1996 World's Strongest Man

The 1996 World's Strongest Man was the 19th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnús Ver Magnússon from Iceland. This was Magnús' fourth WSM title, tying the record of fellow Icelander Jón Páll Sigmarsson. Riku Kiri from Finland finished second, and Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished third after finishing second the previous year. The contest was held in Port Louis, Mauritius.[1]

1996 World's Strongest Man
Host city Port Louis, Mauritius
Winner Magnús Ver Magnússon
Nations participating21 (heats) 7 (final)
Athletes participating24 (heats) 8 (final)

Heats

Group 1

Place Name Nationality Points
1.Magnús Ver Magnússon Iceland20
1.Jorma Ojanaho Finland20
3.Nathan Jones Australia17
4.Paul Lepik Canada10
4.Vladimir Turchinsky Russia10
6.Stasys Mėčius Lithuania10

Group 2

Place Name Nationality Points
1.Gerrit Badenhorst South Africa19
2.Forbes Cowan Scotland18
3.Bill Lyndon Australia14
3.Evgeny Popov Bulgaria14
5.Hjalti Arnason Iceland12
6.Phil Martin United States7

Group 3

Place Name Nationality Points
1.Regin Vagadal Faroe Islands19
2.Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia18
3.Berend Veneberg Netherlands15
4.Heinz Ollesch Germany13
5.Magnus Samuelsson Sweden12
6.Colin Cox New Zealand7

Group 4

Place Name Nationality Points
1.Riku Kiri Finland18
2.Flemming Rasmussen Denmark16
3.Derek Boyer Fiji15
3.Svend Karlsen Norway15
5.Bill Pittuck England14
6.Brian Bell Scotland6

Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Magnús Ver Magnússon 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 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 25
8 Regin Vagadal Faroe Islands 24

References

  1. "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
Preceded by
1995 World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
1997 World's Strongest Man
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