1978 World's Strongest Man

The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States. It was his second title. Don Reinhoudt also from the United States finished second, and Lars Hedlund from Sweden third. The contest was held at the Universal Studios, California.^[1]

1978 World's Strongest Man
Host city	Universal Studios, California, United States
Winner	Bruce Wilhelm
Nations participating	4 (final)
Athletes participating	10 (final)
← Hollywood 1977 Hollywood 1979 →

Final results

#^[1]	Name^[1]	Nationality^[1]	Pts^[1]
1	Bruce Wilhelm	United States	64.33
2	Don Reinhoudt	United States	58
3	Lars Hedlund	Sweden	38.9
4	Jon Kolb	United States	23.4
5	Gus Rethwisch	United States	16.73
6	Boris Djerassi	Israel^[2]	15.23
7	Brian Oldfield	United States	12
8	Ivan Putski	Poland^[2]	5.4
9	John Matuszak	United States	4
10	Jack Wright	United States	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e . Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
^ ^a ^b . Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.

Preceded by 1977 World's Strongest Man	1978 World's Strongest Man	Succeeded by 1979 World's Strongest Man