WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN ARCHIVE
CATEGORIES: WSM Archive. July 23, 2014
Welcome to the World’s Strongest Man archive page. In the tables below you can explore in-depth results from the competitions over the years and see how the individual Strongmen ranked, including individual points awarded for each event held that year.
Who excelled in the Atlas Stones but faltered in the Farmer’s Walk? And how many points separate the champion from the second-place Strongman? Find out below…
2015 Final – Putrajaya, Malaysia
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SUPER YOKE | DEADLIFT | TRUCK PULL | POWER STAIRS | LOG PRESS | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Brian Shaw | USA | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 53 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 8 | 6.5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 49.5 |
| 3 | Hafþór Björnsson | Iceland | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 49 |
| 4 | Eddie Hall | GB | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8.5 | 9 | 45.5 |
| 5 | Mike Burke | USA | 6 | 2.5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34.5 |
| 6 | JF Caron | Canada | 5 | 6.5 | 5 | 6 | 3.5 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Dimitar Savatinov | Bulgaria | 4 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 8.5 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Mark Felix | GB | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17.5 |
| 9 | Mikhail Shivlyakov | Russia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Jerry Pritchett | USA | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
2014 Final – Commerce Casino, Los Angeles – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | LOADING RACE | OVERHEAD MEDLEY | KEG TOSS | TRUCK PULL | SQUAT LIFT FOR REPS | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 64 |
| 2 | Hafþór Björnsson | Iceland | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 63.5 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | USA | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 61 |
| 4 | Mike Burke | USA | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 46 |
| 5 | Terry Hollands | UK | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Eddie Hall | UK | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Dave Ostlund | USA | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Warrick Brant | Australia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7.5 | 5 | 28.5 |
| 9 | Jerry Pritchett | USA | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 10 | Laurence Shahlaei | UK | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7.5 | 1 | 25.5 |
2013 Final – Haitang Bay, Sanya – China
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | FRAME CARRY | TRUCK PULL | SUPER YOKE | DEADLIFT | OVERHEAD MEDLEY | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Brian Shaw | USA | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 51 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Hafþór Björnsson | Iceland | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Mike Jenkins | USA | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Mike Burke | USA | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 9 | 7 | 38.5 |
| 6 | Vytautas Lalas | Lithuania | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Terry Hollands | UK | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 31.5 |
| 8 | Johannes Årsjö | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Robert Oberstn | USA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Misha Koklyaev | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2012 Final – Commerce Casino, Los Angeles – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SUPER YOKE | LOG PRESS FOR MAX | BUSS PULL | DEADLIFT BARBELL FOR REPS | ROCKLIFT | POWER STAIRS | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 49 |
| 2 | Vytautas Lalas | Lithuania | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 3 | Hafþór Björnsson | Iceland | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 42.5 |
| 4 | Brian Shaw | USA | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 7 | 40 |
| 5 | Mike Jenkins | USA | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 38.5 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Radzikowski | Poland | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 32.5 |
| 7 | Terry Hollands | UK | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 8 | JF Caron | Canada | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6.5 | 4 | 6 | 21.5 |
| 9 | Johannes Årsjö | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19.5 |
| 10 | Ervin Katona | Serbia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
2011 Final – Wingate, North Carolina – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | STEEL FRAME CARRY | GIANT TYRE CARRY | TRUCK PULL | DEADLIFT FOR MAX | OVERHEAD LIFT FOR REPS | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Brian Shaw | USA | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 50 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10* | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Terry Hollands | UK | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Laurence Shahlaei | UK | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 36.5 |
| 5 | Derek Poundstone | USA | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 36.5 |
| 6 | Hafþór Björnsson | Iceland | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 9 | 29.5 |
| 6 | Vytautas Lalas | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8.5 | 5 | 29.5 |
| 8 | Mike Jenkins | USA | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 |
| 9 | Stefan Petursson | Iceland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 | 6 | 22.5 |
| 10 | Ervin Katona | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
* Zydrunas Savickas new world record weight 442 Wt Kg
2010 Final – Sun City – South Africa
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | LOADING RACE | KEG TOSS | GIANT LOG | BARREL CARRY | CAR DEADLIFT | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1* | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9.5 | 8 | 51.5 |
| 2 | Brian Shaw | USA | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9.5 | 10 | 51.5 |
| 3 | Mikhail Koklyaev | Russia | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 46 |
| 4 | Stefan Petursson | Iceland | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Travis Ortmayer | USA | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 30.5 |
| 6 | Nick Best | USA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Ervin Katona | Serbia | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Terry Hollands | UK | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 5 | 24.5 |
| 9 | Derek Poundstone | USA | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Jason Bergmann | USA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
* Zydrunas Savickas won on countback
2009 Final – Valletta – Malta
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | FINGAL’S FINGERS | GIANT FARMERS WALK | PLANE PULL | APOLLO’S AXIE | BOAT PULL | CAR DEADLIFT | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 58 |
| 2 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 6 | 53 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | USA | 8 | 4 | 7.5 | 6 | 10 | 6.5 | 7 | 49 |
| 4 | Derek Poundstone | USA | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8.5 | 4 | 8.5 | 5 | 46 |
| 5 | Travis Ortmayer | USA | 7 | 1 | 7.5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 45.5 |
| 6 | Terry Hollands | UK | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Phil Pfister | USA | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28.5 |
| 8 | Dave Ostlund | USA | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Laurence Shahlaei | UK | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23.5 |
| 10 | Louis-Philippe Jean | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14.5 |
2008 Final – Charleston, West Virginia – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | POWER STAIRS | CAR WALK | FINGAL’S FINGERS | CAR DEADLIFT | OVERHEAD LOG LIFT | PLANE PULL | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9.5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 58.5 |
| 2 | Derek Poundstone | USA | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9.5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 53.5 |
| 3 | Dave Ostlund | USA | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 49.5 |
| 4 | Phil Pfister | USA | 6.5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 5 | Travis Ortmayer | USA | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 39.5 |
| 6 | Sebastian Wenta | Poland | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Tarmo Mitt | Estonia | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30.5 |
| 8 | Arild Haugen | Norway | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 9 | Jason Bergmann | USA | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Terry Hollands | UK | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
2007 Final – Anaheim, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | LOADING RACE | OVERHEAD SAFE LIFT | FINGAL’S FINGERS | CAR DEADLIFT | FIRE ENGINE PULL | CAR WALK | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 59 |
| 2 | Sebastian Wenta | Poland | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 54 |
| 3 | Terry Hollands | UK | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 52 |
| 4 | Phil Pfister | USA | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Dave Ostlund | USA | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mark Felix | UK | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 33.5 |
| 8 | Kevin Nee | USA | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Don Pope | USA | 1 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 10 | Tarmo Mitt | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 Final – Sanya – China
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | CAR DEADLIFT | POWER STAIRS | OVERHEAD STONE LIFT | FINGAL’S FINGERS | BUS PULL | CAR WALK | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Phil Pfister | USA | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 61 | |
| 2 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 9.5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 57.5 |
| 3 | Don Pope | USA | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Mark Felix | Grenada | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 38.5 |
| 5 | Tarmo Mitt | Estonia | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Sebastian Wenta | Poland | 2.5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 36.5 |
| 7 | Terry Hollands | UK | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Raivis Vidzis | Latvia | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Slawomir Toczek | Poland | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20.5 |
2005 Final – Chengdu – China
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PILLARS OF HERCULES | FINGAL’S FINGERS | FRIDGE CARRY | OVERHEAD LOG LIFT (REPS) | SQUAT LIFT | DING CARRY | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 60 | |
| 2 | Jesse Marunde | USA | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | Dominic Filiou | Canada | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 37.5 |
| 5 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Tarmo Mitt | Estonia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Ralf Ber | Austria | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33.5 |
| 8 | Don Pope | USA | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Dave Ostlund | USA | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Elbrus Nigmatullin | Russia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
2004 Final – Nassau – Bahamas
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | CARRY RACE | FRIDGE CARRY | SQUAT LIFT | DEADLIFT | SAFE LIFT | TRUCK PULL | W/BARROW RACE | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Ukraine | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| – | Mariusz Pudzianowski (Disqualified) | Poland | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Raimonds Bergamis | Latvia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2003 Final – Victoria Falls – Zambia
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | CARRY & DRAG | OVERHEAD LOG LIFT | HERCULES HOLD | ATLAS STONES | TRAIN PULL | DEADLIFT (FOR REPS) | FARMERS WALK | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 66 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 46 |
| 3 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Ukraine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Raimonds Bergamis | Latvia | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Jessen Paulin | Canada | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Geoff Dolan | Canada | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
2002 Final – Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MEDLEY | FARMERS WALK | SQUAT LIFT | LORRY PULL | SHEILD WALK | DEADLIFT | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Poland | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 58 |
| 2 | Zydrunas Savickas | Lithuania | 8 | 8 | 6.5 | 10 | 5 | 8.5 | 3 | 50 |
| 3 | Raimonds Bergamis | Latvia | 3 | 7 | 6.5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 47.5 |
| 4 | Johnnie Perry | USA | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3.5 | 7 | 38.5 |
| 7 | Juha-Matti Rasanen | Finland | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8.5 | 4 | 38.5 |
| 8 | Gregor Edmunds | UK | 7 | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27.5 |
| 9 | Jarek Dymek | Poland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 24.5 |
| 10 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 8 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
2001 Final – Victoria Falls – Zambia
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MEDLEY | SQUAT LIFT | FARMERS WALK | OVERHEAD LOG LIFT | VERTICAL LIFT | STONE CIRCLE | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7.5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 53.5 |
| 2 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 51.5 |
| 3 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 50 |
| 4 | Phil Pfister | USA | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | 7.5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 7 | 8.5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 38.5 |
| 7 | Jaroslaw Dymek | Poland | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 6 | 2.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28.5 |
| 9 | Juha Rasanen | Finland | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 10 | Andrew Raynes | UK | 1 | 8.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
2000 Final – Sun City – South Africa
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SUPER YOKE | POWER STAIRS | CAR DEADLIFT (HOLD) | FARMER’S WALK | TRUCK PULL | FINGAL’S FINGERS | ATLAS STONES | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 59 |
| 2 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 54 |
| 3 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 53 |
| 4 | Mariusz Pudzianowskir | Poland | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Phil Pfister | USA | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 42 |
| 6 | Martin Muhr | Germany | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Rob Dixon | UK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1999 Final – Malta
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jouko Ahola | Finland | 60 |
| 2 | Janne Virtanen | Finland | 53 |
| 3 | Svend Karlsen | Norway | 52.5 |
| 4 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 49.5 |
| 5 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 47 |
| 6 | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 41 |
| 7 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 29.5 |
| 8 | Jamie Barr | Scotland | 23 |
| 9 | Laszlo Fekete | Hungary | 22.5 |
| 10 | Rene Minkfitz | Denmark | 0 (injured) |
1998 Final – Tangier – Morocco
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 73 |
| 2 | Jouko Ahola | Finland | 67 |
| 3 | Wout Zijlstra | Netherlands | 62 |
| 4 | Phil Pfister | USA | 51 |
| 5 | Peter de Bruyn | South Africa | 46 |
| 6 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 26 (injured) |
| 7 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 19 (injured) |
| 8 | Mark Philippi | USA | 18 (injured) |
| 9 | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 9 (injured) |
| 10 | Hugo Girard | Canada | 5 (injured) |
1997 Final – Primm, Nevada – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jouko Ahola | Finland | 61 |
| 2 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 57 |
| 3 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 52.5 |
| 4 | Torfi Olafsson | Iceland | 45.5 |
| 5 | Raimunds Bergmanis | Latvia | 44.5 |
| 6 | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 43.5 |
| 7 | Mark Philippi | USA | 43.5 |
| 8 | Svend Karlseni | Norway | 33 |
| 9 | Derek Boyer | Fiji | 28.5 |
| 10 | Harold Collins | USA | 28 |
1996 Final – Port Louis – Mauritius
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 52 |
| 2 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 43 |
| 3 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 41 |
| 4 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 35.5 |
| 5 | Forbes Cowan | Scotland | 34 |
| 6 | Jorma Ojanaho | Finland | 32.5 |
| 7 | Raimunds Bergmanis | Latvia | 25 |
| 8 | Regin Vagadal | Faroe Islands | 24 |
1995 Final – Nassau – Bahamas
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 71 |
| 2 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 62.5 |
| 3 | Marko Varalahti | Finland | 48.5 |
| 4 | Heinz Ollesch | Germany | 46 |
| 5 | Flemming Rasmussen | Denmark | 42.5 |
| 6 | Gary Taylor | UK | 42 |
| 7 | Phil Martin | USA | 40 |
| 8 | Wayne Price | South Africa | 38.5 |
| 9 | Joe Onosai | Samoa | 29.5 |
| 10 | Magnus Samuelsson | Sweden | 19.5 |
1994 Sun City – South Africa
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 50.5 |
| 2 | Manfred Hoeberl | Austria | 49.5 |
| 3 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 48 |
| 4 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 38.5 |
| 5 | Forbes Cowan | Scotland | 36.5 |
| 6 | Anton Boucher | Namibia | 31.5 |
| 7 | Joe Onosai | Samoa | 12.5 |
| 8 | Ted Van Der Parre | Netherlands | 7 (injured) |
1993 Final – Orange – France
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Gary Taylor | UK | 54 |
| 2 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 49 |
| 3 | Riku Kiri | Finland | 48.5 |
| 4 | Manfred Hoeberl | Austria | 41.5 |
| 5 | Berend Veneberg | Netherlands | 26 |
| 6 | Harold Collins | USA | 24.5 |
| 7 | Henrik Ravn | Denmark | 23 |
| 8 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 17.5 |
1992 Final – Reykjavík – Iceland
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Ted Van Der Parre | Netherlands | 63 |
| 2 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 62 |
| 2 | Jamie Reeves | UK | 62 |
| 4 | Gerrit Badenhorst | South Africa | 57.5 |
| 5 | Gary Taylor | UK | 43.5 |
| 6 | Henning Thorsen | Denmark | 41 |
| 7 | Gregg Ernst | Canada | 38 |
| 8 | Ilkka Nummisto | Finland | 29 |
| 9 | James Perry | USA | 25 |
| 10 | Ilkka Kinnunen | Finland | 19 |
1991 Final – Tenerife – Spain
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Iceland | 56 |
| 2 | Henning Thorsen | Denmark | 48.5 |
| 3 | Gary Taylor | UK | 39 |
| 4 | Ted Van Der Parre | Netherlands | 35.5 |
| 5 | O.D. Wilson | USA | 30.5 |
| 6 | Gregg Ernst | Canada | 29.5 |
| 7 | Markku Suonenvirta | Finland | 25.5 |
| 8 | Manfred Hoeberl | Austria | 22.5 |
1990 Final – Joensuu – Finland
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 48.5 |
| 2 | O.D. Wilson | USA | 48 |
| 3 | Ilkka Nummisto | Finland | 39 |
| 4 | Henning Thorsen | Denmark | 34 |
| 5 | Adrian Smith | UK | 33.5 |
| 6 | Laszlo Fekete | Hungary | 31 |
| 7 | Tjalling Van Den Bosch | Netherlands | 28.5 |
| 8 | Aap Uspenski | Estonia | 25.5 |
1989 Final – San Sebastian – Spain
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jamie Reeves | UK | 54.5 |
| 2 | Ab Wolders | Netherlands | 49.5 |
| 3 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 47 |
| 4 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 40 |
| 5 | Laszlo Fekete | Hungary | 32 |
| 6 | Ilkka Nummisto | Finland | 27.5 |
| 7 | Rudolph Kuester | Germany | 20 |
| 8 | Dusko Markovic | Canada | 17.5 |
1988 Final – Budapest – Hungary
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 56 |
| 2 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 51 |
| 3 | Jamie Reeves | UK | 47 |
| 4 | Ab Wolders | Netherlands | 41 |
| 5 | Ilkka Nummisto | Finland | 40 |
| 6 | Joe Quigley | Australia | 23 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Brulois | France | 15 |
| 8 | Laszlo Fekete | Hungary | 11 |
1987 is the only year since the competition began, that The World’s Strongest Man did not take place.
1986 Final – Nice – France
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 59 |
| 2 | Geoff Capes | UK | 55 |
| 3 | Ab Wolders | Netherlands | 37.5 |
| 4 | Dusko Markovic | Canada | 34 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Brulois | France | 31.5 |
| 6 | Klaus Wallas | Austria | 22 |
| 7 | Ilkka Nummisto | Finland | 19 (injured) |
| 8 | Rick “Grizzly” Brown | USA | 14 (injured) |
1985 Final – Cascais – Portugal
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Geoff Capes | UK | 50.5 |
| 2 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 49 |
| 3 | Cees de Vreugd | Netherlands | 45.5 |
| 4 | George Hechter | USA | 36 |
| 5 | Tom Magee | Canada | 33 |
| 6 | Rick “Grizzly” Brown | USA | 29 |
| 7 | Roger Ekstrom | Finland | 25.5 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Brulois | France | 19.5 |
1984 Final – Mora, Sweden
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 57.5 |
| 2 | Ab Wolders | Netherlands | 51.5 |
| 3 | Geoff Capes | UK | 49 |
| 4 | Rudolph Kuester | Germany | 34 |
| 4 | Dave Waddington | USA | 34 |
| 6 | Daniel Poulin | Canada | 22 |
| 7 | Yngve Gustavsson | Sweden | 21.5 |
| 8 | Pius Ochieng | Kenya | 18.5 |
1983 Final – Christchurch – New Zealand
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Geoff Capes | UK | 49.5 |
| 2 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson | Iceland | 48 |
| 3 | Simon Wulfse | Netherlands | 47 |
| 4 | Tom Magee | Canada | 38.5 |
| 5 | John Gamble | USA | 32.5 |
| 6 | Chris Okonkwo | Nigeria | 25.5 |
| 7 | Doyle Kenady | USA | 24 |
| 8 | Allen Gallberg | Canada | 22 |
1982 Final – Magic Mountain, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 91 |
| 2 | Tom Magee | Canada | 78 |
| 3 | John Gamble | USA | 69.5 |
| 4 | Geoff Capes | UK | 67 |
| 5 | Ernie Hackett | USA | 65.5 |
| 6 | Curt Marsh | USA | 25.5 |
| 7 | Dave Waddington | USA | – |
| 8 | Bill Dunn | USA | – |
1981 Final – Magic Mountain, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 96 |
| 2 | Geoff Capes | UK | 88 |
| 3 | Dave Waddington | USA | 72.5 |
| 4 | Jerry Hannan | USA | 68 |
| 5 | Craig Wolfley | USA | 63 |
| 6 | Keith Bishop | USA | 61.5 |
| 7 | Stago Piczko | Netherlands | 59 |
| 8 | Durwin Piper | USA | 58 |
| 9 | Joe Zaliezniak | USA | 48 |
| 10 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | Canada | 46 |
1980 Final – New Jersey – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 105 |
| 2 | Lars Hedlund | Sweden | 79 |
| 3 | Geoff Capes | UK | 59.5 |
| 4 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | Canada | 56 |
| 5 | Jerry Hannan | USA | – |
| 6 | Larry Kidney | USA | – |
| 7 | Billy Graham | USA | – |
| 8 | Gerard Du Prie | Netherlands | – |
1979 Final – Universal Studios, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Don Reinhoudt | USA | 60.3 |
| 2 | Lars Hedlund | Sweden | 45.6 |
| 3 | Bill Kazmaier | USA | 44.9 |
| 4 | John Kolb | UK | 41.43 |
| 5 | Bob Young | USA | 22.33 |
| 6 | Cleve Dean | USA | 14.4 |
| 7 | Joe Dube | USA | 4.4 |
| 8 | Dave Johns | USA | 2 |
| 9 | Bill Anderson | Scotland | 1.33 (injured) |
| 10 | Jerry Blackwell | USA | 0 (injured) |
1978 Final – Universal Studios, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Bruce Wilhelm | USA | 64.33 |
| 2 | Don Reinhoudt | USA | 58 |
| 3 | Lars Hedlund | Sweden | 38.9 |
| 4 | John Kolb | UK | 23.4 |
| 5 | Gus Rethwisch | USA | 16.73 |
| 6 | Boris Djerassi | USA | 15.23 |
| 7 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 12 |
| 8 | Ivan Putski | USA | 5.4 |
| 9 | John Matuszak | USA | 4 |
| 10 | Jack Wright | USA | 0 |
1977 Final – Universal Studios, California – USA
| ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | Bruce Wilhelm | USA | 63.25 |
| 2 | Bob Young | USA | 43.25 |
| 3 | Ken Patera | USA | 34 |
| 4 | Lou Ferrigno | USA | 27.5 |
| 5 | Franco Columbu | Italy | 22.25 |
| 6 | Jon Cole | USA | 21.5 |
| 7 | Mike Dayton | USA | 19.25 |
| 8 | George Frenn | USA | 10 |