The 1995 World's Strongest Man was the 18th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Ver Magnusson from Iceland, it was his second consecutive and third overall title. Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Marko Varalahti from Finland finished third. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas.[1]
1995 World's Strongest Man | |
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Competition information | |
Dates | 2-8 October 1995 |
Location | Nassau |
Country | ![]() |
Athletes participating | 20 |
Nations participating | 15 |
Champion(s) | |
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Heats
editGroup 1
editPosition | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Iceland | 12 |
1. | Joe Onosai | Samoa | 12 |
3. | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 9 |
4. | Anton Boucher | Namibia | 7 |
Group 2
editPosition | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Gary Taylor | Wales | 12.5 |
2. | Wayne Price | South Africa | 11.5 |
3. | Bernard Rolle | Bahamas | 8.5 |
4. | Stasys Mėčius | Lithuania | 7.5 |
Group 3
editPosition | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 15 |
2. | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 11 |
3. | Bill Pittuck | England | 7 |
4. | Colin Cox | New Zealand | 7 |
Group 4
editPosition | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Marko Varalahti | Finland | 14 |
2. | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 11 |
3. | Forbes Cowan | Scotland | 11 |
4. | Curtis Leffler | United States | 4 |
Group 5
editPosition | Name | Nationality | Points |
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1. | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 15 |
2. | Phil Martin | United States | 10 |
3. | Nathan Jones | Australia | 6 (injured) |
4. | Torfi Ólafsson | Iceland | 2 (injured) |
Final results
edit# | Name | Nationality | Pts |
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1 | Magnús Ver Magnússon | Iceland | 71 |
2 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 62.5 |
3 | Marko Varalahti | Finland | 48.5 |
4 | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 46 |
5 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 42.5 |
6 | Gary Taylor | Wales | 42 |
7 | Phil Martin | United States | 40 |
8 | Wayne Price | South Africa | 38.5 |
9 | Joe Onosai | Samoa | 29.5 |
10 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 19.5 |
References
edit- ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.