The 1997 World's Strongest Man was the 20th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland. It was his first title. Flemming Rasmussen from Denmark finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third. Three time defending champion Magnus Ver Magnusson, chasing a fourth straight title and record fifth overall, was eliminated in the qualifying heats. The contest was held in Primm Valley Resort, Nevada.[1]
1997, world, strongest, 20th, edition, world, strongest, jouko, ahola, from, finland, first, title, flemming, rasmussen, from, denmark, finished, second, after, finishing, fourth, previous, year, magnus, samuelsson, from, sweden, finished, third, three, time, . The 1997 World s Strongest Man was the 20th edition of World s Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland It was his first title Flemming Rasmussen from Denmark finished second after finishing fourth the previous year and Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished third Three time defending champion Magnus Ver Magnusson chasing a fourth straight title and record fifth overall was eliminated in the qualifying heats The contest was held in Primm Valley Resort Nevada 1 1997 World s Strongest ManHost cityPrimm Valley Resort Nevada United StatesWinnerJouko AholaNations participating7 final Athletes participating32 heats 10 final Port Louis 1996Tangier 1998 Contents 1 Heats 1 1 Group 1 1 2 Group 2 1 3 Group 3 1 4 Group 4 1 5 Group USA 2 Final results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHeats EditGroup 1 Edit Position Name Nationality Points1 Svend Karlsen Norway 212 Torfi olafsson Iceland 163 Magnus Ver Magnusson Iceland 154 Regin Vagadal Faroe Islands 13 55 Joe Onosai Samoa 116 Brian Bell Scotland 7 5Group 2 Edit Position Name Nationality Points1 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 18 52 Derek Boyer Fiji 17 53 Riku Kiri Finland 17 54 Russ Bradley England 165 Evgeny Popov Bulgaria 10 56 Jean Luc Moalli France 4Group 3 Edit Position Name Nationality Points1 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 202 Heinz Ollesch Germany 193 Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa 164 Berend Veneberg Netherlands 10 injured 4 Paul Lepik Estonia 106 Ginaud Dupuis Canada 8Group 4 Edit Position Name Nationality Points1 Flemming Rasmussen Denmark 202 Jouko Ahola Finland 183 Robert Weir England 164 Bill Lyndon Australia 155 Michael Abdullah Japan 96 Bernard Rolle Bahamas 6Group USA Edit Position Name Nationality Points1 Mark Philippi United States 1082 Harold Iron Bear Collins United States 85 53 Tommy Ingalsbe United States 83 54 Ken Brown United States 79 54 Phil Martin United States 79 56 Kevin Toth United States 687 James Voronin United States 64 58 Gary Mitchell United States 46 5 Injured The USA Group was actually the inaugural America s Strongest Man contest and took place at the Primm Valley Resort several weeks before the other qualifying heats Final results Edit 1 Name 1 Nationality 1 Truck Pull Log Lift Car Roll Husafell Stone Squat Keg Loading Dead Lift Final Race Pts 1 1 Jouko Ahola Finland 6 9 6 8 7 9 10 6 612 Flemming Rasmussen Denmark 10 9 5 7 8 10 4 4 573 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 9 1 5 10 10 3 7 2 10 52 54 Torfi olafsson Iceland 5 4 7 4 4 5 6 7 8 45 55 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 4 4 1 6 4 5 8 8 9 44 56 Heinz Ollesch Germany 7 6 5 8 3 2 4 6 7 43 57 Mark Philippi United States 1 6 5 4 2 10 3 9 5 40 58 Svend Karlsen Norway 8 4 9 9 1 1 1 0 339 Derek Boyer Fiji 3 1 5 3 5 6 5 5 0 28 510 Harold Iron Bear Collins United States 2 9 2 1 9 2 3 0 28See also EditAmerica s Strongest ManReferences Edit a b c d e theworldsstrongestman com Archived from the original on 4 January 2010 Retrieved 2010 01 13 External links EditOfficial site 1997 results at Bill Henderson s Strongest Man sitePreceded by1996 World s Strongest Man 1997 World s Strongest Man Succeeded by1998 World s Strongest Man Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 World 27s Strongest Man amp oldid 1114989705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
