2008 World's Strongest Man

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.[1]

2008 World's Strongest Man
Host city Charleston, West Virginia
Winner Mariusz Pudzianowski
Nations participating12
Athletes participating30

Qualifying heats

Heat 1
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Derek Poundstone United States 29
2 Jason Bergmann United States 27.5
3 Mark Felix United Kingdom 26
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson Iceland 19
5 Jarek Dymek Poland 18.5
6 Igor Werner Germany 6

Heat 2
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Phil Pfister United States 27.5
2 Sebastian Wenta Poland 25
3 Johannes Årsjö Sweden 22.5
4 Richard Skog Norway 22.5
5 Oli Thompson United Kingdom 19.5
6 Tobias Ide Germany 8

Heat 3
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Tarmo Mitt Estonia 28.5
2 Terry Hollands United Kingdom 26.5
3 Kevin Nee United States 23.5
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin Russia 18.5
5 Janne Virtanen Finland 18
6 Jean-Francois Caron Canada 11

Heat 4
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland 29
2 Arild Haugen Norway 25
3 Brian Shaw United States 21
4 Laurence Shahlaei United Kingdom 20
5 Louis-Philippe Jean Canada 19.5
6 Brian Siders United States 11.5

Heat 5
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Travis Ortmayer United States 31.5
2 Dave Ostlund United States 28
3 Jimmy Marku United Kingdom 23.5
4 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 19.5
5 Raivis Vidzis Latvia 14.5
6 Florian Trimpl Germany 9

Final results
#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland 58.5
2 Derek Poundstone United States 53.5
3 Dave Ostlund United States 49.5
4 Phil Pfister United States 44.5
5 Travis Ortmayer United States 39.5
6 Sebastian Wenta Poland 38
7 Tarmo Mitt Estonia 30.5
8 Arild Haugen Norway 26
9 Jason Bergmann United States 25
10 Terry Hollands United Kingdom 19

References
  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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Preceded by
2007 World's Strongest Man		 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2009 World's Strongest Man
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS8vv-xGtDk
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