2008 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates6-13 September 2008
VenueHaddad Riverfront Park /
Coonskin Park /
McLaughlin Air National Guard Base /
Power Park
LocationCharleston, West Virginia
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating12
Champion(s)
Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski

The 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fifth and record breaking title. Derek Poundstone from the United States finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the United States finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.[1]

Heat results

Heat 1

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Derek Poundstone  United States 29
2 Jason Bergmann  United States 27.5
3 Mark Felix  England 26
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson  Iceland 19
5 Jarek Dymek  Poland 18.5
6 Igor Werner  Germany 6

Heat 2

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Phil Pfister  United States 27.5
2 Sebastian Wenta  Poland 25
3 Johannes Årsjö  Sweden 22.5
4 Richard Skog  Norway 22.5
5 Oli Thompson  England 19.5
6 Tobias Ide  Germany 8

Heat 3

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Tarmo Mitt  Estonia 28.5
2 Terry Hollands  England 26.5
3 Kevin Nee  United States 23.5
4 Elbrus Nigmatullin  Russia 18.5
5 Janne Virtanen  Finland 18
6 Jean-Francois Caron  Canada 11

Heat 4

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland 29
2 Arild Haugen  Norway 25
3 Brian Shaw  United States 21
4 Laurence Shahlaei  England 20
5 Louis-Philippe Jean  Canada 19.5
6 Brian Siders  United States 11.5

Heat 5

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Travis Ortmayer  United States 31.5
2 Dave Ostlund  United States 28
3 Jimmy Marku  England 23.5
4 Magnus Samuelsson  Sweden 19.5
5 Raivis Vidzis  Latvia 14.5
6 Florian Trimpl  Germany 9

Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Mariusz Pudzianowski  Poland 58.5
2 Derek Poundstone  United States 53.5
3 Dave Ostlund  United States 49.5
4 Phil Pfister  United States 44.5
5 Travis Ortmayer  United States 39.5
6 Sebastian Wenta  Poland 38
7 Tarmo Mitt  Estonia 30.5
8 Arild Haugen  Norway 26
9 Jason Bergmann  United States 25
10 Terry Hollands  England 19

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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