1998 World's Strongest Man

The 1998 World's Strongest Man was the 21st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. 1997 champion Jouko Ahola from Finland finished second, and Wout Zijlstra from the Netherlands finished third. This year had 10 qualifying heats with the winner of each heat going onto the finals. Half the field got injured during the finals of the contest, as well as several heat winners prior to the finals such as Flemming Rasmussen and Gerrit Badenhorst. The contest was held in Tangier/Tétouan, Morocco.[1]

1998 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates8-18 October 1998
LocationTangier
Country Morocco
Athletes participating40
Nations participating23
Champion(s)
Sweden Magnus Samuelsson

Heats

Group 1
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Riku Kiri Finland14.5
2.Torben Sorrenson Denmark11
3.Jaromir Nemec Czech Republic8
4.Ralph Williams United States4.5 (injured)

Group 2
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Flemming Rasmussen Denmark14 (injured)
2.Russ Bradley England10
2.Martin Muhr Germany10
4.Ginaud Dupuis Canada6

Group 3
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Pieter de Bruyn South Africa13
2.Heinz Ollesch Germany13
3.Glenn Ross Northern Ireland9
4.Terry Brennan United States5

Group 4
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Wout Zijlstra Netherlands14
2.Derek Boyer Fiji12
3.Kurt Kvikkstad Norway7
3.Fraser Tranter England7

Group 5
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa14 (injured)
2.Lee Bowers England10.5
3.Ralf Ber Austria10.5
4.Gustavo Pujadas Spain5

Group 6
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Magnus Samuelsson Sweden15
2.Jamie Barr Scotland10.5
3.Wayne Price South Africa10
4.Michael Abdullah Japan4.5

Group 7
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Berend Veneberg Netherlands13
2.László Fekete Hungary11
3.Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania9
4.Ken Brown United States7

Group 8
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Torfi Ólafsson Iceland13
2.Janne Virtanen Finland13
3.Phil Pfister United States10
4.Alexander Matveev Russia0 (injured)

Group 9
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Mark Philippi United States16
2.Evgeny Popov Bulgaria11
3.Bill Lyndon Australia9
4.Vladimir Turchinsky Russia4

Group 10
Position Name Nationality Points
1.Jouko Ahola Finland15
2.Hugo Girard Canada12
3.Stuart Murray Scotland7
4.Gunnar Thor Iceland6

Final results
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Sweden 73
2 Jouko Ahola Finland Finland 67
3 Wout Zijlstra Netherlands Netherlands 62
4 Phil Pfister United States United States 51
5 Pieter de Bruyn South Africa South Africa 46
6 Riku Kiri Finland Finland 26 (injured)
7 Torfi Olafsson Iceland Iceland 19 (injured)
8 Mark Philippi United States United States 18 (injured)
9 Berend Veneberg Netherlands Netherlands 9 (injured)
10 Hugo Girard Canada Canada 5 (injured)

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References
  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
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