1999 World's Strongest Man

1999 World's Strongest Man
Host city Malta Malta
Winner Finland Jouko Ahola
Nations participating 19
Athletes participating 30

The 1999 World's Strongest Man was the 22nd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland. It was his second title after finishing second the previous year. Janne Virtanen also from Finland finished second, and Svend Karlsen from Norway finished third. The contest was held on Malta.[1]

Heats

Group 1

Place Name Nationality Points
1. Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 33
2. Jamie Barr  Scotland 27
3. Joe Onosai American Samoa Samoa 21.5
4. Mark Philippi  United States 21.5
5. Grant Edwards  Australia 13
6. Israel Garrido  Spain 10

Group 2

Place Name Nationality Points
1. Jouko Ahola  Finland 32
2. René Minkwitz  Denmark 27
3. Levi Vaoga  New Zealand 25
4. Pieter de Bruyn  South Africa 18
5. Steve Brooks  England 15
6. Bryan Neese  United States 7

Group 3

Place Name Nationality Points
1. Janne Virtanen  Finland 31.5
2. Svend Karlsen  Norway 22.5
3. Glenn Ross  Northern Ireland 21
4. Jorma Paananen  Sweden 18.5
5. Niko Noga  United States 17
6. Gerrit Badenhorst  South Africa 15.5

Group 4

Place Name Nationality Points
1. Hugo Girard  Canada 34
2. Torfi Ólafsson  Iceland 27
3. Ken Brown  United States 22
4. Regin Vagadal  Faroe Islands 22
5. Hubert Dörer  Austria 12
6. Lee Bowers  England 9

Group 5

Place Name Nationality Points
1. Berend Veneberg  Netherlands 31
2. László Fekete  Hungary 23
3. Raimonds Bergmanis  Latvia 23
4. Whit Baskin  United States 22
5. Andreas Hoffman  Germany 16
6. Bill Pittuck  England 11

Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Jouko Ahola Finland Finland 60
2 Janne Virtanen Finland Finland 53
3 Svend Karlsen Norway Norway 52.5
4 Hugo Girard Canada Canada 49.5
5 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Sweden 47
6 Berend Veneberg Netherlands Netherlands 41
7 Torfi Olafsson Iceland Iceland 29.5
8 Jamie Barr Scotland Scotland 23
9 László Fekete Hungary Hungary 22.5
10 René Minkwitz Denmark Denmark 1 (injured)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.

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