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 on to the finals. Half the field were 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

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Group 1

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Riku Kiri   Finland 14.5
2. Torben Sorrenson   Denmark 11
3. Jaromir Nemec   Czech Republic 8
4. Ralph Williams   United States 4.5 (injured)

Group 2

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Flemming Rasmussen   Denmark 14 (injured)
2. Russ Bradley   England 10
2. Martin Muhr   Germany 10
4. Ginaud Dupuis   Canada 6

Group 3

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Pieter de Bruyn   South Africa 13
2. Heinz Ollesch   Germany 13
3. Glenn Ross   Northern Ireland 9
4. Terry Brennan   United States 5

Group 4

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Wout Zijlstra   Netherlands 14
2. Derek Boyer   Fiji 12
3. Kurt Kvikkstad   Norway 7
3. Fraser Tranter   England 7

Group 5

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Gerrit Badenhorst   South Africa 14 (injured)
2. Lee Bowers   England 10.5
3. Ralf Ber   Austria 10.5
4. Gustavo Pujadas   Spain 5

Group 6

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Magnus Samuelsson   Sweden 15
2. Jamie Barr   Scotland 10.5
3. Wayne Price   South Africa 10
4. Michael Abdullah   Japan 4.5

Group 7

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Berend Veneberg   Netherlands 13
2. László Fekete   Hungary 11
3. Žydrūnas Savickas   Lithuania 9
4. Ken Brown   United States 7

Group 8

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Torfi Ólafsson   Iceland 13
2. Janne Virtanen   Finland 13
3. Phil Pfister   United States 10
4. Alexander Matveev   Russia 0 (injured)

Group 9

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Mark Philippi   United States 16
2. Evgeny Popov   Bulgaria 11
3. Bill Lyndon   Australia 9
4. Vladimir Turchinsky   Russia 4

Group 10

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Position Name Nationality Points
1. Jouko Ahola   Finland 15
2. Hugo Girard   Canada 12
3. Stuart Murray   Scotland 7
4. Gunnar Thor   Iceland 6

Final results

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

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References

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