2004 World's Strongest Man

2004 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates23 September - 3 October 2004
LocationNassau
Country Bahamas
Athletes participating34
Nations participating13
Champion(s)
Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk

The 2004 World's Strongest Man was the 27th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Vasyl Virastyuk from Ukraine. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished second for the third year in a row. Originally Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland finished third, but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, thus third place was given to Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas.[1] The qualifying heats saw a major format change, going from the traditional 5-6 man heats with the top 2 going to the finals. This year's format was a 12-man round-robin competition taking place over 5 days, with the top six going onto the finals.

Qualifying heats

  • Events: Deadlift with Barrels Machine, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Safe Lift for reps, Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Giant Farmer's Walk, Carry & Drag (Carry an Anchor & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Wrestling, Stone Circle, Atlas Stones
# Name Nationality Points
1 Vasyl Virastyuk  Ukraine 55
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland 55
3 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 54
4 Raimonds Bergmanis  Latvia 50
5 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 49
6 Svend Karlsen  Norway 48
7 Tomi Lotta  Finland 46
8 Andrus Murumets  Estonia 40 (replaced Steve Kirit)
9 Brian Turner  United Kingdom 39 (replaced Hugo Girard)
10 Mark Felix  Grenada 37
11 Adrian Rollinson  England 34
12 René Minkwitz  Denmark 31
- Hugo Girard  Canada Withdrew due to injury
- Steve Kirit  United States Withdrew due to injury

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Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Vasyl Virastyuk  Ukraine 37
2 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 36
3 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 29
4 Raimonds Bergmanis  Latvia 19
5 Svend Karlsen  Norway 9 (Injured)[3][4]
x Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland Disqualified[3][4][5]

Events: Carry Race (Carry an Anchor & Giant Farmer's Walk), Fridge Carry (Super Yoke), Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Car Deadlift for reps, Safe Lift for reps, Truck Pull, Wheelbarrow Race, Atlas Stones

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  2. ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2004 Qualifying round". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  3. ^ a b "btinternet.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  4. ^ a b "theworldsstrongestman.com WSM history". Archived from the original on 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  5. ^ "davidhorne-gripmaster.com". Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
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