 5 in 38.28 s 8.0
4 Don Pope 5 in 39.43 s 7.0
5 Dave Ostlund 5 in 42.77 s 6.0
6 Elbrus Nigmatullin 5 in 44.15 s 5.0
7 Janne Virtanen 5 in 45.24 s 4.0
8 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 51.64 s 3.0
9 Tarmo Mitt 5 in 59.06 s 2.0
10 Ralf Ber 4 in 41.30 s 1.0

Fridge Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 15.29 s 10.0
2 Dominic Filiou 16.28 s 9.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 19.59 s 8.0
4 Jesse Marunde 20.73 s 7.0
5 Janne Virtanen 20.90 s 6.0
6 Ralf Ber 21.15 s 5.0
7 Dave Ostlund 25.09 s 4.0
8 Don Pope 30.35 s 3.0
9 Tarmo Mitt 48.09 s 2.0
10 Elbrus Nigmatullin 13.2 m 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tarmo Mitt 71.12 s 10.0
2 Don Pope 56.01 s 9.0
3 Ralf Ber 54.15 s 8.0
4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 48.80 s 7.0
5 Dave Ostlund 45.11 s 6.0
6 Jesse Marunde 44.88 s 5.0
7 Janne Virtanen 44.40 s 4.0
8 Elbrus Nigmatullin 41.97 s 3.0
9 Jarosław Dymek 41.18 s 2.0
10 Dominic Filiou 36.17 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 13 reps 10.0
2 Jesse Marunde 12 reps 9.0
3 Dominic Filiou 10 reps 8.0
4 Jarosław Dymek 9 reps 6.5
4 Ralf Ber 9 reps 6.5
6 Janne Virtanen 8 reps 4.0
6 Don Pope 8 reps 4.0
6 Elbrus Nigmatullin 8 reps 4.0
9 Tarmo Mitt 7 reps 2.0
10 Dave Ostlund 5 reps 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 7 in 27.53 s 10.0
2 Dominic Filiou 7 in 30.77 s 9.0
3 Ralf Ber 7 in 38.08 s 8.0
4 Janne Virtanen 6 in 27.93 s 7.0
5 Jarosław Dymek 6 in 29.99 s 6.0
6 Jesse Marunde 5 in 22.49 s 5.0
7 Don Pope 5 in 26.40 s 4.0
8 Elbrus Nigmatullin 4 in 21.64 s 3.0
9 Dave Ostlund 4 in 22.94 s 2.0
10 Tarmo Mitt 3 in 14.04 s 1.0

2005 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 🇵🇱 Poland 23.5
2 Dominic Filiou 🇨🇦 Canada 21.5
3 Josh Thigpen 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
4 Raivis Vidzis 🇱🇻 Latvia 17.0
5 Mick Gosling 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dominic Filiou 5 in 31.37 s 5.0
2 Josh Thigpen 5 in 34.28 s 4.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 4 in 19.88 s 3.0
4 Raivis Vidzis 4 in 24.70 s 2.0
5 Mick Gosling Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jarosław Dymek 7 in 43.50 s 5.0
2 Raivis Vidzis 5 in 25.51 s 4.0
3 Josh Thigpen 5 in 31.59 s 3.0
4 Dominic Filiou 5 in 35.35 s 2.0
5 Mick Gosling 4 in 23.56 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dominic Filiou 5 in 39.17 s 5.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 5 in 39.50 s 4.0
3 Josh Thigpen 5 in 63.08 s 3.0
4 Raivis Vidzis 4 in 42.33 s 2.0
5 Mick Gosling 3 in 20.24 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mick Gosling 43.42 s 5.0
2 Jarosław Dymek 37.69 s 4.0
3 Dominic Filiou 33.03 s 3.0
4 Raivis Vidzis 31.59 s 2.0
5 Josh Thigpen 27.75 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dominic Filiou 10 reps 4.5
1 Jarosław Dymek 10 reps 4.5
3 Josh Thigpen 9 reps 3.0
4 Raivis Vidzis 7 reps 2.0
5 Mick Gosling Withdrew 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Raivis Vidzis 31.9 m 5.0
2 Josh Thigpen 28.7 m 4.0
3 Jarosław Dymek 28.1 m 3.0
4 Dominic Filiou 26.8 m 2.0
5 Mick Gosling 22.4 m 1.0

2005 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Ralf Ber 🇦🇹 Austria 22.5
2 Elbrus Nigmatullin 🇷🇺 Russia 22.0
3 Boris Haraldsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 21.5
4 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 🇮🇷 Iran 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Boris Haraldsson 5 in 34.62 s 5.0
2 Elbrus Nigmatullin 5 in 34.66 s 4.0
3 Mark Philippi 5 in 36.41 s 3.0
4 Ralf Ber 4 in 51.63 s 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 0 in 75.00 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ralf Ber 29.39 s 5.0
2 Elbrus Nigmatullin 30.93 s 4.0
3 Mark Philippi 32.07 s 3.0
4 Boris Haraldsson 39.61 s 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 36.2 m 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Elbrus Nigmatullin 5 in 46.59 s 5.0
2 Boris Haraldsson 4 in 38.92 s 4.0
3 Ralf Ber 4 in 42.13 s 3.0
4 Mark Philippi 3 in 42.75 s 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 2 in 16.93 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 7 in 30.25 s 5.0
2 Ralf Ber 6 in 33.73 s 4.0
3 Boris Haraldsson 5 in 25.21 s 3.0
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin 2 in 11.01 s 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 2 in 11.67 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Elbrus Nigmatullin 37.13 s 5.0
2 Ralf Ber 40.46 s 4.0
3 Boris Haraldsson 40.47 s 3.0
4 Mark Philippi 47.67 s 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 17 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ralf Ber 15 reps 4.5
1 Boris Haraldsson 15 reps 4.5
3 Mark Philippi 13 reps 3.0
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin 12 reps 2.0
5 Sol Bathaiee 6 reps 1.0

2005 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 🇵🇱 Poland 25.0
2 Don Pope 🇺🇸 United States 22.5
3 Mykhailo Starov 🇺🇦 Ukraine 18.5
4 Steve Bourgeois 🇨🇦 Canada 16.0
5 Brian Irwin 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Don Pope 5 in 22.89 s 5.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 23.71 s 4.0
3 Steve Bourgeois 5 in 32.72 s 3.0
4 Mykhailo Starov 5 in 45.67 s 2.0
5 Brian Irwin 4 in 31.83 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Don Pope 5 in 39.47 s 5.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5 in 43.08 s 4.0
3 Mykhailo Starov 4 in 57.25 s 3.0
4 Steve Bourgeois 3 in 23.17 s 2.0
5 Brian Irwin 2 in 20.03 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Steve Bourgeois 53.59 s 5.0
2 Don Pope 45.23 s 4.0
3 Mariusz Pudzianowski 44.86 s 3.0
4 Mykhailo Starov 26.99 s 2.0
5 Brian Irwin 25.58 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 13 reps 5.0
2 Don Pope 9 reps 3.5
2 Mykhailo Starov 9 reps 3.5
4 Brian Irwin 8 reps 2.0
5 Steve Bourgeois 3 reps 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 59.65 s 5.0
2 Don Pope 35.5 m 4.0
3 Mykhailo Starov 34.8 m 3.0
4 Steve Bourgeois 26.1 m 2.0
5 Brian Irwin 23.5 m 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mykhailo Starov 7 in 34.44 s 5.0
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski 6 in 31.39 s 4.0
3 Steve Bourgeois 6 in 40.19 s 3.0
4 Brian Irwin 5 in 27.29 s 2.0
5 Don Pope 5 in 27.96 s 1.0

2005 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Janne Virtanen 🇫🇮 Finland 20.5
2 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 United States 20.0
3 Jessen Paulin 🇨🇦 Canada 17.0
4 Kevin Nee 🇺🇸 United States 16.5
5 Sławomir Toczek 🇵🇱 Poland 16.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 5 in 20.03 s 5.0
2 Janne Virtanen 5 in 24.67 s 4.0
3 Kevin Nee 5 in 25.37 s 3.0
4 Jessen Paulin 5 in 25.53 s 2.0
5 Sławomir Toczek 5 in 27.07 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Sławomir Toczek 27.50 s 5.0
2 Dave Ostlund 30.23 s 4.0
3 Jessen Paulin 30.97 s 3.0
4 Janne Virtanen 31.01 s 2.0
5 Kevin Nee 31.58 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Janne Virtanen 7 in 67.71 s 5.0
2 Kevin Nee 6 in 36.53 s 4.0
3 Dave Ostlund 6 in 45.59 s 3.0
4 Jessen Paulin 5 in 31.95 s 2.0
5 Sławomir Toczek 5 in 32.75 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 5 in 43.49 s 5.0
2 Jessen Paulin 5 in 44.30 s 4.0
3 Janne Virtanen 5 in 48.24 s 3.0
4 Sławomir Toczek 3 in 25.37 s 2.0
5 Kevin Nee 3 in 28.68 s 1.0

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jessen Paulin 60.37 s 5.0
2 Kevin Nee 50.73 s 4.0
3 Janne Virtanen 41.13 s 3.0
4 Sławomir Toczek 40.97 s 2.0
5 Dave Ostlund 40.87 s 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Sławomir Toczek 8 reps 5.0
2 Kevin Nee 5 reps 3.5
2 Janne Virtanen 5 reps 3.5
4 Dave Ostlund 4 reps 2.0
5 Jessen Paulin 2 reps 1.0

2005 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jesse Marunde 🇺🇸 United States 26.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 🇪🇪 Estonia 21.0
3 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.0
4 Carl Waitoa 🇳🇿 New Zealand 17.0
5 Gu Yanli 🇨🇳 China 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 5 in 20.41 s 5.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 5 in 23.06 s 4.0
3 Carl Waitoa 4 in 22.03 s 3.0
4 Terry Hollands 4 in 23.98 s 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 2 in 55.59 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Carl Waitoa 7 in 48.32 s 5.0
2 Terry Hollands 6 in 51.90 s 4.0
3 Jesse Marunde 4 in 19.62 s 3.0
4 Tarmo Mitt 4 in 23.30 s 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 3 in 22.29 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 4 in 23.01 s 5.0
2 Terry Hollands 4 in 38.02 s 4.0
3 Tarmo Mitt 4 in 43.63 s 3.0
4 Carl Waitoa 3 in 26.48 s 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 2 in 34.80 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 32.8 m 5.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 31.4 m 4.0
3 Terry Hollands 27.5 m 3.0
4 Carl Waitoa 27.3 m 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 20 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 34.07 s 5.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 37.07 s 4.0
3 Jesse Marunde 37.60 s 3.0
4 Carl Waitoa 45.34 s 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 18.7 m 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 14 reps 5.0
2 Tarmo Mitt 13 reps 4.0
3 Carl Waitoa 6 reps 3.0
4 Terry Hollands 4 reps 2.0
5 Gu Yanli 3 reps 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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