1994 World's Strongest Man Explained

Competition Name:1994 World's Strongest Man
Dates:18-24 October 1994
Venue:Sun City
Athletes Participating:16
Nations Participating:16
Winner: Magnús Ver Magnússon
Prev:Orange 1993
Next:Nassau 1995

The 1994 World's Strongest Man was the 17th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Ver Magnusson from Iceland. It was his second title after finishing second the previous 2 years in a row. Manfred Hoeberl from Austria finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Riku Kiri from Finland finished third for the second consecutive time. The contest was held in Sun City, South Africa.[1] This was the first year that the qualifying heats were implemented, and surprisingly, the 1993 champion Gary Taylor failed to qualify for the finals.

Heats

Group 1

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. 11
2. 11
3. Gary Taylor11
4. 7

Group 2

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. 14
2. 11
3. 10
4. 5

Group 3

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. 13
2. 12
3. 10
4. 3 (injured)

Group 4

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1. 14
2. 13
3. 9
4. 4

Final results

NameNationalityPts
1Magnús Ver Magnússon 50.5
2Manfred Hoeberl 49.5
3Riku Kiri 48
4Gerrit Badenhorst38.5
5Forbes Cowan36.5
6Anton Boucher 31.5
7Joe Onosai12.5 (injured)
8Ted Van Der Parre7 (injured)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: theworldsstrongestman.com . 2010-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104032022/http://theworldsstrongestman.com/1990s_results.php . 4 January 2010 . dead .