The 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fifth and record breaking title. Derek Poundstone from the United States finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the United States finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.
Heat results Heat 1 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Derek Poundstone 29 2 Jason Bergmann 27.5 3 Mark Felix 26 4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 19 5 Jarek Dymek 18.5 6 Igor Werner 6
Heat 2
# Name Nationality Pts 1 Phil Pfister 27.5 2 Sebastian Wenta 25 3 Johannes Årsjö 22.5 4 Richard Skog 22.5 5 Oli Thompson 19.5 6 Tobias Ide 8
Heat 3 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Tarmo Mitt 28.5 2 Terry Hollands 26.5 3 Kevin Nee 23.5 4 Elbrus Nigmatullin 18.5 5 Janne Virtanen 18 6 Jean-François Caron 11
Heat 4 # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 29 2 Arild Haugen 25 3 Brian Shaw 21 4 Laurence Shahlaei 20 5 Louis-Philippe Jean 19.5 6 Brian Siders 11.5
Heat 5
# Name Nationality Pts 1 Travis Ortmayer 31.5 2 Dave Ostlund 28 3 Jimmy Marku 23.5 4 Magnus Samuelsson 19.5 5 Raivis Vidzis 14.5 6 Florian Trimpl 9
Final results # Name Nationality Pts 1 Mariusz Pudzianowski 58.5 2 Derek Poundstone 53.5 3 Dave Ostlund 49.5 4 Phil Pfister 44.5 5 Travis Ortmayer 39.5 6 Sebastian Wenta 38 7 Tarmo Mitt 30.5 8 Arild Haugen 26 9 Jason Bergmann 25 10 Terry Hollands 19
References
External links Official site