1995 World's Strongest Man

The 1995 World's Strongest Man was the 18th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Ver Magnusson from Iceland, it was his second consecutive and third overall title. Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Marko Varalahti from Finland finished third. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas.[1]

1995 World's Strongest Man
Host city Nassau, Bahamas
Winner Magnús Ver Magnússon
Nations participating9 (final)
Athletes participating20 (heats) 10 (final)

Heats

Group 1

Position Name Nationality Points
1.Magnús Ver Magnússon Iceland12
1.Joe Onosai Samoa12
3.Berend Veneberg Netherlands9
4.Anton Boucher Namibia7

Group 2

Position Name Nationality Points
1.Gary Taylor United Kingdom12.5
2.Wayne Price South Africa11.5
3.Bernard Rolle Bahamas8.5
4.Stasys Mėčius Lithuania7.5

Group 3

Position Name Nationality Points
1.Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa15
2.Heinz Ollesch Germany11
3.Bill Pittuck England7
4.Colin Cox New Zealand7

Group 4

Position Name Nationality Points
1.Marko Varalahti Finland14
2.Flemming Rasmussen Denmark11
3.Forbes Cowan Scotland11
4.Curtis Leffler United States4

Group 5

Position Name Nationality Points
1.Magnus Samuelsson Sweden15
2.Phil Martin United States10
3.Nathan Jones Australia6 (injured)
4.Torfi Ólafsson Iceland2 (injured)

Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 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 United Kingdom 42
7 Phil Martin United States 40
8 Wayne Price South Africa 38.5
9 Joe Onosai Samoa 29.5
10 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 19.5

References

  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
Preceded by
1994 World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
1996 World's Strongest Man
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