1978 World's Strongest Man

The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States. It was his second title. Don Reinhoudt also from the United States finished second, and Lars Hedlund from Sweden third. The contest was held at the Universal Studios, California.[1]

1978 World's Strongest Man
Host city Universal Studios, California, United States
Winner Bruce Wilhelm
Nations participating4 (final)
Athletes participating10 (final)

Final results
#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Bruce Wilhelm United States 64.33
2 Don Reinhoudt United States 58
3 Lars Hedlund Sweden 38.9
4 Jon Kolb United States 23.4
5 Gus Rethwisch United States 16.73
6 Boris Djerassi Israel[2] 15.23
7 Brian Oldfield United States 12
8 Ivan Putski Poland[2] 5.4
9 John Matuszak United States 4
10 Jack Wright United States 0

References
  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  2. "btinternet.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
Preceded by
1977 World's Strongest Man		 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
1979 World's Strongest Man
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