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2001 World's Strongest Man

2001 World's Strongest Man

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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]

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Qualifying heats

Heat 1

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
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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]

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Heat 2

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
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Heat 3

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
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Heat 4

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones
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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]

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Heat 5

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones
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Reserves

Final results

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References

  1. [1]
    "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. [2]
    Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary
  3. [3]
    "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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