# 2000 World's Strongest Man

The 2000 World's Strongest Man was the 23rd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Janne Virtanen from Finland. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. Svend Karlsen from Norway finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. The contest was held in Sun City, South Africa.

## Qualifying heats

Qualifying heats in World's Strongest Man involve a series of six events. The field is divided into groups of six competitors with the top two in each of the groups reaching the ten man final. A win in an event gives a competitor 6 points, second place gets 5, and so on (4,3,2,1).

### Heat 1

* Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 28 |
| 2 | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 27 |
| 3 | Derek Boyer | Fiji | 25.5 |
| 4 | Whit Baskin | United States | 23 |
| 5 | Pieter de Bruyn | South Africa | 16.5 |
| 6 | Jose Hervas | Spain | 2 (injury) |

### Heat 2

* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones
| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 29 |
| 2 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 23 |
| 3 | Glenn Ross | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 4 | Johnny Perry | United States | 18 |
| 5 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 18 |
| 6 | René Minkwitz | Denmark | 14 |

### Heat 3

* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 33 |
| 2 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 23.5 |
| 3 | Brian Schoonveld | United States | 19.5 |
| 4 | Torbjörn Samuelsson | Sweden | 19 |
| 5 | Bernd Kerschbaumer | Austria | 18 |
| 6 | Brian Bell | United Kingdom | 13 |

### Heat 4

* Events: Super Yoke, Africa Stone, Car Lift (Car Deadlift Hold), Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Fingal's Fingers, Atlas Stones
| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 32 |
| 2 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 30 |
| 3 | Levi Vaoga | New Zealand | 20 |
| 4 | Mark Philippi | United States | 18 (injury) |
| 5 | Graham Mullins | United Kingdom | 15 |
| 6 | Jean-Marc Tocaven | France | 3 (injury) |

### Heat 5

* Events: Tyre Flip, Africa Stone, Power Stairs, Boulder Holder (Connan Circle), Axle Press, Atlas Stones
| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 31 |
| 2 | Phil Pfister | United States | 27 |
| 3 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 27 |
| 4 | Peter Baltus | Netherlands | 22.5 |
| 5 | Adrian Rollinson | United Kingdom | 12.5 |
| 6 | László Fekete | Hungary | 1 (injury) |

## Final results

| # | Name | Nationality | Pts |
| 1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 59 |
| 2 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 54 |
| 3 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 53 |
| 4 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 49 |
| 5 | Phil Pfister | United States | 42 |
| 6 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 40 |
| 7 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 34 |
| 8 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 26 |
| 9 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 8 (Injured) |
| 10 | Rob Dixon | Great Britain | 5 (Injured) |
| Position | Name | Nationality | Event 1 Super Yoke | Event 2 Power Stairs | Event 3 Car Lift | Event 4 Farmer's Walk | Event 5 Truck Pull | Event 6 Fingal's Fingers | Event 7 Atlas Stones |
| 1 (59pts) | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 3 (19.8s) | 3 (33.5s) | 4 (43.1s) | 1 (25.0s) | 1 (49.0s) | 4 (4 in 43.0s) | 2 (5 in 34.5s) |
| 2 (54pts) | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 1 (13.7s) | 5 (35.8s) | 6 (37.7s) | 4 (26.9s) | 5 (54.7s) | 1 (5 in 42.6s) | 1 (5 in 30.7s) |
| 3 (53pts) | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 2 (17.8s) | 7 (38.0s) | 2 (70.0s) | 3 (26.3s) | 4 (54.2s) | 3 (5 in 54.1s) | 3 (5 in 37.7s) |
| 4 (49pts) | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 7 (26.8s) | 2 (28.7s) | 1 (72.2s) | 5 (28.3s) | 3 (54.0s) | 6 (2 in 26.9s) | 4 (5 in 50.2s) |
| 5 (42pts) | Phil Pfister | United States | 10 (40.7s) | 6 (37.2s) | 7 (21.6s) | 2 (25.6s) | 2 (51.4s) | 2 (5 in 43.8s) | 6 (4 in 35.8s) |
| 6 (40pts) | Martin Muhr | Germany | 9 (32.9s) | 1 (27.9s) | 3 (49.7s) | 6 (30.9s) | 8 (66.1s) | 5 (3 in 25.2s) | 5 (5 in 54.2s) |
| 7 (34pts) | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 6 (26.5s) | 4 (34.7s) | 5 (40.7s) | 7 (39.0s) | 6 (58.4s) | 7 (2 in 22.7s) | 8 (3 in 46.0s) |
| 8 (26pts) | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 5 (24.3s) | 8 (56.3s) | 8 (8.2s) | 8 (16.3 m) | 7 (64.9s) | 8 (2 in 23.8s) | 7 (4 in 59.4s) |
| 9 (8pts) | Hugo Girard | Canada | 4 (21.5s) | 10 (2 stairs) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) |
| 10 (5pts) | Rob Dixon | United Kingdom | 8 (27.3s) | 9 (21 stairs) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) | (Injured) |
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