2001 World's Strongest Man

The 2001 World's Strongest Man was the 24th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Svend Karlsen from Norway. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 2000 winner Janne Virtanen from Finland finished third. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.[1]

2001 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates5-15 October 2001
LocationVictoria Falls
Country Zambia
Athletes participating30
Nations participating17
Champion(s)
Norway Svend Karlsen

Qualifying heats

Heat 1
  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen  Finland 26
2 Wout Zijlstra  Netherlands 25.5
3 Rob Dixon  United Kingdom 24
4 Karl Gillingham  United States 21.5
5 Derek Boyer  Australia 20
6 Israel Garrido  Spain 9

Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido.[2]

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Heat 2
  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Svend Karlsen  Norway 27.5
2 Hugo Girard  Canada 27
3 Mark Philippi  United States 22.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson  Sweden 21
5 Marc Iliffe  United Kingdom 14.5
6 Regin Vagadal  Faroe Islands 13.5

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Heat 3
  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 28
2 Martin Muhr  Germany 26
3 Travis Lyndon  Canada 25
4 Raimonds Bergmanis  Latvia 17.5
5 Johnny Perry  United States 16.5
6 Glenn Ross  United Kingdom 13

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Heat 4
  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Janne Virtanen  Finland 31
2 Andrew Raynes  United Kingdom 21
3 Heinz Ollesch  Germany 20
4 Ralf Ber  Austria 20
5 Brian Schoonveld  United States 17
6 Levi Vaoga  New Zealand 17

Bill Lyndon of Australia was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the Levi Vaoga who was not down as an official reserve.[2]

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Heat 5
  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Phil Pfister  United States 31
2 Jarek Dymek  Poland 30
3 Odd Haugen  Norway 21
4 Adrian Rollinson  United Kingdom 18.5
5 Johan van Heerden  South Africa 16.5
6 Flemming Rasmussen  Denmark 7 (injury)

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Reserves

Final results
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Svend Karlsen  Norway 53.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 51.5
3 Janne Virtanen  Finland 50
4 Phil Pfister  United States 46
5 Martin Muhr  Germany 40
6 Hugo Girard  Canada 38.5
7 Jarek Dymek  Poland 30
8 Wout Zijlstra  Netherlands 28.5
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen  Finland 25.5
10 Andrew Raynes  United Kingdom 18.5

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References
  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary
  3. "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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