2001 World's Strongest Man

The 2001 World's Strongest Man was the 24th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Svend Karlsen from Norway. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 2000 winner Janne Virtanen from Finland finished third. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.[1]

2001 World's Strongest Man
Host city Victoria Falls, Zambia
Winner Svend Karlsen
Nations participating17
Athletes participating30

Qualifying heats

Heat 1
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Juha-Matti Räsänen Finland 26
2 Wout Zijlstra Netherlands 25.5
3 Rob Dixon United Kingdom 24
4 Karl Gillingham United States 21.5
5 Derek Boyer Australia 20
6 Israel Garrido Spain 9

Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido.[2]

[3]

Heat 2
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Svend Karlsen Norway 27.5
2 Hugo Girard Canada 27
3 Mark Philippi United States 22.5
4 Torbjörn Samuelsson Sweden 21
5 Marc Iliffe United Kingdom 14.5
6 Regin Vagadal Faroe Islands 13.5

[3]

Heat 3
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 28
2 Martin Muhr Germany 26
3 Travis Lyndon Canada 25
4 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 17.5
5 Johnny Perry United States 16.5
6 Glenn Ross United Kingdom 13

[3]

Heat 4
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Janne Virtanen Finland 31
2 Andrew Raynes United Kingdom 21
3 Heinz Ollesch Germany 20
4 Ralf Ber Austria 20
5 Brian Schoonveld United States 17
6 Levi Vaoga New Zealand 17

Bill Lyndon of Australia was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the Levi Vaoga who was not down as an official reserve.[2]

[3]

Heat 5
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Phil Pfister United States 31
2 Jarek Dymek Poland 30
3 Odd Haugen Norway 21
4 Adrian Rollinson United Kingdom 18.5
5 Johan van Heerden South Africa 16.5
6 Flemming Rasmussen Denmark 7

[3]

Reserves

Final results
#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Svend Karlsen Norway 53.5
2 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 51.5
3 Janne Virtanen Finland 50
4 Phil Pfister United States 46
5 Martin Muhr Germany 40
6 Hugo Girard Canada 38.5
7 Jarek Dymek Poland 30
8 Wout Zijlstra Netherlands 28.5
9 Juha-Matti Räsänen Finland 25.5
10 Andrew Raynes United Kingdom 18.5

References
  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary
  3. "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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2002 World's Strongest Man
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