The 2000 World's Strongest Man was the 23rd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Janne Virtanen from Finland. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. Svend Karlsen from Norway finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. The contest was held in Sun City, South Africa.
Qualifying heats Qualifying heats in World's Strongest Man involve a series of six events. The field is divided into groups of six competitors with the top two in each of the groups reaching the ten man final. A win in an event gives a competitor 6 points, second place gets 5, and so on (4,3,2,1).
Heat 1 Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Hugo Girard 28 2 Rob Dixon 27 3 Derek Boyer 25.5 4 Whit Baskin 23 5 Pieter de Bruyn 16.5 6 Jose Hervas 2 (injury)
Heat 2 Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Magnus Samuelsson 29 2 Regin Vagadal 23 3 Glenn Ross 23 4 Johnny Perry 18 5 Torfi Olafsson 18 6 René Minkwitz 14
Heat 3 Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen 33 2 Gerrit Badenhorst 23.5 3 Brian Schoonveld 19.5 4 Torbjörn Samuelsson 19 5 Bernd Kerschbaumer 18 6 Brian Bell 13
Heat 4 Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Svend Karlsen 32 2 Martin Muhr 30 3 Levi Vaoga 20 4 Mark Philippi 18 (injury) 5 Graham Mullins 15 6 Jean-Marc Tocaven 3 (injury)
Heat 5 Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 31 2 Phil Pfister 27 3 Zydrunas Savickas 27 4 Peter Baltus 22.5 5 Adrian Rollinson 12.5 6 László Fekete 1 (injury)
Final results # Name Nationality Pts 1 Janne Virtanen 59 2 Svend Karlsen 54 3 Magnus Samuelsson 53 4 Mariusz Pudzianowski 49 5 Phil Pfister 42 6 Martin Muhr 40 7 Gerrit Badenhorst 34 8 Regin Vagadal 26 9 Hugo Girard 8 (Injured) 10 Rob Dixon 5 (Injured)
Position Name Nationality Event 1Super Yoke Event 2Power Stairs Event 3Car Lift Event 4Farmer's Walk Event 5Truck Pull Event 6Fingal's Fingers Event 7Atlas Stones 1 (59pts) Janne Virtanen 3 (19.8s) 3 (33.5s) 4 (43.1s) 1 (25.0s) 1 (49.0s) 4 (4 in 43.0s) 2 (5 in 34.5s) 2 (54pts) Svend Karlsen 1 (13.7s) 5 (35.8s) 6 (37.7s) 4 (26.9s) 5 (54.7s) 1 (5 in 42.6s) 1 (5 in 30.7s) 3 (53pts) Magnus Samuelsson 2 (17.8s) 7 (38.0s) 2 (70.0s) 3 (26.3s) 4 (54.2s) 3 (5 in 54.1s) 3 (5 in 37.7s) 4 (49pts) Mariusz Pudzianowski 7 (26.8s) 2 (28.7s) 1 (72.2s) 5 (28.3s) 3 (54.0s) 6 (2 in 26.9s) 4 (5 in 50.2s) 5 (42pts) Phil Pfister 10 (40.7s) 6 (37.2s) 7 (21.6s) 2 (25.6s) 2 (51.4s) 2 (5 in 43.8s) 6 (4 in 35.8s) 6 (40pts) Martin Muhr 9 (32.9s) 1 (27.9s) 3 (49.7s) 6 (30.9s) 8 (66.1s) 5 (3 in 25.2s) 5 (5 in 54.2s) 7 (34pts) Gerrit Badenhorst 6 (26.5s) 4 (34.7s) 5 (40.7s) 7 (39.0s) 6 (58.4s) 7 (2 in 22.7s) 8 (3 in 46.0s) 8 (26pts) Regin Vagadal 5 (24.3s) 8 (56.3s) 8 (8.2s) 8 (16.3 m) 7 (64.9s) 8 (2 in 23.8s) 7 (4 in 59.4s) 9 (8pts) Hugo Girard 4 (21.5s) 10 (2 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) 10 (5pts) Rob Dixon 8 (27.3s) 9 (21 stairs) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured) (Injured)Source
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